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Gemini Protocol

Gemini is a application-level internet protocol for distribution of arbitrary files. It explores the space between gopher and web, striving to address the limitations of former and avoid the drawback of the latter. It main features are:

focus on privacy; inability of servers to track users
focus on security with mandatory TLS encryption
suitability for low-powered computing and low-speed networks

For detailed information about the protocol see the official Project Gemini capsule.

Project Gemini

Gemtext (.gmi) file description

Gemtext is a text format for Gemini Protocol. It is similar to Markdown albiet with less features.

Text is written using "long lines". Short lines separated by newline will not be wrapped by the client. It is therefore best to write so that each line is a paragraph.

The header line begins with one, two, or three `#` in the case of large, smaller, or smallest header.

# Large header
## Smaller header
### Smallest header

There is one type of list. Each item line begins with a * character. Lists cannot be nested.


	Item 1
	Item 2
	Item 3

A link line begins with =>, followed by an optional space, followed by an URL, followed by an optional human-friendly label. Links can be absolute or relative. They can be to any type of file.

=>gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/ Project Gemini

A quote is a single line beginning with > character.

> Be more than a man or thou're less than and ant.

Pre-formatted text is written between lines that start with ``` (three backticks). The top line may contain an alt-text following ``` which labels/explains the pre-formatted section.

 ```stickman
       +------------------+
   o_  | Help! I'm stuck! |
  /|   +------------------+
   |\   
 ```