Schnack is a self-hosted commenting system that allows website visitors to leave comments without having to sign in with a social media account or create an account on the website. In this tutorial, we will be installing Schnack on Manjaro, a popular Linux distribution.
Before we can install Schnack, we need to ensure that our system has the following packages installed:
If you don't already have these installed, open your terminal and run the following commands:
sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
sudo pacman -S git
Now that we have our prerequisites installed, we can proceed to install Schnack itself. To do this, we will first clone the Schnack repository from GitHub using Git. In your terminal, navigate to the directory where you want to install Schnack and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/schn4ck/schnack
After cloning the repository, navigate into the schnack directory:
cd schnack
Next, we need to install the necessary dependencies for Schnack. Run the following command to install the required Node.js packages:
npm install
Once the installation process is complete, we need to configure Schnack. Copy the config.example.json file to config.json:
cp config.example.json config.json
Now, edit the config.json file to suit your needs. You can change the port Schnack listens on, the default theme, and more.
After editing config.json, start Schnack:
npm start
You should see output in your terminal indicating that Schnack has started. If everything is working correctly, you should be able to visit http://localhost:3000 in your web browser and see the Schnack comment box.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Schnack on Manjaro. You can now integrate Schnack into your website and provide your visitors with a self-hosted commenting system.
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