DEV Community: Andrew Erlikh

I made BookTr: side-by-side translate app

Andrew Erlikh — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 15:11:59 +0000

BookTr is a tool for reading texts in foreign languages. Features:

Uses LibreTranslate API, but other APIs can be added later
Side-by-side translation, aligned paragraphs
Can save translations in json format
Select word to see its translation, double click to translate every word in a sentence
Fully Self-Hosted, can work offline

Reasons for creating BookTr

The best way to learn a foreign language for me is by reading books in it. I tried doing it with Google Translate and other similar online tools, it's been frustrating: the interface is not suitable for long texts.

So, I decided to create my own)).

I am open to suggestions about adding other translation APIs, the only limit is - no paid ones. Only free online or self-hosted.

Quick start (Docker)

First, run LibreTranslate container. It will take some time (~20 minutes) and resources (~1Gb memory, 10+Gb disk). When you see it's web interface at port 5000, move on to installing BookTr.

docker run --name ltr \
    -p 5000:5000 \
  libretranslate/libretranslate

docker run --name BookTr \
    -e "TZ=$YOURTIMEZONE" \                  # your TZ here
    -e "LTRPATH=http://$YOURADDRESS:5000" \  # LibreTranslate URL
    -v ~/.dockerdata/BookTr:/data/BookTr  \ 
    -p 8856:8856 \
  aceberg/booktr

Or use docker-compose.yml

AnyAppStart

Andrew Erlikh — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 16:26:21 +0000

I created AnyAppStart - control panel to Start/Stop/Restart/View Logs for Docker, Systemd, VMs or anything else (with user scripts). Written in Go and React. Features:

User can add any types (like LXC or WakeOnLAN)
Control remote machines via SSH
Config in yaml files, no DB
Simple API

Reasons for creating AnyAppStart

My use cases:

Resource heavy but rarely used apps. Start them only when necessary
Environments for development, learning and experimenting. I do not need them all running at the same time
Being able to control local and remote apps from one place, no matter what type (Docker, Systemd, VM, bash script)

Installation

There is Docker image available, but inside the container only Docker Type will work, which kinda defeats the purpose of this app. So installing binary is recommended.

All binary packages can be found in the latest release. There are .deb, .rpm, .apk (Alpine Linux) and .tar.gz files.

Supported architectures: amd64, i386, arm_v5, arm_v6, arm_v7, arm64.

For amd64 there is a deb repo available

DiaryMD - markdown editor with Tabs, WorkSpaces and Blog

Andrew Erlikh — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:14:56 +0000

Markdown editor written in Go and SolidJS:

Fully configurable Themes
Tabs
WorkSpaces
Simple Blog
Full screen mode
Works with a given directory (could be a git repo). No DB needed

Reasons for creating DiaryMD

I've got a lot of different types of texts I want to manage in a single app and store in different git repos (IT docs, Food recipes, Personal blog and even Fanfiction 😁 ). I tried to use IDE, but something like VSCode was definitely overkill. Also, I wanted an option to navigate through old texts in a blog format.

That's why I created DiaryMD. It has unlimited WorkSpaces, each WorkSpace with it's own theme, repo and blog (optional). It supports Markdown formatting with EasyMDE editor, but can be used with any kind of text files.

Installation

DiaryMD supports most of popular architectures and operation sustems.

Wormhole Proxy (Firefox Add-on) - single-list proxy manager

Andrew Erlikh — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:12:53 +0000

I created a simple Open Source Proxy Manager for non-tech users: Wormhole Proxy

Why?

As a sysadmin, I get quite a few complaints from non-tech users about popular proxy managers being too complicated, so they needed my help every time to add a new host etc. So, I decided to make a tool they can use themselves.

Features:

Sync config to Firefox
Local import and export
Local backup
Add this page button

Github: https://github.com/aceberg/WormholeProxy

WatchYourLAN 2.0 - lightweight network IP scanner

Andrew Erlikh — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:08:04 +0000

Main features of WatchYourLAN

Send notification when new host is found
Monitor hosts online/offline history
Keep a list of all hosts in the network
Send data to InfluxDB2 to make a Grafana dashboard

What's new in `v2`?

Basic API
Export to InfluxDB2
Choice between SQLite and PostgreSQL database
User can pass arguments directly to arp-scan
Better UI with JS
Human-friendly History display

Quick start

Full installation guide is available in the README file. The easiest way to try it:

docker run --name wyl \
    -e "IFACES=$YOURIFACE" \
    -e "TZ=$YOURTIMEZONE" \
    --network="host" \
    -v $DOCKERDATAPATH/wyl:/data/WatchYourLAN \
    aceberg/watchyourlan:v2

Web GUI should be at http://localhost:8840

WatchYourPorts - self-hosted ports inventory

Andrew Erlikh — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:57:20 +0000

I'm using a lot of self-hosted apps, both at work and in my homelab. Of course, I can't remember all ports taken by those apps. So, the idea of ports inventory seems reasonable.

Why

Why not just use Portainer or other Docker tool?

Not all apps are hosted in Docker. Some things must be run as systemd services.
Port may be exposed in Docker, but blocked by firewall.
There may be ports exposed to the world, you are not aware of.

So, the purposes of WatchYourPorts are:

Inventory
Security
Monitoring

Monitoring is the last one, because it's not the main purpose of this app. There are already tools for that. WatchYourPorts can do simple port scan on timer and export data to InfluxDB2/Grafana.

Details

No DB, all config is stored in two yaml files.
All configuration can be done through ENV variables, yaml or GUI.
Docker images for arm/v6,arm/v7,arm/arm64.
Binary releases for many platforms.
Export to InfluxDB2, which allows building a Grafana dashboard.
Simple API to get data from WatchYourPorts.

How
Full installation guide is available in the README file. The easiest way to try it:

docker run --name wyp \
-e "TZ=$YourTimeZone" \
-v ~/.dockerdata/WatchYourPorts:/data/WatchYourPorts \
-p 8853:8853 \
aceberg/watchyourports

git-syr - Sync Your Repos

Andrew Erlikh — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 07:40:54 +0000

Pull or push your git repos regularly. For dotfiles backups or note-taking in a git repo.

Why?

I used a simple cron script to sync my note-taking app for years, but it becomes complicated, when you have more than one repository to sync. So, I created this app with easy config and GUI.

What it does?

git-syr has separate config for each repository. It indicates whether the repo should be pulled, committed and pushed or both every N seconds (minutes, hours).
It can run in CLI-only mod or with web GUI.

Example

repos.yaml:

- name: Dotfiles
  path: /home/data/repo/dotfiles
  timeout: 4h
  pull: "no"
  push: "yes"

- name: MyNotes
  path: /home/data/repo/MyNotes
  timeout: 1m
  pull: "yes"
  push: "yes"

Try it

https://github.com/aceberg/git-syr

DEV Community: Andrew Erlikh

I made BookTr: side-by-side translate app

Reasons for creating BookTr

Quick start (Docker)

AnyAppStart

Reasons for creating AnyAppStart

Installation

DiaryMD - markdown editor with Tabs, WorkSpaces and Blog

Reasons for creating DiaryMD

Installation

Wormhole Proxy (Firefox Add-on) - single-list proxy manager

WatchYourLAN 2.0 - lightweight network IP scanner

Main features of WatchYourLAN

What's new in v2?

Quick start

WatchYourPorts - self-hosted ports inventory

git-syr - Sync Your Repos

Why?

What it does?

Example

Try it

What's new in `v2`?