Today I'll present you a new self-hosted Nostr blog web application recently released on github by [dtonon](nostr:nprofile1qqs8hhhhhc3dmrje73squpz255ape7t448w86f7ltqemca7m0p99spg2pze85), _Oracolo_:

[https://github.com/dtonon/oracolo](https://github.com/dtonon/oracolo)

> _Oracolo is a minimalist blog powered by_ [_Nostr_](https://njump.me/?ref=fractalized.net)_, that consists of a single html file, weighing only ~140Kb. You can use whatever Nostr client that supports long format (_[_habla.news_](https://habla.news/?ref=fractalized.net)_,_ [_yakihonne_](https://yakihonne.com/?ref=fractalized.net)_,_ [_highlighter.com_](https://highlighter.com/?ref=fractalized.net)_, etc ) to write your posts, and your personal blog is automatically updated.

> It works also without a web server; for example you can send it via email as a business card._

Oracolo fetches Nostr data, builds the page, execute the JavaScript code and displays article on clean and sobr blog (a Dark theme would be awesome 👀).

Blog articles are nostr events you published or will publish on Nostr relays through long notes applications like the ones quoted above.

* [habla.news](https://habla.news)

* [yakihonne](https://yakihonne.com)

* [highlighter.com](https://highlighter.com)

Don't forget to use a NIP07 web browser extensions to login on those websites. Old time where we were forced to fill our nsec key is nearly over!

For the hurry ones of you, you can find here the Oracolo demo with my Nostr long notes article. It will include this one when I'll publish it on Nostr!

[https://oracolo.fractalized.net/](https://oracolo.fractalized.net)

## How to self-host Oracolo?

You can build the application locally or use a docker compose stack to run it (or any other method). I just build a docker compose stack with Traefik and an Oracolo docker image to let you quickly run it.

The oracolo-docker github repo is available here:

[https://github.com/PastaGringo/oracolo-docker](https://github.com/PastaGringo/oracolo-docker)

_PS: don't freak out about the commits number, oracolo has been the lucky one to let me practrice docker image CI/CD build/push with Forgejo, that went well but it took me a while before finding how to make Forgejo runner dood work 😆). Please ping me on Nostr if you are interested by an article on this topic!_

This repo is a mirror from my new Forgejo git instance where the code has been originaly published and will be updated if needed (I think it will):

[https://git.fractalized.net/PastaGringo/oracolo-docker](https://git.fractalized.net/PastaGringo/oracolo-docker)

Here is how to do it.

1) First, you need to create an A DNS record into your domain.tld zone. You can create a A with "oracolo" .domain.tld or "\*" .domain.tld. The second one will allow traefik to generate all the future subdomain.domain.tld without having to create them in advance. You can verify DNS records with the website [https://dnschecker.org](https://dnschecker.org).

2) Clone the _oracolo-docker_ repository:

```bash

git clone https://git.fractalized.net/PastaGringo/oracolo-docker.git

cd oracolo-docker

```

3) Rename the _.env.example_ file:

```bash

mv .env.example .env

```

4) Modify and update your _.env_ file with your own infos:

```bash

# Let's Encrypt email used to generate the SSL certificate

LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=

# domain for oracolo. Ex: oracolo.fractalized.net

ORACOLO_DOMAIN=

# Npub author at "npub" format, not HEX.

NPUB=

# Relays where Oracolo will retrieve the Nostr events.

# Ex: "wss://nostr.fractalized.net, wss://rnostr.fractalized.net"

RELAYS=

# Number of blog article with an thumbnail. Ex: 4

TOP_NOTES_NB=

```

5) Compose Oracolo:

```bash

docker compose up -d && docker compose logs -f oracolo traefik

```

```bash

[+] Running 2/0

✔ Container traefik Running 0.0s

✔ Container oracolo Running 0.0s

WARN[0000] /home/pastadmin/DEV/FORGEJO/PLAY/oracolo-docker/docker-compose.yml: `version` is obsolete

traefik | 2024-05-28T19:24:18Z INF Traefik version 3.0.0 built on 2024-04-29T14:25:59Z version=3.0.0

oracolo |

oracolo | ___ ____ ____ __ ___ _ ___

oracolo | / \ | \ / | / ] / \ | | / \

oracolo | | || D )| o | / / | || | | |

oracolo | | O || / | |/ / | O || |___ | O |

oracolo | | || \ | _ / \_ | || || |

oracolo | | || . \| | \ || || || |

oracolo | \___/ |__|\_||__|__|\____| \___/ |_____| \___/

oracolo |

oracolo | Oracolo dtonon's repo: https://github.com/dtonon/oracolo

oracolo |

oracolo | ╭────────────────────────────╮

oracolo | │ Docker Compose Env Vars ⤵️ │

oracolo | ╰────────────────────────────╯

oracolo |

oracolo | NPUB : npub1ky4kxtyg0uxgw8g5p5mmedh8c8s6sqny6zmaaqj44gv4rk0plaus3m4fd2

oracolo | RELAYS : wss://nostr.fractalized.net, wss://rnostr.fractalized.net

oracolo | TOP_NOTES_NB : 4

oracolo |

oracolo | ╭───────────────────────────╮

oracolo | │ Configuring Oracolo... ⤵️ │

oracolo | ╰───────────────────────────╯

oracolo |

oracolo | > Updating npub key with npub1ky4kxtyg0uxgw8g5p5mmedh8c8s6sqny6zmaaqj44gv4rk0plaus3m4fd2... ✅

oracolo | > Updating nostr relays with wss://nostr.fractalized.net, wss://rnostr.fractalized.net... ✅

oracolo | > Updating TOP_NOTE with value 4... ✅

oracolo |

oracolo | ╭───────────────────────╮

oracolo | │ Installing Oracolo ⤵️ │

oracolo | ╰───────────────────────╯

oracolo |

oracolo | added 122 packages, and audited 123 packages in 8s

oracolo |

oracolo | 20 packages are looking for funding

oracolo | run `npm fund` for details

oracolo |

oracolo | found 0 vulnerabilities

oracolo | npm notice

oracolo | npm notice New minor version of npm available! 10.7.0 -> 10.8.0

oracolo | npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v10.8.0

oracolo | npm notice To update run: npm install -g npm@10.8.0

oracolo | npm notice

oracolo |

oracolo | >>> done ✅

oracolo |

oracolo | ╭─────────────────────╮

oracolo | │ Building Oracolo ⤵️ │

oracolo | ╰─────────────────────╯

oracolo |

oracolo | > oracolo@0.0.0 build

oracolo | > vite build

oracolo |

oracolo | 7:32:49 PM [vite-plugin-svelte] WARNING: The following packages have a svelte field in their package.json but no exports condition for svelte.

oracolo |

oracolo | @splidejs/svelte-splide@0.2.9

oracolo | @splidejs/splide@4.1.4

oracolo |

oracolo | Please see https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte/blob/main/docs/faq.md#missing-exports-condition for details.

oracolo | vite v5.2.11 building for production...

oracolo | transforming...

oracolo | ✓ 84 modules transformed.

oracolo | rendering chunks...

oracolo |

oracolo |

oracolo | Inlining: index-C6McxHm7.js

oracolo | Inlining: style-DubfL5gy.css

oracolo | computing gzip size...

oracolo | dist/index.html 233.15 kB │ gzip: 82.41 kB

oracolo | ✓ built in 7.08s

oracolo |

oracolo | >>> done ✅

oracolo |

oracolo | > Copying Oracolo built index.html to nginx usr/share/nginx/html... ✅

oracolo |

oracolo | ╭────────────────────────╮

oracolo | │ Configuring Nginx... ⤵️ │

oracolo | ╰────────────────────────╯

oracolo |

oracolo | > Copying default nginx.conf file... ✅

oracolo |

oracolo | ╭──────────────────────╮

oracolo | │ Starting Nginx... 🚀 │

oracolo | ╰──────────────────────╯

oracolo |

```

If you don't have any issue with the Traefik container, Oracolo should be live! 🔥

You can now access it by going to the ORACOLO\_DOMAIN URL configured into the .env file.

Have a good day!

Don't hesisate to follow [dtonon](nostr:nprofile1qqs8hhhhhc3dmrje73squpz255ape7t448w86f7ltqemca7m0p99spg2pze85) on Nostr to follow-up the future updates ⚡🔥

_See you soon in another Fractalized story!_

PastaGringo 🤖⚡

nostr:npub1fjqqy4a93z5zsjwsfxqhc2764kvykfdyttvldkkkdera8dr78vhsmmleku I know you were interested in this too, have you done any work in this direction?

https://m.primal.net/IKkU.mp4

brainstorming opcodes that could enable non-interactive collaborative transactions. imagine if anyone could batch a bunch of mempool transactions together for coinjoins. with op_txhash you commit to your output which creates a link, so you can’t use stacking. maybe its not possible, but fun to think about. Has anyone thought about this? nostr:npub1vadcfln4ugt2h9ruwsuwu5vu5am4xaka7pw6m7axy79aqyhp6u5q9knuu7 nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt i’m a complete noob in this area 😅

https://stats.nostr.band