https://github.com/ranfdev/geopard
Colorful, adaptive gemini browser
https://github.com/ranfdev/geopard
browser gemini glib gtk4 nix nixos rust
Last synced: 12 months ago
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Colorful, adaptive gemini browser
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ranfdev/geopard
- Owner: ranfdev
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2020-09-14T09:06:19.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-03T10:19:25.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-01T07:08:11.456Z (12 months ago)
- Topics: browser, gemini, glib, gtk4, nix, nixos, rust
- Language: Rust
- Homepage: https://ranfdev.com/projects/Geopard/
- Size: 1.36 MB
- Stars: 176
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 11
- Open Issues: 37
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.gemini
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
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README
# About Geopard
Geopard is a GTK 4 Gemini client written in Rust.
## Some notable features
- Colors!
The browser will have a different color for each domain you visit.
- Fast (async core + caching):
Streams content by default. That means you can open pages even when you have
connection speeds of Kb/s.
It also caches pages in the history, so you can go back/forward in an instant
- Can download binary files:
The download will start as soon as you open the corresponding link.
You can always cancel it by opening another page.
- It works. Until I find another bug...
## Technical details
Under the hood, it uses GTK 4 and Rust. Everything related to IO is asynchronous.
To do that, it makes use of Rust's async/await capabilities and the async-std crate.
## How to change settings
You should find the configuration files in ~/.config/geopard/
If you use flatpak, they are in ~/.var/app/com.ranfdev.Geopard/config/geopard/.
In the future I will probably introduce a settings GUI.
## How to build
### With Flatpak
If you have gnome-builder installed, use it to the open the folder of the source
code and hit the run button.
### Build with Nix
If you have the
=> https://nixos.org/ nix
package manager and flakes enabled, you can simply do:
```sh
git clone https://github.com/ranfdev/Geopard.git
nix build
./result/bin/geopard
```
### General build instructions
Install these development packages:
- gtk4
- glib
- rust (with cargo)
- openssl
- pkg-config
- meson
Clone, compile, install.
```sh
git clone https://github.com/ranfdev/Geopard.git
cd Geopard
meson --prefix=/usr build
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install
```
### Note:
You can use a local-build.sh script provided with project's repository to
quickly rebuild and test your changes.
## License
This repository is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
You can find a copy of the license in the LICENSE file.
## Authors
=> https://ranfdev.com Lorenzo Miglietta (ranfdev)