Gopher Mcp

io.github.mrfentmenPublished by GitHub account mrfentmenv1.0.0Updated Nov 5, 2026

Use this MCP server to the Gopher protocol, browse gopherspace, the pre HTTP internet. Menus,...

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Overview

AI-generated overview

A local MCP server that lets an assistant browse Gopher menus, read Gopher text files and run Veronica-2 searches across gopherspace.

What you can do
  • Open a Gopher menu on a host and list its typed items (directories, text files, search services, binaries)
  • Read a plain text file (Gopher type 0) from a given host and selector
  • Run a Veronica-2 search across gopherspace and get matching items
  • Navigate gopherspace by chaining menus and selectors, with gopher.floodgap.com as the default host
When to use it
Useful when you want an assistant to explore the pre-web Gopher internet, read documents hosted on Gopher servers, or look up retro and archival material through Veronica search. It is a niche tool for gopherspace rather than general web browsing.
Requirements
Runs as a local process over stdio, installed from the npm package and started with Node.js. It opens raw TCP connections to Gopher servers on port 70, so outbound network access is needed. No accounts, API keys or environment variables are required.
Before you install
It makes raw TCP connections to whatever host and selector the assistant supplies, so requests go to third-party Gopher servers. Content read from gopherspace is untrusted text and may be outdated or misleading. No authentication or credentials are involved.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Gopher Mcp in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

gopher mcp

An MCP server that speaks the Gopher protocol, the pre HTTP internet, still running since 1991.

Gopher is a text menu protocol: you open a menu, it lists typed items (directories, text files, search services), and you navigate deeper. This server is a raw TCP Gopher client (port 70), no HTTP, no scraping.

Why it's original

Nobody else has a Gopher client as an MCP tool. The AI can now surf gopherspace, Floodgap, SDF, Veronica search, and read documents that predate the web.

Tools

ToolWhat it does
open_menuOpen a gopher menu and list its items (dirs, text, search, binaries)
read_textfileRead a plain text file (gopher type 0)
search_veronicaRun a Veronica-2 search across gopherspace

Usage

bash
npm run build && node dist/index.js

Example flow:

open_menu { host: "gopher.floodgap.com", selector: "/" }search_veronica { host: "gopher.floodgap.com", query: "retro games" }read_textfile { host: "gopher.floodgap.com", selector: "/0/floodgap/new" }

Default host is gopher.floodgap.com (Floodgap Systems, serving gopher since 1999, blocklist updated April 2026, ~81,000 Veronica matches indexed). All keyless, no auth.

Source: README.md at commit 37ca3e7

Tools

0
SourceWeft has not started this package in its sandbox yet, so its tools are not known.

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0LatestSep 22, 2026

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