Gemini Comparison

This document compares —

• gemini & gemtext, against
• HTTP & HTML, and also against
• gopher & gophermap.

Formatting

	HTTP & HTML	gemini & gemtext	gopher & gophermap
bold	✅	✗	✗
italics	✅	✗	✗

Identity

	HTTP & HTML	gemini & gemtext	gopher & gophermap
client public-key	✗	✅	✗
cookies	✅	✗	✗

Images

	HTTP & HTML	gemini & gemtext	gopher & gophermap
embedded images	✅	✗	✗

Legibility

	HTTP & HTML	gemini & gemtext	gopher & gophermap
human-legible	✗ & ✗	✗ & ✅	✗ & ✗
machine-legible	✅ & ✅	✅ & ✅	✅ & ✅
programmer-legible	✅ & ✅	✅ & ✅	✅ & ✅

Links

	HTTP & HTML	gemini & gemtext	gopher & gophermap
inline links	✅	✗	✗
line links	✅	✅	✅
URIs & URLs	✅	✅	✗

Privacy

	HTTP & HTML	gemini & gemtext	gopher & gophermap
encryption	✅	✅	✗
mandatory encryption	✗	✅	✗
self-signed certificates	✗	✅	✗
self-third-party signed certificates	✅	✅	✗

Text

	HTTP & HTML	gemini & gemtext	gopher & gophermap
ASCII	✅	✅	✅
emoji	✅	✅	✗
Unicode UTF-8	✅	✅	✗