Active Gopher servers

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This is a list of active (as of December 1st, 2011) Gopher servers on the Internet.

What is Gopher, you may ask?
Gopher was a competitor of the early World Wide Web, differing in its simpler, more structured interface. The flexibility of HTML led to the World Wide Web eclipsing Gopher, and today few people are aware that Gopher even existed. Gopher has not, however, entirely vanished, and over one hundred Gopher servers still provide access to more than a million content items. Unfortunately, the number of modern web browsers with support for Gopher is dwindling, potentially rendering all of this content inaccessible.

This list has 3 columns:

  1. name of server
  2. gopher-link. Only works with a Gopher-enabled browser
  3. GopherProxy link. Enables you to access Gopher servers with just about any browser

(If you happen to know of an active Gopher server which is not listed here, please leave a comment with its URL.)

nameGopher URLGopherProxy URL
Meulie.netgopher.meulie.netgopher.meulie.net
Floodgap Systemsgopher.floodgap.comgopher.floodgap.com
LUG @ UDmirror.lug.udel.edumirror.lug.udel.edu
SDF Public Access UNIX Systemsdf.org / sdf.lonestar.orgsdf.org / sdf.lonestar.org
Moo Canadamoo.camoo.ca
Latexikonlatexikon.orglatexikon.org
Rob Sayersgopher.robsayers.comgopher.robsayers.com
SDF-EU Public Access UNIX Systemsdf-eu.org / sdfeu.orgsdf-eu.org / sdfeu.org
Quux.orgquux.orgquux.org
RetroNETretro-net.orgretro-net.org
Downthehole78.80.30.20278.80.30.202
gopher.semmel.chgopher.semmel.chgopher.semmel.ch
bbs.cs.nccu.edu.twbbs.cs.nccu.edu.twbbs.cs.nccu.edu.tw
iSiS UNVEiLEDisisunveiled.no-ip.orgisisunveiled.no-ip.org
MATEUSZ' GOPHERHOLEgopher.viste-family.netgopher.viste-family.net
Goffergoffer.dyn-o-saur.comgoffer.dyn-o-saur.com
IUBio Archiveiubio.bio.indiana.eduiubio.bio.indiana.edu
Berkeley gdead Grateful Dead archivesnewkraitch.cs.berkeley.edunewkraitch.cs.berkeley.edu
Dock Sud BBSbbs.docksud.com.arbbs.docksud.com.ar
gopher.rp.spb.sugopher.rp.spb.sugopher.rp.spb.su
g.caffeine-powered.netg.caffeine-powered.netg.caffeine-powered.net
docfile.org (formerly known as gopher.paragrafprint.com)gopher.docfile.orggopher.docfile.org
Ptah's Globus Compendiusredhill.net.nzredhill.net.nz
9front9front.org9front.org
Maznickmaslon.comnickmaslon.com
BlaatSchaapblaatschaap.beblaatschaap.be
burgrburgr.telehack.orgburgr.telehack.org
r4applesandchickens.comapplesandchickens.com
WoofelNetgopher.woofel.netgopher.woofel.net
Telehacktelehack.orgtelehack.org
Norbert79norbert79.uk.tonorbert79.uk.to

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