NNTPChan (previously known as overchan) is a decentralized imageboard that uses the NNTP protocol (network-news transfer protocol) to synchronize content between many different servers. It utilizes cryptographically signed posts to perform optional/opt-in decentralized moderation.
This is a step-by-step guide for getting up-and-running with NNTPChan as well as documentation for developers who want to either work on NNTPChan directly or use NNTPChan in their aplications with the API.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install imagemagick ffmpeg sox build-essential git ca-certificates postgresql postgresql-client golang
export GO111MODULE=off
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
git clone https://github.com/konamicode9/nntpchan
cd nntpchan
Run make:
make
CREATE DATABASE nntpchan;
CREATE USER username WITH PASSWORD 'CHANGEME';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE nntpchan TO username;
Once you have built NNTPChan and done the initial setup you you can start NNTPChan.
Before running make sure you run the setup command, you only need to do this one time:
./srndv2 setup
You can now start the NNTPChan node (srndv2) by running:
./srndv2 run
Now you can check out the web-interface by navigating to 127.0.0.1:18000 (default address - unless you have changed it in your srnd.ini) or you can configure your newsreader.
PLEASE report any bugs you find while building, setting-up or using NNTPChan on the GitHub issue tracker, the issue tracker on tor, the issue tracker on i2p or on the GitGud issue tracker so that the probelms can be resolved or discussed.
NNTP (confirmed working):
- Thunderbird
Web:
- Yukko: ncurses based nntpchan web ui reader
- started in mid 2013 on anonet
This is a graph of the post flow of the overchan.test newsgroup over 4 years, quite a big network.
(thnx anon who made this btw)
source code for map generation
- Deavmi - Making the documentation beautiful.