ScrollHub: The fastest way to publish

ScrollHub is a super server for publishing websites, scientific articles, blog posts, books, and more. It provides a seamless platform for content creation and distribution.

Try it yourself at: https://hub.scroll.pub

🚀 Quick Start: Run your own ScrollHub in 60 seconds

Launch a new Ubuntu Droplet on Digital Ocean (or your cloud provider of choice), then SSH into your server and run this oneliner:

apt install -y make zip && git clone https://github.com/tj/n && cd n && make install && n latest && cd && git config --global user.name "ScrollHub" && git config --global user.email "[email protected]" && git clone https://github.com/breck7/ScrollHub && cd ScrollHub && npm install . && npm install scroll-cli pm2 prettier -g && git config --global receive.denyCurrentBranch updateInstead && pm2 start server.js --node-args="--max-old-space-size=4096" --log ~/ScrollHub/pm2.log && pm2 startup && pm2 save

Optional Steps:

1. Create a DNS A Record pointing from your domain or subdomain to your new server
2. Torify your site with an onion domain using Tor Project:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y tor && echo -e "HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/\nHiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:3000" | sudo tee -a /etc/tor/torrc && sudo systemctl restart tor && sudo cat /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/hostname

🛠️ Development Environment Setup

Helpful Aliases

Add these to your shell configuration for a smoother workflow:

# Scroll
alias sb="scroll build"

# Npm
alias x="npm run"

# ScrollHub
alias hub="hub start"

# Git
alias gs="git status"
alias ga="git add ."
alias gc="git commit --allow-empty-message -m ''"
alias acp="git add . && git commit --allow-empty-message -m '' && git push"

Note: Make sure server-side .gitignore includes all log and frequently changed files to avoid local push conflicts.

🔧 Git Troubleshooting

ScrollHub uses git for versioning files. If you're developing locally and encounter merge conflicts:

1. Check the git status for a folder by visiting: https://hub.scroll.pub/status/[folderName]
2. It's recommended to prevent force pushes on your server with:

git config --system receive.denyNonFastForwards true

📦 Release Notes

The complete release history is available in multiple formats:

• CSV format
• TSV format
• JSON format

View the full changelog with detailed release notes at Release Notes.

📄 Public Domain

ScrollHub is released into the public domain.