Revolt Backend

The services and libraries that power the Revolt service.

Crate	Path	Description
core/config	crates/core/config	Core: Configuration
core/database	crates/core/database	Core: Database Implementation
core/files	crates/core/files	Core: S3 and encryption subroutines
core/models	crates/core/models	Core: API Models
core/permissions	crates/core/permissions	Core: Permission Logic
core/presence	crates/core/presence	Core: User Presence
core/result	crates/core/result	Core: Result and Error types
delta	crates/delta	REST API server
bonfire	crates/bonfire	WebSocket events server
services/january	crates/services/january	Proxy server
services/autumn	crates/services/autumn	File server
bindings/node	crates/bindings/node	Node.js bindings for the Revolt software

Rust 1.76 or higher.

Before contributing, make yourself familiar with our contribution guidelines and the technical documentation for this project.

Before getting started, you'll want to install:

• Rust toolchain (rustup recommended)
• Docker
• Git
• mold (optional, faster compilation)

A default.nix is available for Nix users! Just run nix-shell and continue.

As a heads-up, the development environment uses the following ports:

Now you can clone and build the project:

git clone https://github.com/revoltchat/backend revolt-backend
cd revolt-backend
cargo build

A default configuration Revolt.toml is present in this project that is suited for development.

If you'd like to change anything, create a Revolt.overrides.toml file and specify relevant variables.

# Revolt.overrides.toml
[sentry]
api = "https://[email protected]/1"
events = "https://[email protected]/1"
files = "https://[email protected]/1"
proxy = "https://[email protected]/1"

Then continue:

# start other necessary services
docker compose up -d

# run everything together
./scripts/start.sh
# .. or individually
# run the API server
cargo run --bin revolt-delta
# run the events server
cargo run --bin revolt-bonfire
# run the file server
cargo run --bin revolt-autumn
# run the proxy server
cargo run --bin revolt-january

# hint:
# mold -run <cargo build, cargo run, etc...>
# mold -run ./scripts/start.sh

You can start a web client by doing the following:

# if you do not have yarn yet and have a modern Node.js:
corepack enable

# clone the web client and run it:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/revoltchat/revite
cd revite
yarn
yarn build:deps
echo "VITE_API_URL=https://local.revolt.chat:14702" > .env.local
yarn dev --port 14701

Then go to https://local.revolt.chat:14701 to create an account/login.

When signing up, go to https://localhost:14080 to find confirmation/password reset emails.

Begin by bumping crate versions:

just patch # 0.0.X
just minor # 0.X.0
just major # X.0.0

Then commit the changes to package files.

Proceed to publish all the new crates:

just publish

Tag and push a new release by running:

just release

If you have bumped the crate versions, proceed to GitHub releases to create a changelog.

First, start the required services:

docker compose -f docker-compose.db.yml up -d

Now run tests for whichever database:

TEST_DB=REFERENCE cargo nextest run
TEST_DB=MONGODB cargo nextest run

The Revolt backend is generally licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0.

Individual crates may supply their own licenses!