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135 lines
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Markdown
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[](https://travis-ci.org/codl/forget/)
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[](https://codecov.io/gh/codl/forget)
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Forget is a post deleting service for Twitter, Mastodon, and Misskey.
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You can run a copy of it on your server, or use the server run by the
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maintainer at <https://forget.codl.fr/>
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## Features
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* Delete your posts when they cross an age threshold.
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* Or keep your post count in check, deleting old posts when you go over.
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* Preserve old posts that matter by giving them a favourite or a reaction.
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* Set it and <i>forget</i> it. Forget works continuously in the background.
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## Non-features
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Forget is not a one-time purging tool. It is designed to prune your account
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continuously, not quickly. If you need a lot of posts gone fast, you may want
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to look for another more-suited tool.
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## Running your own
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### Requirements
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* Postgresql
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* Redis
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* Python 3.6+
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* Node.js 10+
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### Set up venv
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Setting up a venv will isolate Forget from your system's libraries and allow you to install
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dependencies locally as a normal user. It's not necessary but it is recommended!
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```
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$ python -m venv venv
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$ source venv/bin/activate
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```
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If you're using `zsh` or `fish` as a shell, substitute `venv/bin/activate` with
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`venv/bin/activate.zsh` or `venv/bin/activate.fish`, respectively.
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You will need to "activate" the venv in every new terminal before you can use
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pip or any python tools included in dependencies (honcho, flask...)
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### Download and install dependencies
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```
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$ pip install -r requirements.txt
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$ npm install
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```
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Wow!! Exciting
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### Create and complete config file
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Gotta set up those, paths, and stuff.
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```
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$ cp config.example.py config.py
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$ $EDITOR config.py
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```
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### Set up database schema
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If you haven't started postgresql yet now would be a great time to do that.
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```
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$ createdb forget # if you havent created the DB yet
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$ env FLASK_APP=forget.py flask db upgrade
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```
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### Build static assets
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Gonna do it...!
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```
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$ doit
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```
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Done did it.
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### Running
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The included `Procfile` will run the app server and the background worker.
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`honcho`, a `Procfile` runner, is included as a dependency:
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$ honcho start
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```
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The application server will listen on `http://127.0.0.1:42157`.
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You'll want to use your favourite web server to proxy traffic to it.
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### Development
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For development, you may want to use `Procfile.dev`, which starts flask in
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debug mode and rebuilds the static assets automatically when they change
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$ honcho -f Procfile.dev start
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```
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Or you could just look at `Procfile.dev` and run those things manually. It's up
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to you.
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You can run the (currently very incomplete) test suite by running `pytest`.
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You'll need redis installed on your development machine, a temporary redis
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server will be started and shut down automatically by the test suite.
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## Contact
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If you're having trouble with Forget, or if you're not having trouble but you
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just want to tell me you like it, you can drop me a note at
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[@codl@chitter.xyz](https://chitter.xyz/@codl) or
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[codl@codl.fr](mailto:codl@codl.fr).
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## Greetz
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Thank you bea, for making ephemeral, inspiring me to make [limiter][], then this,
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in an attempt to bring ephemeral with me everywhere. ☕
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[limiter]: https://github.com/codl/limiter
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Thank you to the kind folks who have emailed me to tell me Forget has made their
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time on social media less stressful. 🌻
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