Freak

~(´ω`)~ (Josip Broz Tito, possibly)

Freak (as in extremely interested into something, NOT as in predator) is a in-development FOSS and sovereign alternative to Reddit (and an attempt to revive Ruqqus from scratch). The socio-moral reasons are beyond the scope of this README.

Installation

• First make sure you have these requirements:
  • Unix-like OS (Docker container, Linux or MacOS are all good).
  • Python >=3.10. Recommended to use a virtualenv (unless in Docker lol).
  • PostgreSQL at least 16.
  • Redis/Valkey (as of 0.4.0 unused in codebase).
  • A server machine with a public IP address and shell access (mandatory for production, optional for development/staging).
  • A reverse proxy listening on ports 80 and 443. Reminder to set APP_IS_BEHIND_PROXY=1 in .env !!!
  • Electricity.
  • Will to not give up.
• Clone this repository.
• Fill in .env with the necessary information.
  • DOMAIN_NAME (you must own it. Don't have? .xyz are like $2 or $3 on Namecheap¹)
  • APP_NAME
  • DATABASE_URL (hint: postgresql://username:password@localhost/dbname)
  • SECRET_KEY (you can generate one with the command cat /dev/random | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_. | head -c 56)
  • PRIVATE_ASSETS (you must provide the icon stylesheets here. Useful for custom CSS / scripts as well)
  • APP_IS_BEHIND_PROXY (mandatory if behind reverse proxy or NAT)
• ...

FAQ

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License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, a non-copyleft free and open source license.

This is a hobby project, made available “AS IS”, with no warranty express or implied.

I (sakuragasaki46) may NOT be held accountable for Your use of my code.

It's pointless to file a lawsuit because you feel damaged, and it's only going to turn against you. What a waste of money you could have spent on a vacation or charity, or invested in stocks.

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1. Namecheap is an American company. Don't trust American companies. ↩︎