jawanndenn is a simple web application to schedule meetings and run polls, a libre alternative to Doodle. It is using the following technology:

• Python

  • Docker Compose

  • Django

    • Django Extensions
    • Django Ratelimit + msgpack-python
    • django-redis
    • Django REST framework
    • Factory Boy

  • Gunicorn + gunicorn-color-logger
  • parameterized
  • python-rapidjson
  • sentry-python

• JavaScript / CSS / Fonts

  • Google Webfonts Helper
  • jQuery
  • jQuery noty
  • Materialize
  • Roboto

• Storage

  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • SQLite

jawanndenn is libre software developed by Sebastian Pipping. The server code is licensed under the GNU Affero GPL license version 3 or later whereas the client code is licensed under the GNU GPL license version 3 or later.

Please report bugs and let me know if you like it.

To install the latest release without cloning the Git repository:

# pip3 install jawanndenn --user

To install from a Git clone:

# ./setup.py install --user

Create a simple file .env like this one:

JAWANNDENN_POSTGRES_NAME=jawanndenn
JAWANNDENN_POSTGRES_USER=jawanndenn
JAWANNDENN_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=dEb2PIcinemA8poH
JAWANNDENN_SECRET_KEY=606ea88f183a27919d5c27ec7f948906d23fdd7821684eb59e8bcf7377e3853b

Make sure to use your own values!

You can then build and run a docker image using docker-compose up --build.

PostgreSQL data is saved to ~/.jawanndenn-docker-pgdata/ on the host system. The app is served on localhost:54080.

Deployment with mod_wsgi is possible but not recommended, e.g. because it is difficult to pass environment variables to Django using mod_wsgi. To make it work, the SetEnv directive, file jawanndenn/wsgi.py, and this StackOverflow answer may be of use. jawanndenn needs these variables:

• JAWANNDENN_POSTGRES_NAME
• JAWANNDENN_POSTGRES_USER
• JAWANNDENN_POSTGRES_PASSWORD
• JAWANNDENN_SECRET_KEY

Please check the the related documentation of Django, too.

Feel free to file a support ticket or drop me a mail, if you cannot get it to work.

When installed, invocation is as simple as

# jawanndenn

During development, you may want to run jawanndenn from the Git clone using

# PYTHONPATH=. python3 -m jawanndenn --debug

Currently supported arguments are:

# jawanndenn --help
usage: jawanndenn [-h] [--debug] [--host HOST] [--port PORT]
                  [--url-prefix PATH] [--database-sqlite3 FILE]
                  [--django-secret-key-file FILE] [--max-polls COUNT]
                  [--max-votes-per-poll COUNT] [--dumpdata]
                  [--loaddata FILE.json]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --debug               Enable debug mode (default: disabled)
  --host HOST           Hostname or IP address to listen at (default:
                        127.0.0.1)
  --port PORT           Port to listen at (default: 8080)
  --url-prefix PATH     Path to prepend to URLs (default: "")
  --database-sqlite3 FILE
                        File to write the database to (default:
                        ~/jawanndenn.sqlite3)
  --django-secret-key-file FILE
                        File to use for Django secret key data (default:
                        ~/jawanndenn.secret_key)

limit configuration:
  --max-polls COUNT     Maximum number of polls total (default: 1000)
  --max-votes-per-poll COUNT
                        Maximum number of votes per poll (default: 40)

data import/export arguments:
  --dumpdata            Dump a JSON export of the database to standard output,
                        then quit.
  --loaddata FILE.json  Load a JSON export of the database from FILE.json,
                        then quit.

Migration takes four steps:

1. Update to the latest version of jawanndenn 1.x, e.g. by running: pip2 install --upgrade 'jawanndenn<2'; the JSON data export was first introduced with release 1.6.3.
2. Export existing polls:
   1. If you're using the commend line app: python2 -m jawanndenn --dumpdata > dump.json
   2. If you're using docker-compose: docker-compose run -T jawanndenn --database-pickle /data/polls.pickle --dumpdata > dump.json
3. Deploy latest jawanndenn 2.x somewhere (as described above) or just pip3 install 'jawanndenn>=2' it somewhere
4. Import the JSON dump created in step (2):
   1. If you're using the commend line app: python3 -m jawanndenn --loaddata dump.json
   2. If you're using docker-compose: docker-compose run -T jawanndenn sh -c 'cat > /tmp/dump.json && DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=jawanndenn.settings python3 -m django loaddata /tmp/dump.json' < dump.json

• Libre software to host yourself, unlike Doodle
• More simplistic, sexy and/or fun than libre alternatives, in alphabetic order:
  • Bitpoll (ex. Dudel)
  • Croodle
  • Dudle
  • (Drupal Date picker formatter)
  • (Foodle (discontinued; on GitHub, ex. DFN scheduler, ex. DFN Terminplaner+))
  • Framadata (Sources, ex. OpenSondage, ex. STUdS)
  • Noodle
  • Nuages
  • Pleft
  • Rallly
  • RDVz
• Keep things simple, usable, maintainable
• Support invocation from the command line, e.g. for spontaneous polls in a LAN
• Have security in mind

Please check out the list of upcoming features.

• Use of heavy frontend frameworks: building blocks only
• Read availability from calendars

Special thanks to Arne Maier (@KordonDev) for reporting an XSS vulnerability, responsibly.