webring
webring for threadlocked
A minimal webring server for the threadlocked engineer community that links personal websites in a circle, letting visitors navigate to the previous, next, or a random member's site.
A webring is a collection of personal websites linked together in a circle, where each site has buttons pointing to the previous site and the next site in the ring. This project is a simple webring server for a community called threadlocked, which gathers engineers and hobbyists on Discord.
To join, you add your name, GitHub username, and website URL to a JSON file in the repository and open a pull request. Once your entry is merged, your site gets a short redirect link at a subdomain, and you can add three links to your own website: one pointing to the previous member in the ring, one pointing to the next member, and one that jumps to a random member. The server handles all the routing.
The project is minimal by design. There is no complex setup, no framework, and no build step for contributors. The entire membership list lives in a single JSON file, and the HTML snippet provided in the README is all you need to wire up the navigation buttons on your site.
Where it fits
- Join the threadlocked webring by adding your site URL to the JSON membership file and opening a pull request
- Add previous, next, and random navigation buttons to your personal site using the provided HTML snippet
- Browse a curated circle of engineer and hobbyist personal websites via the ring's subdomain redirects
- Host a similar community webring by forking the project and maintaining your own JSON member list