/bin/join

1. HOW THE KNOT WORKS

The Terminal Knot is a linear chain that grows:

  • PREV automatically points to the last site in the knot
  • NEXT is your choice - send visitors wherever you want
  • Current last site: slime.tel
  • When you join, you become the new last site
  • The previous site's NEXT will be updated to point to you

2. REQUIREMENTS

To be part of The Terminal Knot, your site must:

  • Be primarily text-based.
  • Work perfectly without JavaScript.
  • Be legible in a terminal browser (Lynx, w3m).
  • Have a dark mode or high-contrast textual theme.
  • No tracking scripts, ads, or heavy frameworks.

3. INSTALLATION

Add this HTML snippet to your footer:

<!-- The Terminal Knot Widget -->
<div style="border:1px solid #0f0;padding:8px;font-family:monospace;max-width:300px;background:#000;color:#0f0;">
  <div style="border-bottom:1px solid #0f0;margin-bottom:8px;font-weight:bold;">
    [ The Terminal Knot ]
  </div>
  <nav style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;">
    <a href="https://slime.tel?via=terminalknot.net">< Prev</a>
    <a href="https://terminalknot.net/random">Random</a>
    <a href="YOUR_NEXT_SITE_URL">Next ></a>
  </nav>
</div>

* Replace YOUR_DOMAIN with your actual domain name.

4. CUSTOMIZE YOUR WIDGET

Only one placeholder to replace:

  • YOUR_NEXT_SITE_URL = the site you want to send visitors to next (your choice)

* PREV is already set to https://slime.tel (the current last site in the knot)

5. JOIN THE KNOT

Ready to join? It's fully automated:

  1. Create an account (or login if you have one)
  2. Go to /create and fill out the form
  3. Your site is instantly added to the directory
  4. Get your widget code to paste on your site
[ Submit Your Site → ]