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avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• 19_84@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  redarc uses reactjs to serve the web app, redd-archiver uses a hybrid architecture that combines static page generation with postgres search via flask. is more like a hybrid static site generator with web app capabilities through docker and flask. the static pages with sorted indexes can be viewed offline and served on hosts like github and codeberg pages.

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  • avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is there difference in how much storage space is needed between the two approaches?

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    • 19_84@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      redd-archiver will take up more disk space because the database exists along with the static html

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