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+* 🧵🐈 Threadcat
+  /A radically simple, low feature, message board for shared *nix systems/
+
+Why? Because its just 4 small shell scripts and some easy-to-do
+directory config. 
+
+** Basic Idea 
+
+ You post to threadcat using =cat= or =echo=.  Here is an example:
+
+ :  cat <<EOF | threadcat write SomeThread
+ :  
+ : Here is a message! 
+ : It can be multiline!
+ :
+ : EOF 
+
+ Or you can post a short message with =echo=:
+
+ : echo Just saying Hey | threadcat write SomeOtherThread 
+
+ You can the list and read messages with 
+
+ : threadcat list 
+
+ and 
+
+ : threadcat read SomeThread 
+
+ both of which print to standard out.
+
+** Install the client 
+
+Assuming that =~/.local/bin= is in your =PATH=, just put the threadcat scripts there:
+
+#+begin_src shell
+
+git clone https://cicadas.surf/cgit/colin/threadcat.git threadcat 
+cd threadcat 
+cp *.sh ~/.local/bin 
+cp threadcat ~/.local/bin 
+
+#+end_src
+
+That's all!  Type =threadcat= at the command line to get started!
+
+** Server Setup 
+
+#+begin_src shell
+
+ssh you@yourhost.com 
+sudo su
+
+#make a group
+groupadd threadcat 
+
+# add your users, group available on next login
+usermod -a -G threadcat <user1>
+usermod -a -G threadcat <user2>
+
+# make the threadcat directory
+mkdir /opt/threadcat 
+
+#and make it and its contents writable by threadcat group
+chown root:threadcat /opt/threadcat
+chmod g+rwxs /opt/threadcat
+
+#+end_src
+
+Thats it!
+