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An alternative decentralized internet for sharing text and media: The Gemini Protocol (geminiprotocol.net)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/24735701

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)

It is similar to the old gopher: text files, links, and images form a hypertext optimized for reading. Text is formatted like Markdown - but even simpler.

Clients display text, like an eBook, or images / media.

Servers can run on a PC or Raspberry Pi which needs half a Watt of power. No FAANG companies needed. No expert knowledge needed - not more difficult than running a file sharing client.

I think it is the right thing for defense of democracy and sharing your voice in the digital realm.

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[–] 14 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Clients display text, like an eBook, or images / media.

Is this new? Last I checked on Gemini, it could only to text, unless you count ASCII art as images.

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 8 months ago

    It can transmit any media or mime type. It just does this one document at a time.

    Clients can display linked images inline of course.

    The purpose of this and other limitations is to make it useless for advertising and tracking.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    some clients had the ability to parse image links If included in the gemtext, but that was client specific.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    That's not ideal. I hope they implemented images in the protocol itself, because having just text is kinda bland.

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