orndorffgrant/poller

A simple poll application that is intended to be easy to self-host. Written in rust using tide HTTP framework and askama templating. Data stored in SQLite.

poller

A simple poll application that is intended to be easy to self-host. This is a personal project that I run at its current version and (lack of) stability, but it may not meet your production standards.

You can see demo polls here:

• Single vote: https://poller-demo.orndorffgrant.com/poll/nCj3LC4rp8
• Multi vote: https://poller-demo.orndorffgrant.com/poll/Pn5UFpE8Xh
• Score vote: https://poller-demo.orndorffgrant.com/poll/rvrB7nOthd

Build Instructions

cd assets-src
npm run build
cd ..
cargo build --release

Running instructions

1. Create a new database file (sqlite)

   poller init data.db
   

   • This will print out an admin user and password
2. Set a secret environment variable (32 random characters)

   export POLLER_SECRET=asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf
   

3. Run poller

   poller run data.db
   

   • This will run on port 8000 (Change by setting the POLLER_PORT environment variable).
4. Set up your reverse proxy that handles TLS to point to poller. I recommend caddy.

Using poller

1. Log in to poller using the admin user and password that were printed when initializing the database.
2. Create a new non-admin user via the interface.
   • admins cannot create polls - only manage users.
3. Log in as the non-admin user
4. Create a poll via the interface.
5. Send the poll link to anyone you want.