danastasio / matrix_blog

A decentralized blog whose backend is hosted on the matrix protocol.

Matrix Hosted Blog

THIS IS NOT PRODUCTION READY YET

What is it?

This is a blog whose entire backend is hosted on the Matrix protocol. The frontend is a simple PHP script to fetch blog "posts" from Matrix.

How does it work?

The blog itself is a space on a Matrix homeserver. I am using Synapse, but any server will work. Each room within the space is a post. The name of the room is the title of the post. The room topic is the tagline for the post.

Posts can be published by making the room public, and can be unpublished by making the room private.

The blog is styled using TailwindCSS CDN.

TODO

• It looks fucking horrible.
• You can't actually view the body of the posts right now (though the script does support viewing them right now). Working
• Comments in the room could be comments on the post?
• Decide if it would make sense to have a web GUI to create a new post.
• Structure the project in a way that makes more sense.
• Create a composer package so it can be easily integrated into other projects.