BayesBond
This repository provides the source code for BayesBond, a web application where rational thinkers can bond and form deep 1-1 relationships in a fully transparent and efficient way. It just got released—please share it with anyone who would benefit from it!
To contribute, please submit a pull request or issue, or fill out this form for suggestions and collaborations.
Features
- Extremely detailed profiles for deep connections
- Radically transparent: user base fully searchable
- Free, ad-free, not for profit
- Supported by donation
- Open source
- Democratically governed
The full description is available here.
To Do
- Authentication (user/password and Google Sign In)
- Set up PostgreSQL in Production with supabase or prisma console (can stick with SQLite in dev / local)
- Set up hosting (vercel)
- Ask for detailed info per profile upon registration (intellectual interests, location, cause areas, personality type, conflict style, desired type of connection, prompt answers, gender, etc.)
- Set up page listing all the profiles
- Search through all the profile variables
- (Set up chat / direct messaging)
- Set up domain name (https://bayesbond.com)
Secondary To Do
Any action item is open to anyone for collaboration, but the following ones are particularly easy to do for first-time contributors.
- Clean up terms and conditions
- Clean up privacy notice
- Clean up learn more page
- Add dark theme
- Cover with tests (almost nothing is covered right now)
Implementation
The web app is coded in Typescript using React as front-end and Prisma as back-end. It includes:
Development
After cloning the repo and navigating into it, install dependencies:
npm install
You now need to configure your database connection via an environment variable.
First, create an .env file:
cp .env.example .env
To ensure your authentication works properly, you'll also need to set the AUTH_SECRET [env var for NextAuth.js]
(https://next-auth.js.org/configuration/options). You can generate such a random 32-character string with:
npx auth secret
In the end, your entire .env file should look similar to this (but using your own values for the env vars):
DATABASE_URL="file:./dev.db"
AUTH_SECRET="gTwLSXFeNWFRpUTmxlRniOfegXYw445pd0k6JqXd7Ag="
Run the following commands to set up your local development database and Prisma schema:
npx prisma migrate dev --name init
Note that your local database will be made of synthetic data, not real users. This is fine for development and testing.
Make sure the tests pass:
npm run test
Start the development server:
npm run dev
Once the server is running, visit http://localhost:3000 to start using the app. Now you can start contributing by making changes and submitting pull requests!
See development.md for additional instructions, such as adding new profile features.