Hi Bhavya Lahari, I'm glad to know that you chose FreedomBox plinth over all the other python/django projects out there.
Let me start by setting the context of the project. FreedomBox is an effort to replace cloud services that mine our data and violate our privacy with a simple device that can host all the services that an individual/family or a community might need. As part of this vision, we focus on keeping the system administration or requirement of technical knowledge to a minimum. FreedomBox should ideally be as easy to use as any other household electronic appliance, like a set-top box, a router or a washing machine. Though a lot of the effort goes into eliminating the need for system administration, we still try not to disappoint the advanced users. We have an advanced system administration tool called Cockpit which will be integrated into FreedomBox soon. Apart from all the monitoring, settings and toggle buttons that it has, it also features a full fledged terminal. Any user that wants to edit configuration files can do so from the terminal. Here, I'm making an assumption that the users know how to use command-line text editing tools, which I think is a reasonable assumption, as any user that edits configuration files should be able to use a command-line text editor. Well, the point I'm trying to make here is that a web based text editor doesn't provide much value from a Plinth context. Even if we believed that we need it, we'll probably use an existing free software solution instead of building one from scratch. We have a lot of python/django work in Plinth and a lot of other stuff too from which you can learn a lot. I'm sure we can find some good feature for you that satisfies both FreedomBox's requirements as well as the outreachy program's (of which I don't know much about). Feel free to drop me an email if you want to meet me in person and discuss about this. -- Joseph Nuthalapati
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