Bitlog

A blogging platform made in django. (This is a hobby project, not production-ready.)

A full-featured blogging platform built with Django. This project is a hobby project showcasing a variety of common social blogging features, designed to demonstrate full-stack web development skills in Python and Django.

Watch a short demo on youtube.

Features

• Posts: Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD)
• User Authentication: Sign up, login, logout
• Profiles: Edit profile, add banner images
• Social Interactions: Follow/unfollow users, like/unlike posts, comment, save posts
• Browsing & Discovery: Search, sort, filter by category or tag, pagination
• Extras: Reading history, clean user-friendly UI

Technologies Used

• Backend: Django
• Frontend: HTML, CSS, Javascript
• Database: SQLite (for development)
• Environment Management: UV

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Anas-Shakeel/bitlog.git
cd bitlog/

2. Create a virtual environment

python -m venv .venv
# Activate it:
# On macOS/Linux: source .venv/bin/activate
# On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Configure environment variables

Create a .env file in the root directory and add this in the file:

SECRET_KEY=any_random_secret_key
DEBUG=True

5. Apply migrations

python manage.py migrate

7. Run the development server

python manage.py runserver

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/ to explore the app.

License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.

Assets and Credits

• All icons used in this project belong to icons8.com
• Hero image used in home.html template was taken from freepik.com