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# IPFS Boards
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2018-02-03 12:09:58 +01:00
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2018-02-07 21:45:42 +01:00
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Boards is an experiment with the goal of figuring out whether it's possible to have
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a discussion board, forum or social network that works inside a normal browser tab
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without relying on servers, desktop applications, browser extensions, the blockchain
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or anything else.
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The goals in detail:
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- all communication should happen in the most distributed way possible using
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peer to peer systems
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- should work completely offline without anything else other than a web browser
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after it's downloaded for the first time
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- all data including assets, code and user created content needs to be distributed
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and/or replicated between the users
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The project is in prototype stage and works thanks to the [IPFS](https://ipfs.io)
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distributed file system.
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The first iteration focuses on creating boards, posting content and commenting.
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Moderation tools, encryption, friends lists, private messages, real time chat and
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other features will be attempted in the future
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2018-02-22 00:04:58 +01:00
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### Under the hood
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This project is a web UI, [orbit-db-discussion-board](https://github.com/fazo96/orbit-db-discussion-board)
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is the underlying library
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2018-02-07 21:45:42 +01:00
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## Try it out
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2019-10-22 22:08:59 +02:00
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Years old build hosted on IPFS, probably broken by now:
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2018-02-09 18:02:19 +01:00
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https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmYT9EzvQY8zwtxQxUhPcphSGR4XtTRkT4MnXmQKPFamQ7
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This allows you to create boards and posts. There is no moderation
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or commenting yet and a lot of things are super wonky
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## Working on the code
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2019-10-22 22:08:59 +02:00
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This is a next.js project, a React framework.
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Clone this repo, then run
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- `npm install` to install dependencies
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- `npm run dev` to start a development server
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- `npm run build` to create a production build then `npm start` to start the frontend server
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2018-02-09 18:02:19 +01:00
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## Old Version
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You're looking at the new implementation of Boards. If you want to check out the
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old one [follow this link](https://github.com/fazo96/ipfs-boards/tree/legacy)
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