libmedium/README.md

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<h1> LibMedium </h1>
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**Privacy-focused proxy for medium.com**
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## 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://read.sudovanilla.com | US | Cloudflare | [SudoVanilla](https://sudovanilla.com) |
| 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
```
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Inspired by [Scribe - An Alternative Medium Frontend](https://sr.ht/~edwardloveall/scribe)