Mao Zedong Bot

Deaths have benefits. They can fertilise the ground.

Running the bot

Prerequisites

Warning

You must use the LTS version of Node.js, Stable will NOT work. Your computer will spontaneously combust.

If you try to install better-sqlite3 on Node.js Stable, reverting any damages will be, uh, quite difficult.

The bot was last tested on Node.js v22

Due to our dependency on better-sqlite3, you need C++ build tools:

• On Windows these will automatically be installed by npm
• On macOS, install Xcode
• On Linux, install GCC or any similar compiler
• • For Ubuntu, sudo apt install build-essential

Actually running it

1. Run npm i to install packages
2. Rename config.example.json to config.json and set your own values
3. Run npx pm2 start ecosystem.config.js
4. Profit

Some general usage tips

• PM2 will NOT survive a reboot, you have to restart the bot using npx pm2 start mao
  • On macOS/Linux you can configure automatic startup of the bot: PM2 - Startup Script
  • Windows users, uhhhhhhhhhhhh, skill issue i guess????????????