• Logseq
  • Website
  • Setup development environment
    • 1. Requirements
      • Java && Clojure
      • PostgreSQL
      • Node.js
    • 2. Creating a GitHub app:
    • 3. Add environment variables
    • 4. Compile javascript
    • 5. Start the clojure server
    • 6. Open the browser
  • Windows setup
    • 1. Required software
    • 2. Setup PostgreSQL
    • 3. Setup the server

Logseq

Logseq is A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge sharing and management.

Website

https://logseq.com

Setup development environment

If you're on Windows, use the Windows setup.

1. Requirements

Java && Clojure

PostgreSQL

Node.js

2. Creating a GitHub app:

Follow this step: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/developers/apps/creating-a-github-app. The User authorization callback URL should be: http://localhost:3000/auth/github

Remember to download the private-key.pem which will be used for the next step.

3. Add environment variables

  export ENVIRONMENT="dev"
  export JWT_SECRET="4fa183cf1d28460498b13330835e80ab"
  export COOKIE_SECRET="10a42ca724e34f4db6086a772d787030"
  export DATABASE_URL="postgres://localhost:5432/logseq"
  export GITHUB_APP2_ID="78728"
  export GITHUB_APP2_KEY="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
  export GITHUB_APP2_SECRET="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
  # Replace your-code-directory with yours
  export GITHUB_APP_PEM="/your-code-directory/your-app.private-key.pem"
  export LOG_PATH="/tmp/logseq"

4. Compile javascript

  cd web
  yarn
  yarn watch

5. Start the clojure server

  cd resources

  # 1. Download jar
  Go to https://github.com/logseq/logseq-internal/releases, download the logseq.jar and move it to the "resources" directory.

  # 2. run jar
  java -Duser.timezone=UTC -jar logseq.jar

6. Open the browser

Open http://localhost:3000.

Windows setup

1. Required software

Install clojure through scoop-clojure: https://github.com/littleli/scoop-clojure. You can also install Node.js, Yarn and PostgreSQL through scoop if you want to.

2. Setup PostgreSQL

Make sure you have PostgreSQL running. You can check if it's running with pg_ctl status and use pg_ctl start to start it up. You'll also need to make a logseq DB in PostgreSQL. Do that with createdb logseq.

3. Setup the server

Download this little script that sets up the environment variables and runs cmd-clj -A:dev. The GITHUB_APP_PEM variable in the script needs to be set with the correct directory for your system. Run that script in the repo and enter (go) into the interpreter.