autonomous.contact

Bringing the BBS back.

TODO

These are in no particular order. Pull requests updating this section welcome for feature discussions.

• should everything be an event in a room?
• sign up
• check for logged in user session
• log in
• refactor login/sessions/totp
• chat rooms
  • chat messages
  • gif support
  • inline image support
  • media uploads
    • local upload support (keep it simple for small instances)
    • S3 support (then self-host with your friends: https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/)
  • try to select immediate sibling messages from the same user and hide mulitple avatars
• user profile page
  • logout button
  • profile editing
  • avatar uploads
    • local upload support (keep it simple for small instances)
    • S3 support (then self-host with your friends: https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/)
• admin panel
  • add invite code generation
    • AC_REQUIRE_INVITE_CODE: boolean env var/setting
  • AC_DIRECTORY_SERVERS: |-separated list of directory servers to report to these central servers could be distributed directories - your town might run one, your state, your country, or you could publish to a public one that is organized around interests
• combined "bulletin board" instead of exchange/work?
  • post-it style notes with tag and keyword filtering?
• simple wiki for resources
• simple calendar with public/private event tracking
  • caldav support
• smart forms
  • use the api for forms so requests will be authenticated
  • support multiple methods

Getting Started Developing

1. Install Deno

   Run their shell script (note: as yourself, not root)

   curl -fsSL https://deno.land/install.sh | sh
   

   Or using Nix:

   nix-shell -p deno
   

2. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://andyburke.dev/andyburke/autonomous.contact.git

3. Start the server:

   deno run task serve

4. Navigate to http://localhost:8000

5. Edit some code and check it out.