[HN Gopher] Gemini Protocol Deployment Statistics
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       Gemini Protocol Deployment Statistics
        
       Author : rickcarlino
       Score  : 69 points
       Date   : 2026-01-06 14:30 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.obsessivefacts.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.obsessivefacts.com)
        
       | mentalgear wrote:
       | In case you are wondering, this is about the Gemini Protocol, not
       | the LLM.
       | 
       | "Gemini is an application-layer internet communication protocol
       | for accessing remote documents, similar to HTTP and Gopher."
       | 
       | The protocol has no native embeds (not even images) so all you
       | get is text, or media if you click links to the file directly
       | (also no js, fingerprintin or ads). It's great if you look for a
       | plain internet.
       | 
       | https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Gemini_(protocol)
        
         | Xiol32 wrote:
         | I fail to see what the slopped site adds to the Wikipedia
         | article for the protocol.
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)
        
           | observationist wrote:
           | The slopped site significantly detracts from the wiki
           | article. If you have an ad blocker active, a huge percentage
           | of the page is just blank ad placeholders.
           | 
           | Kind of impressive how bad that wikislop thing is.
        
           | giancarlostoro wrote:
           | Wikiwand didnt have so many ads and was a nicer way to view
           | wikipedia, especially before wikipedia added darkmode.
        
         | napolux wrote:
         | You will only hear about the Gemini protocol on HN.
        
           | rickcarlino wrote:
           | It does get some coverage on Lobste.rs, the Fediverse and
           | some pockets of the IRC world and retro comp community. If
           | your point is that it has not hit mainstream adoption, I
           | won't argue that.
        
       | jmclnx wrote:
       | Having moved my WEB site to Gemini a couple of years ago, I think
       | Gemini is the easiest protocol to maintain.
       | 
       | Plus FWIW, dillo has plugins for both Gemini and gopher on it
       | site. So for people who prefer GUIs for browsing, dillo works
       | great, even on the *BSDs
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       | https://dillo-browser.github.io/
       | 
       | There is a lot of nice content out on both Gemini and Gopher that
       | many people are missing.
       | 
       | Interesting that they did not include stats from sdf.org, I think
       | that is up in the top 3 of number of capsules.
       | 
       | gemini://gem.sdf.org/
       | 
       | gemini://sdf.org/
        
       | gerikson wrote:
       | I had a burst of interest in Gemini when it was "cool", but
       | ultimately HTML scratches my publishing itch.
       | 
       | The Lagrange browser is an impressive piece of software.
       | Recommended.
        
       | DonThomasitos wrote:
       | The web design of this blog is at the intersection of unusable
       | and awesome
        
       | agumonkey wrote:
       | is there any way to know what happened on the search engine /
       | index on gemini ?
       | 
       | I love frugal but when I tried castor (rust gui) I was just a bit
       | too confused by the ergonomics (both of search and navigation).
       | I'm pretty open minded (I use gnu ed .. so esoteric or different
       | doesn't bother me) but it was too much of a regression compared
       | what we're used through http clients.
        
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