Veeblog

A calm & minimal microblogging platform with Markdown support.

Tech stack

• Node.js + Express
• EJS templates + Vue (browser-side)
• MongoDB + Mongoose

Local setup

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. Copy the environment template and fill values:

cp .env.example .env

3. Add local host mappings (required for development domain):

sudo nano /etc/hosts

Add:

127.0.0.1 veeblog.local
127.0.0.1 www.veeblog.local
127.0.0.1 vasanth.veeblog.local

Notes:

• veeblog.local matches the local DOMAIN in config.js.
• You can replace vasanth with any username subdomain you want to test.
• On Windows, edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts with the same entries.

4. Export environment variables (or run through your preferred env loader) and start:

npm start

The app runs on http://localhost:3000 by default. You can also access it via http://veeblog.local:3000.

Scripts

• npm start: start server
• npm run api-dev: start with CSRF disabled (local API testing only)
• npm test: lint project

Contributions

Please refer CONTRIBUTIONS.md for more info.

LICENSE

MIT License