Built by students
Open Source at Weekly Wildcat
Our team writes the software that publishes Weekly Wildcat and the software that runs the screens around Ninety Six High School. We keep that code public so other student newsrooms and schools can learn from it, borrow it and make it better.
Newsroom platform
Byline
The software behind Weekly Wildcat: the public website, the newsroom tools our editors use and the shared theme that gives the paper its look.
- A static Astro website with no public server to run
- A WordPress plugin for editing, planning and publishing
- An optional Discord bot for newsroom workflows
- Shared packages for content, themes and design
Digital signage ยท AGPL-3.0
Tilecast
Self-hosted digital signage that our team builds and maintains. It runs the TVs at Ninety Six High School, and anyone can run it for their own school, library or business.
- Playlists, layouts, schedules and live data for any screen
- Players for Android TV, Fire TV, Google TV, Linux and Windows
- Runs on your own hardware with no subscription or hosted service