structables/README.md

Structables

An open source alternative front-end to Instructables. This is a fork of snowcatridge10's Indestructables, which itself is a fork of Cobra's Destructables.

Instances

URL	Provided by	Country	Comments
structables.private.coffee	Private.coffee	Austria
structables.bloat.cat	Bloat.cat	Germany

To add your own instance to this list, please open a pull request or issue.

Opening Issues

If you're having problems using Structables, or if you have ideas or feedback for us, feel free to open an issue in the Private.coffee Git or on Github.

Of course, you can also join our Matrix room to discuss your ideas with us.

Run your own instance

Production: Manual

1. Create a virtual environment: python3 -m venv venv
2. Activate the virtual environment: source venv/bin/activate
3. Install the packages: pip install structables uwsgi
4. Run uwsgi --plugin python3 --http-socket 0.0.0.0:8002 --module structables.main:app --processes 4 --threads 4
5. Point your reverse proxy to http://localhost:8002 and (optionally) serve static files from the venv/lib/pythonX.XX/site-packages/structables/static directory
6. Connect to your instance under your domain
7. Ensure that /cron/ is executed at regular intervals so that the app updates its cached data.

Production: Docker

1. Copy .env.example to .env and adjust the settings as necessary

2. Copy docker-compose-example.yml to docker-compose.yml and adjust it as necessary, for example modifying resource limits or changing the port/host configuration

3. Build and run the Docker container:

   docker-compose up [-d]
   

4. Point your reverse proxy to http://127.0.0.1:8002 (or your chosen port, if you modified it) and (optionally) serve static files from structables/static

5. Connect to your instance under your domain

6. Ensure that /cron/ is executed at regular intervals so that the app updates its cached data.

Development

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://git.private.coffee/privatecoffee/structables.git && cd structables
2. Create a virtual environment: python3 -m venv venv
3. Activate the virtual environment: source venv/bin/activate
4. Install in editable mode: pip install -e .
5. Run structables
6. Connect to http://localhost:8002

Environment Variables

Structables supports the use of the following environment variables for configuration:

• STRUCTABLES_PORT: The port to listen on (default: 8002)
• STRUCTABLES_LISTEN_HOST: The host/IP address to listen on (default: 127.0.0.1)
• STRUCTABLES_INVIDIOUS: The hostname of an Invidious instance to use for embedded YouTube videos (currently not recommended due to YouTube blocks)
• STRUCTABLES_UNSAFE: If set, allow embedding untrusted iframes (if unset, display a warning and allow loading the content manually)
• STRUCTABLES_PRIVACY_FILE: The path to a text file or Markdown file (with .md suffix) to use for the Privacy Policy page (if unset, try privacy.txt or privacy.md in the working directory, or fall back to a generic message)
• STRUCTABLES_DEBUG: If set, log additional debug information to stdout

License

This project, as well as the two projects it is based on, are licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3. See the LICENSE file for more information.