Demo Mode

chatnote can run as a public demo where anyone visits and gets a room immediately, without a login screen.

Minimal demo config

require_password      = false
allow_image_uploads   = false
allow_link_previews   = false
wipe_persistent_every = "1d"

[caps]
max_rooms_per_user    = 10
max_messages_per_room = 100
max_message_chars     = 2000
max_image_bytes       = 0
max_mem_room_bytes    = 5000000

What happens with require_password = false

• Every unauthenticated visitor receives an anonymous user record and session cookie on first request.
• There is no login or register screen.
• Anonymous users can create and use all three room types.
• Anonymous user records accumulate in SQLite; wipe_persistent_every cleans them along with all persistent rooms.

Scheduled wipe

wipe_persistent_every accepts a duration string: "1d", "12h", "30m". The wipe deletes all messages, rooms, tags, and anonymous user records. Named (registered) user accounts are not deleted. The wipe also removes all files in data/uploads/.

Set to "off" (the default) to disable.

Demo on GitHub Pages / Railway / Fly.io

Build the app (npm run build), set config via CHATNOTE_CONFIG env var pointing to a config file, or bake the config into the image. The app listens on PORT env var (default 4321).