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- No Javascript necessary. An HTML5 compliant browser is enough; it even runs on
w3m, the text web browser. - Lightweight, requires only a
python3environment and stores its database in asqlite3file. - Can be deployed with WSGI compatible servers (Apache/NGINX) or even
django's development server if need be.
- Posts can be text and/or URLs.
- Posts can optionally have any number of tags.
- Latest stories RSS and Atom feeds are provided.
- Post and comment text content support commonmark Markdown syntax.
- Posts and comments can only be upvoted. Support for flagging (downvoting) will be added soon.
- Posts can be pinned to the top with a time limit or indefinitely.
- Tags can optionally have any number of parent tags (but cycles are not allowed)
- Tags can optionally be organised in Aggregations, which are collections of tags with a common theme. A user's frontpage can be either all stories or their subscribed aggregations' stories.
- Aggregations can optionally be private, public or discoverable by other users.
- Aggregations can be set as "default" by moderators. New users are subscribed to default aggregations.
- Users can create their own aggregations at any time.
- Tags, users and domains can be excluded from an Aggregation via exclude filters.
- Comments and posts are automatically indexed in a separate
sqlitedatabase file using thefts5(full text search) virtual table extension. - Posts with URLs can optionally have their remote content fetched and indexed with a
djangomanagement command (e.g. from within a cron job).
- Users can be inactive, active or banned.
- Moderators can set the number of days for which an account is considered new. New accounts cannot add tags or perform other potentially destructive actions.
- Public moderation log.
- Mentioning other users in comments notifies them.
- Users can choose when they receive each kind of notification via email
- Users can optionally enable a weekly digest email.
- Users can either freely sign-up or have to be invited to.
- Users can optionally request for an invitation (this feature can be turned off).
- Users can save any story, comment to their bookmarks along with personal notes and export them at any time.
- Users can add personal metadata in their profile, including an avatar.
- Users can add "hats" to their account, which are decorations that can optionally be added to a comment. For example a moderator user wanting to comment as a moderator and not as a user would use a hat.
- Users have a personalised Atom or RSS feed that shows only their subscriptions.
- Posted URLs are notified with
webmention. - Users can be retrieved with
webfinger.
cp sic/local/secret_settings.py{.template,}
vim sic/local/secret_settings.py # REQUIRED: add secret token
vim sic/local/settings_local.py # OPTIONAL: local settings (SMTP etc)
python3 -m venv # OPTIONAL: setup virtual python enviroment in 'venv' directory
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt # Or 'pip3' install...
python3 manage.py migrate #sets up database
python3 manage.py createsuperuser #selfexplanatory
python3 manage.py runserver # run at 127.0.0.1:8000
python3 manage.py runserver 8001 # or run at 127.0.0.1:8001
python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 # or run at public-ip:8000See DEPLOY.md for deployment instructions.
See CODE_STYLE.md.