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

Download freedit binary from releases
unzip freedit.zip
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

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