HackMD

HackMD is a realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms.
Inspired by Hackpad, but more focusing on speed and flexibility.
Still in early stage, feel free to fork or contribute to this.

Thanks for your using! 😄

Prerequisite

• Node.js 0.10.x or up (test up to 5.2.0)
• PostgreSQL 9.3.x or 9.4.x
• MongoDB 3.0.x
• npm and bower

Get started

1. Download a release and unzip or clone into a directory
2. Enter the directory and type npm install && bower install, will install all the dependencies
3. Install PostgreSQL and MongoDB (yes, currently we need both)
4. Import database schema, see more on below
5. Setup the configs, see more on below
6. Setup environment variables, which will overwrite the configs
7. Run the server as you like (node, forever, pm2)

Import database schema

The notes are store in PostgreSQL, the schema is in the hackmd_schema.sql
To import the sql file in PostgreSQL, type psql -i hackmd_schema.sql

The users, temps and sessions are store in MongoDB, which don't need schema, so just make sure you have the correct connection string.

Structure

hackmd/
├── tmp/			--- temporary files
├── lib/			--- server libraries
└── public/			--- client files
	├── css/		--- css styles
	├── js/			--- js scripts
	├── vendor/		--- vendor includes
	└── views/		--- view templates

Configuration files

There are some config you need to change in below files

./config.js				--- for server settings
./public/js/index.js	--- for client settings

Client-side index.js settings

variables	example values	description
debug	true or false	set debug mode, show more logs
version	0.3.2	current version, must match same var in server side config.js

Environment variables

variables	example values	description
NODE_ENV	production or development	show current environment status
DATABASE_URL	postgresql://user:pass@host:port/hackmd	PostgreSQL connection string
MONGOLAB_URI	mongodb://user:pass@host:port/hackmd	MongoDB connection string
PORT	80	web port
SSLPORT	443	ssl web port
DOMAIN	localhost	domain name

Server-side config.js settings

variables	example values	description
testport	3000	debug web port, fallback to this when not set in environment
testsslport	3001	debug web ssl port, fallback to this when not set in environment
usessl	true or false	set to use ssl
urladdport	true or false	set to add port on oauth callback url
debug	true or false	set debug mode, show more logs
usecdn	true or false	set to use CDN resources or not
version	0.3.2	currnet version, must match same var in client side index.js
alloworigin	['localhost']	domain name whitelist
sslkeypath	./cert/client.key	ssl key path
sslcertpath	./cert/hackmd_io.crt	ssl cert path
sslcapath	['./cert/COMODORSAAddTrustCA.crt']	ssl ca chain
tmppath	./tmp/	temp file path
postgresqlstring	postgresql://user:pass@host:port/hackmd	PostgreSQL connection string, fallback to this when not set in environment
mongodbstring	mongodb://user:pass@host:port/hackmd	MongoDB connection string, fallback to this when not set in environment
sessionname	connect.sid	cookie session name
sessionsecret	secret	cookie session secret
sessionlife	14 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000	cookie session life
sessiontouch	1 * 3600	cookie session touch
heartbeatinterval	5000	socket.io heartbeat interval
heartbeattimeout	10000	socket.io heartbeat timeout
documentmaxlength	100000	note max length
facebook, twitter, github, dropbox, imgur	multiple values	your own api keys, see source code for details

Operational Transformation

From 0.3.2, we start support operational transformation.
Which make concurrent editing safe and not break up other users' operations.
Even more, now can show other clients' selections.
See more at http://operational-transformation.github.io/

License under MIT.