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A simple link hub, to display and search links. Allows easy branding, runs with the least privileges and is simple to use.
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yal - Yet Another Landingpage
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<img width="400" src=".github/images/cover.png">
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A simple link hub, to display and search links. Allows easy branding, runs with the least privileges and is simple to use.
</p>
## Demo
[Click here](https://timo-reymann.github.io/yal/)
## Features
- statically generated site
- single static-compiled go binary
- runs as non-root by default
- integrate any search engine
- simple and intuitive design
- integrated search
- inlines external images on start up
- dependency free
- fully accessible for blind people & screen reader users
## Requirements
- any container platform or supported base system
## Installation
### Run server as container
The container generates the static HTML page on startup, keeps it in memory and serves it using a go webserver.
You can simply run it using e.g. docker with docker-compose:
```yaml
version: "3.5"
services:
yal:
image: timoreymann/yal:latest # check for version to use if you would like to pin it
restart: always
ports:
- <public-port>:2024
volumes:
- ./config:/app/config
- ./icons:/app/icons # optional in case you want to use local icons
- ./images:/app/images # contains favicon etc.
environment:
# Port to listen
YAL_PORT: 2024
# page title for html
YAL_PAGE_TITLE: My link hub
# Path to config files
YAL_CONFIG_FOLDER: /app/config
# Path to images, see below for available ones
YAL_IMAGES_FOLDER: /app/images
# Omit file extension as it will be picked up by name automatically
# each of the entries is searched like ${YAL_IMAGES_FOLDER}/<icon>{png,jpg,jpeg,svg}
# if that does not succeed, an attempt is made to load the path as is and if
# there is no such file it tries to load it as an URL.
YAL_MASCOT: mascot # the mascot to display on the left
YAL_LOGO: logo # logo to display on the right
YAL_BACKGROUND: background # background image for page
YAL_FAVICON: favicon # favicon to serve
```
### Generate static HTML file
Specifying all env vars manually (if you want to customize them) and keeping the directory structure you can also just
generate a static HTML page.
1. Download the [latest release](https://github.com/timo-reymann/yal/releases/latest) for your platform
2. `./yal --render --output file.html`
3. Serve `file.html` using any static file server
### Use with your CI provider
Instead of the regular image use the CI version: `timoreymann/yal:ci` or for a versioned
tag `timoreymann/yal:{version}-ci`.
#### CircleCI
```yaml
version: 2.1
# Define the jobs we want to run for this project
jobs:
build-page:
docker:
- image: timoreymann/yal:ci
steps:
# Checkout repo with yal config and assets
- checkout
- run:
name: Generate page with yal
command: yal
# Upload the artifact html somewhere
- store_artifacts:
path: templated.html
workflows:
build_link_hub:
jobs:
- build-page
```
#### Gitlab CI
```yaml
stages:
- build
build-page:
stage: build
image:
name: timoreymann/yal:ci
entrypoint: [""]
script:
# Build page with yal config and assets from project
- yal
artifacts:
paths:
- templated.html
```
## Configuration
THe container comes with some demo data by default, while the CLI will fail with an error when you attempt to render the
page without the corresponding files present.
### Configuration
| Environment variable | Flag | Default | Description |
|:----------------------|:--------------------|:--------------------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| YAL_BACKGROUND | --background | `background` | Basename of a file without extension (searched in images-folder) or an HTTP url of the image to be used as a background image |
| YAL_BACKGROUND_FILTER | --background-filter | `blur(5px) brightness(0.9)` | CSS Filter to apply to the background image. See [MDN docs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/filter-function) for more information and examples for the filter CSS function for more information |
| YAL_CONFIG_FOLDER | --config-folder | `config` | Relative or absolute path where the configuration files reside |
| YAL_FAVICON | --favicon | `favicon` | Basename of a file without extension (searched in images-folder) or an HTTP url of the image to be used as favicon for the page |
| YAL_IMAGES_FOLDER | --images-folder | `images` | Relative or absolute path where the images reside |
| YAL_LOGO | --logo | `logo` | Basename of a file without extension (searched in images-folder) or an HTTP url of the image to be used as a logo on the right |
| YAL_MASCOT | --mascot | `mascot` | Basename of a file without extension (searched in images-folder) or an HTTP url of the image to be used as a logo on the left |
| YAL_OUTPUT | --output | `templated.html` | File to render to if -render is specified, use - to render to stdout |
| YAL_PAGE_TITLE | --page-title | `LinkHub - The place where it just clicks.` | Title of the HTML page generated |
| YAL_PORT | --port | `2024` | The HTTP port of the server when run with serve (default) |
| YAL_RENDER | --render | `false` | Render to output and exit |
| YAL_SERVE | --serve | `false` | Render and Serve on HTTP |
| YAL_TEMPLATE_FILE | --template-file | `builtin` | Template file to Render, builtin uses the bundled one with yal |
### Files
Besides the env vars, there are two config files to maintain:
#### searchEngines.json
Configures the search engines for search box to display as last elements
```json
[
{
"title": "Name",
"urlPrefix": "https://my.search?text=<here search term will be appended>"
}
]
```
#### items.json
Configures the links to display.
```json
[
{
"title": "<Title of the section>",
"entries": [
{
"text": "<Display text for the link>",
"link": "<link>",
"description": "<short description for search and hover tooltip>",
"icon": "<url or local path, can be relative; needs to be accessible by container and will be inlined on start up>"
}
]
}
]
```
## Motivation
There are a tons of landing pages out there, each has a unique set of features.
Some simply provide a lot of stuff that are not necessary for a simple link hub. Others look too cluttered or are not
intuitive to use.
This project aims to fill the gap and provide a link hub with search that is easy to brand and use. Nothing more or
less.
## Contributing
I love your input! I want to make contributing to this project as easy and transparent as possible, whether it's:
- Reporting a bug
- Discussing the current state of the configuration
- Submitting a fix
- Proposing new features
- Becoming a maintainer
To get started please read the [Contribution Guidelines](./CONTRIBUTING.md).
## Development
### Requirements
- [GNU make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/)
- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
- [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/)
- Go 1.21
### Test
```shell
make test
```
### Build
```shell
make build
```
### Alternatives
- [Heimdall](https://github.com/linuxserver/Heimdall) - in case you need more powerful features such as widgets etc.
- [jump](https://github.com/daledavies/jump) - if you want more whitespace and hidden functionality by default
- [homepage](https://github.com/gethomepage/homepage) - if you want to utilize all the space completely and need widgets
- [homer](https://github.com/bastienwirtz/homer) - for a bit more bloated UI