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Mitra
Federated social network with smart contracts.
Built on ActivityPub protocol, self-hosted, lightweight.
Unique features enabled by blockchain integration:
- Sign-in with a wallet.
- Donations.
- Paid subscriptions.
- Proving membership with a token.
- Converting posts into NFTs.
Currently only Ethereum and other EVM-compatible blockchains are supported.
Smart contracts repo: https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra-contracts
Frontend repo: https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra-web
Demo instance: https://mitra.social/ (invite-only)
Matrix chat: #mitra:halogen.city
Requirements
- Rust 1.54+ (when building from source)
- PostgreSQL 12+
- IPFS node (optional, see guide)
- Ethereum node (optional)
Installation
Building from source
Run:
cargo build --release --features production
This command will produce two binaries in target/release directory, mitra and mitractl.
Install PostgreSQL and create the database.
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.
Start Mitra:
./mitra
An HTTP server will be needed to handle HTTPS requests and serve the frontend. See the example of nginx configuration file.
Building instructions for mitra-web frontend can be found at https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra-web#project-setup.
To run Mitra as a systemd service, check out the systemd unit file example.
Debian package
Download and install Mitra package:
dpkg -i mitra.deb
Install PostgreSQL and create the database. Open configuration file /etc/mitra/config.yaml and configure the instance.
Start Mitra:
systemctl start mitra
An HTTP server will be needed to handle HTTPS requests and serve the frontend. See the example of nginx configuration file.
Development
Create database
docker-compose up
Test connection:
psql -h localhost -p 55432 -U mitra mitra
Run web service
Create config file, adjust settings if needed:
cp config.yaml.example config.yaml
Compile and run service:
cargo run
Run CLI
cargo run --bin mitractl
Run linter
cargo clippy
Run tests
cargo test
Federation
See FEDERATION.md
Client API
Mastodon API
Most methods are similar to Mastodon API, but Mitra is not fully compatible.
OpenAPI spec (incomplete)
CLI commands
Generate RSA private key:
mitractl generate-rsa-key
Generate invite code:
mitractl generate-invite-code
List generated invites:
mitractl list-invite-codes
Delete profile:
mitractl delete-profile -i 55a3005f-f293-4168-ab70-6ab09a879679
Delete post:
mitractl delete-post -i 55a3005f-f293-4168-ab70-6ab09a879679
Remove remote posts and media older than 30 days:
mitractl delete-extraneous-posts -d 30
Delete attachments that doesn't belong to any post:
mitractl delete-unused-attachments -d 5
Generate ethereum address:
mitractl generate-ethereum-address
Update blockchain synchronization starting block:
mitractl update-current-block -n 2000000
License
Support
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