gemini-dl

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)

Interface

Components

• gemini-php - Client for Gemini protocol
• gemtext-php - Parser for Gemtext
• net-php - Network toolkit for URL operations
• php-cli-colors - CLI colors

Features

• 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

Environment

apt install git composer php-fpm php-mbstring

Install

• git clone https://github.com/YGGverse/gemini-dl.git
• cd gemini-dl
• composer update
• chmod +x src/gemini-dl.php (for direct execution only)

Usage

src/gemini-dl.php --source gemini://.. --target /path/to/download

• alternatively, launch with specified php version /path/to/php src/gemini-dl.php

Options

# 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