CodiMD
CodiMD lets you create real-time collaborative markdown notes on all platforms. Inspired by Hackpad, with more focus on speed and flexibility, and build from HackMD source code. Feel free to contribute.
Thanks for using! 😄
Table of Contents
- HackMD CE became CodiMD
- Browsers Requirement
- Installation
- Upgrade
- Configuration
- Developer Notes
- License
HackMD CE became CodiMD
CodiMD was recently renamed from its former name was HackMD. CodiMD is the free software version of HackMD. It was the original Version of HackMD. The HackMD team initiated CodiMD and provided a solid code base. Due to the need of paying bills, A fork was created and called HackMD EE, which is a SaaS (Software as a Service) product available at hackmd.io.
We decided to change the name to break the confusion between HackMD and CodiMD, formally known as HackMD CE, as it never was an open core project.
Just to more confusion: We are still friends with HackMD ❤️
For the whole renaming story, see the related issue
Browsers Requirement
Chrome >= 47, Chrome for Android >= 47
Safari >= 9, iOS Safari >= 8.4
Firefox >= 44
IE >= 9, Edge >= 12
Opera >= 34, Opera Mini not supported
- Android Browser >= 4.4
Installation
Getting started (Native install)
Prerequisite
- Node.js 6.x or up (test up to 7.5.0) and <10.x
- Database (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MSSQL) use charset
utf8 - npm (and its dependencies, especially uWebSockets, node-gyp)
- For building CodiMD we recommend to use a machine with at least 2GB RAM
Instructions
- Download a release and unzip or clone into a directory
- Enter the directory and type
bin/setup, which will install npm dependencies and create configs. The setup script is written in Bash, you would need bash as a prerequisite. - Setup the configs, see more below
- Setup environment variables which will overwrite the configs
- Build front-end bundle by
npm run build(usenpm run devif you are in development) - Modify the file named
.sequelizerc, change the value of the variableurlwith your db connection string For example:postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/codimd - Run
node_modules/.bin/sequelize db:migrate, this step will migrate your db to the latest schema - Run the server as you like (node, forever, pm2)
To stay up to date with your installation it's recommended to join our Matrix channel or subscribe to the release feed.
Heroku Deployment
You can quickly setup a sample Heroku CodiMD application by clicking the button below.
If you deploy it without the button, keep in mind to use the right buildpacks. For details check app.json.
Kubernetes
To install use helm install stable/hackmd.
For all further details, please check out the offical CodiMD K8s helm chart.
CodiMD by docker container
Debian-based version:
Alpine-based version:
The easiest way to setup CodiMD using docker are using the following three commands:
git clone https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd-container.git
cd codimd-container
docker-compose up
Read more about it in the container repository…
Cloudron
Install CodiMD on Cloudron:
Upgrade
Native setup
If you are upgrading CodiMD from an older version, follow these steps:
- Fully stop your old server first (important)
git pullor do whatever that updates the filesnpm installto update dependencies- Build front-end bundle by
npm run build(usenpm run devif you are in development) - Modify the file named
.sequelizerc, change the value of the variableurlwith your db connection string For example:postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/codimd - Run
node_modules/.bin/sequelize db:migrate, this step will migrate your db to the latest schema - Start your whole new server!
To stay up to date with your installation it's recommended to join our Matrix channel or subscribe to the release feed.
- migrate-to-1.1.0
We deprecated the older lower case config style and moved on to camel case style. Please have a look at the current config.json.example and check the warnings on startup.
Notice: This is not a breaking change right now but in the future
We don't use LZString to compress socket.io data and DB data after version 0.5.0. Please run the migration tool if you're upgrading from the old version.
We've dropped MongoDB after version 0.4.0. So here is the migration tool for you to transfer the old DB data to the new DB. This tool is also used for official service.
Configuration
There are some config settings you need to change in the files below.
./config.json ----application settings
Environment variables (will overwrite other server configs)
| variables | example values | description |
|---|---|---|
NODE_ENV |
production or development |
set current environment (will apply corresponding settings in the config.json) |
DEBUG |
true or false |
set debug mode; show more logs |
CMD_CONFIG_FILE |
/path/to/config.json |
optional override for the path to CodiMD's config file |
CMD_DOMAIN |
codimd.org |
domain name |
CMD_URL_PATH |
codimd |
sub URL path, like www.example.com/<URL_PATH> |
CMD_HOST |
localhost |
host to listen on |
CMD_PORT |
80 |
web app port |
CMD_PATH |
/var/run/codimd.sock |
path to UNIX domain socket to listen on (if specified, CMD_HOST and CMD_PORT are ignored) |
CMD_LOGLEVEL |
info |
Defines what kind of logs are provided to stdout. |
CMD_ALLOW_ORIGIN |
localhost, codimd.org |
domain name whitelist (use comma to separate) |
CMD_PROTOCOL_USESSL |
true or false |
set to use SSL protocol for resources path (only applied when domain is set) |
CMD_URL_ADDPORT |
true or false |
set to add port on callback URL (ports 80 or 443 won't be applied) (only applied when domain is set) |
CMD_USECDN |
true or false |
set to use CDN resources or not (default is true) |
CMD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS |
true or false |
set to allow anonymous usage (default is true) |
CMD_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_EDITS |
true or false |
if allowAnonymous is true, allow users to select freely permission, allowing guests to edit existing notes (default is false) |
CMD_ALLOW_FREEURL |
true or false |
set to allow new note creation by accessing a nonexistent note URL |
CMD_FORBIDDEN_NODE_IDS |
'robots.txt' |
disallow creation of notes, even if CMD_ALLOW_FREEURL is true |
CMD_DEFAULT_PERMISSION |
freely, editable, limited, locked or private |
set notes default permission (only applied on signed users) |
CMD_DB_URL |
mysql://localhost:3306/database |
set the database URL |
CMD_SESSION_SECRET |
no example | Secret used to sign the session cookie. If non is set, one will randomly generated on startup |
CMD_SESSION_LIFE |
1209600000 |
Session life time. (milliseconds) |
CMD_FACEBOOK_CLIENTID |
no example | Facebook API client id |
CMD_FACEBOOK_CLIENTSECRET |
no example | Facebook API client secret |
CMD_TWITTER_CONSUMERKEY |
no example | Twitter API consumer key |
CMD_TWITTER_CONSUMERSECRET |
no example | Twitter API consumer secret |
CMD_GITHUB_CLIENTID |
no example | GitHub API client id |
CMD_GITHUB_CLIENTSECRET |
no example | GitHub API client secret |
CMD_GITLAB_SCOPE |
read_user or api |
GitLab API requested scope (default is api) (GitLab snippet import/export need api scope) |
CMD_GITLAB_BASEURL |
no example | GitLab authentication endpoint, set to use other endpoint than GitLab.com (optional) |
CMD_GITLAB_CLIENTID |
no example | GitLab API client id |
CMD_GITLAB_CLIENTSECRET |
no example | GitLab API client secret |
CMD_GITLAB_VERSION |
no example | GitLab API version (v3 or v4) |
CMD_MATTERMOST_BASEURL |
no example | Mattermost authentication endpoint for versions below 5.0. For Mattermost version 5.0 and above, see guide. |
CMD_MATTERMOST_CLIENTID |
no example | Mattermost API client id |
CMD_MATTERMOST_CLIENTSECRET |
no example | Mattermost API client secret |
CMD_DROPBOX_CLIENTID |
no example | Dropbox API client id |
CMD_DROPBOX_CLIENTSECRET |
no example | Dropbox API client secret |
CMD_GOOGLE_CLIENTID |
no example | Google API client id |
CMD_GOOGLE_CLIENTSECRET |
no example | Google API client secret |
CMD_LDAP_URL |
ldap://example.com |
URL of LDAP server |
CMD_LDAP_BINDDN |
no example | bindDn for LDAP access |
CMD_LDAP_BINDCREDENTIALS |
no example | bindCredentials for LDAP access |
CMD_LDAP_SEARCHBASE |
o=users,dc=example,dc=com |
LDAP directory to begin search from |
CMD_LDAP_SEARCHFILTER |
(uid={{username}}) |
LDAP filter to search with |
CMD_LDAP_SEARCHATTRIBUTES |
displayName, mail |
LDAP attributes to search with (use comma to separate) |
CMD_LDAP_USERIDFIELD |
uidNumber or uid or sAMAccountName |
The LDAP field which is used uniquely identify a user on CodiMD |
CMD_LDAP_USERNAMEFIELD |
Fallback to userid | The LDAP field which is used as the username on CodiMD |
CMD_LDAP_TLS_CA |
server-cert.pem, root.pem |
Root CA for LDAP TLS in PEM format (use comma to separate) |
CMD_LDAP_PROVIDERNAME |
My institution |
Optional name to be displayed at login form indicating the LDAP provider |
CMD_SAML_IDPSSOURL |
https://idp.example.com/sso |
authentication endpoint of IdP. for details, see guide. |
CMD_SAML_IDPCERT |
/path/to/cert.pem |
certificate file path of IdP in PEM format |
CMD_SAML_ISSUER |
no example | identity of the service provider (optional, default: serverurl)" |
CMD_SAML_IDENTIFIERFORMAT |
no example | name identifier format (optional, default: urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress) |
CMD_SAML_GROUPATTRIBUTE |
memberOf |
attribute name for group list (optional) |
CMD_SAML_REQUIREDGROUPS |
Hackmd-users |
group names that allowed (use vertical bar to separate) (optional) |
CMD_SAML_EXTERNALGROUPS |
Temporary-staff |
group names that not allowed (use vertical bar to separate) (optional) |
CMD_SAML_ATTRIBUTE_ID |
sAMAccountName |
attribute map for id (optional, default: NameID of SAML response) |
CMD_SAML_ATTRIBUTE_USERNAME |
mailNickname |
attribute map for username (optional, default: NameID of SAML response) |
CMD_SAML_ATTRIBUTE_EMAIL |
mail |
attribute map for email (optional, default: NameID of SAML response if CMD_SAML_IDENTIFIERFORMAT is default) |
CMD_OAUTH2_USER_PROFILE_URL |
https://example.com |
where retrieve information about a user after succesful login. Needs to output JSON. (no default value) Refer to the Mattermost or Nextcloud examples for more details on all of the CMD_OAUTH2... options. |
CMD_OAUTH2_USER_PROFILE_USERNAME_ATTR |
name |
where to find the username in the JSON from the user profile URL. (no default value) |
CMD_OAUTH2_USER_PROFILE_DISPLAY_NAME_ATTR |
display-name |
where to find the display-name in the JSON from the user profile URL. (no default value) |
CMD_OAUTH2_USER_PROFILE_EMAIL_ATTR |
email |
where to find the email address in the JSON from the user profile URL. (no default value) |
CMD_OAUTH2_TOKEN_URL |
https://example.com |
sometimes called token endpoint, please refer to the documentation of your OAuth2 provider (no default value) |
CMD_OAUTH2_AUTHORIZATION_URL |
https://example.com |
authorization URL of your provider, please refer to the documentation of your OAuth2 provider (no default value) |
CMD_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID |
afae02fckafd... |
you will get this from your OAuth2 provider when you register CodiMD as OAuth2-client, (no default value) |
CMD_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET |
afae02fckafd... |
you will get this from your OAuth2 provider when you register CodiMD as OAuth2-client, (no default value) |
CMD_OAUTH2_PROVIDERNAME |
My institution |
Optional name to be displayed at login form indicating the oAuth2 provider |
CMD_IMGUR_CLIENTID |
no example | Imgur API client id |
CMD_EMAIL |
true or false |
set to allow email signin |
CMD_ALLOW_PDF_EXPORT |
true or false |
Enable or disable PDF exports |
CMD_ALLOW_EMAIL_REGISTER |
true or false |
set to allow email register (only applied when email is set, default is true. Note bin/manage_users might help you if registration is false.) |
CMD_ALLOW_GRAVATAR |
true or false |
set to false to disable gravatar as profile picture source on your instance |
CMD_IMAGE_UPLOAD_TYPE |
imgur, s3, minio or filesystem |
Where to upload images. For S3, see our Image Upload Guides for S3 or Minio |
CMD_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID |
no example | AWS access key id |
CMD_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY |
no example | AWS secret key |
CMD_S3_REGION |
ap-northeast-1 |
AWS S3 region |
CMD_S3_BUCKET |
no example | AWS S3 bucket name |
CMD_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY |
no example | Minio access key |
CMD_MINIO_SECRET_KEY |
no example | Minio secret key |
CMD_MINIO_ENDPOINT |
minio.example.org |
Address of your Minio endpoint/instance |
CMD_MINIO_PORT |
9000 |
Port that is used for your Minio instance |
CMD_MINIO_SECURE |
true |
If set to true HTTPS is used for Minio |
CMD_AZURE_CONNECTION_STRING |
no example | Azure Blob Storage connection string |
CMD_AZURE_CONTAINER |
no example | Azure Blob Storage container name (automatically created if non existent) |
CMD_HSTS_ENABLE |
true |
set to enable HSTS if HTTPS is also enabled (default is true) |
CMD_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS |
true |
set to include subdomains in HSTS (default is true) |
CMD_HSTS_MAX_AGE |
31536000 |
max duration in seconds to tell clients to keep HSTS status (default is a year) |
CMD_HSTS_PRELOAD |
true |
whether to allow preloading of the site's HSTS status (e.g. into browsers) |
CMD_CSP_ENABLE |
true |
whether to enable Content Security Policy (directives cannot be configured with environment variables) |
CMD_CSP_REPORTURI |
https://<someid>.report-uri.com/r/d/csp/enforce |
Allows to add a URL for CSP reports in case of violations |
CMD_SOURCE_URL |
https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd/tree/<current commit> |
Provides the link to the source code of CodiMD on the entry page (Please, make sure you change this when you run a modified version) |
Note: Due to the rename process we renamed all HMD_-prefix variables to be CMD_-prefixed. The old ones continue to work.
Application settings config.json
| variables | example values | description |
|---|---|---|
debug |
true or false |
set debug mode, show more logs |
domain |
localhost |
domain name |
urlPath |
codimd |
sub URL path, like www.example.com/<urlpath> |
host |
localhost |
host to listen on |
port |
80 |
web app port |
path |
/var/run/codimd.sock |
path to UNIX domain socket to listen on (if specified, host and port are ignored) |
loglevel |
info |
Defines what kind of logs are provided to stdout. |
allowOrigin |
['localhost'] |
domain name whitelist |
useSSL |
true or false |
set to use SSL server (if true, will auto turn on protocolUseSSL) |
hsts |
{"enable": true, "maxAgeSeconds": 31536000, "includeSubdomains": true, "preload": true} |
HSTS options to use with HTTPS (default is the example value, max age is a year) |
csp |
{"enable": true, "directives": {"scriptSrc": "trustworthy-scripts.example.com"}, "upgradeInsecureRequests": "auto", "addDefaults": true} |
Configures Content Security Policy. Directives are passed to Helmet - see their documentation for more information on the format. Some defaults are added to the configured values so that the application doesn't break. To disable this behaviour, set addDefaults to false. Further, if usecdn is on, some CDN locations are allowed too. By default (auto), insecure (HTTP) requests are upgraded to HTTPS via CSP if useSSL is on. To change this behaviour, set upgradeInsecureRequests to either true or false. |
protocolUseSSL |
true or false |
set to use SSL protocol for resources path (only applied when domain is set) |
urlAddPort |
true or false |
set to add port on callback URL (ports 80 or 443 won't be applied) (only applied when domain is set) |
useCDN |
true or false |
set to use CDN resources or not (default is true) |
allowAnonymous |
true or false |
set to allow anonymous usage (default is true) |
allowAnonymousEdits |
true or false |
if allowAnonymous is true: allow users to select freely permission, allowing guests to edit existing notes (default is false) |
allowFreeURL |
true or false |
set to allow new note creation by accessing a nonexistent note URL |
forbiddenNoteIDs |
['robots.txt'] |
disallow creation of notes, even if allowFreeUrl is true |
defaultPermission |
freely, editable, limited, locked, protected or private |
set notes default permission (only applied on signed users) |
dbURL |
mysql://localhost:3306/database |
set the db URL; if set, then db config (below) won't be applied |
db |
{ "dialect": "sqlite", "storage": "./db.codimd.sqlite" } |
set the db configs, see more here |
sslKeyPath |
./cert/client.key |
SSL key path1 (only need when you set useSSL) |
sslCertPath |
./cert/codimd_io.crt |
SSL cert path1 (only need when you set useSSL) |
sslCAPath |
['./cert/COMODORSAAddTrustCA.crt'] |
SSL ca chain1 (only need when you set useSSL) |
dhParamPath |
./cert/dhparam.pem |
SSL dhparam path1 (only need when you set useSSL) |
tmpPath |
./tmp/ |
temp directory path1 |
defaultNotePath |
./public/default.md |
default note file path1 |
docsPath |
./public/docs |
docs directory path1 |
viewPath |
./public/views |
template directory path1 |
uploadsPath |
./public/uploads |
uploads directory1 - needs to be persistent when you use imageUploadType filesystem |
sessionName |
connect.sid |
cookie session name |
sessionSecret |
secret |
cookie session secret |
sessionLife |
14 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 |
cookie session life |
staticCacheTime |
1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 |
static file cache time |
heartbeatInterval |
5000 |
socket.io heartbeat interval |
heartbeatTimeout |
10000 |
socket.io heartbeat timeout |
documentMaxLength |
100000 |
note max length |
email |
true or false |
set to allow email signin |
oauth2 |
{baseURL: ..., userProfileURL: ..., userProfileUsernameAttr: ..., userProfileDisplayNameAttr: ..., userProfileEmailAttr: ..., tokenURL: ..., authorizationURL: ..., clientID: ..., clientSecret: ...} |
An object detailing your OAuth2 provider. Refer to the Mattermost or Nextcloud examples for more details! |
allowEmailRegister |
true or false |
set to allow email register (only applied when email is set, default is true. Note bin/manage_users might help you if registration is false.) |
allowGravatar |
true or false |
set to false to disable gravatar as profile picture source on your instance |
imageUploadType |
imgur, s3, minio, azure or filesystem(default) |
Where to upload images. For S3, see our Image Upload Guides for S3 or Minio |
minio |
{ "accessKey": "YOUR_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY", "secretKey": "YOUR_MINIO_SECRET_KEY", "endpoint": "YOUR_MINIO_HOST", port: 9000, secure: true } |
When imageUploadType is set to minio, you need to set this key. Also checkout our Minio Image Upload Guide |
s3 |
{ "accessKeyId": "YOUR_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "secretAccessKey": "YOUR_S3_ACCESS_KEY", "region": "YOUR_S3_REGION" } |
When imageuploadtype be set to s3, you would also need to setup this key, check our S3 Image Upload Guide |
s3bucket |
YOUR_S3_BUCKET_NAME |
bucket name when imageUploadType is set to s3 or minio |
sourceURL |
https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd/tree/<current commit> |
Provides the link to the source code of CodiMD on the entry page (Please, make sure you change this when you run a modified version) |
1: relative paths are based on CodiMD's base directory
Third-party integration API key settings
| service | settings location | description |
|---|---|---|
| facebook, twitter, github, gitlab, mattermost, dropbox, google, ldap, saml | environment variables or config.json |
for signin |
| imgur, s3, minio, azure | environment variables or config.json |
for image upload |
dropbox(dropbox/appKey) |
config.json |
for export and import |
Third-party integration OAuth callback URLs
| service | callback URL (after the server URL) |
|---|---|
/auth/facebook/callback |
|
/auth/twitter/callback |
|
| github | /auth/github/callback |
| gitlab | /auth/gitlab/callback |
| mattermost | /auth/mattermost/callback |
| dropbox | /auth/dropbox/callback |
/auth/google/callback |
|
| saml | /auth/saml/callback |
Developer Notes
Structure
codimd/
├── tmp/ --- temporary files
├── docs/ --- document files
├── lib/ --- server libraries
└── public/ --- client files
├── css/ --- css styles
├── js/ --- js scripts
├── vendor/ --- vendor includes
└── views/ --- view templates
Operational Transformation
From 0.3.2, we started supporting operational transformation. It makes concurrent editing safe and will not break up other users' operations. Additionally, now can show other clients' selections. See more at http://operational-transformation.github.io/
License
License under AGPL.