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A movement focused on capturing the creativity and openness of the early Internet.

We aren't here to watch Big Web burn (we have plenty of communities for that) but to find positive ways we can make the Small Web better.

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The Gemini protocol, a lighter alternative to the web's HTTP (geminiprotocol.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Gemini protocol is brutally simple, which makes it just about too useless for apps, tracking, and commercial purposes. Gemtext, the format for Gemini pages, is very basic; with about half as many features as markdown, it's barely a step above plain text. As a result, Gemini is a small universe of blogs and personal sites.

Its simplicity makes it easy for people to create compatible clients and services for it. It's self-hosting friendly and there are also hosting services, like smol.pub and some pubnixes.

Of course, you'll need to get a Gemini browser or visit a Gemini-to-web proxy to access it.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I would consider renaming it so people don't think it's AI

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Gemini protocol: 2019, Gemini crap machine: 2023. Google can change the name if they want.

[–] Odo 20 points 2 weeks ago

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