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First, we need to setup the .env file with the right secrets.

• Rename .env.example to .env

Supabase

Firstly we have to setup the database. Head to https://supabase.com and create an account.

Now, click "New project".

For the project name, choose whatever name you wish. For the database password, you could generate a random password or input yours. Make sure to save it. For the region, choose the region closer to your machine.

Then click Create new project. It will take a few minutes, so in the meantime you can copy the secrets.

On this page we can see the Project API keys and Project configuration sections.

• Copy the anon public secret and put it in your .env:

  PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY="ey........................"
  

• Copy the Project Configuration > URL:

  PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL="https://.....supabase.co"
  

• Copy the Project Configuration > JWT Secret:

  JWT_SECRET="..........x............x........."
  

Now that the Database has been created, click "Connect".

Copy the URL and put it in your .env:

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres.USERNAME:PASSWORD/options"

If you clicked Copy on the Connect page, you should already have the USERNAME. Simply replace PASSWORD with the one you put at:

For the database password, you could generate a random password or input yours. Make sure to save it.

Now simply split the DATABASE_URL components:

DB_HOST="LOCATION.pooler.supabase.com" # Change "LOCATION"
DB_USER="postgres.USERNAME" # Change "USERNAME"
DB_PASSWORD="PASSWORD" # Change "PASSWORD"
DB_NAME="postgres" # Can be left like this

Now run the following:

npx drizzle-kit generate
npx drizzle-kit migrate
npx drizzle-kit push

And follow this guide on how to enable the Discord auth in Supabase, until the code part. It should look something like this.

MinIO

We need Min.io for images. This and the next step can be omitted if you don't need Image support / reporting.

Setup

Install Docker and run the following command:

MINIO_USER=admin MINIO_PASS=admin docker compose up --build -d

‼ This may fail if you haven't followed the Supabase step properly (because the compose.yml file also starts Lyntr in production at 5999 port.)

After that's done, navigate to https://localhost:9001. You will see this.

If you followed the Docker command properly, the username and password should both be admin. Log in.

Create a bucket.

Input a bucket name and click Create Bucket.

And change the .env:

S3_BUCKET_NAME="the_name_you_chose"

Now navigate to "Access Keys" and click "Create Access key"

Simply copy the Access key and Secret key and update your .env accordingly:

MINIO_ACCESS_KEY="first_field"
MINIO_SECRET_KEY="second_field"

Then click "Create".

Great, now we have to make the bucket public so we can access it at http://localhost:9000/lyntr/ without a token.

Run this:

docker exec -it minio sh -c "mc alias set myminio http://localhost:9000 "admin" "admin" && mc anonymous set public myminio/lyntr"

And you're good to go! You can now simply go to http://localhost:5999 to access Lyntr locally, or run npm i && npm run dev in your terminal for dev mode and access it at http://localhost:5173/.

If you wish to get Reporting to work, follow the last step.

Discord

• Create a Discord bot and copy the token.
• Create a Discord server and invite the bot there.
• Create a Channel and copy its ID.
• Create a Role, give it to yourself, and copy its ID.

Now update the .env:

DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN="discord.token.here"
DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID="channel.id.here"
ADMIN_KEY="can.be.anything.just.make.sure.its.secure"
SUDO_USER_ID="your.lyntr.account.id" # Create a Lyntr account and copy its ID. If this field won't be filled, your bot will fail to fetch `api/lynt` at GET for info on report. Check the Network tab for the `api/me` request and copy the ID it returns.

DISCORD_ADMIN_ROLE="your.admin.role"

Contributing

If you wish to contribute, you are free to do so. Please keep in mind:

• Don't open pull requests that simply fix grammatical issues or such. Open an issue instead.
• Don't modify the IQ test unless it's a bug fix.
• Don't submit "troll" pull requests.
• Don't submit pull requests that rewrite a part of the project. Please create a GitHub issue and ask if such a rewrite is welcome before starting.

License

This project is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 International.

You are free to:

📩✅ Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

🔁✅ Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

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💵❌ NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

📜❌ No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Please refer to CC BY-NC 2.0 for more information.

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