pomdtr

7 months agodiscuss

I built a project to add a terminal emulator to the browser (using a chrome extension): https://github.com/pomdtr/tweety.

I'm working on a `tweety edit` command which open arbitrary files in your $EDITOR of choice in a new tab.

pomdtr

last yeardiscuss

I personally use eget for this usecase. Might be worth a look: https://github.com/zyedidia/eget

pomdtr

last yeardiscuss

I'm a big fan of pico.sh (it's one of my main inspiration for smallweb.run).

I'm sure you're aware of it, but it might be interesting to others: caddy exposes all of it's internal as library you can easily integrate to your projects: https://github.com/caddyserver/certmagic

pomdtr

last yeardiscuss

If you want to get notified on future updates, you should join the community discord at https://discord.smallweb.run

pomdtr

last yeardiscuss

I love pico.sh! Some of their service can be reimplemented as smallweb apps.

Ex: prose.sh is similar to https://jsr.io/@tayzendev/smallblog, an app created by a member of the smallweb community (we have a server at https://discord.smallweb.run). You can see it running from smallweb at https://blog.tayzen.dev

I even use the underlying lib ssh implementation of pico.sh in smallweb (https://github.com/picosh/pobj), and I plan to introduce a cloud service similar to their (you can subscribe to the waitlist at https://cloud.smallweb.run)

pomdtr

last yeardiscuss

Yeah, I see smallweb as a playground.

I want to "develop in prod", not rely on successives git pushes to see changes.

If I need semantic releases, I publish the dev version as a package on jsr, and I then import it from the "prod" app.

I still uses github as way to store my apps though, you can find them at https://github.smallweb.run

pomdtr

last yeardiscuss

Smallweb also allows you to run server-side code using deno. The main process watch for changes in the app directories, and automatically restart the corresponding deno processes when a change is detected.

If you ever interacted with cloudflare workers or https://val.town, it is a similar experience.

Feel free to join our discord at https://discord.smallweb.run if you're curious !

pomdtr

last yeardiscuss

By vscode I mean vscode-web + an fsprovider extension.

You can play with it at https://vscode.demo.smallweb.live (the code is located in the `vscode` folder)

pomdtr

last yeardiscuss

Yeah dokku is an inspiration!

The main difference is that smallweb use deno instead of docker for sandboxing apps, and leverages url imports (which can be used to distribute complex apps like VS Code):

```

import { VSCode } from "jsr:@smallweb/[email protected]"

const vscode = new VSCode({ rootDir: Deno.env.get("SMALLWEB_DIR") });

export default vscode;

```

You can play with a live instance of smallweb at https://demo.smallweb.live

pomdtr

last yeardiscuss

This looks fantastic, I'll make sure to try it!

I've been working on a similar platform (https://smallweb.run), which allows me to host all my side projects from a single root folder. Each subfolder automatically becomes a subdomain, and I can just use vscode remote ssh or mutagen to live edit my websites.

pomdtr

last yeardiscuss

Neat! I'm working on a self-hostable platform to host my deno apps (https://smallweb.run), I wonder if I would be able to your framework on there.

pomdtr

2 years agodiscuss

Smallweb is inspired both by serverless platforms (e.g. cloudflare workers and val.town), and older standards like cgi-bin. To create a new app, you just create a new file, and you're basically done.

Try out the demo at https://demo.smallweb.live

Smallweb is super easy to self-host (you can even keep it local to your device). It is distributed as a single golang binary, and there is an install script allowing you to set it up on a new VPS with a single command (https work out of the box, no need to set DNS records):

curl -sSL https://install.smallweb.run/vps.sh | sh

Since the app is based on deno, it supports url imports. It allows you to host complex apps like vscode or excalidraw by writing 3 lines of code: https://www.smallweb.run/examples#excalidraw

We also have a small community at https://discord.smallweb.run !

pomdtr

2 years agodiscuss

I would prefer an api base on codeblocks meta string and json attributes.

```sh name="build" deps=["install"]

npm run build

```

This would be displayed just fine in github, as it is valid gfm.

pomdtr

2 years agodiscuss

Yeah you guessed it, smallweb is basically CGI meets Deno sandboxing + https imports.

pomdtr

2 years agodiscuss

I had similar thoughts, and built myself a little framework for this: https://www.smallweb.run

The key feature it adds compared to your own setup is mapping subfolders to subdomains (+ dynamic websites, but you don't seem interested in that).

ex: ~/smallweb/example => https://example.localhost

We have a little discord community at https://discord.smallweb.run if anyone is interested.

pomdtr

2 years agodiscuss

`cmd+?` works, but it's visually quite hard to follow. The raycast version looks much more like an universal command palette, and supports fuzzy matching.

You can also pin menu items for each apps.

pomdtr

2 years agodiscuss

Another alternative is the "Search Menu Items" command from raycast: https://www.raycast.com/changelog/1-20-0

pomdtr

2 years agodiscuss

I found a way to embed a full-stack app (@vite_js frontend + @honojs backend) as a single JSR import.

Here is a demo of @excalidraw running from @ValDotTown: https://val.town/v/pomdtr/excalidraw

I feel like this could become a lightweight alternative to docker for self-hosting.

pomdtr

2 years agodiscuss

I ended up writing my own article: https://code-search-is-easy.pomdtr.me/

pomdtr

2 years agodiscuss

Earlier this week, Tom MacWright posted the "Code Search is Hard" article on the http://val.town blog.

So I decided to write my own search engine for http://val.town! More details in my own article, "Code Search is Easy"

Submissions

Show HN: Tweety – An Integrated Terminal for Any Chromium-Based Browser

Smallweb – A self-hostable personal cloud inspired by CGI-bin

Full-stack app (react and hono) distributed as a single import statement

Code Search Is Easy

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