4chan NodeJS
A 4chan clone that is written in NodeJS. No front-end libraries are used. It's all vanilla JS, CSS and HTML.
Project is being rewritting here!
Getting Started
Make sure you have Node.js, NPM, and a MySQL Server installed.
With MySQL, create a database. If you are lazy, copy this command in insert into the MySQL terminal. CREATE DATABASE `4chan`;
- Update the .env according to your setup. See here for an example. Make sure that the .env file is in your root directory.
- Run
npm install - Run
node app.jsand you will have your own instance of 4chan running on your localhost!
There are a lot of features that 4chan provides that are not yet added. The overall core functionality of 4chan is what's currently present. These 4chan features will be added eventually. #####Note: Due to the school season, progress is slow but updates will be occasionally made. Expect summer to be loads of fun!
FAQ
Why aren't you using any front-end libraries ?
- This 4chan clone is using vanilla front end becuase this project was made for the purpose of not using front-end libraries. Instead, to learn and make sure we all know vanilla CSS and JS, we create the tools that we need without the assitance of external libraries. Perhaps I will create another clone of this project using Vue.js, Polymer.js, and Dojo Toolkit, who knows!
I want to help!
- Sure! This project is made for fun! I have no intent on publishing this (who knows honestly). Go ahead open an issue if there's a bug, fork, and send requests! The more the merrier.
Join our Slack!, PM me on Reddit with your email address to join.
Roadmap... so far.
To-Do
- Create the basics/core of 4chan.
- Add form validation to backend and frontend.
- Add 4chan misc. features including: banning users, deleting threads/comments, admin interface and more (this will be broken up to other tasks)