Node.js on Termux: TiddlyWiki — a non-linear personal web notebook

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7th May 2020 at 11:29am

Termux is and open source android application providing limited Unix environment enabling users to install Node.js and npm modules in android. Users can install and run TiddlyWiki on Node.js using Termux.

Instructions

Download and install Termux from Google Play Store or Fdroid
Open termux and run the following commands one by one

apt update
apt upgrade
apt install nodejs
npm install -g tiddlywiki

If you need to create/serve TiddlyWiki on Node.js from the internal storage, you need to give termux storage permission by running the following command in termux

termux-setup-storage

Now you can create and serve TiddlyWiki on Node.js from internal storage. In the example given below, user is creating a new wiki called "mynewwiki" in his internal folder.

cd storage/shared
tiddlywiki mynewwiki --init server
tiddlywiki mynewwiki --listen

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080/ in your browser
From then on, as long as Termux is not closed, you may access your wiki anytime from your favourite Web browser pointing on the expected address and port.

For more information regarding TiddlyWiki on Node.js, please see Installing TiddlyWiki on Node.js
For more information and tips regarding termux, please refer to Termux wiki

Tip

In Termux, you may as well install git, emacs or vi, in order to edit and maintain individual tiddler files. This would probably require that you also attach a more powerful keyboard to your Android, like the Hacker's Keyboard application or a Bluetooth external device.