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# Gosora ![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Azareal/Gosora.svg?branch=master) [![Azareal's Discord Chat](https://img.shields.io/badge/style-Invite-7289DA.svg?style=flat&label=Discord)](https://discord.gg/eyYvtTf)
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A super fast forum software written in Go. You can talk to us on our Discord chat!
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The initial code-base was forked from one of my side projects, but has now gone far beyond that. We've moved along in a development and the software should be somewhat stable for general use.
Features may break from time to time, however I will generally try to warn of the biggest offenders in advance, so that you can tread with caution around certain commits, the upcoming v0.1 will undergo even more rigorous testing.
File an issue or open a topic on the forum, if there's something you want and you very well might find it landing in the software fairly quickly.
For plugin and theme developers, things are a little dicier, as the internal APIs and ways of writing themes are in constant flux, however some stability in that area should be coming fairly soon.
If you like this software, please give it a star and give us some feedback :)
If you dislike it, please give us some feedback on how to make it better! We're always looking for feedback. We love hearing your opinions. If there's something missing or something doesn't look quite right, don't worry! We plan to add many, many things in the run up to v0.1!
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# Features
Standard Forum Functionality. All of the little things you would expect of any forum software. E.g. Common Moderation features, modlogs, theme system, avatars, bbcode parser, markdown parser, report system, per-forum permissions, group permissions and so on.
Custom Pages. There are some rough edges
Emojis. Allow your users to express themselves without resorting to serving tons upon tons of image files.
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In-memory static file, forum and group caches. We have a slightly more dynamic cache for users and topics.
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A profile system, including profile comments and moderation tools for the profile owner.
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A template engine which compiles templates down to machine code. Over forty times faster than the standard template library `html/templates`, although it does remove some of the hand holding to achieve this. Compatible with templates written for `html/templates`, so you don't need to learn any new templating language.
A plugin system. We have a number of APIs and hooks for plugins, however they're currently subject to change and don't cover as much of the software as we'd like yet.
A responsive design. Looks great on mobile phones, tablets, laptops, desktops and more!
Other modern features like alerts, likes, advanced dashboard with live stats (CPU, RAM, online user count, and so on), etc.
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# Requirements
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Go 1.10 or newer - You will need to install this. Pick the .msi, if you want everything sorted out for you rather than having to go around updating the environment settings. https://golang.org/doc/install
For Ubuntu, you can consult: https://tecadmin.net/install-go-on-ubuntu/
You will also want to run `ln -s /usr/local/go/bin/go` (replace /usr/local with where ever you put Go), so that go becomes visible to other users.
If you followed the instructions above, you can update to the latest version of Go simply by deleting the `/go/` folder and replacing it with a `/go/` folder for the latest version of Go.
Git - You may need this for downloading updates via the updater. You might already have this installed on your server, if the `git` commands don't work, then install this. https://git-scm.com/downloads
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MySQL Database - You will need to setup a MySQL Database somewhere. A MariaDB Database works equally well and is much faster than MySQL. You could use something like WNMP / XAMPP which have a little PHP script called PhpMyAdmin for managing MySQL databases or you could install MariaDB directly.
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Download the .msi installer from [MariaDB](https://mariadb.com/downloads) and run that. You may want to set it up as a service to avoid running it every-time the computer starts up.
Instructions on how to set MariaDB up on Linux: https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/repositories/
We recommend changing the root password (that is the password for the user 'root'). Remember that password, you will need it for the installation process. Of course, we would advise using a user other than root for maximum security, although that adds additional steps to the process of getting everything setup.
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You might also want to run `mysql_secure_installation` to further harden (aka make it more secure) MySQL / MariaDB.
If you're using Ubuntu, you might want to look at: https://www.itzgeek.com/how-tos/linux/ubuntu-how-tos/install-mariadb-on-ubuntu-16-04.html
It's entirely possible that your host already has MySQL installed and ready to go, so you might be able to skip this step, particularly if it's a managed VPS or a shared host. Or they might have a quicker and easier method of setting up MySQL.
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# How to download
Fixed a bug where it would use the wrong templates for Tempra Simple, Tempra Cursive, and Shadow Likes are now done over AJAX. Posts you have liked are now visually differentiated from those which you have not. Added support for OR to the where parser. || and && now get translated to OR and AND in the where parser. Added support for ( and ) in the where parser. Added an adapter and builder method for getting the database version. Multiple wheres can now be chained with the micro and accumulator builders. Added the In method to the accumulator select builder. Added the GetConn method to the builder. /uploads/ files should now get cached properly. Added more tooltips for topic titles and usernames. Fixed a bug in the runners where old stale templates would be served. Fixed a bug where liking topics didn't work. Began moving the database initialisation logic out of {adapter}.go and into querygen. Tweaked the alert direction to show the newest alerts rather than the oldest. Tweaked the WS JS to have it handle messages more efficiently. Partially fixed an issue where inline edited posts would lack newlines until the page is refreshed. Used arrow functions in a few places in global.js to save a few characters. Schema: Added the liked, oldestItemLikedCreatedAt and lastLiked columns to the users table. Added the createdAt column to the likes table. MySQL Update Queries: ALTER TABLE `users` ADD COLUMN `liked` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' AFTER `topics`; ALTER TABLE `users` ADD COLUMN `oldestItemLikedCreatedAt` DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AFTER `liked`; ALTER TABLE `users` ADD COLUMN `lastLiked` DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AFTER `oldestItemLikedCreatedAt`; ALTER TABLE `likes` ADD COLUMN `createdAt` DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AFTER `sentBy`; delete from `likes`; delete from `activity_stream` where `event` = 'like'; delete from `activity_stream_matches` where `asid` not in(select `asid` from `activity_stream`); update `topics` set `likeCount` = 0; update `replies` set `likeCount` = 0;
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For Linux, you can skip down to the Installation section as it covers this.
Fixed a bug where it would use the wrong templates for Tempra Simple, Tempra Cursive, and Shadow Likes are now done over AJAX. Posts you have liked are now visually differentiated from those which you have not. Added support for OR to the where parser. || and && now get translated to OR and AND in the where parser. Added support for ( and ) in the where parser. Added an adapter and builder method for getting the database version. Multiple wheres can now be chained with the micro and accumulator builders. Added the In method to the accumulator select builder. Added the GetConn method to the builder. /uploads/ files should now get cached properly. Added more tooltips for topic titles and usernames. Fixed a bug in the runners where old stale templates would be served. Fixed a bug where liking topics didn't work. Began moving the database initialisation logic out of {adapter}.go and into querygen. Tweaked the alert direction to show the newest alerts rather than the oldest. Tweaked the WS JS to have it handle messages more efficiently. Partially fixed an issue where inline edited posts would lack newlines until the page is refreshed. Used arrow functions in a few places in global.js to save a few characters. Schema: Added the liked, oldestItemLikedCreatedAt and lastLiked columns to the users table. Added the createdAt column to the likes table. MySQL Update Queries: ALTER TABLE `users` ADD COLUMN `liked` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' AFTER `topics`; ALTER TABLE `users` ADD COLUMN `oldestItemLikedCreatedAt` DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AFTER `liked`; ALTER TABLE `users` ADD COLUMN `lastLiked` DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AFTER `oldestItemLikedCreatedAt`; ALTER TABLE `likes` ADD COLUMN `createdAt` DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AFTER `sentBy`; delete from `likes`; delete from `activity_stream` where `event` = 'like'; delete from `activity_stream_matches` where `asid` not in(select `asid` from `activity_stream`); update `topics` set `likeCount` = 0; update `replies` set `likeCount` = 0;
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On Windows, you might want to try the [GosoraBootstrapper](https://github.com/Azareal/GosoraBootstrapper), if you can't find the command prompt or otherwise can't follow those instructions. It's just a matter of double-clicking on the bat file there and it'll download the rest of the files for you.
# Installation
Fixed a bug where it would use the wrong templates for Tempra Simple, Tempra Cursive, and Shadow Likes are now done over AJAX. Posts you have liked are now visually differentiated from those which you have not. Added support for OR to the where parser. || and && now get translated to OR and AND in the where parser. Added support for ( and ) in the where parser. Added an adapter and builder method for getting the database version. Multiple wheres can now be chained with the micro and accumulator builders. Added the In method to the accumulator select builder. Added the GetConn method to the builder. /uploads/ files should now get cached properly. Added more tooltips for topic titles and usernames. Fixed a bug in the runners where old stale templates would be served. Fixed a bug where liking topics didn't work. Began moving the database initialisation logic out of {adapter}.go and into querygen. Tweaked the alert direction to show the newest alerts rather than the oldest. Tweaked the WS JS to have it handle messages more efficiently. Partially fixed an issue where inline edited posts would lack newlines until the page is refreshed. Used arrow functions in a few places in global.js to save a few characters. Schema: Added the liked, oldestItemLikedCreatedAt and lastLiked columns to the users table. Added the createdAt column to the likes table. MySQL Update Queries: ALTER TABLE `users` ADD COLUMN `liked` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' AFTER `topics`; ALTER TABLE `users` ADD COLUMN `oldestItemLikedCreatedAt` DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AFTER `liked`; ALTER TABLE `users` ADD COLUMN `lastLiked` DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AFTER `oldestItemLikedCreatedAt`; ALTER TABLE `likes` ADD COLUMN `createdAt` DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AFTER `sentBy`; delete from `likes`; delete from `activity_stream` where `event` = 'like'; delete from `activity_stream_matches` where `asid` not in(select `asid` from `activity_stream`); update `topics` set `likeCount` = 0; update `replies` set `likeCount` = 0;
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Consult [installation](https://github.com/Azareal/Gosora/blob/master/docs/installation.md) for instructions on how to install Gosora.
# Updating
Consult [updating](https://github.com/Azareal/Gosora/blob/master/docs/updating.md) for instructions on how to update Gosora.
# Running the program
*Linux*
If you have setup a service, you can run:
`./pre-run-linux`
`service gosora start`
You can then, check Gosora's current status (to see if it started up properly) with:
`service gosora status`
And you can stop it with:
`service gosora stop`
If you haven't setup a service, you can run `./run-linux`, although you will be responsible for finding a way to run it in the background, so that it doesn't close when the terminal does.
One method might be to use: https://serverfault.com/questions/34750/is-it-possible-to-detach-a-process-from-its-terminal-or-i-should-have-used-s
*Windows*
Run `run.bat`, e.g. double-clicking on it.
# How do I install plugins?
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For the default plugins like Markdown and Helloworld, you can find them in the Plugin Manager of your Control Panel. For ones which aren't included by default, you will need to drag them from your `/extend/` directory and into the `/` directory (the root directory of your Gosora installation, where the executable and most of the main Go files are).
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You will then need to recompile Gosora in order to link the plugin code with Gosora's code. For plugins not written in Gosora (e.g. JavaScript), you do not need to move them from the `/extend/` directory, they will automatically show up in your Control Panel ready to be installed.
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Experimental plugins aka the ones in the `/experimental/` folder (e.g. plugin_sendmail) are similar but different. You will have to move native plugins (ones written in Go) to the root directory of your installation and will have to move experimental plugins written in other languages into the `/extend/` directory.
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We're looking for ways to clean-up the plugin system so that all of them (except the experimental ones) are housed in `/extend/`, however we've encountered some problems with Go's packaging system. We hope to fix this issue in the future.
# Images
![Shadow Theme](https://github.com/Azareal/Gosora/blob/master/images/shadow.png)
![Shadow Quick Topic](https://github.com/Azareal/Gosora/blob/master/images/quick-topics.png)
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![Tempra Simple Theme](https://github.com/Azareal/Gosora/blob/master/images/tempra-simple.png)
![Tempra Simple Topic List](https://github.com/Azareal/Gosora/blob/master/images/topic-list.png)
![Tempra Simple Mobile](https://github.com/Azareal/Gosora/blob/master/images/tempra-simple-mobile-375px.png)
![Cosora Prototype WIP](https://github.com/Azareal/Gosora/blob/master/images/cosora-wip.png)
More images in the /images/ folder. Beware though, some of them are *really* outdated. Also, keep in mind that a new theme is in the works.
# Dependencies
These are the libraries and pieces of software which Gosora relies on to function, an "ingredients" list so to speak.
A few of these like Rez aren't currently in use, but are things we think we'll need in the very near future and want to have those things ready, so that we can quickly slot them in.
* Go 1.10+
* MariaDB (or any other MySQL compatible database engine). We'll allow other database engines in the future.
* github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql For interfacing with MariaDB.
* golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt For hashing passwords.
* golang.org/x/crypto/argon2 For hashing passwords.
* github.com/Azareal/gopsutil For pulling information on CPU and memory usage. I've temporarily forked this, as we were having stability issues with the latest build.
* github.com/StackExchange/wmi Dependency for gopsutil on Windows.
* golang.org/x/sys/windows Also a dependency for gopsutil on Windows. This isn't needed at the moment, as I've rolled things back to an older more stable build.
* github.com/gorilla/websocket Needed for Gosora's Optional WebSockets Module.
* github.com/robertkrimen/otto Needed for the upcoming JS plugin type.
* gopkg.in/sourcemap.v1 Dependency for Otto.
* github.com/lib/pq For interfacing with PostgreSQL. You will be able to pick this instead of MariaDB soon.
* ithub.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb For interfacing with MSSQL. You will be able to pick this instead of MSSQL soon.
* github.com/bamiaux/rez An image resizer (e.g. for spitting out thumbnails)
* github.com/esimov/caire The other image resizer, slower but may be useful for covering cases Rez does not. A third faster one we might point to at some point is probably Discord's Lilliput, however it requires a C Compiler and we don't want to add that as a dependency at this time.
* github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify A library for watching events on the file system.
* github.com/pkg/errors Some helpers to make it easier for us to track down bugs.
UNSTABLE: Began work on the Nox Theme. Removed the Tempra Cursive Theme. You can now do bulk moderation actions with Shadow. Added: Argon2 as a dependency. The EmailStore. The ReportStore. The Copy method to *Setting. The AddColumn method to the query builder and adapters. The textarea setting type. More logging to better debug issues. The GetOffset method to the UserStore. Removed: Sortable from Code Climate's Analysis. MemberCheck and memberCheck as they're obsolete now. The obsolete url_tags setting. The BcryptGeneratePasswordNoSalt function. Some redundant fields from some of the page structs. Revamped: The Control Panel Setting List and Editor. Refactored: The password hashing logic to make it more amenable to multiple hashing algorithms. The email portion of the Account Manager. The Control Panel User List. The report system. simplePanelUserCheck and simpleUserCheck to remove the duplicated logic as the two do the exact same thing. Fixed: Missing slugs in the profile links in the User Manager. A few template initialisers potentially reducing the number of odd template edge cases. Some problems with the footer. Custom selection colour not applying to images on Shadow. The avatars of the bottom row of the topic list on Conflux leaking out. Other: Moved the startTime variable into package common and exported it. Moved the password hashing logic from user.go to auth.go Split common/themes.go into common/theme.go and common/theme_list.go Replaced the SettingLabels phrase category with the more generic SettingPhrases category. Moved a load of routes, including panel ones into the routes and panel packages. Hid the notifications link from the Account Menu. Moved more inline CSS into the CSS files and made things a little more flexible here and there. Continued work on PgSQL, still a ways away. Guests now have a default avatar like everyone else. Tweaked some of the font sizes on Cosora to make the text look a little nicer. Partially implemented the theme dock override logic. Partially implemented a "symlink" like feature for theme directories. ... And a bunch of other things I might have missed. You will need to run this update script / patcher for this commit. Warning: This is an "unstable commit", therefore some things may be a little less stable than I'd like. For instance, the Shadow Theme is a little broken in this commit.
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* More items to come here, our dependencies are going through a lot of changes, and I'll be documenting those soon ;)
# Bundled Plugins
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There are several plugins which are bundled with the software by default. These cover various common tasks which aren't common enough to clutter the core with or which have competing implementation methods (E.g. plugin_markdown vs plugin_bbcode for post mark-up).
* Hey There / Skeleton / Hey There (JS Version) - Example plugins for helping you learn how to develop plugins.
* BBCode - A plugin in early development for converting BBCode Tags into HTML.
* Markdown - An extremely simple plugin for converting Markdown into HTML.
UNSTABLE: Began work on the Nox Theme. Removed the Tempra Cursive Theme. You can now do bulk moderation actions with Shadow. Added: Argon2 as a dependency. The EmailStore. The ReportStore. The Copy method to *Setting. The AddColumn method to the query builder and adapters. The textarea setting type. More logging to better debug issues. The GetOffset method to the UserStore. Removed: Sortable from Code Climate's Analysis. MemberCheck and memberCheck as they're obsolete now. The obsolete url_tags setting. The BcryptGeneratePasswordNoSalt function. Some redundant fields from some of the page structs. Revamped: The Control Panel Setting List and Editor. Refactored: The password hashing logic to make it more amenable to multiple hashing algorithms. The email portion of the Account Manager. The Control Panel User List. The report system. simplePanelUserCheck and simpleUserCheck to remove the duplicated logic as the two do the exact same thing. Fixed: Missing slugs in the profile links in the User Manager. A few template initialisers potentially reducing the number of odd template edge cases. Some problems with the footer. Custom selection colour not applying to images on Shadow. The avatars of the bottom row of the topic list on Conflux leaking out. Other: Moved the startTime variable into package common and exported it. Moved the password hashing logic from user.go to auth.go Split common/themes.go into common/theme.go and common/theme_list.go Replaced the SettingLabels phrase category with the more generic SettingPhrases category. Moved a load of routes, including panel ones into the routes and panel packages. Hid the notifications link from the Account Menu. Moved more inline CSS into the CSS files and made things a little more flexible here and there. Continued work on PgSQL, still a ways away. Guests now have a default avatar like everyone else. Tweaked some of the font sizes on Cosora to make the text look a little nicer. Partially implemented the theme dock override logic. Partially implemented a "symlink" like feature for theme directories. ... And a bunch of other things I might have missed. You will need to run this update script / patcher for this commit. Warning: This is an "unstable commit", therefore some things may be a little less stable than I'd like. For instance, the Shadow Theme is a little broken in this commit.
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* Social Groups - An extremely unstable WIP plugin which lets users create their own little discussion areas which they can administrate / moderate on their own.
# Developers
There are a few things you'll need to know before running the more developer oriented features like the tests or the benchmarks.
The benchmarks are currently being rewritten as they're currently extremely serial which can lead to severe slow-downs when run on a home computer due to the benchmarks being run on the one core everything else is being run on (Browser, OS, etc.) and the tests not taking parallelism into account.