gemgen を Homebrew でインストール

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プロジェクトの歴史

The SourceHut repository began in August 2021 and reached tagged releases through v0.6.0 by February 2022. The README describes a Go tool built on goldmark and a companion goldmark-gemtext renderer, with options for preserving or adapting Markdown constructs to produce readable Gemtext rather than a purely mechanical dump.

The project scope stayed deliberately narrow: it converts files concurrently or streams Markdown from standard input to Gemtext on standard output, with extra support for link rewriting, templates, wiki-style links, and formatting choices useful when publishing static Gemini content.

採用の歴史

gemgen's adoption evidence is modest and niche. The upstream README lists Arch AUR and Homebrew packaging, and Go package metadata identifies it as a command module rather than a widely imported library.

使われ方

Practitioners use gemgen to keep Markdown as the editable source for Gemini capsules, then generate `.gmi` output during publishing. The tool pays special attention to Gemtext conventions: links are placed after paragraphs, headings and lists are simplified, emphasis can be removed or retained, and code blocks are emitted in fenced Gemtext form.

パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

For package maintainers, gemgen is a compact example of Gemini-era publishing tooling: a single-purpose CLI, small Go dependency tree, manpage-oriented installation, and enough release discipline to appear in Homebrew despite its narrow audience.

タイムライン

• 2021: Initial public commits and v0.1.0 release.
• 2021: v0.5.0 adds to the early sequence of SourceHut-hosted releases.
• 2022: v0.6.0 is tagged after several months of Markdown-to-Gemtext iteration.

Related projects

• gemgen is related to CommonMark, goldmark, goldmark-gemtext, the Gemini protocol, and other capsule publishing tools that bridge web-era Markdown into Gemtext.

ソース

• https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gemgen
• https://git.sr.ht/~kota/gemgen
• https://pkg.go.dev/git.sr.ht/~kota/gemgen