Chirp

A social media project meant to mimic the feel of Twitter but be better

Status

What's working

• Account creation
• Posting
• Replying
• Liking
• Account editing

What isn't working

• Reposts
• Viewing likes and reposts on accounts

What's planned

• Post editing
• Post deletion
• Following
• Search
• Trends
• "For you" timeline

Screenshot

Contributing to Chirp

Chirps source code (as you can see) is open source. You can freely fork this repo, make changes and then create a pull request. If you'd like to, provide your Chirp username and you'll gain a contributors badge next to your name.

Dealing with code

Using PHPs built-in server

clone this git repo and put it where you like it and cd into it

php -S localhost:port

Using Apache/XAMPP

have PHP and PDO with SQLite support installed

git clone https://github.com/actuallyaridan/chirp␊
mv chirp /var/www/␊
# Or other place your Apache or XAMPP install uses for hosting content

BTW that folder should be empty - if it's something like /htdocs/chirp it will 99% break

Database

This project is currently using SQLite. Chirp's database is not included in GitHub, as it contains sensitive information that will not be shared publicly. There are however references in the PHP files, so you can create an empty replica if you'd like to.

Forking Chirp

You can freely make copies of Chirp and use Chirp's code as a base for your project. However, in order to be cool, please follow these guidelines:

• Rebrand your project: Please refrain from using any Chirp branding in your project
• Credit us: You should provide credit to the people who have contributed to this project, or link this repo

Other than that, Chirp uses the MIT license.