Introducing Scout, an iOS native Gemini client

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I'm excited to announce that Scout, a new iOS Gemini client written in SwiftUI, is live in the App Store! To check it out visit the gmeini page below.

scout.gemini.software

This was a side project I started in December of last year and I practically finished it, but due to a lot of other life circumstances had to pause efforts of publishing it. Really enjoyed building something I wanted to use every day, and it feels good to make it available for anyone else who wants to try it. Here are some of it's features:

- Browse Gemini capsules with full `text/gemini` rendering (headers, links, lists, preformatted text)

- URL bar with navigation history (back/forward)

- Tab management

- Bookmarks

- Media preview support (images, audio, video)

- Input prompt handling (status 10/11)

- Automatic redirect following (status 30/31)

- TOFU (Trust on First Use) certificate verification

- Client certificate generation and management

- Theming support (custom background and text colors)

The code is open source under the MIT license and can be browsed using SSH:

This also means I am keeping the app 100% free. I don't want a price tag put on people's exploration of Gemini. It is by no means in a final state, so if you have feedback please do let me know! Excited to see what people think of it.

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