From 1231e9e90dd84e3641a316ee385af466663e5d14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ayo <ayo@ayco.io>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 09:26:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: add uptime status badge to readme

---
 README.md | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4e4d2f..3ce823e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 # Threads
 
+![Uptime](https://up.ayo.run/api/badge/16/status)
+
 Show off your favorite public threads and offer hand-picked, fine-grained, topical subscriptions!
 
 These are streams of thought you decide to float to your personal site for being a bit more-effort than other small posts, but still yet to be refined as a blog.
 
 How it works:
+
 1. a featured status will be fetched on the server along with qualified "descendants", which are replies of the same author in a single thread.
 2. clean HTML with some styling will be sent to the viewer's browser
 3. bit of client-side JS for progressive enhancement:
-    1. `<relative-time>` by GitHub: https://github.com/github/relative-time-element
+   1. `<relative-time>` by GitHub: https://github.com/github/relative-time-element
 4. self-hostable with the app configuration in `config.json` file -- we are working on a docker way and easy configuration
 
 See it [in action](https://ayco.io/threads).
@@ -19,54 +22,55 @@ See it [in action](https://ayco.io/threads).
 
 1. Set up your **Debian** (for other environments, search for counterpart instructions)
 
-    ```bash
-    # update repositories
-    $ sudo apt update
+   ```bash
+   # update repositories
+   $ sudo apt update
 
-    # install python stuff
-    $ sudo apt install python3-pip python3-dev build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-setuptools python3-venv
-    ```
+   # install python stuff
+   $ sudo apt install python3-pip python3-dev build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-setuptools python3-venv
+   ```
 
 > For MacOS: https://docs.python.org/3/using/mac.html
 
 2. Install dependencies and set up the project
 
-    ```bash
-    # clone the project 
-    $ git clone git@git.sr.ht:~ayoayco/threads
+   ```bash
+   # clone the project
+   $ git clone git@git.sr.ht:~ayoayco/threads
 
-    # go into the project directory
-    $ cd threads
+   # go into the project directory
+   $ cd threads
 
-    # create app config from example
-    $ cp example_config.json config.json
+   # create app config from example
+   $ cp example_config.json config.json
 
-    # create python environment:
-    $ python3 -m venv .venv
+   # create python environment:
+   $ python3 -m venv .venv
 
-    # activate python env:
-    $ . .venv/bin/activate
+   # activate python env:
+   $ . .venv/bin/activate
 
-    # install dependencies
-    (.venv)$ python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+   # install dependencies
+   (.venv)$ python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-    # create configuration from example config file
-    (.venv)$ cp ./example_config.json ./config.json
+   # create configuration from example config file
+   (.venv)$ cp ./example_config.json ./config.json
 
-    # rejoice!
-    ```
+   # rejoice!
+   ```
 
 3. To start development, run the following:
-    ```bash
-    (.venv)$ flask --debug run
-    ```
 
-    > Note: On a Mac, the default port 5000 is used by AirDrop & Handoff; you may have to turn those off
+   ```bash
+   (.venv)$ flask --debug run
+   ```
+
+   > Note: On a Mac, the default port 5000 is used by AirDrop & Handoff; you may have to turn those off
 
 4. After development session, deactivate the python env
-    ```bash
-    (.venv)$ deactivate
-    ```
+   ```bash
+   (.venv)$ deactivate
+   ```
 
 ## Deployment