freedit

The safest and lightest forum, powered by rust.

Demo: https://freedit.eu/

GitHub: https://github.com/freedit-org/freedit

Features

• Easy to deploy: one binary to run, using embedded database sled
• No javascript at all, for safety maximization. (Why javascript is evil)
• LaTex and Code highlighting support without JavaScript
• Markdown support
• inn: Subgroup like Subreddits
• solo: Personal space like Twitter
• https support
• Online rss reader

Usage

From binary

1. Download freedit binary from releases
2. unzip freedit.zip
3. run ./freedit, open browser to addr, http://127.0.0.1:3001/

From source code

Prerequisition: install Rust

git clone https://github.com/freedit-org/freedit
cd freedit && cargo build -r
./target/release/freedit

Enable https (Optional)

Contents of certificate file and private key file must be in PEM format.

In config.toml file

cert = 'cert-path'
key = 'key-path'

Documentation

• online doc: https://freedit-org.github.io/freedit/freedit/index.html

• generate local documentation:

cargo doc --no-deps --open

Development

git clone https://github.com/freedit-org/freedit
cd freedit && cargo run

integration testing

COOKIE=<cookie> cargo run --example mock

Credits

• icon: https://iconoir.com/
• CSS framework: https://bulma.io/
• Rust crates: Cargo.toml