DEdector·Sep 7, 2020
Actually you can self-host it: https://github.com/HabitRPG/habitica
In Habitica – A gamified habit-building and productivity appHabitRPG
habitica
JavaScript2012–2020
HabitRPG / habitica
habitica
A habit tracker app which treats your goals like a Role Playing Game.
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A habit tracker app which treats your goals like a Role Playing Game.
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Observed mentions: 2012-08-27 18:15:42 UTC to 2020-09-07 11:48:40 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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14 sourcesFun story. I remember meeting Tyler Renelle way back at a JS meetup when he first started developing it. Not 100% sure, but I think he originally built it off a framework called SocketStream[1], though I don't remember exactly (I was a contributor to SocketStream at the time). It might have actually been another of the similar frameworks[2] at the time that relied on sockets, realtime-app predecessors to React/Angular/Vue/Svelte.
I used Habitica early on, and it was fairly fun, but I could never (irony much) keep the habit of using it.
Update: looks like it was Derby: https://github.com/HabitRPG/habitica/search?o=desc&q=derby&s...
[1] https://github.com/socketstream/socketstream
[2] The competitors were Derby https://derbyjs.com/ and...can't remember the other one off the top of my head.
In Habitica – A gamified habit-building and productivity appWe also found this:
- Habitica (https://github.com/HabitRPG/habitica)
In Ask HN: What real world open source Node.js applications?It sounds a lot like HabitRPG[1]. I've never tried it though.
[1]: https://github.com/HabitRPG/habitrpg
In Ask HN: Can't concentrate to focus, until it's last minute or laterhttps://github.com/HabitRPG/habitrpg
habitrpg.com
In Where can I find examples of complete AngularJS apps?It's open source, too https://github.com/HabitRPG/habitrpg
In HabitRPG – A free habit-building app that treats your life like a gameI currently work on one of the most trafficked production Derby applications[0] and I must say that this is a very welcome change. Derby's creators have time and time again proven that they care about the nodejs ecosystem. By funding ShareJS's development, they're ensuring that an unbelievable tool (simplified OT) will be sticking around for quite some time. Writing code with Derby has been far and away the most pleasant development experience I have ever had.
If there's been one issue with Derby so far, it's been Racer. The data sync-ing engine leaks memory and is largely unstable. We've suffered far too much downtime due to these issues. Moving to a fresh backend with ShareJS enables Nate, Brian, Joseph and the rest of the team to rework the scope of the framework with some of the larger goals in mind – things like horizontal scaling an
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d powerful conflict resolution. We have yet to upgrade to 0.5 (the upgrade guide was literally just released), but it appears to be a much more stable foundation on which to build a "real-time" web application. I'm sure we'll have to put up with bugs for quite a few weeks, but this is a powerful step towards reaching 1.0. Thanks guys!
[0] https://habitrpg.com (source: http://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg)
It doesn't really matter as long as your startup is good, people really could care less. Besides with an open source startup people can help you debug. Which is exactly what the people I am working with did. https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg/wiki/Business-Model
We even got a kickstarter for our open source startup http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lefnire/habitrpg-mobile
So no it is not a bad idea to open source your startup just be careful.
In Ask HN: Is it worth open-sourcing my early stage startup?In the works, not trying to trick ya. See https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg/issues/28
In New Year's Resolutions: Improve Habits With an RPGIf you have coding chops, check out the API for that https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg/wiki/API
In New Year's Resolutions: Improve Habits With an RPGIf any of you develop, Habit has very simple one-method REST: https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg/wiki/API
In New Year's Resolutions: Improve Habits With an RPGHey HN, been working on a project & could use all you lovelies' feedback :) I was inspired by habit-tracker apps like Joe's Goals, but I wanted something more robust and personally motivating. So I built a habit-tracker which plays like an RPG. As you accomplish goals, you level up. If you fail your goals, you lose hit points. You can buy weapons and armor, etc. Open source (https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg), built on DerbyJS (http://derbyjs.com/), and uses BrowserQuest's icon sets. Integration with productivity tools primary on the roadmap (https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg#roadmap).
I stress-tested some, but Derby is a work in progress - so bear with me, I'll restart if it goes down.
In Show HN: Role Playing Game for Self Improvement (weekend project)Show HN: Role Playing Game for Self Improvement (weekend project)
Hey HN, been working on a project & could use all you lovelies' feedback :) I was inspired by habit-tracker apps like Joe's Goals, but I wanted something more robust and personally motivating. So I built a habit-tracker which plays like an RPG. As you accomplish goals, you level up. If you fail your goals, you lose hit points. You can buy weapons and armor, etc. Open source (https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg), built on DerbyJS (http://derbyjs.com/), and uses BrowserQuest's icon sets. Integration with productivity tools primary on the roadmap (https://github.com/lefnire/habitrpg#roadmap).
I stress-tested some, but Derby is a work in progress - so bear with me if it goes down.
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