This project aims to create a decentralized media aggregation system similiar to Reddit built on top of the Named Data Networking platform. NDN conveniently supports both the naming and decentralization of such a system.
Please note the current system is a skeleton of the front end. It uses NDNjs to express interests which are then intercepted with json responses from the data folder. There is a very minimal server skeleton currently.
Overall Goals:
- Support for nested subreddits. Multi-level nested subreddits allow for subscription to specialized topics.
- The basic example is a /cars subreddit and /cars/used and /cars/new subreddits. Higher level subreddits will aggregate media from lower more specialized subreddits.
- Decentralized hosting. Anyone can start and host their own subreddit. Subreddit providers sync their content using NDN mechanisms. No one company controls the entire system thus alleviating system wide censorship.
- Install Node.js
- on OSX use homebrew
brew install node - on Windows use chocolatey
choco install nodejs
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Install these NPM packages globally
npm install -g bower gulp nodemon
Refer to these instructions on how to not require sudo
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Run
npm install
- Run the project with
gulp dev - opens it in a browser and updates the browser with any files changes.
- Build the optimized project using
gulp build - This create the optimized code for the project and puts it in the build folder