zichy / vicco

Microblogging in a single file

vicco

vicco is minimalist microblogging software contained in a single PHP file.

Features

• Horrendous code
• Responsive layout
• Web interface to publish and edit posts
• Text formatting
• Atom feed (broken)

Target audiences

• Hackers — It’s easy to customize.
• Hipsters — It’s crappy, you could use it as a joke.

Requirements

• Web server with PHP
• SSL/TLS certificate

Installation

1. Adjust the config variables in index.php. Remember to change your credentials.
2. Upload it to your server and make the directory writable.
3. Open the site in your browser.
4. It should work.

You can login with your credentials at /?login.

Text formatting

There is some Markdown-inspired formatting. No block elements, though.

Input	Output
**strong** / __strong__	strong
*italic* / _italic_	italic
~delete~	delete
:"quote":	quote
@code@	code
[https://example.org] / [title](https://example.org)	https://example.org / title

FAQ

Are there any dependencies? Should I use Composer?
There are no dependencies. This is literally one PHP file.

Since you published PHP software, you know how to write PHP, right?
Haha, no. Basically, I stole this script (with permission) and improved it for the worse.

Uh… follow-up question: Is vicco secure?
It should be secure enough to run a crappy blog.

Testimonials

I’m a huge fan of your blog, but I get the creeps from the PHP code.
— sternenseemann

cute readme
— riotbib

To-do

• Fix Atom feed

License

vicco is licensed under the BSD-2-Clause license.