Logseq

Logseq is a local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base.

Website

https://logseq.com

Setup development environment

If you’re on Windows, use the Windows setup.

1. Requirements

Java && Clojure

PostgreSQL

Node.js

2. Add environment variables

export ENVIRONMENT="dev"
export GITHUB_APP_KEY="ecaceddfdb7158c4e384"
export GITHUB_APP_SECRET="3e337d07f61585576362c95dcb8cd98756e43f65"
export GITHUB_REDIRECT_URI="http://localhost:3000/auth/github"
export JWT_SECRET="4fa183cf1d28460498b13330835e80ad"
export COOKIE_SECRET="10a42ca724e34f4db6086a772d787034"
export DATABASE_URL="postgres://localhost:5432/logseq"
export GITHUB_APP2_ID="78728"
export GITHUB_APP2_KEY="Iv1.5454f11e63f811bc"
export GITHUB_APP2_SECRET="3b952aa1c2f821a957ea1296039df6527fda5b6e"
# Replace your-code-directory with yours
export GITHUB_APP_PEM="/your-code-directory/logseq/pem/logseq-test.2020-08-27.private-key.pem"

3. Start the clojure server

Using in Emacs

1. C-c M-j and select "clojure-cli"
2. input "(go)" in the clojure repl

(Note: to specify an alias from within emacs you can follow either option suggested here)

Using in Cli

1. clj -A:dev
2. input "(go)" in the clojure repl

Using in Calva (Visual Studio Code)

1. Issue the command Start a REPL server and Connect: ctrl+alt+c ctrl+alt+j
2. Select clojure-cli
3. input "(go)" in the clojure repl

4. Compile javascript

cd web
yarn
yarn watch
open http://localhost:3000

Windows setup

1. Required software

Install clojure through scoop-clojure: https://github.com/littleli/scoop-clojure. You can also install Node.js, Yarn and PostgreSQL through scoop if you want to.

2. Setup PostgreSQL

Make sure you have PostgreSQL running. You can check if it’s running with pg_ctl status and use pg_ctl start to start it up. You’ll also need to make a logseq DB in PostgreSQL. Do that with createdb logseq.

3. Setup the server

Download this little script that sets up the environment variables and runs cmd-clj -A:dev. The GITHUB_APP_PEM variable in the script needs to be set with the correct directory for your system. Run that script in the repo and enter (go) into the interpreter.

4. Setup the website

Either run cmd-clojure -A:cljs watch app instead of yarn watch in the next step or modify web/package.json to use cmd-clojure instead of clojure in the scripts section.

Open command prompt in the repo and do:

cd web
yarn
yarn watch

Wait for it to compile and open localhost:3000.

Notes

1. The clojure deps should be synced between the two files: project.clj and deps.edn. We need the project.clj because it’s used for dokku deployment.
2. To use github push, comment this line https://github.com/tiensonqin/logseq/blob/master/web/src/main/frontend/handler.cljs#L751