Pici Server (version 5)

This is the 5th version of the pici-server of the picidae project by Christoph Wachter & Mathias Jud.

It creates interactive screenshots of web pages, to navigate, watch and static web pages from other locations.

Install

The following software needs to be installed:

• yarn
• mongodb

Checkout the pici-server repository:

git clone https://github.com/picidae-project/pici-server.git
cd pici-server

Download and install the needed chrome extension:

1. download version v1.1.4 of the plugin I still don't care about cookies via the following link: https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies/releases/download/v1.1.4/ISDCAC-chrome-source.zip
2. Unpack the zip folder into the chrome_extensions folder of this repository.
3. The path now needs now to look like this chrome_extensions/ISDCAC-chrome-source

The pici-server runs in nodejs, using puppeteer and chrome as a rendering engine.

To install required packages there is a yarn package install:

# To install Puppeteer with chromium via yarn, 
# just run yarn in this directory
yarn

You finished the installation and can now run the pici-server

Run Server

To start the pici server run the following command:

node ./pici-server.js

The pici-server is reachable via http://127.0.0.1:3000/

License

Pici-Server is licensed under the GPL license version 3, see the LICENSE file.

(c) Christoph Wachter & Mathias Jud 2007-2025