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# Mitra
Federated micro-blogging platform and content subscription service.
Built on [ActivityPub](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/) protocol, self-hosted, lightweight. Part of the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse).
Subscriptions provide a way to receive monthly payments from subscribers and to publish private content made exclusively for them.
Supported payment methods:
- [Monero](https://www.getmonero.org/get-started/what-is-monero/).
- [ERC-20](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/standards/tokens/erc-20/) tokens (on Ethereum and other EVM-compatible blockchains).
Other features:
- [Sign-in with a wallet](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4361).
- Account migrations (from one server to another).
- Donation buttons.
- Token-gated registration (can be used to verify membership in some group or to stop bots).
- Converting posts into NFTs.
- Saving posts to IPFS.
Demo instance: https://public.mitra.social/ ([invite-only](https://public.mitra.social/about))
Network stats: https://the-federation.info/mitra
Matrix chat: [#mitra:halogen.city](https://matrix.to/#/#mitra:halogen.city)
## Code
Server: https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra (this repo)
Web client: https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra-web
Ethereum contracts: https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra-contracts
## Requirements
- Rust 1.56+ (when building from source)
- PostgreSQL 12+
- IPFS node (optional, see [guide](./docs/ipfs.md))
- Ethereum node (optional)
- Monero node and Monero wallet (optional)
## Installation
### Building from source
Run:
```shell
cargo build --release --features production
```
This command will produce two binaries in `target/release` directory, `mitra` and `mitractl`.
Install PostgreSQL and create the database:
```sql
CREATE USER mitra WITH PASSWORD 'mitra';
CREATE DATABASE mitra OWNER mitra;
```
Create configuration file by copying `contrib/mitra_config.yaml` and configure the instance. Default config file path is `/etc/mitra/config.yaml`, but it can be changed using `CONFIG_PATH` environment variable.
Put any static files into the directory specified in configuration file. Building instructions for `mitra-web` frontend can be found at https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra-web#project-setup.
Start Mitra:
```shell
./mitra
```
An HTTP server will be needed to handle HTTPS requests. See the example of [nginx configuration file](./contrib/mitra.nginx).
To run Mitra as a systemd service, check out the [systemd unit file example](./contrib/mitra.service).
### Debian package
Download and install Mitra package:
```shell
dpkg -i mitra.deb
```
Install PostgreSQL and create the database:
```sql
CREATE USER mitra WITH PASSWORD 'mitra';
CREATE DATABASE mitra OWNER mitra;
```
Open configuration file `/etc/mitra/config.yaml` and configure the instance.
Start Mitra:
```shell
systemctl start mitra
```
An HTTP server will be needed to handle HTTPS requests. See the example of [nginx configuration file](./contrib/mitra.nginx).
### Monero
Install Monero node or choose a [public one](https://monero.fail/).
Configure and start [monero-wallet-rpc](https://monerodocs.org/interacting/monero-wallet-rpc-reference/) daemon. Add `disable-rpc-login=1` to your `monero-wallet-rpc` config (currently RPC auth is not supported in Mitra).
Create a wallet for your instance.
Add blockchain configuration to `blockchains` array in your configuration file.
### Ethereum
Install Ethereum client or choose a JSON-RPC API provider.
Deploy contracts on the blockchain. Instructions can be found at https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra-contracts.
Add blockchain configuration to `blockchains` array in your configuration file.
## Development
See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md)
### Start database server
```shell
docker-compose up -d
```
Test connection:
```shell
psql -h localhost -p 55432 -U mitra mitra
```
### Start Monero node and wallet server
(this step is optional)
```shell
docker-compose --profile monero up -d
```
### Run web service
Create config file, adjust settings if needed:
```shell
cp config.yaml.example config.yaml
```
Compile and run service:
```shell
cargo run
```
### Run CLI
```shell
cargo run --bin mitractl
```
### Run linter
```shell
cargo clippy
```
### Run tests
```shell
cargo test
```
## Federation
See [FEDERATION.md](./FEDERATION.md)
## Client API
Most methods are similar to Mastodon API, but Mitra is not fully compatible.
[OpenAPI spec](./docs/openapi.yaml)
## CLI
`mitractl` is a command-line tool for performing instance maintenance.
[Documentation](./docs/mitractl.md)
## License
[AGPL-3.0](./LICENSE)
## Support
Monero: 8Ahza5RM4JQgtdqvpcF1U628NN5Q87eryXQad3Fy581YWTZU8o3EMbtScuioQZSkyNNEEE1Lkj2cSbG4VnVYCW5L1N4os5p