This is step-by-step to host Linkding on Python Anywhere without using docker. This way you have the flexibility to edit all the code as you like.
Replace all username with your own username.
1. Install node
Using NVM to get the most up-to-date version of node | PythonAnywhere Help
2. Install Linkding
git clone https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding.git && cd linkding
And follow the Development setup at sissbruecker/linkding.
Create virtual environment:
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
Install Python packages:
pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements.dev.txt
If you are using Python 3.13, greenlet won't compile, open and change requirement.dev.txt by removing the version numbers for greenlet and playwright(which depends on greenlet).
Install node packages:
npm install
Initialize data:
mkdir -p data
python manage.py migrate
Create an admin user:
python manage.py createsuperuser --username=joe [email protected]
Enter the password afterwords.
Run this one time and cancel it:
npm run dev
Collect static files to static directory:
python manage.py collectstatic
(How to setup static files in Django | PythonAnywhere Help)
3. Configure web app (manually)
Edit /var/www/links-tengshanyuan_pythonanywhere_com_wsgi.py:
# +++++++++++ DJANGO +++++++++++
import os
import sys
path = '/home/username/linkding'
if path not in sys.path:
sys.path.insert(0, path)
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'bookmarks.settings'
## Uncomment the lines below depending on your Django version
###### then, for Django >=1.5:
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
application = get_wsgi_application()
###### or, for older Django <=1.4
#import django.core.handlers.wsgi
#application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler()
(Deploying an existing Django project on PythonAnywhere | PythonAnywhere Help)
Setup static files:
- URL:
/static/ - Directory:
/home/username/linkding/static
4. Reload the web app. Hooray!