vibenews

NNTP server/web forum implementation for stand-alone newsgroups

See https://forum.rejectedsoftware.com/ for a running version.

Features

Acts as newsgroup server (NNTP)
Acts as a web forum
Lightning fast
Supports access restriction for individual groups
The web forum allows github style markdown formatting
Mobile friendly default layout with gravatar integration

Installation

Install dub and MongoDB.

Clone the project

 git clone git://github.com/rejectedsoftware/vibenews.git

Compile and run
```
 cd vibenews
 dub
```

The following ports are now available, per the default settings.json file:

:119 provides the NNTP interface
127.0.0.1:8009 provides the HTTP web interface
127.0.0.1:9009 provides the admin interface

You can leave these settings unchanged if you use a reverse proxy to make the web forum available to the public. Alternatively, you change the settings file to make the web forum directly reachable from the Internet. You can delete the key webBindAddresses to listen on the default network interfaces or you can provide your own list of bind addresses.

Example settings.json:

{
	"title": "Example Forum",
	"host": "forum.example.org",
	"nntpPort": 119,
	"webPort": 80,
	"adminPort": 9009,
	"adminBindAddresses": ["127.0.0.1"],
	"googleSearch": true,
	"spamfilters": {
		"blacklist": {
			"ips": ["123.123.123.123"]
		}
	}
}

Setup

Open the admin interface at http://127.0.0.1:9009/
Create a new group (use dot.separated.newsgroup.syntax for the name) and make it active
Go to http://127.0.0.1:8009 to view the web forum