Nemini

'/nɛmɪnaɪ/' Nem-in-eye

The primary git repo for Nemini is on Codeberg - please use that repo - https://codeberg.org/pswilde/nemini

Web : https://paulwilde.uk/dev/nemini
Gemini : gemini://paulwilde.uk/dev/nemini
A simple (to configure) Gemini server capable of serving static files with virtual host support.
Nemini also has a basic header/footer implementation - you can create a header and footer .gemini file in your root which will be applied to each page!
Leveraging the good work done by @benob for the Nim Gemini Library

Features

Serves static files
Has virtual host capability with aliases
Header and Footer can be applied to each page

Installation

Nemini can be installed in a variety of ways. The processes below set Nemini up in such a way that it should almost 'just work'™ (i.e. copy folders system-wide, create nemini user, create systemd service, etc.)

Arch Linux

Nemini is available in the AUR and can be installed via yay or your desired AUR package manager

yay -S nemini-git

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/nemini-git.git
cd nemini-git
makepkg -si

From Source

Nemini can be easily compiled from source within a few minutes.

git clone https://codeberg.org/pswilde/nemini.git
cd nemini
make              # Will build the binary, effectively just runs `nimble build`
sudo make install # This will copy files and folders to system-wide locations

How to run

Edit the /etc/nemini/nemini.toml file as you need.
Certificates are REQUIRED, so make sure you have those set in your config. (Automatically created if they don't exist)
Host your gemini files in the desired root_dir directory

If Nemini has been installed via the above Installation methods, then systemctl enable --now nemini should start the service and get your server running. Otherwise you can run the binary directly if you have permission on the folders in your config file.

Parameters

Passing --config parameter with a config file location will allow the use of a custom config file saved wherever you wish.

Certificates

With Gemini, Certificates are mandatory. If certificates don't exist they will be created via openssl when first run.

Static files

Nemini is able to serve static gemtext files from your root directory or subdirectories.
Your static files must use the extension .gemini, .gmi or .gmni. Currently, other file extensions are not supported, but easily fixed if there's need for it.

Headers and Footers

In your sites root_dir, add the files header.gemini and footer.gemini and they will be prepended and appended to your site content

Contact me

Say "Hi"!
I'm on the Fediverse at @paul@notnull.click
Or raise an issue here (Codeberg) for anything related to issues with Nemini