dead-lite

What is dead-lite?

Dead is a blogging/tumblog/content manufacturing device built using Dat and running on the Beaker browser. Have you heard of a blog before? Then you get it.

The key difference, though, is that by running on the Dat protocol, dead-lite enables each individual to create their own instance of dead-lite and to publish their own content on their own computer and share with other people. This means the data lives on your computer and doesn't require any server space.

How to use dead-lite

1. Load dead-lite via dat://dead-lite.hashbase.io in the Beaker browser.
2. Click on the ... menu and select Make editable copy.
3. Fill in the Title and Description and then select Create copy.
4. Open a new browser tab and enter beaker://library/ in the address bar.
5. Select your renamed copy of dead-lite from your library.
6. Click your DAT URL to launch the tool.
7. Select ... next to the default blog post to delete it. The + icon lets you add an image and/or text. The gear (Settings) icon lets you create an avatar, username, and bio.

You can change your blog's theme using the template.css file in the repository's root.

Development Setup

1. Clone the repo.
2. Install dependencies

yarn install

3. Start the development server

yarn start

4. Create a new Dat site in your Beaker Browser library.
5. Add your Dat url to config.js
6. Replace the contents of dat.json with your new dat.json
7. Run a build in a separate window

yarn run build

8. Add the contents from your /build folder to your new site's library. The output should look something like this:

9. You should be able to navigate to your localhost address now, and still pull posts/data from your dat site.