Gopher (protocol) (English Wikipedia)

P. Hoffman (November 2005). The gopher URI Scheme. Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC4266. RFC 4266. Proposed Standard. Obsoletes RFC 1738.
Anklesaria, Farhad; McCahill, Mark P; Lindner, Paul; Johnson, David; Torrey, Daniel; Alberti, Bob (March 1993). The Internet Gopher Protocol (a distributed document search and retrieval protocol). Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC1436. RFC 1436. Informational.

floodgap.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

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"The Overbite Project". Floodgap. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". Gopher.floodgap.com. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
"This is a Gopher link". gopher.floodgap.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011.
"Release Notes – OmniWeb 5 – Products". The Omni Group. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011. OmniWeb 5.9.2 Released 1 April 2009: Implemented ground-breaking support for the revolutionary Gopher protocol—a first for WebKit-based browsers! For a list of Gopher servers, see the Floodgap list. Enjoy!. The same text appears in the 5.10 release of 27 August 2009 further down the page, copied from the 5.9.2 unstable branch. The Floodgap list referred to is at Floodgap: new Gopher servers and does not itself refer to April Fools' Day.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 25 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 15 August 2017. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 18 October 2021. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 11 October 2022. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 17 February 2024. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 19 June 2025. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 29 August 2025. Archived from the original on 29 August 2025.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 28 January 2026. Archived from the original on 28 January 2026.

funet.fi (Global: 1,008^th place; English: 551^st place)

"Subject: University of Minnesota Gopher software licensing policy". Funet.fi. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

github.com (Global: 380^th place; English: 337^th place)

"Gopher+ protocol specification". GitHub.
asakura42; rkd77 (5 March 2021). "What advantages does Elinks have over the current original version of Links?". rkd77/elinks. GitHub. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023.
"Remove gopher protocol support. By yoav-steinberg · Pull Request #9057 · redis/Redis". GitHub.

gmane.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

permalink.gmane.org

Mešnjak, Matjaž (16 February 2009). "Re: New Gopher server and client". Newsgroup: gmane.network.gopher.general. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
JumpJet Mailbox (14 January 2008). "Re: Server Contact Information". Newsgroup: gmane.network.gopher.general. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

gophersports.com (Global: 8,294^th place; English: 4,007^th place)

"Gophersports.com – Official Web Site of University of Minnesota Athletics". Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

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"PAPER: Topics". Newsgroup: bit.listserv.cwis-l. 12 January 1992. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
JQ Johnson (25 February 1993). "gopher licensing". Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gopher. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
Joel Rubin (3 March 1999). "CW from the VOA server page". Newsgroup: rec.radio.shortwave. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
"UMN Gopher(d) released under the GPL!". Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gopher. 1 September 2000. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

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"Curl: Re: Gopher patches for cURL (includes test suite)". curl-library (Mailing list). 25 August 2010. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

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datatracker.ietf.org

P. Hoffman (November 2005). The gopher URI Scheme. Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC4266. RFC 4266. Proposed Standard. Obsoletes RFC 1738.
Anklesaria, Farhad; McCahill, Mark P; Lindner, Paul; Johnson, David; Torrey, Daniel; Alberti, Bob (March 1993). The Internet Gopher Protocol (a distributed document search and retrieval protocol). Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC1436. RFC 1436. Informational.

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"IU Knowledge Home - IUKB". servicenow.iu.edu.

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"Kio gopher". KDE UserBase Wiki. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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Masinter, L.; Ostrom, E. (June 1993). "Collaborative information retrieval: Gopher from MOO" (PDF). The Proceedings of INET. Vol. 93.

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Fonseca, Jonas (24 December 2004). "[ANNOUNCE] ELinks-0.10.0 (Thelma)". elinks-users (Mailing list). Linux From Scratch. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

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"Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-047". Microsoft. 28 February 2003. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2007.

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"Release Notes for Internet Explorer 7". Microsoft. 2006. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2007.

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Gihring, Tim (11 August 2016). "The rise and fall of the Gopher protocol". minnpost.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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Strong, Robert; et al. (14 July 2007). "Bug 388195 – Remove gopher protocol support for Firefox". Bugzilla. Retrieved 15 June 2010.

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Barras, Colin (12 March 2009). "How Moore's Law saved us from the Gopher web". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.

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omnigroup.com

"Release Notes – OmniWeb 5 – Products". The Omni Group. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011. OmniWeb 5.9.2 Released 1 April 2009: Implemented ground-breaking support for the revolutionary Gopher protocol—a first for WebKit-based browsers! For a list of Gopher servers, see the Floodgap list. Enjoy!. The same text appears in the 5.10 release of 27 August 2009 further down the page, copied from the 5.9.2 unstable branch. The Floodgap list referred to is at Floodgap: new Gopher servers and does not itself refer to April Fools' Day.
"A comprehensive list of changes for each version of OmniWeb". The Omni Group. 1 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2009.

blog.omnigroup.com

Sharps, Linda (1 April 2009). "OmniWeb 5.9.2 now includes Gopher support". The Omni Group. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2009.

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Riddle, Prentiss (13 April 1993). "GopherCon '93: Internet Gopher Workshop and Internet Gopher Conference". PrentissRiddle.com. Retrieved 20 May 2008.

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P. Hoffman (November 2005). The gopher URI Scheme. Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC4266. RFC 4266. Proposed Standard. Obsoletes RFC 1738.
Anklesaria, Farhad; McCahill, Mark P; Lindner, Paul; Johnson, David; Torrey, Daniel; Alberti, Bob (March 1993). The Internet Gopher Protocol (a distributed document search and retrieval protocol). Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC1436. RFC 1436. Informational.

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git.skyjake.fi

skyjake (24 January 2022). "v1.10.2". gemini/lagrange. Gitea. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023.

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"Directory entry says what? Current Gopher type field types". 5 March 2019.

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db.tidbits.com

Kaiser, Cameron (19 March 2007). "Down the Gopher Hole". TidBITS. Retrieved 23 March 2007.

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Mark P. McCahill interviewed on the TV show Triangulation on the TWiT.tv network

umn.edu (Global: 1,293^rd place; English: 776^th place)

mediamill.cla.umn.edu

Mark McCahill, Farhad Anklesaria. "Smart Solutions: Internet Gopher" (Flash). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Media Mill. Event occurs at 2:40. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. McCahill credits Anklesaria with naming Gopher

unc.edu (Global: 1,577^th place; English: 913^th place)

ils.unc.edu

Christopher (Cal) Lee (23 April 1999). "Where Have all the Gophers Gone? Why the Web beat Gopher in the Battle for Protocol Mind Share".

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Barras, Colin (12 March 2009). "How Moore's Law saved us from the Gopher web". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
Mark McCahill, Farhad Anklesaria. "Smart Solutions: Internet Gopher" (Flash). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Media Mill. Event occurs at 2:40. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. McCahill credits Anklesaria with naming Gopher
"Gophersports.com – Official Web Site of University of Minnesota Athletics". Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
"This is a Gopher link". gopher.floodgap.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011.
"Release Notes – OmniWeb 5 – Products". The Omni Group. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011. OmniWeb 5.9.2 Released 1 April 2009: Implemented ground-breaking support for the revolutionary Gopher protocol—a first for WebKit-based browsers! For a list of Gopher servers, see the Floodgap list. Enjoy!. The same text appears in the 5.10 release of 27 August 2009 further down the page, copied from the 5.9.2 unstable branch. The Floodgap list referred to is at Floodgap: new Gopher servers and does not itself refer to April Fools' Day.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 15 August 2017. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 18 October 2021. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 11 October 2022. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 17 February 2024. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 19 June 2025. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 29 August 2025. Archived from the original on 29 August 2025.
"Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway". 28 January 2026. Archived from the original on 28 January 2026.
"Curl: Re: Gopher patches for cURL (includes test suite)". curl-library (Mailing list). 25 August 2010. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
Mešnjak, Matjaž (16 February 2009). "Re: New Gopher server and client". Newsgroup: gmane.network.gopher.general. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
JumpJet Mailbox (14 January 2008). "Re: Server Contact Information". Newsgroup: gmane.network.gopher.general. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
Charles Childers. "Gopher Client on the App Store". iTunes. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022.
skyjake (24 January 2022). "v1.10.2". gemini/lagrange. Gitea. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023.
Fonseca, Jonas (24 December 2004). "[ANNOUNCE] ELinks-0.10.0 (Thelma)". elinks-users (Mailing list). Linux From Scratch. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
asakura42; rkd77 (5 March 2021). "What advantages does Elinks have over the current original version of Links?". rkd77/elinks. GitHub. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023.
"Kio gopher". KDE UserBase Wiki. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
"Burrow: Gopherspace Explorer for Chrome". Chrome Web Store. Archived from the original on 15 November 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
"Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-047". Microsoft. 28 February 2003. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2007.
"Release Notes for Internet Explorer 7". Microsoft. 2006. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2007.
"A comprehensive list of changes for each version of OmniWeb". The Omni Group. 1 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
Lore Sjöberg (12 April 2004). "Gopher: Underground Technology". Wired News. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

wikiwix.com (Global: 103^rd place; English: 872^nd place)

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"Download A Piece of Internet History". The Changelog. 28 April 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
Sharps, Linda (1 April 2009). "OmniWeb 5.9.2 now includes Gopher support". The Omni Group. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2009.

wired.com (Global: 254^th place; English: 178^th place)

Lore Sjöberg (12 April 2004). "Gopher: Underground Technology". Wired News. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

Gopher (protocol) (English Wikipedia)

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