OpenVK is an attempt to create a simple CMS that cosplays imitates old VKontakte. Code provided here is not stable yet.
VKontakte belongs to Pavel Durov and VK Group.
To be honest, we don't know whether if it even works. However, this version is maintained and we will be happy to accept your bugreports in our bug tracker. You should also be able to submit them using ticketing system (you will need an OpenVK account for this).
We will release OpenVK as soon as it's ready. As for now, you can:
git clonethis repo's master branch (usegit pullto update)- Grab a prebuilt OpenVK distro from GitHub artifacts
A list of instances can be found in our wiki of this repository.
Yes! And you are very welcome to.
However, OVK makes use of Chandler Application Server. This software requires extensions, that may not be provided by your hosting provider (namely, sodium and yaml. these extensions are available on most of ISPManager hostings).
If you want, you can add your instance to the list above so that people can register there.
- Install PHP 7.4, web-server, Composer, Node.js, Yarn and Chandler
- PHP 8.1 is supported too, however it was not tested carefully, so be aware.
- Install MySQL-compatible database.
- We recommend using Percona Server, but any MySQL-compatible server should work too.
- Server should be compatible with at least MySQL 5.6, MySQL 8.0+ is recommended.
- Support for MySQL 4.1+ is WIP, replace
utf8mb4andutf8mb4_unicode_520_ciwithutf8andutf8_unicode_ciin SQLs.
- Install commitcaptcha and OpenVK as Chandler extensions like this:
git clone https://github.com/openvk/openvk /path/to/chandler/extensions/available/openvk
git clone https://github.com/openvk/commitcaptcha /path/to/chandler/extensions/available/commitcaptcha- And enable them:
ln -s /path/to/chandler/extensions/available/commitcaptcha /path/to/chandler/extensions/enabled/
ln -s /path/to/chandler/extensions/available/openvk /path/to/chandler/extensions/enabled/- Import
install/init-static-db.sqlto the same database you installed Chandler to and import all sqls frominstall/sqlsto the same database - Import
install/init-event-db.sqlto a separate database (Yandex.Clickhouse can also be used, highly recommended) - Copy
openvk-example.ymltoopenvk.ymland change options to your liking - Run
composer installin OpenVK directory - Run
composer installin commitcaptcha directory - Move to
Web/static/jsand executeyarn install - Set
openvkas your root app inchandler.yml
Once you are done, you can login as a system administrator on the network itself (no registration required):
- Login:
admin@localhost.localdomain6 - Password:
admin- It is recommended to change the password of the built-in account or disable it.
💡Confused? Full installation walkthrough is available here (CentOS 8 and family).
See install/automated/docker/README.md and install/automated/kubernetes/README.md for Docker and Kubernetes deployment instructions.
It depends. You can keep the sources to yourself if you do not plan to distribute your website binaries. If your website software must be distributed, it can stay non-OSS provided the OpenVK is not used as a primary application and is not modified. If you modified OpenVK for your needs or your work is based on it and you are planning to redistribute this, then you should license it under terms of any LGPL-compatible license (like OSL, GPL, LGPL etc).
You may reach out to us via:
- Bug Tracker
- Ticketing System
- Telegram Chat: Go to our channel and open discussion in our channel menu.
- GitHub Discussions
- Matrix Chat: #openvk:matrix.org
Attention: bug tracker, board, Telegram and Matrix chat are public places, ticketing system is being served by volunteers. If you need to report something that should not be immediately disclosed to general public (for instance, a vulnerability), please contact us directly via this email: openvk [at] tutanota [dot] com
