Pinafore-Web-Client-Frontend/README.md

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# Pinafore [![Build status](https://circleci.com/gh/nolanlawson/pinafore.svg?style=svg)](https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/gh/nolanlawson/pinafore)
An alternative web client for [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org), focused on speed and simplicity.
Pinafore is available at [pinafore.social](https://pinafore.social). Beta releases are at [dev.pinafore.social](https://dev.pinafore.social).
See the [user guide](https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore/blob/master/docs/User-Guide.md) for basic usage. See the [admin guide](https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore/blob/master/docs/Admin-Guide.md) if Pinafore cannot connect to your instance.
For updates and support, follow [@pinafore@mastodon.technology](https://mastodon.technology/@pinafore).
## Browser support
Pinafore supports the latest versions of the following browsers:
- Chrome
- Edge
- Firefox
- Safari
Compatible versions of each (Opera, Brave, Samsung, etc.) should be fine.
## Goals and non-goals
### Goals
- Support the most common use cases
- Small page weight
- Fast even on low-end devices
- Accessibility
- Offline support in read-only mode
- Progressive Web App features
- Multi-instance support
- Support latest versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari
- Support non-Mastodon instances (e.g. Pleroma) as well as possible
- Internationalization
### Secondary / possible future goals
- Serve as an alternative frontend tied to a particular instance
- Offline search
### Non-goals
- Supporting old browsers, proxy browsers, or text-based browsers
- React Native / NativeScript / hybrid-native version
- Android/iOS apps (using Cordova or similar)
- Full functionality with JavaScript disabled
- Emoji support beyond the built-in system emoji
- Multi-column support
- Admin/moderation panel
- Offline support in read-write mode (would require sophisticated sync logic)
## Building
Pinafore requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) and [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com).
To build Pinafore for production, first install dependencies:
yarn --production --pure-lockfile
Then build:
yarn build
Then run:
PORT=4002 node server.js
### Docker
To build a Docker image for production:
docker build .
docker run -d -p 4002:4002 [your-image]
Now Pinafore is running at `localhost:4002`.
### docker-compose
Alternatively, use docker-compose to build and serve the image for production:
docker-compose up --build -d
The image will build and start, then detach from the terminal running at `localhost:4002`.
### Updating
To keep your version of Pinafore up to date, you can use `git` to check out the latest tag:
git checkout $(git tag -l | sort -Vr | head -n 1)
### Exporting
Pinafore is a static site. When you run `yarn build`, static files will be
written to `__sapper__/export`.
In theory you could host these static files yourself (e.g. using nginx or Apache), but
it's not recommended, because:
- You'd have to set the [CSP](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP) headers yourself,
which are an important security feature.
- Some routes are dynamic and need to be routed to the correct static file.
## Developing and testing
See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for
how to run Pinafore in dev mode and run tests.
## Changelog
For a changelog, see the [GitHub releases](http://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore/releases/).
For a list of breaking changes, see [BREAKING_CHANGES.md](https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore/blob/master/BREAKING_CHANGES.md).
## What's with the name?
Pinafore is named after the [Gilbert and Sullivan play](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hms_pinafore). The [soundtrack](https://www.allmusic.com/album/gilbert-sullivan-hms-pinafore-1949-mw0001830483) is very good.