An Efficient Web Server for TiddlyWikis

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nathanielknight/tiddly-wiki-server: An efficient web server for TiddlyWikis. (github.com)

Motivation

TiddlyWiki 5 has a NodeJS based webserver that re-uses much of the front-end JavaScript for maximum compatibility. However, this server needs about 70 MB of memory to start, and can easily consume 100 MB or more. This is fine for running on a workstation, but a cheap VPS quickly gets crowded running services of this size.

In rudimetnary benchmarks it looks like tiddly-wiki-server uses about 10 MB of memory (with no optimizations), which I find much more manageable.

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Do you think we can package or zip this for an easy install with ip, port and a payload wiki ?

I will check it out when I can.

It would also be nice if it could be installed then use a url to pull a published edition into it. I am still trying to build a make it your own for dummies. But server solutions need a second window running.

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This is very interesting to see, but the license is unknown to me (“The Prosperity Public License 3.0.0”) and doesn’t allow me to use it for storing work notes, unless I pay an undisclosed fee.

As always, don’t expose Node.js or this web server to the Internet directly, but put Caddy or Nginx in front of it.

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I think questions can be asked from Nathaniel here
Issues · nathanielknight/tiddly-wiki-server (github.com)

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I’m a fan of Prosperity and similar fair & open licenses.

And yes, if you use it for commercial purposes / as part of a revenue generating business the expectation is that you pay to support the project.

The author of the work can make deals on a case by case basis or have standard rates — it’s up to them, they’re doing the work.

There is no charge for personal / non commercial usage of the work with Prosperity.

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