`------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | The Fingerverse: The First Frontier. | | | | These are the travels of netizens. Embarking on a lifelong mission: to | | explore new servers; to seek out plan files and communities; to go forth | | where few have gone before. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ an * on column one = recent entries/edits .-.________ ________.-. ----/ \ )_______) ------------------------------------ (_______( / \---- ( (/()___) -- The Charted Public Fingerverse -- (___()\) ) ()__) ------------------------------------ (__() ----\___()_) (_()___/---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Communities : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | finger://happynetbox.com | Perfect for ASCII pages | | | | | | https://happynetbox.com | | | https://benbrown.com/home/ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://plan.cat | Classic Finger with modern features | | | | | finger @plan.cat | head -n 20 | https://plan.cat | | | https://jcs.org | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://thebackupbox.net/ring | * type on single line, above your content:| | | | | | | | | | | | * finger the server: | | | | | | finger you@domain.com@thebackupbox.net | | | ----------------------------------------- | | | System response: user added... | | | ----------------------------------------- | | | Future updates to your .plan file will | | | auto trigger an update to the ring. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://tilde.team | https://tildeverse.org | | | | | | https://tildeverse.org/members/ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://telehack.com | https://telehack.com/telehack.html | | | | | | Telehack's .plan pages are autogenerated. | | | Append yours to it by logging in and... | | | | | | ped .plan (16 line max) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *: Personal Domain : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | finger://typed-hole.org | additional services (@9til.de) | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://skyjake.fi/jaakko | Lagrange author | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://fuwn.me | Gigi: a finger protocol server | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://redterminal.org | personal site | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://1436.ninja | personal site | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://collantes.us/david | personal site (@netbros.com) | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://drkhsh.at/drkhsh | personal site | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://pyratebeard.net/pyrate| personal site | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://maze.io/ | personal site | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Services : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | finger://typed-hole.org/textfile | A random file from textfiles.com | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://happynetbox.com/bot | Auto News Bot: Article titles and URLs. | | | | | | Clients that render links as clickable: | | | | | | * lynx | | | * portal.mozz.us | | | * smolmail | | | * nview | | | * get-news (640kb.neocities.org/apps/) | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger ^"location"@graph.no | Current Weather via Finger. | | | https://github.com/ways/fingr/ | | finger://graph.no/^'location' | | | | finger @graph.no | | | finger ^"Roswell, New Mexico"@graph.no | | | | | | finger://graph.no/^'Death Valley, CA' | | | finger://^'Snag, Canada'@graph.no | | | | | | gopher://graph.no:79/0^'Maui, Hawaii' | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://happynetbox.com/say | Anon chat service: | | | | | | finger say@happynetbox.com | | | | | | finger say@happynetbox.com | head -n 25 | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://typed-hole.org/cyoa | Choose Your Own Adventure | | | | | | Underground Kingdom by Edward Packard | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://happynetbox.com/random | Displays random user | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://typed-hole.org/smog | Saturday Morning Gemzine from The Free | | | Internet. Last Issue: 06feb2021 | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger://happynetbox.com/1 | Interactive Fiction | | | | | | Stumbled across this 06apr2025. I'm not | | | sure if it's complete. Starts off great!| :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Browser Version Bot | finger://happynetbox.com/browserversion | | | | | | Browser version numbers, up to date | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .-.________ ________.-. ----/ \ )_______) ------------------------------------ (_______( / \---- ( (/()___) ----------- Syntax Help ------------ (___()\) ) ()__) ------------------------------------ (__() ----\___()_) (_()___/---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *| Finger Syntax | * finger @domain.com | | | * finger user@domain.com | | | | | | * finger://domain.com/user | | | * finger://user@domain.com | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Gopher clients | * gopher://domain.com:79/0user | | are also | | | Finger clients | : 79 is the port number Finger uses | | | : 0 tells Gopher it's a text file. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .-.________ ________.-. ----/ \ )_______) ------------------------------------ (_______( / \---- ( (/()___) ---- Connect to the Fingerverse ---- (___()\) ) ()__) ------------------------------------ (__() ----\___()_) (_()___/---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Terminal Clients : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | finger | https://manpages.org/finger | | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol) | | | | | | finger://happynetbox.com/originsfinger | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | The finger protocol was originally written by Les Earnest | | | (1930 - 2024) in 1971 for the time-sharing, mainframe OS | | | appropriately named WAITS. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: *| lynx | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) | | | | | | Default finger behavior: URLs are made clickable. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | (sudo) edit /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg | | | | | | #KEYMAP:UPARROW:PREV_LINK (TO) KEYMAP:UPARROW:UP_TWO | | | #KEYMAP:DNARROW:NEXT_LINK (TO) KEYMAP:DNARROW:DOWN_TWO | | | | | | Smooth scrolling. Links & forms no longer interfere while | | | using the Up/Down arrows. Navigate links with (Shift) TAB. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | curl | https://curl.se/ | | | | | | curl gopher://happynetbox.com:79/0codepage437 (8-bit) | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | nf | nf (netfinger) is a netcat-based finger client. Supports | | | user@domain.com and finger://domain.com/user formats. | | | | | | Additional features include smart wrapping, HTML rendering, | | | custom shortcuts, blocklists and more. Replaces textnet. | | | | | | https://640kb.neocities.org/apps | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Bopher-NG | https://git.sr.ht/~luxferre/Bopher-NG | | | | | | A polished gopher client written in pure BASH. Includes: | | | gmi2map, list2map, gopherinfo, gmi2txt and phlow. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | gopherus | https://gopherus.sourceforge.net/ | | | https://mateusz.fr/ | | | | | | Modern, multiplatform. Includes DOS support! | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | ddwarf | https://mateusz.viste.fr/software/ddwarf | | | | | | Linux, Windows. Gopherus now replaces Digger Dwarf. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | dfinger | https://github.com/KikyTokamuro/dfinger | | | | | | A dedicated finger client written in the D language. Source | | | compiles without issue (sudo apt install dub). | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | bfinger | https://640kb.neocities.org/apps/ | | | | | | A simple bash-based finger client using /dev/tcp. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | finger-client| https://github.com/alexmullins/finger-client | | | | | | A finger-only client. A precompiled binary is available. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | bollux | https://tildegit.org/acdw/bollux | | | | | | bollux [URL] (gopher, gemini, spartan) | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | bombadillo | https://bombadillo.colorfield.space | | | | | | syntax: finger://username@example.com | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Finger, Gopher, Gemini with additional protocol support. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Desktop Graphical Clients : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Lagrange | https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/ | | | https://gmi.skyjake.fi/ | | | | | | Top-rated & full-featured browser with support for all the | | | core smolnet protocols: Finger, Gopher, Gemini, Spartan, | | | Titan, Nex as well as seamless file:// system browsing. | | | | | | Listed on its [about:help] page is support for split view, | | | persistence, image/audio support, gemini/atom feeds, gempub,| | | books, view internal zip archives and much more. | | | | | | A crossplatform powerhouse supporting: Linux, macOS, iOS | | | (TestFlight), Android (F-Droid, github) and Windows. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Kristall | https://kristall.random-projects.net | | | https://github.com/ikskuh/kristall | | | | | | Along with Lagrange, one of the top graphical browsers | | | available for the smolnet. Supports: Finger, Gopher, Gemini | | | and some light http/s html content. | | | | | | Platforms: Linux, *BSDs, Windows and macOS. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Note: proper monospace on all ASCII pages (finger) and HTML | | | preformatted require the following: | | | | | | File -> Settings -> Style... | | | | | | Both the [Standard] Font and [Preformatted] Font must be | | | changed to monospace (or similar). Larger font, nice too:-) | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Dillo | https://github.com/dillo-browser/dillo-plugin-gopher | | | https://dillo-browser.github.io/ | | | https://hn.algolia.com/?q=dillo (news) | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Finger supported via gopher. Gemini, ftp, file:// and http | | | are also supported. | | | | | | Cross platform: Linux, BSD, macOS, FreeDOS (DilloDOS). | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | edit ~/.dillo/dillorc (tweaks for my 1920x1080) | | | | | | * increase font_factor=1.50 | | | * bg_color=0xFAF9F6 | | | * geometry=1600x900 | | | * start_page="file:/home/path/to/filename.html" | | | * home="file:/home/path/to/filename.html" | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Castor | Graphical browser with support for Finger, Gopher, Gemini. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Steps for an Ubuntu/Mint install (done on 24jan2024): | | | | | | 1. https://git.sr.ht/~julienxx/castor | | | 2. click on "ec77c753" | | | 3. download ".tar.gz" and extract | | | 4. The following on a Single Line: | | | apt install build-essential rustc cargo libgtk-3-dev | | | libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libssl-dev | | | 5. make (from directory of extracted .tar.gz file) | | | 6. sudo make install (system integration) | | | 7. file is empty : ~/.config/castor/settings.toml | | | | | | It's here: https://git.sr.ht/~julienxx/castor | | | and here : https://archive.ph/9JW9p & on Wayback | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | gophie | https://github.com/jankammerath/gophie | | | https://gophie.org/ | | | | | | Finger syntax: gopher://happynetbox.com:79/1/debug | | | | | | Java-based Gopher browser: Linux, macos, Windows, others. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Mobile OS Clients : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Plan Poke | https://www.borovia.co/ (iOS) | | | | | | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plan-poke/id1606247516 | | | | | | Supports: iOS, iPadOS and visionOS | | | | | | Among Plan Poke's many features are: Add, Edit and Search | | | accounts / Face-ID locking / configurable display colors / | | | iCloud data syncing, ASCII Art view and much more. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Lagrange | https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/ (Android & iOS) | | | | | | https://skyjake.github.io/fdroid/repo/ | | | github.com/skyjake/skyjake.github.io/tree/master/fdroid/repo| | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | update (Mar 22, 2025): Installed lagrange_v1.18b36_phone.apk| | | | | | Lagrange looked and worked great on my Lenovo 12.7" tablet. | | | It's also as feature-rich as its Desktop counterpart. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Mozz.us | https://portal.mozz.us/ | | | https://github.com/michael-lazar | | | | | | See Proxy-based Clients section. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Proxy/Gateway Clients : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Mozz.us | https://portal.mozz.us/ | | | https://github.com/michael-lazar | | | | | | 3rd-party Firefox extension: geminize | | | | | | So much to like, including support for all the main smolnet | | | protocols, a bookmark-like front page and the overall | | | rendered presentation of these sites. | | | | | | One feature I really like is that it takes a .plan file and | | | converts to monospaced html with clickable links. This link | | | heavy file, for example, becomes easier to interact with: | | | | | | http://portal.mozz.us/finger/happynetbox.com/fingerverse | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | Floodgap | https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/ (proxy) | | | | | | Finger access as: gopher://plan.cat:79/0jcs | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | * Firefox extensions: Underbite & OverbiteWX | | | * Chrome extension: Burrow | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | fuwn.me | A finger-to-html gateway. Start here: | | | | | | https://fuwn.me/finger/ | | | | | | and add the finger address at the end. For example: | | | | | | https://fuwn.me/finger/skyjake.fi/ | | | https://fuwn.me/finger/skyjake.fi/jaakko | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Other fun ways : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | netcat | echo | nc telehack.com 79 | | | echo | nc plan.cat 79 | head -n 20 | | | | | | echo "ring" | nc thebackupbox.net 79 | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: *| telnet | Example below using textfile@typed-hole.org | | | | | | telnet typed-hole.org 79 (press enter or a username) | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | The second method returns command prompt. Adjust 'sleep'. | | | | | | cat <(echo random) - | telnet happynetbox.com 79 | | | | | | { cat <(echo "test"); sleep 3; } | telnet plan.cat 79 | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | nview | Bash wrapper script that redirects a finger query to a temp | | | file and displays the result via 'NFO Viewer'. Clickable | | | links, customization and the hard-to-escape nostalgia. | | | | | | https://640kb.neocities.org/apps/ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | smolmail | send email to: smolmail (at) typed-hole.org | | | | | | Subject Line: @domain.com .. or .. user@domain.com | | | | | | Replies as fixed font email with clickable links. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Protocols supported: finger, gopher, gemini and http(s) | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | | Want to try something cool? Read the author's description | | | by sending email with the subject line: | | | | | | gopher://typed-hole.org/0/phlog/2022/smolmail.txt | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | fm | The Multi-Server Finger Monitor: Checks 3 core servers for | | | recent user activity. | | | | | | https://640kb.neocities.org/apps/ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .-.________ ________.-. ----/ \ )_______) ------------------------------------ (_______( / \---- ( (/()___) -- Alternative Operating Systems --- (___()\) ) ()__) ------------------------------------ (__() ----\___()_) (_()___/---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : The core protocols that make up smolnet - such as Gemini, Gopher, Spartan, : : Nex and Finger - can help provide alternative operating systems with : : greater viability when these protocols are supported natively. : : : : Additionally, the lightweight and privacy-respecting nature of these OSes : : aligns closely with the spirit of smolnet and its community. : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *| AmiGemini | https://aminet.net/package/comm/net/AmiGemini | | for | | | Amiga | https://amitopia.com/?s=AmiGemini&submit=Search | | | | | | https://youtu.be/Lx4k1Oox4oY?t=80 (26feb2024 demo) | | | | | | A modern Amiga smolnet browser with support for: Finger, | | | Gopher, Gemini, Spartan and Nex protocols. | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: *| Kristall | https://kristall.random-projects.net | | for | | | Haiku | https://depot.haiku-os.org (search: kristall) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .-.________ ________.-. ----/ \ )_______) ------------------------------------ (_______( / \---- ( (/()___) ----------- Public Domain ---------- (___()\) ) ()__) ------------------------------------ (__() ----\___()_) (_()___/---- .---------------------------------------------. | CC0: No Rights Reserved | .---------------'---------------------------------------------'--------------. | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' .-----------------------------. .--------------. .---------------------. | fingerverse@happynetbox.com |----| Dec 10, 2025 |----| 640kb.neocities.org | '-----------------------------' '--------------' '---------------------' --- want another? finger prehnra@happynetbox.com