Who Am I

Whoami is a modern, self-hosted personal profile and portfolio platform built with Rails 8, Hotwire, and Tailwind CSS.
It lets you share your profile, links, CV/experience, and blog posts — all in a sleek, SEO-optimized interface.

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✨ Features

• 🔐 Authentication with Devise (email confirmation included)
• 🎨 Customizable profile with name, avatar, bio, and links
• 🔗 Favorite links with real-time click tracking
• 📄 Experience / CV timeline
• ✍️ Blogging system with rich text editor
• 📊 Dashboard with live stats (profile views, link clicks, blog reads)
• 🌍 Public profiles optimized for SEO (title/meta tags, slugs with FriendlyId)
• 📱 Fully responsive, modern UI with Tailwind and custom theme (dark + accent color)
• 📰 RSS Feed for every user’s blog posts (/:username/feed)
• 📧 Newsletter subscriptions: visitors can subscribe to your profile and get your published posts delivered automatically via email

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Ruby 3.4+
• Rails 8
• SQLite
• Docker & Kamal (for deployment)

Setup

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/s1lvax/whoami.git
cd whoami

Install dependencies:

bundle install

Setup the database:

bin/rails db:prepare

Run the server:

bin/dev

Visit: http://localhost:3000

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🖥️ Deployment

Whoami uses Kamal for zero-downtime Docker deployments.

Deploy with:

bin/kamal deploy

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Backend: Ruby on Rails 8, Devise, FriendlyId
• Frontend: Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus), Tailwind CSS, custom dark theme
• Database: SQLite (default), can be switched to PostgreSQL
• Editor: ActionText (Trix) with custom SVG toolbar
• Deployment: Kamal + Docker

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📊 Stats Tracking

• Profile visits (ignores self and spammy repeat hits)
• Link clicks (safe + unique tracking)
• Blog post views

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🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you’d like to change. Always create branches and submit branches to dev

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📜 License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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👤 Author

Made with ❤️ by me (https://whoami.tech/cfds)