caption: Node.js on Termux
color: #F06292
created: 20200501120322327
delivery: App with DIY steps
description: Using Node.js to serve/create flatfile wikis
method: sync
modified: 20200507112915801
tags: Saving [[TiddlyWiki on Node.js]] Android
title: Serving TW5 from Android
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

[[Termux|https://termux.com/]] is and open source android application providing limited Unix environment enabling users to install [[Node.js]] and npm modules in android. Users can install and run [[TiddlyWiki on Node.js]] using [[Termux|https://termux.com/]].

!! Instructions 

* Download and install Termux from [[Google Play Store|https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux]] or [[Fdroid|https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux/]]
* Open termux and run the following commands one by one

  ```bash
apt update
apt upgrade
apt install nodejs
npm install -g tiddlywiki
```

* If you need to create/serve ''~TiddlyWiki on Node.js'' from the internal storage, you need to give termux storage permission by running the following command in termux

```
termux-setup-storage
```

* Now you can create and serve ''~TiddlyWiki on Node.js'' from internal storage. In the example given below, user is creating a new wiki called "mynewwiki" in his internal folder.

```
cd storage/shared
tiddlywiki mynewwiki --init server
tiddlywiki mynewwiki --listen
```
* Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080/ in your browser
* From then on, as long as //Termux// is not closed, you may access your wiki anytime from your favourite Web browser pointing on the expected address and port.

---

* For more information regarding ~TiddlyWiki on Node.js, please see [[Installing TiddlyWiki on Node.js]]
* For more information and tips regarding termux, please refer to [[Termux wiki|https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Main_Page]]

<<.tip "In //Termux//, you may as well install //git//, //emacs// or //vi//, in order to edit and maintain individual tiddler files. This would probably require that you also attach a more powerful keyboard to your Android, like the [[Hacker's Keyboard|https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard/]] application or a Bluetooth external device.">>