silverbullet/website/Mattermost Plugin.md

Work on the mattermost-plugin — integration of SB into Mattermost as a product/plugin as a proof of concept.

To do:

• Bundle backend with node.js as part of plugin
  • Various options investigated, including nexe and pkg but neither of these will work great due to dynamically loading and resolving of modules in the node.js sandbox implementation.
  • Most straight-forward option is to simply bundle the node binary per platform + a trimmed down node_modules modeled how npx does this. Once per platform.
• Fix CSS styling issues
• Store pages in DB instead of text files (general SB feature, not MM specific)
• Switch over SB plugin to use MM database (MySQL, Postgres) as backing store rather than SQLite
• Freeze plug configuration (don’t allow anybody or at most admins) to update plugs for security reasons. We may simply remove the PLUGS page.
  • What about SETTINGS?
    • Easy option: disable, don’t use
    • Fancier option: make them user specific with a layer on top of the FS
  • What about SECRETS?

To deliberate on:

• Consider page locking mechanisms, or re-implement real-time collaboration (would require introducing web sockets again and OT) — big project.
• Consider page revision options
• Scope of spaces, tied to:
  • Personal (default SB PKMS use case, no permission, collaboration issues)
  • Channel (old Boards model)
  • Team
  • Server