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gmid is a fast, small, and secure Gemini server. It uses libtls (a GREAT tls library from the OpenBSD folks) to serve static content and execute CGI scripts.

source code

GitHub mirror

You can fetch the code with git:

git clone https://git.omarpolo.com/gmid

or via the github mirror:

git clone https://github.com/omar-polo/gmid

The manpage is available at

gmid(1)

Features

(random order)

reconfiguration: reload the running configuration without
interruption
sandboxed by default on OpenBSD, Linux and FreeBSD
automatic redirect/error pages (see `block return`)
IRI support (RFC3987)
punycode support
dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6)
automatic certificate generation for config-less mode
CGI scripts
low memory footprint
event-based asynchronous I/O model
small codebase, easily hackable
virtual hosts
per-location rules
optional directory listings
configurable mime types
chroot support

Future plans

This is mostly a TODO/wish list of things, just to get an idea of what I'm gonna do (and to remind to myself too).

per-server (or even per-path?) logging
different logging styles
listen only on specific IPs
customize error messages

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