104 lines
3.9 KiB
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104 lines
3.9 KiB
Markdown
werc - A sane web anti-framework
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Werc is a minimalist web anti-framework built following the Unix and Plan 9
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*tool philosophy* of software design.
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Werc avoids the pain of managing collections of websites and developing web
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applications.
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* Database free, uses files and directories instead.
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* Written using [the rc shell](http://rc.cat-v.org), leveraging the standard Unix/Plan 9 command toolkit.
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* Minimize tedious work: eg., no need to ever write HTML, use markdown (or any other format) instead.
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* Very minimalist yet extensible codebase: highly functional core is 150 lines, with extra functionality in modular [apps](/apps/).
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Features
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Here are some of the features provided by werc:
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* Good integration with pre-existing content, you can add HTML or plain text files and they will be seamlessly integrated with the rest of the site.
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* You can use your favorite tools (text editor, shell, file manager, etc) to edit, manipulate and manage data stored in werc.
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* Designed to manage any number of 'virtual' domains that share a common style and layout from a single werc installation.
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* Configuration and customization can be at at any level: global, per-domain-group, domain-wide, directory sub-tree, and single file.
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* Can trivially run multiple (customized) versions of werc side by side.
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* Very simple and flexible user management and permissions system.
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* Applications can be easily combined: eg., add comments to your blog or wiki by enabling the 'bridge' app; or by enabling the 'diridir' wiki convert any document tree into a wiki.
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* Can easily write werc 'apps' and extensions in *any* language! (But of course, rc is recommended).
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Install Requirements
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All you need is some Plan 9 commands (cat, grep, sed, rc, etc.), and an HTTP
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server with CGI support.
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Werc runs on any Unix-like system where [Plan 9 from User Space](http://plan9.us)
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is available (this includes Linux, *BSD, OS X and Solaris), and on Plan 9.
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If you use Debian you can install the `9base` package that will provide all the
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required commands (but at the moment you need to install the version in *sid*,
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older versions in stable lack some of the required programs)
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Werc can use any HTTP server that can handle CGI, and has been tested with at
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least Apache, Lighttpd, Cherokee, nhttpd, Hiawatha, and others.
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Werc uses markdown by default (and the standard Perl markdown is included with
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the distribution), to format documents, but any other formatting system can be
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used.
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Source
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------
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To get a copy of the latest stable code using mercurial, do:
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hg clone http://hg.cat-v.org/werc/
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You can also [browse the online repository](http://gsoc.cat-v.org/hg/werc/).
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The latest development branch is located at http://gsoc.cat-v.org/hg/werc-dev/
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Contact
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-------
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For questions, suggestions, bugrepports and contributing patches you can join
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the [werc9 mailinglist](http://groups.google.com/group/werc9).
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On irc, join [#cat-v](irc://irc.freenode.org/cat-v) on irc.freenode.org
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Links
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* [werc project at freshmeat](http://freshmeat.net/projects/werc/) - You can get new release notifications there.
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* [werc project at ohloh](https://www.ohloh.net/p/werc/)
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License
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-------
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Public domain, [because so called 'intellectual property' is an
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oxymoron](http://harmful.cat-v.org/economics/intellectual_property/).
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Alternatively if your prefer it or your country's brain dead copyright law
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doesn't recognize the public domain werc is made available under the terms of
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the MIT and ISC licenses.
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Credits
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Thanks to Kris Maglione (aka JG) for implementing rss feeds, for writing the
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awk rc-templating system, and other help and inspiration (some parts of the
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code were based on JG's diri wiki).
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Thanks to Mechiel (aka oksel) for the md_cache script.
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Thanks Garbeam (aka arg) for writing the original diri code and showing that
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writing complex web apps in rc was feasible.
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And thanks to everyone else whom I have forgotten and that has provided fixes
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and feedback.
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