burnar - Burn After Reading

MIT Licensed secure ephemeral content sharing application.

Project Overview

burnar is a web application add-on that provides secure, ephemeral content sharing with automatic expiration. Content "burns after reading" - self-destructing after being viewed or after a time limit expires.

See ROADMAP.md for known issues, current and future plans.

Key Characteristics

• Add-on Architecture: Designed to integrate with existing web installations
• Target Platform: Linux with HTTPS (security-first approach)
• License: MIT
• Security Focus: End-to-end encryption, no persistent storage of sensitive content

Development Environment

• Language: Python 3.11
• Dependency Management: uv
• Containerization: Docker (via docker-compose)

Coding Standards

• Path Formatting: ALWAYS use POSIX format (e.g., ./path/to/file) for file paths. NEVER use Windows backslashes (e.g., .\path\to\file), even on Windows.

Deployment Operations

• Restarting the Service: After updating the application code or configuration, you MUST restart the service for changes to take effect:

  sudo systemctl restart burnar