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<h1 id="telodendria">Telodendria</h1>
<p>
<b>Telodendria:</b> The terminal branches of an axon.
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<b><i>Note:</i></b> <b>Telodendria</b> is under <i>heavy</i> development.
Please see the <a href="#project-status">Project Status</a>.
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<p>
<b>Telodendria</b> is a Matrix homeserver implementation written from
scratch in ANSI C. It is designed to be lightweight and simple, yet
functional. <b>Telodendria</b> differentiates itself from other Matrix
homeserver implementations because it:
<ul>
<li>
Is written in C, a stable, low-level programming language with a long
history, low build and runtime overhead, and wide compatibility.
</li>
<li>
Is written with minimalism as a primary design goal. Whenever possible
and practical, no third-party libraries are pulled in to the source
code. Everything <b>Telodendria</b> needs is custom written. As a
result, <b>Telodendria</b> depends only on a standard C compiler and
POSIX C library to be built, both of which are built in to a good
Unix-style operating system already, which means you shouldn't have
to install anything extra.
</li>
<li>
Uses a flat-file directory structure to store data instead of a
database. This has a number of advantages:
<ul>
<li>It makes setup and maintenance much easier.</li>
<li>
It allows <b>Telodendria</b> to run on systems with fewer resources.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Is packaged as a single small, statically-linked and highly-optimized
binary that can be run just about anywhere. It is designed to be
extremely easy to set up and consume as few resources as possible.
</li>
<li>
Is permissively licensed. <b>Telodendria</b> is licensed under a
modified MIT license, which imposes few restrictions on what you can do with
it.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
<b>Telodendria</b> is on Matrix! Check out the official Matrix rooms:
</p>
<table>
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<th>Room</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td>
<code>#telodendria-releases:bancino.net</code>
</td>
<td>
Get notified of new releases.
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<code>#telodendria-general:bancino.net</code>
</td>
<td>
General discussion and support for <b>Telodendria</b>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<code>#telodendria-issues:bancino.net</code>
</td>
<td>
Report issues with <b>Telodendria</b>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<code>#telodendria-patches:bancino.net</code>
</td>
<td>
Submit code patches to the <b>Telodendria</b> project.
</td>
</tr>
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<h2 id="download">Download</h2>
<p>
<b>Telodendria</b> is distributed as source tarballs, in true Unix
fashion. If you want, you can verify the checksum of your download,
and check the signature. To check the signature, you'll need
<code>signify</code>, and the signify public key:
<a href="/telodendria-signify.pub">
telodendria-signify.pub</a>.
</p>
<p>
If your operating system has an official package or port of
<b>Telodendria</b>, you should prefer to use that instead of manually
downloading the source and building it. If your operating system's
package or port is too out of date for your tastes, please contact
the package's maintainers to notify them, or offer to update the
package yourself.
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<th>Version</th>
<th>Download</th>
<th>Checksum</th>
<th>Signature</th>
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<a href="/pub/v0.0.0/Telodendria-v0.0.0.tar.gz">
Telodendria-v0.0.0.tar.gz
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<td>
<a href="/pub/v0.0.0/Telodendria-v0.0.0.tar.gz.sha256">
SHA256
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</td>
<td>
<a href="/pub/v0.0.0/Telodendria-v0.0.0.tar.gz.sig">
Signify
</a>
</td>
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No downloads here yet. See the
<a href="#project-status">Project Status</a> for more
information.
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<p>
You can find the change log in the documentation.
</p>
<h2 id="documentation">Documentation</h2>
<p>
<b>Telodendria</b>'s documentation is distributed with the source
code as <code>man</code> pages, which contain all of the information
on what <b>Telodendria</b> is, what its goals are, how to build the source,
configure it, as well as contribute to the project. The <code>man</code>
pages are also available online for convenience:
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="telodendria.7.html">telodendria(7)</a> - Introduction and project information, including licensing information</li>
<li><a href="telodendria.8.html">telodendria(8)</a> - Command line usage</li>
<li><a href="telodendria.conf.5.html">telodendria.conf(5)</a> - Configuration file</li>
<li><a href="contributing.7.html">contributing(7)</a> - Contributing guide</li>
<li><a href="td.8.html">td(8)</a> - Build script and patch instructions</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="project-status">Project Status</h2>
<p>
<b>Telodendria</b> is a very ambitious project. There's a lot that needs
to happen yet before it is usable. At the moment, there's nothing that
even remotely ressembles a Matrix homeserver here; I'm still
getting off the ground and building a foundation.
</p>
<p>
But just because there's nothing here yet doesn't mean you should go away!
I could always use help, so you are more than welcome to help
out if you want things to go quicker. Please see the
<a href="contributing.7.html">contributing(7)</a> page for details on how you
can get involved.
</p>
<p>
The <b>Telodendria</b> roadmap is organized into phases, with each phase
representing a new milestone in the project's lifetime.
</p>
<h3 id="phase-1">Phase 1: Getting Off The Ground</h3>
<p>
A new open-source project needs a few basic things before development
can begin. This phase covers the pre-development stage of <b>Telodendria</b>.
</p>
<ul>
<li><s>Name this project</s></li>
<li><s>Set up a CVS repository</s></li>
<li><s>Make CVS repository public</s></li>
<li><s>Write a coding style guide</s></li>
<li><s>Write a build script</s></li>
<li><s>Add a license</s></li>
<li><s>Add support and issue reporting guide</s></li>
<li><s>Add table of contents to this document</s></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="phase-2">Phase 2: Building A Foundation</h3>
<p>
Matrix homeservers require a few prerequisites. In this phase, we build up
all the tools required to properly implement a Matrix homeserver. This includes
basic data structures, exchange format parsers, and more. We also build up a
command line application, multi-threaded HTTP server, and architect a flat-file
database framework.
</p>
</p>
<ul>
<li><s>Implement an array</s></li>
<li><s>Implement a logging facility</s></li>
<li><s>Implement argument parsing (<code>-c file -Vh</code>)</s></li>
<li><s>Implement a hash map</s></li>
<li><s>Combine library code files</s></li>
<li><s>Implement configuration file parsing using the hash map</s></li>
<li><s>Base64 encoding/decoding with padded/unpadded support</s></li>
<li><s>Write a release script</s></li>
<li><s>UTF-8 encoder</s></li>
<li>
<s>Implement a JSON library using the hash map and array</s>
<ul>
<li><s>Basic encoding from HashMap/Array/strings, etc.</s></li>
<li><s>Basic decoding to HashMap/Array/strings, etc.</s></li>
<li><s>Proper string encoding</s></li>
<li><s>Proper string decoding</s></li>
<li>
<s><q>Canonical JSON</q></s>
<ul>
<li><s>Keys are sorted lexicographically</s></li>
<li><s>Floats are not allowed (ignore any float values)</s></li>
<li><s>Encode as UTF-8 instead of using <code>\u</code> escapes</s></li>
<li><s>Decode encoded strings to UTF-8</s></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><s>Write a function that gets the current Unix timestamp in milliseconds.</s></code>
<li><s>Figure out how to w</s>Write unit tests for array/hashmap/etc</li>
<li><s>Parse the <b>Telodendria</b> config file</s></li>
<li>Add <s>license/</s>documentation comments to all source files</li>
<li><s>Implement a simple HTTP server</s>
<ul>
<li>Implement param parser</li>
<li><s>URL encoder/decoder</s></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Design the server architecture
<ul>
<li>Route requests</li>
<li><s>Handle requests</s></li>
<li>Data abstraction layer</li>
<li><s>Error generation</s></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="phase-3">Phase 3: Welcome To Matrix</h3>
<p>
When the foundations are laid, we can start implementing a real Matrix
homeserver. This phase tracks our current progress in implementing the Matrix
specification.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Client-Server API
<ul>
<li><s>Error responses</s></li>
<li><code>/_matrix/client/versions</code></li>
<li><s>CORS Headers</s></li>
<li>Well-known URIs</li>
<li>Client Authentication</li>
<li>Capabilities negotiation</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Server-Server API
</li>
<li>
Application Service API
</li>
<li>
Identity Service API
</li>
<li>
Push Gateway API
</li>
<li>
Room Versions
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="phase-4">Phase 4: A Real Homeserver</h3>
<p>
The Matrix specification is only a part of what it takes to be a production-ready
Matrix homeserver. While the spec details how clients and homeservers interact with
each other, we still need a way to administer our homeserver. This phase tracks our
progress on getting <b>Telodendria</b> packaged, as well as writing some useful
administrative tools. Only when these things are completed can we call <b>Telodendria</b>
"production-ready."
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Create an OpenBSD package and get it submitted to ports
</li>
<li>
Create a command line tool to manage Telodendria
<ul>
<li>Configuration file generation</li>
<li>User management</li>
<li>Room management</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Migrate from Synapse. I run a Synapse homeserver right now, so somehow
I have to get all my data into the Telodendria format.
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="documentation-status">Documentation Status</h2>
<p>
This documentation needs just a little work. Here's the things
on my list for that:
</p>
<ul>
<li><s>Update Rationale section</s></li>
<li><s>Update Project description (no longer a CGI binary)</s></li>
<li><s>Update project code requirements (ANSI C, POSIX.1c)</s></li>
<li><s>Clean up dark mode colors (tables, background, code snippets)</s></li>
<li><s>Add logo (possibly center title?)</s></li>
<li><s>Update Code Style to not include indent or line rules, but to use
<code>indent(1)</code> instead.</s></li>
<li><s>Fix typo "Subitting Patches" in Table of Contents</s></li>
<li><s>Make a note in Getting The Code that the password for the
<code>anoncvs</code> account is just <code>anoncvs</code>.</s></li>
<li><s>Add Contributors list</s></li>
<li><s>Add list of <code>make.sh</code> recipes, and what they do</s></li>
<li>Improve Google Lighthouse score
<ul>
<li>Image elements do not have explicit width and height</li>
<li>Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. (<code>msg-error</code> div)</li>
<li><s>Lists do not contain only <code>li</code> elements.</s></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Add other message <code>div</code>s for notes and warnings.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="getting-support">Getting Support</h2>
<p>
<b>Telodendria</b> is designed to be fairly straightforward, but that
doesn't mean there won't be hiccups along the way. If you are struggling
to get <b>Telodendria</b> up and running, you're more than welcome to
reach out for support. Just join the
<code>#telodendria-general:bancino.net</code> Matrix channel. Before
you do though, make sure you're running the latest version of
<b>Telodendria</b> and you've thoroughly read through all the
relevant documentation.
</p>
<h2 id="resources">Resources</h2>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="/pub">Old <b>Telodendria</b> Versions</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="/spec.matrix.org">Matrix Spec Mirror</a>
(<a href="/matrix-spec-v1.3.tar.gz">Download matrix-spec-v1.3.tar.gz</a>)
</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="/patches">Public Patch Directory</a></li>
</ul>
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