Every pond created through the api now carries one, and the matrix pond is created that way. The start page is an ordinary page with no grant of its own, so it follows the pond-wide permissions: the three member subjects each see one more, the label-restricted editor too, and the outsider — who reaches only the explicitly public page — still sees one. The 429 in the same run was the login rate limit, reached through the retries of this failure rather than on its own. |
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Dorfteich
Dorfteich is an open-source wiki system built around ponds (German: Teiche) — self-contained wiki spaces that people and teams organize freely with hierarchical labels, directories, and Obsidian-style page relations. Pages are edited in a collaborative WYSIWYG editor with live cursors and offline support.
- Project site: https://dorfteich.cloud
- Public flagship instance: https://dorfteich.online
- License: MIT
Key features
- Real-time collaboration — multiple people edit the same page simultaneously; everyone sees the other participants' cursors and input live. Offline edits merge conflict-free on reconnect (CRDT-based).
- Ponds — isolated wiki spaces with their own members, permissions, fonts, and page organization. Every registered person gets a personal pond.
- Flexible organization — hierarchical labels, free page ordering,
[[wikilinks]]with backlinks. A classic page tree is possible but never enforced. - Fine-grained permissions — roles (Site Admin, Pond Admin, Editor, Reader, Public) can be granted per pond, per label, or per page; the most specific setting wins.
- Import & export — Markdown as the primary exchange format, plus best-effort structural import from Word/OpenOffice and export to Word/OpenOffice/PDF.
- Plugins — sandboxed extensions (custom blocks, styles, page tools) installable at runtime without redeploying the instance.
- Self-hosting first — a single
docker compose upplus a guided first-run setup wizard yields a working instance. Start here:docs/self-hosting/README.md.
Documentation
- What is Dorfteich? —
docs/features.md - Manuals (user / pond admin / site admin / API / MCP) —
docs/manual/, auf Deutsch:docs/de/ - Extending it (plugins, core) —
docs/developer/extending.md - Running it —
docs/self-hosting/ - How it works inside —
docs/architecture/
Repository layout
| Path | Contents |
|---|---|
docs/manual/ |
User-facing manuals: user, pond-admin, site-admin, API, and MCP guides (start at docs/manual/README.md) |
docs/developer/ |
Extending Dorfteich: plugin development and core contributions |
docs/architecture/ |
Architecture documentation: ADRs, data model, permission model, collaboration and plugin concepts, deployment and operations |
docs/self-hosting/ |
Install, update, backup, and troubleshooting guide for running your own instance |
apps/ |
Application packages (web frontend, API server, collaboration server) — created as implementation proceeds |
packages/ |
Shared packages (types, permission logic, plugin SDK) |
deploy/ |
Docker Compose stacks and deployment tooling |
Development
Requirements: Node.js ≥ 22 and pnpm (npm install -g pnpm).
pnpm install # install all workspace dependencies
pnpm lint # ESLint + Prettier check across the repo
pnpm typecheck # TypeScript --noEmit in every package
pnpm test # Vitest in every package
pnpm build # build every package (dependency order)
The workspace packages live under apps/ (web, api, collab) and
packages/ (shared). Shared logic goes into packages/shared and is
imported as @dorfteich/shared — never copy code between apps.
Status
Feature-complete for a 1.0: collaboration, permissions, import/export, plugins, public REST API + MCP, backups with off-host copies and in-app restore — all shipped and release-gated. Work is tracked as issues in this repository.
Contributing
Code, comments, and documentation are written in English. Write clear code that humans can follow easily; when in doubt, prefer readability over cleverness. All contributions are accepted under the MIT license.