Etherjot Web blogging tool

Etherjot is a demo web3 blog-publishing application built on the Swarm network.

Swarm network

Swarm is a peer-to-peer network of Bee nodes that collectively provide censorship resistant decentralised storage and communication services.

Screenshots

Features

• Markdown editor
• Categories and tags for organizing content
• Built-in asset browser and management
• Publishing directly on decentralised storage
• Configurable elements like header, footer and main page layout
• Extension: Donation component to accept tips and topups
• Extension: Decentralised commenting

Most of the implementation is available in the core library Libetherjot.

Setup

Recommended

Etherjot is available as part of Swarm Desktop. Get it from https://desktop.ethswarm.org.

Manual

1. git clone this repository
2. Run npm install
3. Run npm start

Testing with bee dev

Ensure you have bee version 1.16.1 for compatibility with dev mode.

1. Download bee from this link.
2. Provide execution permissions: chmod +x <downloaded_binary_name>
3. Initiate: ./bee dev --cors-allowed-origins="*"
4. Generate a postage batch using: curl -X POST http://localhost:1635/stamps/100000000/24

Extensions

Etherjot features two Swarm-native web components as extensions:

1. Swarm Comments
2. Swarm Donations