# gopher

**Repository Path**: mirrors_mattn/gopher

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: gopher
- **Description**: Windows Desktop Mascot Applicaiton "Gopher"
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-09
- **Last Updated**: 2026-07-04

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# Gopher

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/9Xf0BTM.gif)

Love Gopher

This is a desktop mascot application running on your desktop on windows.

## Feature

At the first, you need to run `gopher.exe`.

### Walking

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/9Xf0BTM.gif)

So Sweet!

### SL

If you did mis-type `ls` as `sl`.

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/BgiIAj9.gif)

So Fast!

### Notification

This repository bundled `gopherc.exe` that is client application to operate Gopher.

```
gopherc -m Hello
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/DTIBM9W.gif)

You need more gophers?

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/xt550tv.gif)

Hello Gopher!

### Jumping

```
gopherc -j
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/OKqbF7n.gif)

Looking Good!

### Vim plugin

Use `misc/vim` if you are vimmer.

```
:HeyGopher おなかすいた
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/K9h25F5.png)

So don't worry even if you are remaining alone at your office and you feel lonely.

### RSS Notification

Run `gopherfeed.exe` to aggregate RSS feed.

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/UEdmHYI.png)

It's Nice!

### Websocket Chat

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattn/gopher/master/misc/screenshot/PMVBSJ2.png)

It seems that the members of the chat room are talking on your windows desktop.

## Requirements

No, this is fully statically executable file. And this's not CGO.
But unfortunately, this only works on windows.

## Installation

```
cd cmd\gopher
mingw32-make
```
And copy `gopher.exe` into the path which is contained in %PATH% environment variables.

## License

This code is provided under the MIT license. See http://mattn.mit-license.org/ .
The image files of gopher which is created by Renee French are provided under the [Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

## Author

Yasuhiro Matsumoto (a.k.a mattn)