A less simple than it once was gtk gopher/gemini/finger client, that will eventually get some love again Codename: dragonstone https://slatecave.net/creations/dragonstone/

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README.md	Added a missing space	9 months ago
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meson.build	Add basic support for .desktop files	1 year ago
rename.sh	Cleaned up some filepaths/names and the corresponding object paths	1 year ago
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README.md

dragonstone

A simple GTK Gopher/Gemini client written in Vala

This project is currently on long term support, meaning I won't add new features and only fix bugs if they get reported (or I notice them)

If you want to adopt this project and make it into your own feel free to do so, I won't be mad if you change the license to a GPL or MIT one.

Screenshots may be out of date (use the git timestamps and a bit of common sense)

Supported download protocols

gopher
gemini
finger

Supported upload protocols

gopher+write (used by the oddmuse wiki engine)
gemini+write (used by the oddmuse wiki engine)
gemini+upload (a protocol I made myself for uplaoding to gemini (no known server implementations))

Noteworthy features

tabs (surprisingly uncommon feature)
bookmarks
in application image display (not inline, very simple)
view page source option
support for file:// URIs
per tab history
save to disk everything
cache
runs smoothly on an old Thikpad X31 with a slow HDD, a pentium M @ 1.4GHz and 256MB RAM
works on linux based smartphones
trys to be as themeable as possible using GTK themes and icon packs (no guarantees except for obsidian2 and Numix because that's what I use on my development machines)
unfinished features and bugs (I try to keep them to a minimum)

Wishlist

more settings
plugins for supporting more protocols
a non-codename for the project

How to build/install?

Note: to build dragonstone you need the following dependencies:

gtk3+ - the graphics toolkit
valac - the Vala compiler
meson - the build system
cmake - used by meson
python 3.x

To build it, run the build.sh script, which will automatically setup the build folder, run ninja, and put the output in the projects root directory. The produced binary should be executable, now.

To make development easy, the run script calls the build.sh script and then runs whatever is at the output (it will try and fail if there is none).

Wasn't it supposed to be replaced by NightCat?

Yes, but as it turns out it's more motivating to work on an already existing project. So the plan is to slowly turn dragonstone into something similar to what nihgtcat should have been.