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https://github.com/realaravinth/libmedium
An Alternative Medium Frontend | Development continues at: https://git.batsense.net/realaravinth/libmedium
https://github.com/realaravinth/libmedium
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An Alternative Medium Frontend | Development continues at: https://git.batsense.net/realaravinth/libmedium
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/realaravinth/libmedium
- Owner: realaravinth
- License: agpl-3.0
- Created: 2021-10-31T17:27:11.000Z (about 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-06-07T09:33:20.000Z (6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-07-31T20:34:42.952Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: medium, medium-com, privacy, self-hosted
- Language: HTML
- Homepage: https://libmedium.batsense.net
- Size: 4.72 MB
- Stars: 73
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 7
- Open Issues: 12
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
LibMedium
**Privacy-focused proxy for medium.com**
[](https://github.com/humanetech-community/awesome-humane-tech)
[](https://ci.batsense.net/realaravinth/libmedium)
[](https://codecov.io/gh/realaravinth/libmedium)
## Status
Usable. Should you run into a `HTTP 500 Internal Server Error`, please
file a bug report with the URL of the post you were trying to read and
the git commit hash of the build. Git commit hash can be obtained from
[/api/v1/meta/build](https://libmedium.batsense.net/api/v1/meta/build).
This proxy works by interacting with Medium's undocumented(probably
private but unauthenticated) API. So I've had to make assumptions and
tweak API schematics as I run into errors.
## Features
- [x] proxy images
- [x] proxy GitHub gists
- [x] render posts
- [x] syntax highlighting for gists
- [ ] user pages(WIP)
- [ ] RSS feeds
## Why?
Knowledge is the true wealth of humanity. If it weren't for our
ancestors, who chose to pass down their knowledge and experiences, we
would still be a primitive species. Whatever advancement that we as
a species have achieved is because we chose to share information.
To put a paywall on knowledge like that is both obscene and goes against
the very nature of humanity.
It is possible to run a sustainable publication business while still
respecting freedom. [LWN.net](https://lwn.net) is one of my favourite
publications that has been around forever. So it is possible. I hope
medium.com comes up with other, non-harmful ways to run a sustainable
business.
## Instances
| Instance | Country | Provider | Host |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------- |
| https://libmedium.batsense.net | India | Airtel | @realaravinth |
| https://md.vern.cc | US | Hetzner | [~vern](https://vern.cc) |
| http://md.vernccvbvyi5qhfzyqengccj7lkove6bjot2xhh5kajhwvidqafczrad.onion/ | N/A | Hetzner | [~vern](https://vern.cc) |
| http://vernaqj2qr2pijpgvf3od6ssc3ulz3nv52gwr3hba5l6humuzmgq.b32.i2p/ | N/A | Hetzner | [~vern](https://vern.cc) |
| https://medium.hostux.net | France | Gandi | [hostux](https://hostux.net) |
| https://r.sudovanilla.org | US | Selfhosted | [SudoVanilla](https://sudovanilla.org) |
| https://libmedium.ducks.party | DE | Datalix | [ducks.party](https://ducks.party) |
## Deploy
1. Grab [`./config/default.toml`](./config/default.toml) and make
necessary changes
2. AMD64 pre-compiled images are available on DockerHub.
```
docker run -d \
-v ./config/default.toml:/etc/libmedium/config.toml \
-p 8082:7000 \
--restart always \
--name libmedium \
realaravinth/libmedium
```
If you are on a different architecture, run make docker and then run the
above command.
```
make docker
```
---
Inspired by [Scribe - An Alternative Medium Frontend](https://sr.ht/~edwardloveall/scribe)