/doushio

Real-time imageboard in node.js and redis

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Real-time imageboard. MIT licensed.

Setup:

  • Install dependencies listed below
  • Sign up for reCAPTCHA
  • Create a GitHub Application (callback URL = site URL + /login)
  • Copy config.js.example to config.js and configure
  • Copy hot.js.example to hot.js and configure
  • Copy imager/config.js.example to imager/config.js and configure
  • Copy report/config.js.example to report/config.js and configure
  • You might need to run npm install -g node-gyp
  • Run npm install to install npm deps and compile a few helpers
  • Run node builder.js to run an auto-reloading development server

Production:

  • Have your webserver serve www/ (or wherever you've moved src, thumb, etc.)
    • Configure imager.config.MEDIA_URL appropriately
    • Then turn off SERVE_STATIC_FILES and SERVE_IMAGES
  • If you're behind Cloudflare turn on CLOUDFLARE
    • Or if you're behind any reverse proxy (nginx etc) turn on TRUST_X_FORWARDED_FOR
  • Run node server/server.js for just the server
  • You can update client code & hot.js on-the-fly with node server/kill.js
  • For nginx hosting/reverse proxying, refer to docs/nginx.conf.example
  • For a sample init script, refer to docs/doushio.initscript.example
  • config.DAEMON support is old and broken, PRs welcome

Dependencies:

  • ImageMagick
  • libpng
  • node.js + npm
  • redis
  • ffmpeg 2.2+ if supporting WebM
  • jhead and jpegtran optionally, for EXIF autorotation

Optional npm deps for various features:

  • daemon (broken currently)
  • icecast now-playing banners: node-expat
  • send (if you want to serve static files directly from the node.js process; useful in debug mode also)

Standalone upkeep scripts:

  • archive/daemon.js - moves old threads to the archive
  • upkeep/backup.js - uploads rdb to S3
  • upkeep/clean.js - deletes archived images
  • upkeep/radio.js - icecast2 server integration