Memcode

Flashcards. Pretty. Open-source, free for all.

Links

Website: memcode.com
Patreon: patreon.com/memcode
Email: contact@memcode.com
Twitter: twitter.com/memcodeapp
Alternative.to: alternativeto.net/software/memcode/about

Contributing

First of all - you are very welcome to contribute, Memcode is a joint effort.
Feel free to ask questions/propose features in github issues, or email contact@memcode.com.

Setup

Create a database

1. Install PostgreSQL
2. Go to postgres console: psql postgres.
3. Create a postgres user with password: CREATE ROLE postgres WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'postgres';.
4. Give the user a permission to create dbs, own all extensions, etc.: ALTER ROLE postgres with superuser;.
5. Create a new development database 'memcode': make db-reset. This will create the raw database for you - a schema and a few necessary database rows.

Copypaste environment variables

1. Copy the example environment file with cp env.example.js env.js
2. Insert the necessary values - all those marked with "(NECESSARY)"

Install the needed libraries

1. Install node v22.19.0
2. Install npm
3. Run npm install

Development

1. Run make frontend-webpack (compiles the frontend code)
2. Run make start (starts the node server)
3. Go to http://localhost:3000, and enjoy the development!