WROLPi

Create your own off-grid library.

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.

WARNING WROLPi is under active development!

• WROLPi is in Beta!
• Expect things to change!

Table of Contents

• Features
• Demo
• Download
• Try WROLPi
• Debian 11 Install
• Raspberry Pi Install
• Charter
• Upgrading WROLPi
• Join

Features

• Videos
• Web Archive
• Maps
• File search
• eBooks (EPUB / PDFs)
• Wi-Fi Hotspot
• Universal search
• Food Inventory management
• One-Time pad generator, encrypter/decrypter
• Synchronizer and/or duplicator
• Food storage calculator

Module features matrix

Module	Search	View	Download
Videos	yes	yes	yes
Web Archives	yes	yes	yes
eBooks (EPUB/PDFs)	yes	yes	planned
Map	planned	yes	planned
Wikis	planned	planned	planned
Podcasts/Audio	planned	planned	planned

Demo

Download

Images are available on 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. Build the containers
   • docker-compose build --parallel
5. Create volumes
   • docker volume create --name=openstreetmap-data
   • docker volume create --name=openstreetmap-rendered-tiles
6. Start the database.
   • docker-compose up -d db
7. Initialize the database
   • docker-compose run --rm api db upgrade
8. Start the docker containers
   • docker-compose up
9. Browse to WROLPi
   • http://0.0.0.0:8080

Debian 11 Install

Install WROLPi onto a fresh Debian 11 system.

Warning: this will clobber anything else on the system! Do not run this installation script elsewhere!

1. Install Debian 11 onto a laptop or other computer.
2. Get the WROLPi installation script
   • wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lrnselfreliance/wrolpi/release/install.sh -O /tmp/install.sh
3. Run the installation script
   • sudo /bin/bash /tmp/install.sh
4. Start WROLPi
   • sudo systemctl start wrolpi.target
5. Browse to the IP address of your WROLPi!

RaspberryPi Install

Install WROLPi onto a fresh Raspberry Pi.

Warning: this will clobber anything else on the Raspberry Pi! Do not run this installation script elsewhere!

1. Install Raspberry Pi OS onto a RaspberryPi.
2. Get the WROLPi installation script
   • wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lrnselfreliance/wrolpi/release/install.sh -O /tmp/install.sh
3. Run the installation script
   • sudo /bin/bash /tmp/install.sh
4. Start WROLPi
   • sudo systemctl start wrolpi.target
5. Join the Hotspot or browse to the IP address of your WROLPi!

Charter

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
   • WiFi 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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