How to Install Wakapi on Linux Mint

Introduction

Wakapi is an open-source server for gathering and analyzing activity data from code collaboration platforms like GitHub, GitLab, and Gitea. The tool provides insights into your development workflow and helps improve your productivity. In this tutorial, we will be installing Wakapi on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

To install and use Wakapi, you will need the following:

  • A Linux Mint machine with sudo access.
  • Docker and Docker Compose installed on your machine.

Step 1: Install Docker

To install Docker on your Linux Mint machine, run the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt install docker.io

After installing Docker, start the Docker service by running:

sudo systemctl start docker

Step 2: Install Docker Compose

To install Docker Compose, which is used to define and run multi-container Docker applications, run the following commands in the terminal:

sudo apt install curl

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Set the executable permission on the Docker Compose binary:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Now, verify the installation by running the command:

docker-compose --version

You should see an output similar to the following:

docker-compose version 1.29.2, build 5becea4c

Step 3: Clone Wakapi

Clone the Wakapi repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/muety/wakapi.git

Change into the Wakapi directory:

cd wakapi

Step 4: Configure Wakapi

Before running Wakapi, you need to configure it by creating a .env file in the root directory of the Wakapi installation. Copy the .env.example file as the .env file:

cp .env.example .env

Open the .env file with a text editor and modify the following variables:

  • POSTGRES_USER: Set the database user name.
  • POSTGRES_PASSWORD: Set the database user password.
  • DATABASE_URL: Set the database URL to be used by Wakapi.
  • WAKATIME_API_KEY: Set your WakaTime API key if you have one, else leave it as an empty string.

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Start Wakapi

Start Wakapi by running the following command in the Wakapi root directory:

docker-compose up -d

This command will start the Wakapi server in the background. To see the logs, use the command:

docker-compose logs -f

You should see the logs streaming in the terminal.

Step 6: Verify Wakapi

Open your web browser and enter the Wakapi server URL in the following format:

http://<server-ip>:port

Replace <server-ip> with the IP address of your Linux Mint machine and port with the port number defined in the Wakapi docker-compose.yml file (by default, it's 8080).

You should see the Wakapi home page in your browser. If you see this page, then Wakapi is successfully installed and running.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure Wakapi on a Linux Mint machine. You can now analyze your code collaboration activity and improve your productivity.