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+# Aviary Web (PureScript)
+
+Welcome to Aviary.  This is the decode-only web frontend for viewing E2E
+encrypted galleries on the web.  This follows a protocol shared by
+[`aviary-cli`][], which is (as of writing) the only way to create galleries.
+
+This project is still pre-release.  It works, but the protocol and the
+application are both bound to go through heavy changes, and may be missing key
+features.  The most glaring of these, at time of writing, is the lack of
+documentation.
+
+## Building
+
+This project is built with PureScript, and uses PureScript's package manager
+`spago`, which you'll need to have installed.  Visit [purescript.org][] for
+information on how to do this.
+
+### Development
+
+For development builds, you can use the `spago bundle-app` command to generate
+the `index.js` file.  You may then proceed to the **Setup** section to set up a
+webserver to work with.
+
+### Production
+
+For production builds, it is necessary to take several steps to reduce the file
+size.  You'll need to install a couple extra tools:
+- [`lebab`][]
+- [`uglify-js`][]
+
+```bash
+# Build the code
+spago build
+
+# Replace function(a) { b } with a => b
+lebab --replace output/ --transform arrow,arrow-return
+
+# Bundle the code into a single .js file, and minify
+spago bundle-app --minify
+
+# Perform some final optimizations
+uglifyjs --compress --mangle --toplevel --mangle-props -- index.js > index.js
+```
+
+Aside:  If you know a way to bring the file size down further, *please* open an issue!
+
+You may now proceed to the **Setup** section.
+
+## Setup
+
+Aviary works with a [`0x0`]-compatible server as a backend.  To set up a quick
+server for development, follow these steps:
+
+**Prerequisites:**
+- Python, `pip`, and `venv`
+- `git`
+
+```bash
+# Download 0x0
+git clone https://git.0x0.st/mia/0x0
+cd 0x0
+
+# Set up the environment and install deps
+python -m venv venv --prompt 0x0
+source venv/bin/activate.sh || source venv/bin/activate.fish
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+pip install gunicorn
+
+# Perform some configuration
+mkdir instance
+echo "
+# Use a local sqlite3 database to store information
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///database.db'
+
+# Have the webserver deal with sending files rather than 0x0
+USE_X_SENDFILE = True
+FHOST_USE_X_ACCEL_REDIRECT = False
+
+# Encrypted files really throw off mime guessers, which can cause some
+# encrypted images to get rejected for having ELF headers (e.g. looking like
+# executables).  We don't want this, so we disable MIME filtering
+FHOST_MIME_BLACKLIST = []
+FHOST_EXT_OVERRIDE = dict()
+
+# Images are rarely larger than 16 MB
+MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH = 16 * 1024 * 1024
+" > instance/config.py
+
+# Setup the database
+FLASK_APP=fhost flask db upgrade
+mv database.db instance/
+
+# Use the aviary index.html page as the 404 page
+# CHANGE THE /path/to/aviary/index.html TO POINT TO index.html IN THIS REPO
+ln -fs /path/to/aviary/www/index.html templates/404.html
+
+# Run the server
+gunicorn fhost:app
+```
+
+You'll also need to serve the `index.js` file generated during the **building**
+step at `/index.js`.  This can be done using an external webserver.  A sample
+`Caddyfile` exists in `:dist/`.  To use this, run the following command from
+root of `aviary`'s repository:
+
+```bash
+caddy run -config dist/Caddyfile
+```
+
+[`aviary-cli`]: https://fem.mint.lgbt/Emi/aviary-cli
+[purescript.org]: https://www.purescript.org/
+[`lebab`]: https://github.com/lebab/lebab
+[`uglify-js`]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/uglify-js
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+http://localhost:6660 {
+	root www/
+	file_server /index.js
+	reverse_proxy localhost:8000
+}
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