about.gmi (2408B)
1 {% include 'fragments/header.gmi' %} 2 3 4 ## About geminispace.info 5 6 geminispace.info is a search engine for content served over the Gemini Protocol. It provides both a search interface, so you can look for content within Geminispace by keywords, content types, content sizes and more. It also provides data on the size and characteristics of Geminispace itself. 7 8 geminispace.info is powered by GUS, an open-source crawler & search engine made by Natalie Pendragon and contributors. The source code is available at the following forges: 9 => gemini://gmn.clttr.info/sources/geminispace.git/ browse the source on gemini 10 => https://sr.ht/~rwa/geminispace.info source & mailinglist on sourcehut 11 12 ### supporting geminispace.info 13 14 geminispace.info runs on a VPS in a german datacenter, The servers costs 72€ per year. 15 If you'd like to help keep geminispace.info running feel free to donate a few bucks. Any donation will be directly used for server costs. 16 => https://liberapay.com/rwa/ support me on LiberaPay 17 => https://donate.stripe.com/fZe3cr3386VnfzaaEF one time donation via Stripe 18 19 In 2023 we received donations worth of 105.92€ (transaction fees already excluded). 20 In 2022 we received donations worth of 82.78€. 21 22 ### index updates 23 24 Index updates run every three days starting on the 1st of every month: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28 25 26 ### contact the admin(s) 27 28 You can reach out to us by email, preferably adressing our mailing list hosted by sr.ht: 29 => mailto:~rwa/geminispace.info@lists.sr.ht Send a mail to the list 30 => https://lists.sr.ht/~rwa/geminispace.info View the mailing list archive 31 32 I've you prefer direct personal contact you can reach me via e-Mail or DeltaChat at: 33 => mailto:rwa@clttr.info rwa@clttr.info 34 35 ### What's the Gemini Protocol? 36 37 Gemini is an application-level internet protocol for the distribution of arbitrary files, with some special consideration for serving a lightweight hypertext format which facilitates linking between files. It's been described as both "the web, stripped right back to its essence" as well as "Gopher, souped up and modernised a little". 38 39 If you want to learn more, you should head over to the Gemini Project site itself! 40 => gemini://geminiprotocol.net Gemini Project Homepage 41 42 ### Documentation 43 44 For more extensive documentation about how geminispace.info works, please see the documentation pages. 45 46 {% include 'fragments/documentation-toc.gmi' %}