noir

An anonymous online message board.

Screenshots

Features

• Anonymously create posts
• Browse through posts with smooth infinite scroll
• Beautiful, responsive design

Development

Setting up

# Clone the repository with Git
git clone https://github.com/xtt28/noir.git

# Switch to the repository directory
cd noir

# Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv .venv

# Use the virtual environment
source .venv/bin/activate

# Install the dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

# Switch to the Django project directory
# (you will have run `cd noir` twice)
cd noir

# Set up your database
./manage.py migrate

# Run the development server
./manage.py runserver

How do I deploy a Django project?

Follow the Django deployment checklist and run manage.py check --deploy to prepare your instance of the software for deployment.

Development with the Tailwind CLI

Follow the instructions at https://github.com/timonweb/pytailwindcss to set up your development environment with Tailwind CSS.

Having completed the above, issue the following command while in the project directory:

./manage.py tailwind

This will listen for Tailwind style changes and rebuild the CSS as necessary.

Tech Stack

Frontend

• Tailwind CSS
• htmx

Backend

• Django
• SQLite (by default)