3 years ago, I wrote about "Why Gemini is Essential".

I explore a lifestyle change I made at the time which forced me to develop #offpunk

This change has become completely part of my identity. I could not live without offpunk anymore. I don’t take my Internet connection for granted and often assume that my laptop is offline even when it’s not.

https://ploum.net/2022-04-25-gemini-is-essential.html

gemini://ploum.net/2022-04-25-gemini-is-essential.gmi

Estou simplesmente encantado pelo navegador #Offpunk/ #XKCDpunk, desenhado pelo escritor belga @ploum. É um navegador para protocolo #Gemini, que roda totalmente no #terminal do sistema e que pode funcionar sem internet, mantendo páginas visitadas ou agendadas em cache.

Agora passo a maior parte do meu tempo no computador desconectado e a sensação é ótima. Eu adoraria que tivesse algum cliente para #Fediverso que funcionasse da mesma forma. Vocês têm notícias de algo assim?

Por favor, deem aquele gostoso.

@tecnologia

Yes, XKCDpunk was a joke. But it was also a real #offpunk release.

So, to clarify the situation, here’s Offpunk 2.7.1 which is basically XKCDpunk but with its old name.

Yes, the #xkcd command is trully working.

https://offpunk.net/

Fun fact: on April 1st, I joked that Offpunk will be renamed to XKCDpunk.

Everybody managed to get the joke.

Few realized that this was a true release and that the advertised XKCD feature has been trully implemented.

https://ploum.net/2025-04-01-xkcdpunk.html

Announcing the end of Offpunk and the release of XKCDpunk 1.0

https://ploum.net/2025-04-01-xkcdpunk.html

New website : https://xkcdpunk.net

3 years ago, as I just had created Offpunk, I started to implement what would become ansicat : a way to render HTML (or any format) in your terminal

Besides a lot of technical learning, the biggest lesson was probably how bad people are at writing texts and abusing any format.

https://ploum.net/2022-03-24-ansi_html.html

See the results here:

https://offpunk.net/install.html

Added a nice RESIST picture on

https://offpunk.net/whatisoffpunk.html

thanks @mala for making it.

The offpunk-users mailing-list has suddenly seen a dramatic increase in volume. People are really starting to use #offpunk and asking questions, trying to understand how it works.

https://lists.sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk-users

I’m doing my best to answer and helping people getting started. There’s now a "tutorial" command (which is simply redirecting you to https://offpunk.net/ )

People are also asking me about #gemini

Welcome to the #smolnet #SmallWeb #smallinternet #unix , welcome to the #resistance …

I'd love to see #offpunk run on something like the Kobo Clara BW. That would be epic. Possible? In a plug-in? Any interest @ploum ?

Today, an #offpunk user encountered a bug: a #gemini page could not be opened and was considered as "message/news".

I quickly pushed a workaround and investigated. The "message/news" was returned by the venerable "file" (which is on every *nix system since the last 50 years).

I wrote to the "file" mailing-list, had a nice exchange and managed to find the bug in "file". Which was promptly fixed by the maintainer and will be soon on your machine.

I free software!

Offpunk 2.6 released:

https://git.sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk/refs/v2.6

Don’t hesitate to post your questions/feedbacks to the users list:

https://lists.sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk-users

I think I'm closing in on some better #CLI tools.

#kitty - terminal emulator
#tmux - terminal multiplexer
#tmuxp - preconfigured tmux sessions
#mosh - ssh that reconnects if you switch networks
#newsboat - RSS feeds
#offpunk - gemini/gopher browser
#links2 - CLI web browser
#timg - CLI image viewer
#tailscale - for LAN access

Anyone else have some cool terminal apps they love?

3 years ago, I released Offpunk 0.4 and said it was the start of "stabilisation-and-maturity".

https://ploum.net/2022-02-21-offpunk04.html

I was right. Not at lot has visibly changed since that. But, in reality, there have been so many improvements and bug fixes that #offpunk went from "crazy experiment coded in 6 weeks" to "useful tool polished during 3 years that you can rely on everyday to get things done".

https://offpunk.net/

That’s a (not so) subtle difference that most managers don’t g t.

If you are a Unix nerd and wish you spend less time using your mouse while watching flashy colors, I recommend that you give Offpunk a try:

https://offpunk.net/

I’m trying to make it easier to get started with offpunk. Feedbacks and discussions are welcome on the mailing-list :

https://lists.sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk-users

or on the fediverse, using the #offpunk hashtag. Or on your blog. That would be awesome to read blog posts about people using offpunk

Released Offpunk 2.5 which add custom "aliases" and improve compatibility with #openbsd and #python version < 3.11

What is Offpunk?

https://offpunk.net/whatisoffpunk.html

You are welcome to discuss and ask questions on the offpunk-users list:

https://lists.sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk-users

If you are familiar with python development, join the offpunk-devel list to help intregrate offpunk and unmerdify, a new library developed by @vjousse :

https://lists.sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk-devel/%3C4841675b-b03e-4c80-9677-ddc18d840656@jousse.org%3E

I'm gonna try to start posting on my gemlog more than socials now tbh.
for all my followers, please check gemini://gem.thanosengine.xyz/index.gmi
add it to your subscribed list in #offpunk if you're based. probably going to start a personal log category alongside the logs of my technical escapades