# ascii.io [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/sickill/ascii.io.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/sickill/ascii.io)

ASCII.IO is the simplest way to record your terminal and share the recordings
with your fellow geeks. Simply record and upload your terminal session with
single command, and ASCII.IO will play it back in your browser.

This is the source code of ascii.io website and JS player. If you look for
ascii.io terminal recorder go here:
[sickill/ascii.io-cli](https://github.com/sickill/ascii.io-cli)

## Setup instructions

Below you'll find setup instructions in case you want to contribute, play with
it on your local machine or setup your own instance for your organization.

### Requirements

ascii.io site is a Ruby on Rails application. You need to have installed
following dependencies:

* Ruby 1.9.2+ (Ruby 1.9.3 is recommended)
* bundler gem
  `gem install bundler`
* PostgreSQL 8+ with libpq development headers
  `sudo apt-get install postgresql libpq-dev` on Debian/Ubuntu

Also, for thumbnail generation you need following binaries:

* tmux
  `sudo apt-get install tmux` on Debian/Ubuntu

* scriptreplay
  `sudo apt-get install bsdutils` on Debian/Ubuntu

### Get the source code

    $ git clone git://github.com/sickill/ascii.io.git
    $ cd ascii.io

### Prepare DB config

Copy *config/database.yml.example* to *config/database.yml*. Then set
database/user/password to whatever you prefer.

If database specified in database.yml doesn't exist then the following setup
task will create it (make sure database user is allowed to create new
databases).

### Setup the app

    $ ./script/setup

This will install gem dependencies and setup database.

## Run

    $ ./script/rails s

## Authors

* Marcin Kulik (sickill)
* Michał Wróbel (sparrovv)