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review: close the mixed-unit gaps the scale left behind
Seven review comments, all valid.  The common thread is the one the guard was supposed to
catch and did not: geometry converted to rem beside geometry that stayed px.

The guard was narrower than its name.  It missed:

- `transform`, `flex` and `flex-basis`, so `translateX(26px)` and `flex: 1 1 200px` were
  invisible on properties nobody thought to list;
- every NEGATIVE length, because the lookbehind treated the minus sign as part of the
  preceding token -- `left: -7px` and `margin-top: -2.5px` position the eyelet on a tag whose
  diamond HAD been converted, and `right: -3px` / `bottom: -3px` place the corner badge on a
  converted icon.  Each is a piece of geometry that stopped tracking the piece it belongs to.

With both fixed it found nine values, including one no comment mentioned (`flex: 1 1 200px`).
All nine converted, except the three in a dead `.toggle` / `.slider` block: nothing has
referenced those classes since Toggle became a Mantine Switch, and it was ALREADY broken --
track and knob in rem, travel still `translateX(26px)`, so the thumb stopped ~4px short of a
54px track.  Dead CSS that is also wrong is a trap for whoever revives it, so it is deleted.

The tag eyelet is centred with `translateY(-50%)` rather than a negative margin of half its
own height, so the two pieces cannot drift again whatever the scale.

Also from the review:

- A runtime check, which is what the source guards were missing.  Three cases in
  ui-layout.cy.js measure the real thing: the root font-size is the declared multiple of 16,
  our text AND a Mantine control both grow by the same factor when the scale changes, and a
  hairline does not.  The second is the one that catches `theme.scale` being set and silently
  cancelling the root.
- `max-height: max(..., 56.25cqw)` now follows a plain rem declaration.  An engine without
  container query units throws out the whole declaration, which would have left the poster
  with NO cap -- a portrait cover standing as tall as the card is wide.  Older engines clamp;
  newer ones take the second.
- `pxToRem` in components/ui/scale.ts, replacing the `/ 16` written out in CardGroup and
  Placeholder.
- The map overlays: 20 values across the layer panel, add-pin dialog, search panel and
  context menu, whose type had grown 10% while their padding had not.  Left in px on purpose:
  the context menu's `left`/`top` (a real click coordinate), maplibre's own `ScaleControl`
  maxWidth, and the `calc(100% - 100px)` reserve for maplibre's px-sized controls.  The
  `100vh - 120px` reserve DID become rem, since the chrome it reserves for is ours.
- The keyboard-shortcuts spec no longer deletes `.mantine-Notifications-root` from the DOM.
  The reviewer was right that it is brittle; the endpoints are mocked instead, now that the
  probe named them: `/api/tag`, `/api/events/feed`, `/api/files/search` and
  `/api/files/worker_status`.  Two of those were already "mocked" as `/api/tags` and
  `/api/events`, which nothing calls -- the wrong paths were the reason a toast appeared at
  all.  Verified under CI's condition (`forceNetworkError` on everything unmocked): 12
  passing with no DOM surgery.

What is NOT done, deliberately: about 176 numeric geometry values remain in 23 feature files.
The map overlays were the visible ones.  Sweeping the rest is a change to 23 files nobody has
reviewed, so instead the guard's name now says "in our stylesheets" rather than implying the
whole app, and a new ratchet keeps numeric geometry out of the component library so the
eleventh inline `gap: 10` cannot be added there.

Both new guards planted against.  Verified: 1142 jest / 65 suites, 251 ui-layout + 10
modal-stack component tests, all 50 e2e specs, clean build, map overlays measured to track the
scale (panel minWidth 200 -> 220, search 320 -> 352) and screenshotted.
2026-08-08 18:05:51 -06:00
.circleci ci: test on Python 3.13, the version every deployment actually runs 2026-08-08 18:05:43 -06:00
.github ci: raise the test timeout to 120s, and run controller tests on pull requests 2026-08-08 18:05:44 -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 review: close the mixed-unit gaps the scale left behind 2026-08-08 18:05:51 -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 test: check declared types, not just field names, and fix the three that were wrong 2026-08-08 18:05:08 -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 dev: stop the app container linting on every rebuild 2026-08-08 18:05:48 -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 ci: raise the test timeout to 120s, and run controller tests on pull requests 2026-08-08 18:05:44 -06:00
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: require pytest-timeout, so a hung test fails instead of hanging CI 2026-08-08 18:05:08 -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.

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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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