Script to download and run Manifold locally

Manifold Community Fund

Kenan Schaefkofer

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$0raised

$4,000valuation

Project summary

Provide a tool to install and run Manifold frontend and backend and DBs locally without hassle.

What are this project's goals and how will you achieve them?

Unclear exactly how much is possible, especially with firebase, but it would be nice for devs to have the site running locally so devs can test a broader range of changes locally (including DB changes). Some services like login auth may need to compromise replicative accuracy with a bit of mocking for convenience.

I've created this half filled out as a placeholder. I may do this as part of my other project, and if I do would like to claim credit eventually. I don't actually need funding ahead of time, but if peeps want to take the risk go ahead.

Manifold Markets

about 2 years ago

December 15th Evaluation Results

Valuations: 0, 0, 0, 100, 0

Median Valuation: 0

James: The project as stated is infeasible. Maybe possible after we migrate off of firebase

SG: Making it easier to run Manifold locally may not be in Manifold's business interests. True valuation could be negative.

Rachel: No progress so far as far as I can tell, which makes putting a number on it easy. In terms of projected valuation/general feedback, I imagine the main upside of this is making open source contributions easier? Though it seems like the Manifold team isn’t generally that excited about that because they still have to review all of the PRs.

Inga Wei: Think this would be super useful but have doubts about it working

Austin: FWIW I also think this project could be a good idea; for testing and for creating a bunch of other neat API integrations. However, the devil’s in the details/execution. I think this project as stated would probably not be a good fit unless the developer was both very familiar with the Manifold codebase and confident in their ability to proceed.

Kenan Schaefkofer

about 2 years ago

I doubt I'll get this to work, at least not before Manifold gets off of firebase/firestore. I'm more interested in spending time on the important parts of the manifold simulator, as opposed to creating/updating DB mocking libraries.