Yellhole

A Hole To Yell In

Yellhole is a lightweight tumblelog which can run on e.g. fly.io for cheap.

Features

• Runs on a single node. Use a CDN if you're popular.
• All data is stored in a single directory.
• Simple single-user registration/login with Passkeys.
• Simple mobile-friendly interface.
• Write posts in Markdown.
• Upload images of any format (including HEIC), it converts them to WebP.
• Download images via URL, same thing.
• Simple image gallery makes it easy to post images.
• No titles, contents addressable by ID, contents sorted by time.
• Atom feed so your friends can watch.

Installation

cargo install --locked yellhole

(I mean, at some point you might be able to do this but I haven't packaged it yet.)

Requires SQLite and a TLS stack as build dependencies.

Requires ImageMagick as system dependency (specifically, convert must be in $PATH).

Operation

See Dockerfile for packaging example. See fly.toml for deployment example.

Shitposting

1. Get Yellhole running somewhere.
2. Go to /register and register a Passkey.
3. Log in with your Passkey and go to /admin/new.
4. Shitpost.
5. Go to / and admire your work.

License

Copyright © 2022 Coda Hale

Distributed under the Affero General Public License (v3 or later).