CLI batch downloader for Gemini protocol, inspired by wget
and yt-dlp
tools
At this moment, project under development, some features already implemented and testing (feedback | PR)
- gemini-php - Client for Gemini protocol
- gemtext-php - Parser for Gemtext
- net-php - Network toolkit for URL operations
- php-cli-colors - CLI colors
- Grab single URL or
--crawl
entire capsule - Multiple MIME types download (e.g. inline images and other media)
- Detailed crawler log for every request + totals
- Flexible options
- Custom
--delay
between requests - Custom
--index
filename for directories - Custom storage location
- Filesystem
- FTP
- Optional links replacement for local navigation
- Relative (default)
- Absolute (
--absolute
) - Original (
--keep
)
-
--match
regex URL -
--unique
snap version or sync with existing copy - Configurable redirect levels to
--follow
- Crawl depth
--level
limit - Document size limit to download
- Follow
--external
links on crawl
- Custom
apt install git composer php-fpm php-mbstring
git clone https://github.com/YGGverse/gemini-dl.git
cd gemini-dl
composer update
chmod +x src/gemini-dl.php
(for direct execution only)
src/gemini-dl.php --source gemini://.. --target /path/to/download
- alternatively, launch with specified php version
/path/to/php src/gemini-dl.php
# Required
-s, --source - string, gemini protocol address
-t, --target - string, absolute path to destination folder
# Optional
-a, --absolute - no value, links to absolute filepath (ignored on --keep), disabled by default
-c, --crawl - no value, crawl document links (entire capsule download), disabled by default
-d, --delay - integer, pause between requests to prevent abuse (seconds), 1 by default
-i, --index - string, index filename of directory listing, index.gmi by default
-h, --help - no value, show available commands
-k, --keep - no value, keep original links (--crawl mode only), disabled by default
-m, --match - string, collect links match regex rule, /.*/ by default
-r, --raw - no value, include meta headers (--keep option ignored), disabled by default
-u, --unique - no value, append snap version as folder timestamp, disabled by default
# Experimental (in development)
-e, --external - no value, follow external hosts, disabled by default
-f, --follow - integer, follow redirects on --crawl, 0 by default
-l, --level - integer, depth to --crawl, 0 by default
- show in CLI:
gemini-dl.php --help