`phetch` is a terminal client designed to help you quickly navigate the gophersphere: use arrow keys to move around, press a number to jump to a link, or just start typing - phetch is always in incremental search mode when viewing a gopher menu.
## features
- <1MB executable for linux and mac
- technicolor design (based on [GILD](https://github.com/dvkt/gild))
- no nonsense keyboard navigation
- supports gopher searches, text and menu pages, and downloads
- save your favorite gopherholes with bookmarks
- opt-in history tracking
## usage
phetch launch and show start page
phetch open gopherhole at url
phetch -r, --raw print raw gopher response
phetch -h, --help show this screen
phetch -v, --version show phetch version
Once you've launched phetch, use `ctrl-h` to view the on-line help.
## installation
Binaries for Linux, Mac, and Raspberry Pi are available at https://github.com/dvkt/phetch/releases:
- [phetch-linux-x86_64.tar.gz](https://github.com/dvkt/phetch/releases/download/v0.1.2/phetch-linux-x86_64.tar.gz)
- [phetch-linux-armv7.tar.gz (RPi)](https://github.com/dvkt/phetch/releases/download/v0.1.2/phetch-linux-armv7.tar.gz)
- [phetch-macos.zip](https://github.com/dvkt/phetch/releases/download/v0.1.2/phetch-macos.zip)
Just unzip/untar the `phetch` program into your $PATH and get going!
## development
cargo run --
## gifcast
[](http://dvkt.io/phetchcast/v0.1.0.gif)
## screenies
## todo
- [ ] activate search mode with / or i
- [ ] de-activate search mode with ESC
- [ ] ENTER on non-match is an error
- [ ] show "SEARCH MODE" indicator in bottom right?
- [ ] update help
- [ ] add credits page
- [ ] telnet: gopher://bitreich.org/1/lawn/bbs
## bugs
- [ ] gopher://1436.ninja/1/twit.cgi ("iWritten and performed by Nathaniel" weirdness)
## future features
- [ ] Toggle bookmarks instead of just appending to the file
- [ ] Bookmarks save the title of the current page
- [ ] Incremental search in Text views
- [ ] Linked gopher and http URLs in Text views
- [ ] TLS -- https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2019-03-07-gopher-server-tls.html
- [ ] Fuzzy Find incremental search