About Nex:
       Nex is a very simple "smolnet" protocol that borrows aspects
       from Gopher, Finger, and Gemini.  If you like grepping plain
       text without the complications of encryption or quirky APIs
       you may find Nex rather appealing.
       
 (TXT)  Nex protocol spec
       
       Browsing Nex:
       Lacking encryption or much of an API, Nex is easilly accessed
       with basic tools like telnet(1) or nc(1).  Any Gopher client
       that allows non-standard ports and URL editting can be used to
       navigate Nex without much effort.  In fact, if you viewed the
       above Nex protocol spec link then congratulations, you have
       officially browsed "NexSpace"!
       
        Clients:
 (TXT)  Rex (nc-based)
 (TXT)  NexBro (gawk-based)
 (HTM)  Connex (Perl-based)
 (HTM)  Lagrange (multi-platform/protocol)
       
       Serving Nex:
       The Nex protocol is simple enough it can be implemented via a
       repurposed fingerd(8) daemon. As example, the anoNex setup for
       NetBSD natively implements a fully functional Nex server with
       optional logging via the inetd-based fingerd and Awk scripts:
       
        Servers:
 (HTM)  nexd (the original Nex server; Go-based)
 (HTM)  sonexd (socat(1) w/ bash parser)
       
       NexSpace:
       There aren't many Nex servers currently but hopefully that'll
       change soon.  Below are a few configured as Gopher links for
       ease of navigation, plus a WW proxy for NightFall.city:
       
 (TXT)  nex://NightFall.city
 (TXT)  nex://WarOfWordcraft.com
 (TXT)  nex://nex.runbsd.io
 (HTM)  NightFall.city (proxy)