Underbite
A modern-ish gopher:// viewer.
What is Underbite?
Underbite is a Firefox add-on called Underbite that redirects Gopher URLs to a themed Floodgap Gopher proxy for viewing modern-ish gopher:// sites. It requires permissions to access and theme the proxy, access bookmarks, and history. Before installing, please read about the Gopher Proxy used and how data is handled. It is unaffiliated with Floodgap.
Add-on stats
By: luk3yx
Rating: 4.67
(3)
Creation date: 2018-11-16
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: No
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- bookmarks
- history
- storage
Size: 21.30K
URLs: Website
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Add-on summary
Underbite is a Firefox add-on that redirects Gopher URLs to a themed Floodgap Gopher proxy.
Required permissions:
- Access to
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/964bbbd26b5c30293755b310f7ebae1676279df71fdeb48e55efe810a700a7f7/https%3A//gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw.lite" rel="nofollow">https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw.lite</a>: To theme and communicate with the proxy. - Access to bookmarks: To set bookmark URLs correctly.
- Access to history: To set history URLs correctly (
gopher://...instead ofmoz-extension://...).
Before installing this add-on, please read the information about the Gopher Proxy used and how your data is handled at https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher
To use this add-on, you can visit a Gopher site, such as gopher://gopher.floodgap.com.
This add-on is unaffiliated with Floodgap.
A copy of this README is viewable at gopher://127.0.0.1 with this add-on installed.
User reviews
This is a great gopher add-on for those that don't have a gopher client installed.
by kiwi, 2019-12-12
by Fabricius Flamen, 2019-11-16
Nice lightweight gopher client. I find this works better than Overbite for my set-up.
thanks for adding this option luk3yx - testsite=> gopher://infinitelyremote.com :D
by Firefox user 14594997, 2019-01-28
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Underbite requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Underbite has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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