tug / nochan

Imageboard in node.js/MongoDB

NoChan

NoChan is a node.js multi-server BBS application. Messages are sent with Socket-IO and saved in MongoDB. Users can stream files in MongoDB/GridFS directly!

Requirements

• Node.js >= v0.6.2
• MongoDB and Redis installed and running.

Installation

• git clone git://github.com/Tug/nochan.git
• cd nochan
• npm install .

Configuring

The config.json file will overwrite properties definied in config.js. Edit it to set your configuration properties such as database host, port, username, password, etc.

Running

• node app or
• node app myconfig.js

TODO

• Load test
• Script deployment
• improve client side : use backbone and mix client and server views, announce new message, add connecting...