https://github.com/mattn/gopher

Windows Desktop Mascot Applicaiton "Gopher"
https://github.com/mattn/gopher

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Windows Desktop Mascot Applicaiton "Gopher"

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mattn/gopher
• Owner: mattn
• Created: 2015-12-16T14:46:24.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-02-08T01:02:21.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-07T16:06:49.242Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 7.84 MB
• Stars: 281
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 7
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

          
# Gopher

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/9Xf0BTM.gif)

Love Gopher

This is a desktop mascot application running on your desktop on windows.

## Feature

At the first, you need to run `gopher.exe`.

### Walking

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/9Xf0BTM.gif)

So Sweet!

### SL

If you did mis-type `ls` as `sl`.

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/BgiIAj9.gif)

So Fast!

### Notification

This repository bundled `gopherc.exe` that is client application to operate Gopher.

```

gopherc -m Hello

```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/DTIBM9W.gif)

You need more gophers?

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/xt550tv.gif)

Hello Gopher!

### Jumping

```

gopherc -j

```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/OKqbF7n.gif)

Looking Good!

### Vim plugin

Use `misc/vim` if you are vimmer.

```

:HeyGopher おなかすいた

```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/K9h25F5.png)

So don't worry even if you are remaining alone at your office and you feel lonely.

### RSS Notification

Run `gopherfeed.exe` to aggregate RSS feed.

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/UEdmHYI.png)

It's Nice!

### Websocket Chat

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/PMVBSJ2.png)

It seems that the members of the chat room are talking on your windows desktop.

## Requirements

No, this is fully statically executable file. And this's not CGO.

But unfortunately, this only works on windows.

## Installation

```

cd cmd\gopher

mingw32-make

```

And copy `gopher.exe` into the path which is contained in %PATH% environment variables.

## License

This code is provided under the MIT license. See http://mattn.mit-license.org/ .

The image files of gopher which is created by Renee French are provided under the [Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

## Author

Yasuhiro Matsumoto (a.k.a mattn)