phroxy

phroxy is a small, multi-threaded web server that proxies Gopher requests through HTTP. It's meant to be run locally or behind an HTTPS proxy and was written for gogo, a WebKit-based Gopher desktop client.

To use it locally, run phroxy in a terminal then visit its URL in your favorite web browser. You'll be burrowin' through the Gophersphere in no time!

If you want to setup a private instance of phroxy on the real web so you can browse Gopher using your tablet or TV, we recommend running it behind an HTTPS proxy like Caddy:

$ cat Caddyfile
your-website.com
proxy / localhost:8080
$ sudo caddy -host your-website.com
# in another terminal:
$ phroxy -p 8080
Listening at http://0.0.0.0:8080...

Behind the scenes, phroxy attempts to make all Gopher connections using "secure Gopher" (TLS). If that doesn't work, it drops to a regular TCP connection.

screenies

The Lonely Cabin	sdf.org

gopherproject.org	gopherproject.org

usage

    phroxy [options]

Options:

    -p, --port NUM    Port to bind to.
    -h, --host NAME   Hostname to bind to.
    -g, --gopher URL  Default Gopher URL to load.

Other flags:

    -h, --help        Print this screen.
    -v, --version     Print phroxy version.

installation

phroxy is currently only available through https://crates.io/:

cargo install phroxy

You can also build a release binary yourself by cloning this repository:

git clone https://github.com/xvxx/phroxy
cd phroxy
cargo build --release
./target/release/phroxy -h

development

cargo run -- -p 8080

You can set the start screen to your own Gopher server. [phd][phd] perhaps?

# start gopher
phd
┬ Listening on 0.0.0.0:7070 at /Users/randy/Code/phroxy

# then start phroxy
cargo run -- -p 8080 -g 0.0.0.0:7070
# and visit it in your web browser
open http://127.0.0.1:8080

credits

phroxy's design is based on phetch and inspired by Gaufre.

The proxy idea comes from older gopher/web proxy sites like https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/.

It was made for gogo, which was inspired by lartu's OpenNapkin client.

todo

• man page