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I had been wondering if a Gemini capsule could be hosted as an Onion Service (Tor hidden service) and then accessed from a Gemini client routed via a Tor service SOCKS port. My motivation for thinking about this was to reduce the cost of hosting your own Gemini capsule even further by removing the domain registration fee. After some trial/error I discovered that the answer is yes! You can definitely setup a Gemini Tor/Onion Capsule that's accessible via a Tor proxied Gemini client. 😁 It's a nifty way to get a free .onion domain and possibly add a little privacy to both the server and the clients connecting to it (still investigating the privacy aspect).
I have jotted down some notes/ramblings about it at the link below.
Notes/Ramblings about the Gemini Tor Hidden Service experiment
Sep 01 · 4 months ago · 👍 hyperreal, vi, Dio9sys
I have had my capsule served over tor since I built it and appreciated the fact that .onion addresses are reserved in a way that keeps them free as in beer. If the price of a dot com gets stupid expensive eventually on all of the domain name registrars, I know I can continue hosting my capsule over my tor hidden service. Glad your experiment worked out for you!
🔭 Sw4mp_Sl0th [OP] · Sep 01 at 18:01:
@vi Thank you vi! I recently (early last month) discovered the Gemini protocol and I'm loving this stuff ('til wee hours of the morning cruising Gemini space 😁). There's still lots to learn and my little Gemini/Tor experiment was super helpful in that regard. Not long ago I got hit with an email notice of domain prices going up again, so it is definitely reassuring to have .onion domain names as a backup plan.