Step-by-Step Guide to Installing OpenGist on Debian 11

OpenGist is a tool designed to streamline the management and sharing of code snippets via GitHub Gists. It offers a command-line interface (CLI) that makes it easy to create, update, and delete gists directly from your terminal.

Download and Install Git

Download and install Git if it is not already installed, you can use the following commands:

apt install git -y

Download OpenGist

First, download the precompiled binary for OpenGist using wget,

wget https://github.com/thomiceli/opengist/releases/download/v1.7.2/opengist1.7.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz

Extract the Archive

Next, extract the downloaded tar file using the following commmand,

tar xzvf opengist1.7.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz

This command creates a directory (usually named opengist) containing the binary.

Navigate to the Directory

Change into the directory that was extracted,

cd opengist

Make the Binary Executable

Update the permissions of the binary to make it executable,

chmod +x opengist

Run OpenGist

./opengist

Access OpenGist

Now that OpenGist is running on port 6157, you can access it by browsing to the specified URL.

http://your_server_IP_address:6157

replace your_server_IP_address with the actual IP address of your server.

Once you access the above URL, you will see the OpenGist homepage or dashboard as follow:

Register a New User

On the OpenGist homepage, look for an option to register a new user and fill out the required information (such as username, email, and password) to create a new account.