beep

a legendary land of lowercase lovers.

a self-hosted mini-blogger.

technically made because i wanted to mess around with rss, but i also wanted a teensy little blog/slow-paced-chat-app for myself and my friends.

hosting

you will need a postgresql database somewhere, along with v to compile beep:

edit config.maple to set the url, port, username, password, and database name.

config.maple also has settings to configure the feel of your beep instance, including toggling images, post length, username length, etc etc.

do not push your config.maple's secrets to git! instead, use config.real.maple if you plan to push anywhere. it will be gitignored to keep your secrets a secret.

git clone https://github.com/emmathemartian/beep
cd beep
v -prod .
./beep config.maple

then go to the configured url to view (default is http://localhost:8008).

if you do not have a database, you can either self-host a postgresql database on your machine, or you can find a free one online. i use and like neon.tech, their free plan is pretty comfortable for a small beep instance!