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# This — is The **Construct**
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<a href="share/webapp">
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<img align="right" src="https://i.imgur.com/TIf8kEC.png">
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</a>
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It all started in 1988 when Jarkko Oikarinen developed a free and open source server
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at the University of Oulu which facilitated real-time communication over the internet.
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Its [derivatives](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/IRCd_software_implementations.png)
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have underpinned the major networks for decades.
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The protocol has since stagnated, largely abandoned except by evangelists. A
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growing number of proprietary cloud services have filled the vacuum of
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innovation. Free software projects are relegated to collaborating on non-free
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platforms for a basic rich user experience. The consensus is that decentralization
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is needed, and users not be limited
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to some arcane retro-environment.
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<a href="https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/">
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<img align="right" src="https://i.imgur.com/DUuGSrH.png" />
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</a>
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**This is the Construct** — Federated team collaboration built with the
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[WASM Virtual Machine](https://webassembly.org). Construct makes the chat room programmable.
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Applications govern all their basic functions. Everything from the appearance of a room as seen by
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users to some continuous-integration running in the background for developers
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is customizable by embedding apps around your room.
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Clients and servers implement a minimal ABI based on their capabilities while
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the community at large builds all features as apps. A variety of apps have
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already been created by developers for their own needs. Most choose to make
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them available to the community, licensed as free software, so you can import
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them and enrich your own rooms.
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## Installation
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<a href="https://github.com/tulir/gomuks">
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<img align="right" src="https://i.imgur.com/YMUAULE.png" />
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</a>
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[](https://matrix.to/#/#test:zemos.net)
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### Dependencies
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- **Boost** library 1.66+
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- **RocksDB** library 5.16.6.
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- **Sodium** library for curve ed25519.
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- **OpenSSL** library for HTTPS TLS / X.509.
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- **Magic** library for MIME type recognition.
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##### OPTIONAL
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- **zlib** or **lz4** or **snappy** database compressions.
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- **GraphicsMagick** for media thumbnails.
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- **jemalloc** for dynamic memory.
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##### BUILD TOOLS
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- **GNU C++** compiler, ld.gold, automake, autoconf, autoconf2.13,
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autoconf-archive, libtool.
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- A platform capable of loading dynamic shared objects at runtime is required.
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<!--
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#### Platforms
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[](https://github.com/jevolk/charybdis/tree/master)
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| <sub> Continuously Integrated Host </sub> | <sub> Compiler </sub> | <sub> Third party </sub> | <sub> Status </sub> |
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|:------------------------------------------- |:------------------------ |:------------------------ |:------------------- |
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| <sub> Linux Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial </sub> | <sub> GCC 6 </sub> | <sub> Boost 1.66 </sub> | [](https://travis-ci.org/jevolk/charybdis) |
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| <sub> Linux Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial </sub> | <sub> GCC 8 </sub> | <sub> Boost 1.66 </sub> | [](https://travis-ci.org/jevolk/charybdis) |
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| <sub> Linux Ubuntu 18.04 Xenial </sub> | <sub> GCC 6 </sub> | <sub> Boost 1.66 </sub> | [](https://travis-ci.org/jevolk/charybdis) |
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-->
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### Getting Started
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1. At this phase of development the best thing to do is pull the master branch
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and use the latest head.
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2. See the [BUILD](doc/BUILD.md) instructions to compile Construct from source.
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3. See the [SETUP](doc/SETUP.md) instructions to run Construct for the first time.
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##### TROUBLESHOOTING
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See the [TROUBLESHOOTING](doc/TROUBLESHOOTING.md) guide for solutions to possible
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problems.
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## Developers
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<a href="https://github.com/mujx/nheko">
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<img align="right" src="https://i.imgur.com/GQ91GOK.png" />
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</a>
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[]() []()
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##### DOCUMENTATION
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Generate doxygen using `/usr/bin/doxygen tools/doxygen.conf` the target
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directory is `doc/html`. Browse to `doc/html/index.html`.
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##### ARCHITECTURE GUIDE
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See the [ARCHITECTURE](doc/ARCHITECTURE.md) summary for design choices and
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things to know when starting out.
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##### DEVELOPMENT STYLE GUIDE
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See the [STYLE](doc/STYLE.md) guide for an admittedly tongue-in-cheek lecture on
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the development approach.
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## Roadmap
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##### FEATURE EXPERIENCE
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- [x] Phase One: **Matrix clients** using HTTPS.
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- [ ] Phase Two: Legacy IRC network **TS6 protocol**.
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##### TECHNOLOGY
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- [x] Phase Zero: **Core libircd**: Utils; Modules; Contexts; JSON; Database; HTTP; etc...
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- [x] Phase One: **Matrix Protocol**: Core VM; Core modules; Protocol endpoints; etc...
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- [ ] Phase Two: **Construct Cluster**: Kademlia sharding of events; Maymounkov's erasure codes.
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##### DEPLOYMENT
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Operating a Construct server which is open to public user registration is unsafe. Local users may
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be able to exceed resource limitations and deny service to other users.
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```
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- [x] **Personal**: One or few users. Few default restrictions; higher log output.
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- [ ] **Company**: Hundreds of users. Moderate default restrictions.
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- [ ] **Public**: Thousands of users. Untrusting configuration defaults.
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> Due to the breadth of the Matrix client/server protocol we can only endorse
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production use of Construct gradually while local user restrictions are
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developed. This notice applies to locally registered users connecting with
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clients, it does not apply to federation.
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