Jem is a Gemini browser I am working on, implemented in java. It is *VERY* work-in-progress, and does not yet fully implement the Gemini protocol specification. Experimental downloads are available at the bottom of this page.
That's right! I have officially released version 0.1.0 of Jem! It is now capable of loading most capsules, and you can expect plugin support coming soon! Please do send me feedback at: thatblockypenguin@tilde.team
The first version uploaded to the official downloads page was erroneouly labelled as "1.0-SNAPSHOT". Inbetween that and release 1.0, I will be using semantic versioning as described in AloisMahdal's github issue: Convention: how to get from 0.0.0 to 1.0.0
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- First assign version 0.0.0.
Nothing has to work or even exist.
Although you already may want to set up things like CI, build system or some simple branching scheme. - At some point you proceed to 0.0.z.
But in this phase it really means "0.0.MAJOR". Ie. things are generally expected to work
but anything can break with any upgrade. - As you feel a bit more confident, you proceed to 0.y.z.
But in this phase it really means "0.MAJOR.MINOR".
This is when you first start to apply SemVer principles: you are still in the "privileged" 0.y.z range, but you already start to distinguish between breaking and non-breaking changes. - Eventually, you want to get serious so you release the glorious 1.0.0.
Once 1.0.0 is released, standard SemVer will be used.
Jem is currently being completely rewritten after 1.0-SNAPSHOT to be more of a framework for smolnet browsers (albeit initially very Gemini-focussed), so in the future it should be easily possible to give it support for Gohper, Finger, or realistically any other protocol. As such, expect LOTS of breaking changes.
NOTE: This rewrite is now mostly complete, and only minor changes and fixes are planned to take place.
Note: Jem Requires you to have at least Java 21 installed in order for it to run. I would recommend Eclipse Temurin if you don't have it already.