FirePorker 🔥🐷

A real-time planning poker app for agile teams. Built with ASP.NET Core 8 and SignalR.

Features

• Real-time voting — See votes appear instantly via SignalR
• Multiple games — Host multiple concurrent planning sessions
• Story management — Add stories, track estimates, optionally link to Jira
• Host voting control — Choose whether the host participates in voting
• Host controls — Clear votes, accept estimates, remove players
• Activity dashboard — View all active games and their voting status
• No accounts needed — Cookie-based sessions, jump right in

Quick Start

Docker Compose (recommended)

Create a docker-compose.yml:

services:
  fireporker:
    image: ghcr.io/mkaltner/fireporker:latest
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    restart: unless-stopped

Then run:

docker compose up -d

App will be available at http://localhost:8080

Docker (standalone)

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 ghcr.io/mkaltner/fireporker:latest

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/mkaltner/fireporker.git
cd fireporker
docker build -t fireporker .
docker run -p 8080:8080 fireporker

Local Development

Requires .NET 8 SDK

cd FirePorker
dotnet run

Configuration

Environment variables:

Variable	Default	Description
ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT	Production	Set to Development for detailed errors
ASPNETCORE_URLS	http://+:8080	Listen URLs

How It Works

1. Create a game — Enter your name and game name
2. Share the link — Other players join via the game URL
3. Add stories — Host adds stories to estimate
4. Vote — Everyone picks a point value
5. Reveal — When all votes are in, cards flip
6. Accept — Host accepts the estimate, move to next story

Tech Stack

• ASP.NET Core 8
• SignalR (real-time communication)
• Knockout.js (UI bindings)
• Bootstrap 3 (styling)
• In-memory caching (game state)

Notes

• Game state is in-memory only — games are lost on restart
• Games expire after 24 hours of inactivity
• No authentication — anyone with the link can join

License

MIT