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ui: PathInput, and the media directory stops printing over the value
The five Special Directories fields on the Settings page were unreadable: the
media directory printed straight through the value, so Archive Directory showed
`a/media/wrolpi/hain_tag)s/%(domain)s`.

Cause: `leftSectionWidth='auto'`.  Mantine turns that prop into
`--input-padding-inline-start`, and `padding-inline-start: auto` is not valid
CSS -- it resolves to zero, so the input reserved no room for the section
positioned on top of it.  It fails only in CSS, only at runtime, and nothing
warns.

Fixed by expressing the field in the library instead of computing a width.
PathInput puts the prefix and the input side by side in a flex row sharing one
outline, so there is no width to get wrong and nothing to overlap -- the failure
is structurally impossible rather than merely corrected.  It also sizes to any
prefix, which matters because the media directory is `/media/wrolpi` on a Pi and
something else under Docker.

Written test-first, and the tests need no mocks at all -- no context, no fetch,
no router, just the provider test-utils already supplies.  That is the point:
Settings.js needs a pile of provider and API mocks, so its inputs were never
covered, which is how five broken fields shipped.  The tests assert the things
that actually matter and can be checked without layout: the prefix is a sibling
rather than a child, the value never contains it, onChange reports only what was
typed, the prefix is the field's accessible description so a screen-reader user
knows what the path is relative to, and disabled reaches the input rather than
just the wrapper.

Plus a source guard, since jsdom cannot see an overlap: nothing may pass
`leftSectionWidth='auto'` or `rightSectionWidth='auto'`.  It strips comments
first -- PathInput documents the mistake by name, and prose about a mistake is
not the mistake.
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.circleci fix: repair CI after the dependency bumps, and align it with the Trixie build (#651) 2026-08-08 18:01:52 -06:00
.github fix: repair CI after the dependency bumps, and align it with the Trixie build (#651) 2026-08-08 18:01:52 -06:00
.run Video downloads have many more options. Downloads are migrated. 2024-11-28 09:48:57 -07:00
alembic SQLite: make the browse pages index-only. 2026-07-14 07:46:29 -06:00
app ui: PathInput, and the media directory stops printing over the value 2026-08-08 18:04:03 -06:00
controller build(deps): bump aiohttp from 3.14.1 to 3.14.3 (#633) 2026-08-08 16:33:19 -06:00
debian-live-config zim: ship a default fallback Zim and honor the configured Zim directory 2026-07-20 19:09:57 -06:00
docker fix: repair CI after the dependency bumps, and align it with the Trixie build (#651) 2026-08-08 18:01:52 -06:00
etc install: always install serve; resolve it via PATH in wrolpi-app 2026-07-23 18:21:58 -06:00
modules review: ffprobe out of the write transaction, and three tests that were watching nothing 2026-08-07 20:15:50 -06:00
pi-gen zim: ship a default fallback Zim and honor the configured Zim directory 2026-07-20 19:09:57 -06:00
release Retrying build image uploads multiple times before failing release attempt. 2026-06-11 19:46:31 -06:00
scripts install: always install serve; resolve it via PATH in wrolpi-app 2026-07-23 18:21:58 -06:00
test Modifying Video/Channel/RSS Downloaders so that they can download videos, but audio only. These audio files are grouped under their channel directories. 2026-04-14 15:33:01 -06:00
wrolpi review: describe the device, not its address 2026-08-07 20:16:00 -06:00
.coveragerc Adding coverage config which ignores non-API directories. 2024-10-16 18:56:03 -06:00
.dockerignore A new start 2021-11-01 16:43:09 -06:00
.gitignore Remove stale Postgres references after SQLite cutover. 2026-07-18 13:28:54 -06:00
.gitmodules Adding FileGroup.published_date/author/etc. Creating script which converts a Singlefile to an Archive FileGroup files. 2023-10-23 18:09:08 -06:00
.gitpod.yml Postgres -> SQLite hard cutover: the database moves into the media directory. 2026-07-12 14:09:37 -06:00
.mcp.json.example Removing WROLPi admin functionality that is now in Controller. 2025-12-19 18:41:27 -07:00
alembic.ini Postgres -> SQLite hard cutover: the database moves into the media directory. 2026-07-12 14:09:37 -06:00
conftest.py Zim/Kiwix (Wikipedia) feature 2023-07-10 21:30:40 -06:00
demo_link.jpg Replacing demo image. 2023-01-30 13:27:26 -07:00
docker-compose.yml Postgres -> SQLite hard cutover: the database moves into the media directory. 2026-07-12 14:09:37 -06:00
help.sh help.sh: move DB integrity scan out of startup diagnostics 2026-07-22 19:47:35 -06:00
icon.ico A new start 2021-11-01 16:43:09 -06:00
icon.png Zim/Kiwix (Wikipedia) feature 2023-07-10 21:30:40 -06:00
INSTALL.md Docs: recommend Raspberry Pi Imager instead of Etcher. 2026-07-03 18:58:54 -06:00
install.sh Disambiguate 'git checkout release' in install.sh 2026-06-27 13:57:27 -06:00
join_discord.png A new start 2021-11-01 16:43:09 -06:00
LICENSE A new start 2021-11-01 16:43:09 -06:00
main.py Postgres -> SQLite hard cutover: the database moves into the media directory. 2026-07-12 14:09:37 -06:00
pytest.ini FileGroups in Collections can be reorganized in the Collection's directory. 2026-01-31 18:08:41 -07:00
README.md Postgres -> SQLite hard cutover: the database moves into the media directory. 2026-07-12 14:09:37 -06:00
repair.sh repair: copy wrolpi/blobs into /opt/wrolpi-blobs on install and upgrade 2026-07-20 19:09:57 -06:00
requirements.txt build(deps): bump aiohttp from 3.14.1 to 3.14.3 (#633) 2026-08-08 16:33:19 -06:00
test_all.sh Creating test_all.sh script to run all frontend and backend tests. 2025-12-17 15:11:57 -07:00
UPGRADE.md Documenting WROLPi Portable USB, splitting install docs into INSTALL.md. 2026-05-28 21:33:22 -06:00
upgrade.sh Upgrade: mark the pinned GPG key trusted in the throwaway keyring. 2026-07-06 20:57:01 -06:00

WROLPi

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Create your own off-grid library.

WROLPi Logo

WROLPi is a self-contained collection of software to help you survive the world Without Rule of Law.

WROLPi is intended to be run on a Raspberry Pi with an optional external drive attached. It serves up it's own Wi-Fi network so that any user with a laptop/tablet/phone can connect and use the library created by the maintainer.

Table of Contents

Features

  • Videos
  • Web Archives
  • Maps
  • Wikipedia
  • File search
  • eBooks (EPUB / PDFs)
  • Wi-Fi Hotspot
  • Universal search
  • Food Inventory management
  • One-Time pad generator, encrypter/decrypter
  • Synchronizer/duplicator
  • Food storage calculator

Module features matrix

Module View Search Download Project
Videos yes yes yes yt-dlp
Web Archives yes yes yes Singlefile
Wikipedia yes yes yes Kiwix
eBooks yes yes planned EPUB/PDF
Map yes yes yes Protomaps
Podcasts/Audio yes planned planned

Demo

YouTube Demo Video

Download

Images are available at wrolpi.org

Try WROLPi!

You can try out WROLPi by running the docker containers.

  1. Install docker-ce and docker-compose
  2. Copy the latest WROLPi code.
    • git clone https://github.com/lrnselfreliance/wrolpi.git
  3. Change directory into the code base.
    • cd wrolpi
  4. Initialize git submodules
    • git submodule update --init
  5. Build the containers.
    • docker-compose build --parallel
  6. Create volumes.
    • docker volume create --name=openstreetmap-data
    • docker volume create --name=openstreetmap-rendered-tiles
  7. Initialize the database (SQLite in the media directory).
    • docker-compose run --rm api db upgrade
  8. Start the docker containers.
    • docker-compose up
  9. Browse to WROLPi.

More Docker documentation is available in docker/README.md

Install WROLPi

Full installation instructions are in INSTALL.md. Pick the option that matches your hardware:

  • WROLPi Portable (Live USB) — boot a complete WROLPi from a USB stick on any x86 PC or laptop. Nothing is installed to the computer; the first boot creates a persistence partition on the USB so your library, database, and configuration survive reboots.
  • Debian 12 — install WROLPi onto an x86 PC or laptop.
  • Raspberry Pi — install WROLPi onto a Raspberry Pi with an external drive.
  • Docker — run the WROLPi containers on an existing Linux host.

Charter

Guiding Principals

  1. Storage is cheaper than power.
  2. Two is one, one is none.
  3. Run silently.
  4. Primary, secondary, tertiary.
  5. Secure as a bookshelf in your home.

Physical properties

  1. A WROLPi instance should be capable of running with a minimal of hardware:
    • Raspberry Pi
    • SD card
    • External USB hard drive
    • Power supply and cables
    • Wi-Fi USER device such as a phone, tablet, or laptop.
  2. A WROLPi instance should consume a minimal amount of electricity during WROL event. It is expected power will be scarce when WROLPi is needed most.

User expectations

  1. A WROLPi instance should be run and maintained by a person (MAINTAINER) with a moderate amount of Linux and Raspberry Pi experience. It is expected that they should be able to do this using only the documentation on their WROLPi.

Software properties and capabilities

  1. A WROLPi instance should be able to "factory-reset" itself without any outside services.
  2. WROLPi should function completely without any internet services.
  3. A user should have easy access to their data if WROLPi fails:
    • For example, a user can watch their videos by navigating a short and intuitive directory structure and opening the video in their preferred video player.
  4. WROLPi should be self-documented. The UI should contain a tutorial for USERS as well as the MAINTAINER.
    • If the UI isn't functional, the code should be documented such that a user can restore functionality.
  5. WROLPi should favor pre-processing, rather than processing during a WROL event. Such as re-encoding a video, or processing captions. This is to ensure that when a user adds content during non-WROL time, the processing for optimum performance is already done for a WROL event.

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