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> suckless's sent tool ported to the very sucky web world
A web-based reimplementation of [suckless sent](https://tools.suckless.org/sent/)
-using pure PHP and vanilla JavaScript.
+using Python and vanilla JavaScript.
<img width="1280" height="800" alt="sent0" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0c503bd4-3609-4e36-ae23-77b7f0711736" />
<br><br>
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ using pure PHP and vanilla JavaScript.
(same as sent)
- **mouse navigation** — left-click right half = next, left half = prev, scroll
wheel
-- **image upload** — upload images and insert `@filename` references
+- **image upload** — upload images and insert `@filename` references (50 MB cap)
- **export** — download as `.sent` file for local sent, or export `.pdf` for portability
-
## usage
### docker compose (recommended)
@@ -37,6 +36,26 @@ docker build -t sent-web .
docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --init --name sent-web sent-web
```
+### local python run (without docker)
+
+Requirements:
+
+- Python `3.12+`
+- `fontconfig` (`fc-list` must be available)
+- `libmagic` runtime (`libmagic1` on Ubuntu)
+
+Setup:
+
+```sh
+cd src
+python3.12 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:3000 --workers 2 app:app
+```
+
+Then open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000).
+
### presentation shortcuts
| key | action |
@@ -65,11 +84,12 @@ with multiple lines
## technology
-- **PHP 8.3** — no framework, just `.php` files
+- **Python 3.12+** — Flask backend
- **vanilla JavaScript** — no npm, no webpack, no react
- **[noir.css](https://github.com/kj-sh604/noir.css)** — classless CSS
-- **Apache** — serves it all
+- **Gunicorn** — production WSGI server
- **fontconfig** — `fc-list` for font enumeration
+- **python-magic + libmagic** — content-based upload type checks
- **Docker** — containerized with fonts pre-installed
## license