Gopher Client

we are so lucky to have a great free gopher client on iOS. this is fast, puny (less than 2 megabytes), intuitive. thanks to the dev for creating and maintaining this, and making it so easy to dip into gopherspace.

Couldn’t get any pages to load. Update: working well as of September 2023

As of July 2023, this app on recent iPhone OS freezes. Will work for awhile but chokes on links and lack of stop feature means it spins in perpetuity trying to do something it cannot get done.

The internet needs more gopher clients of this quality. Highly recommended for all mobile users.

Scroll for a while tabs it will crash to Home Screen. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ for taking the time to even bother with a Gopher client on iOS 😊.

This Gopher client appears to be one of the few, if not the only available on the App Store. There isn’t much to compare it to. It is great to be able to experience Gopherspace, but navigation can be cumbersome. When loading a text post, going back, loading another text post, then going back again, then once again going back, the first text post then loads a second time. Each previously-loaded text post will reload when attempting to go back to the parent directory. Otherwise, this app is great!

This is a nice Gopher client that is easy on the eyes and simple to use. I suggest adjusting the text size in settings to match your screen in portrait mode. The ability to display images is terrific, but I can’t seem to download other file types. Add that feature and it will be perfect.

If you just care about accessing Gopher servers then this’ll work for you. However it has some frustrating UX/design decisions that could likely easily be addressed: 1) landscape view does not account for newer phones with notches on the screen. If you few pages horizontally (usually formats better than reflowed portrait mode) your text will be covered by the notch. 2) Swiping and gestures are not supported. Avoiding having to press navigation buttons is a huge deal in usability and comfort. I expect it in programs like this as much as I do in a web browser. Apart from those two frustrations this is a great way to experience the gopherspace.

Pure joy! Best Gopher client I’ve used in years! Phurreal, so much win. iOS has finally come of age! .... now if we could just get Pine and Lynx on board.

This is your go-to Gopher client for iOS. Thank you to the developers for making this. Edit: where has Gopher been all my life?