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Gemini Clients: Comparing Moonlander, Telescope, Amfora, Kristall, and Lagrange (Newer and Older)

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Summary: There are many independent implementations of clients (similar to Web browsers) that deal with Gemini protocol and today we compare them visually, using Techrights as a test case/capsule

THE Gemini "newcomers" often ask what to download rather than how to install or set up one's own Gemini capsule (this typically comes next). So we habitually present the differences between Gemini clients, which target different kinds of users with different needs, platforms (operating systems), and system capacity (some lack a GUI and cannot even attach a screen; some are literally blind). Well, the latest addition to the 'gallery' is Kristall, which is thus far our favourite Gemini client because of its decent GNU/Linux (and Qt) integration, not to mention built-in support for some very rudimentary HTML. Kristall is officially packaged for OpenBSD and select GNU/Linux distros.

"Kristall is officially packaged for OpenBSD and select GNU/Linux distros."The video above shows Moonlander, Telescope, Amfora, Kristall, and Lagrange, of which I have multiple versions installed. In the video the earlier version Lagrange is shown before the recent one. Lagrange is being developed quite frequently and quickly, whereas Kristall was last worked on back in November.

There are other clients such as Castor, which was last updated 4 months ago. This one was last updated 10 hours ago.

At the time of writing Lupa is aware of 1,590 active capsules, so it's very likely this count will exceed 1,600 some time in the weekend.

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