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https://github.com/buzz/newsdash

A news dashboard inspired by iGoogle and Netvibes
https://github.com/buzz/newsdash

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newsdash

A news dashboard inspired by iGoogle and Netvibes




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## ⭐ Features

- Customizable dock-based dashboard
- Support for Atom and RSS feeds
- Four feed layouts: condensed, list, detailed, tiles
- Tabbed multi-feeds
- Import/Export settings and feeds
- Filter feed items

## 💻 Installation

This is a self-hosted solution with a provided Docker image for easy installation.

### Requirements

- Reverse proxy (nginx recommended)
- Redis

### Docker

To start quickly, run the Docker image, which starts the API server. The static web app is available
under the volume `/client`. For production, you need to serve the static files using [a
webserver](#nginx).

```bash
$ docker run \
-e REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6380 \
-p 127.0.0.1:3000:3000 \
-v ./path/to/client:/client \
newsdash/newsdash
```

#### Redis

To persist settings and feeds, provide a Redis instance. You can start a [Redis](http://redis.io)
container and link it to newsdash. [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) is ideal for
small setups. Use the `REDIS_URL` environment variable to customize the connection URL.

#### nginx

For production deployment, use a reverse proxy like [nginx](https://nginx.org/) for:

- Static file serving
- Image caching
- Basic authentication
- Gzip compression
- TLS termination

```nginx
# Sample nginx configuration as starting point

http {
# ...

# Cache for newsdash images (highly recommended)
proxy_cache_path /var/cache/nginx levels=1:2 keys_zone=newsdash_cache:10m max_size=1g inactive=30d use_temp_path=off;

server {
listen 443 ssl;
http2 on;
server_name newsdash.example.com;
# point this to the container volume `/client`
root /path/to/volume/client;

ssl on;
ssl_certificate ...;
ssl_certificate_key ...;

auth_basic "Restricted";
auth_basic_user_file htpasswd_file;

autoindex off;

gzip on;
gzip_min_length 500;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_types text/css text/javascript application/json;

# Cache dynamic images
location ~ ^/api/feed/(image|logo) {
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_pass http://newsdash:3000; # point to newsdash API server
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_cache newsdash_cache;
proxy_cache_key "$scheme$request_method$host$request_uri";
proxy_cache_valid 200 302 15d;
proxy_cache_valid 404 1d;
proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout updating http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
add_header X-Cache-Status $upstream_cache_status;
}

# Serve API endpoints
location ~ ^/api {
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_pass http://newsdash:3000; # point to newsdash API server
proxy_http_version 1.1;
}

# Serve static files
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/index.html =404;
}
}
}
```

## 🛠️ Development

Ensure you have recent versions of [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) and [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/)
installed.

Clone the project and start a development server.

```bash
$ git clone https://github.com/buzz/newsdash.git
$ cd newsdash
$ pnpm install
$ pnpm dev
```

## License

[GNU Affero General Public License v3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html)