The infodumpster is a tool to analyze MetaFilter infodump data. It lives at infodumpster.org.
Node.js and MySQL 5.x.
npm install dependencies.
Create the database mefi.
Set the environment variables MYSQL_USER and MYSQL_PASSWORD (or edit references in db.coffee and bin/import).
Run bin/download to grab a fresh copy of the MetaFilter infodump.
Run bin/import to import it into the database.
Run node index.js to start the server.