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Readme updates (#183)

* Add docker build badge
* Rephrase things
* add dev guide link
* Remove brew tap section until #68 is fixed
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James Hillyerd
2020-09-23 20:43:51 -07:00
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Inbucket
=============================================================================
[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/inbucket/inbucket.png?branch=master)][Build Status]
[![Docker Image](https://github.com/inbucket/inbucket/workflows/Docker%20Image/badge.svg)][Docker Image]
Inbucket is an email testing service; it will accept messages for any email
address and make them available via web, REST and POP3. Once compiled,
Inbucket does not have any external dependencies (HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and storage
are all built in).
address and make them available via web, REST and POP3 interfaces. Once
compiled, Inbucket does not have any external dependencies - HTTP, SMTP, POP3
and storage are all built in.
A Go client for the REST API is available in
`github.com/inbucket/inbucket/pkg/rest/client` - [Go API docs]
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![Screenshot](http://www.inbucket.org/images/inbucket-ss1.png "Viewing a message")
## Development Status
Inbucket is currently production quality: it is being used for real work.
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`development` branch.
## Homebrew Tap
(currently broken, being tracked in [issue
#68](https://github.com/inbucket/inbucket/issues/68))
Inbucket has an OS X [Homebrew] tap available as [jhillyerd/inbucket][Homebrew Tap],
see the `README.md` there for installation instructions.
## Building from Source
You will need functioning [Go] and [Node.js] installations for this to work.
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```sh
git clone https://github.com/inbucket/inbucket.git
cd inbucket/ui
npm i
npm ci
npm run build
cd ..
go build ./cmd/inbucket
```
_Note:_ You may also use the included Makefile to build and test the Go binaries.
For more information on building and development flows, check out the
[Development Quickstart] page of our wiki.
### Configure and Launch
Inbucket reads its configuration from environment variables, but comes with
built in sane defaults. It should work on most Unix and OS X machines as is.
Launch the daemon:
reasonable defaults built-in. It should work on most Unix and OS X machines as
is. Launch the daemon:
```sh
./inbucket
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the web interface will be available at [localhost:9000](http://localhost:9000/).
See doc/[config.md] for more information on configuring Inbucket, but you will
likely find the [Configurator] tool easier to use.
likely find the [Configurator] tool the easiest way to generate a configuration.
## About
Inbucket is written in [Go]
Inbucket is written in [Go] and [Elm].
Inbucket is open source software released under the MIT License. The latest
version can be found at https://github.com/inbucket/inbucket
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[config.md]: https://github.com/inbucket/inbucket/blob/master/doc/config.md
[Configurator]: https://www.inbucket.org/configurator/
[CONTRIBUTING.md]: https://github.com/inbucket/inbucket/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md
[Development Quickstart]: https://github.com/inbucket/inbucket/wiki/Development-Quickstart
[Docker Image]: https://www.inbucket.org/binaries/docker.html
[Elm]: https://elm-lang.org/
[From Source]: https://www.inbucket.org/installation/from-source.html
[Go]: https://golang.org/
[Go API docs]: https://godoc.org/github.com/inbucket/inbucket/pkg/rest/client
[Go API docs]: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/inbucket/inbucket/pkg/rest/client
[Homebrew]: http://brew.sh/
[Homebrew Tap]: https://github.com/inbucket/homebrew-inbucket
[Inbucket Website]: https://www.inbucket.org/