diff --git a/db/boards.js b/db/boards.js
index 3d8ad2f4..b89c7ff2 100644
--- a/db/boards.js
+++ b/db/boards.js
@@ -108,16 +108,25 @@ module.exports = {
 		);
 	},
 
-	frontPageSortLimit: () => {
+	boardSort: (skip=0, limit=20) => {
 		return db.find({
 			'settings.unlisted': {
 				'$ne': true
 			}
+		}, {
+			'projection': {
+				'_id': 1,
+				'sequence_value': 1,
+				'pph': 1,
+				'ips': 1,
+				'settings.description': 1,
+				'settings.name': 1,
+			}
 		}).sort({
 			'ips': -1,
 			'pph': -1,
 			'sequence_value': -1,
-  		}).limit(20).toArray();
+  		}).skip(skip).limit(limit).toArray();
 	},
 
 	totalPosts: () => {
diff --git a/gulp/res/css/style.css b/gulp/res/css/style.css
index 1d204ee6..a0cdc4bc 100644
--- a/gulp/res/css/style.css
+++ b/gulp/res/css/style.css
@@ -707,24 +707,30 @@ hr + .thread {
 	margin-top: -5px;
 }
 
-@keyframes spin {
-	0% { transform: rotate(0deg); }
-	100% { transform: rotate(360deg); }
+.webringtable th {
+	position: sticky; top: 0;
 }
 
-.loader {
-	border: 8px solid #00000010;
-	border-radius: 50%;
-	border-bottom: 8px solid #00000090;
-	width: 32px;
-	height: 32px;
-	animation: spin 2s linear infinite;
+.boardtable.webringtable {
+    border: none;
+}
+
+.scrolltable {
+	max-height: 160px;
+	overflow-y: auto;
+	overflow-x: hidden;
+	border: 1px solid var(--box-border-color);
+}
+
+table.boardtable td:nth-child(3),table.boardtable td:nth-child(4),table.boardtable td:nth-child(5),
+table.boardtable th:nth-child(3),table.boardtable th:nth-child(4),table.boardtable th:nth-child(5) {
+	min-width: 80px;
 }
 
 @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {
 
-	table#boardtable td:nth-child(3), table#boardtable th:nth-child(3),
-	table#boardtable td:nth-child(4), table#boardtable th:nth-child(4) {
+	table.boardtable td:nth-child(3), table.boardtable th:nth-child(3),
+	table.boardtable td:nth-child(4), table.boardtable th:nth-child(4) {
 		display: none;
 	}
 
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 105054a0..1e302f0b 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ async function wipe() {
 			'_id': 'test',
 			'owner': '',
 			'banners': [],
-			'sequence_value': 1,
 			'pph': 0,
+			'ips': 0,
+			'sequence_value': 1,
 			'settings': {
 				'name': 'test',
 				'description': 'testing board',
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ async function wipe() {
 	//delete all the static files
 	return Promise.all([
 		del([ 'static/html/*' ]),
+		del([ 'static/json/*' ]),
 		del([ 'static/banner/*' ]),
 		del([ 'static/captcha/*' ]),
 		del([ 'static/img/*' ]),
@@ -114,7 +116,10 @@ function images() {
 }
 
 function deletehtml() {
-	return del([ 'static/html/*' ]); //these will be now build-on-load
+	return Promise.all([
+		del([ 'static/html/*' ]),
+		del([ 'static/json/*' ])
+	]);
 }
 
 function custompages() {
diff --git a/helpers/build.js b/helpers/build.js
index 1e2d036b..86deefbc 100644
--- a/helpers/build.js
+++ b/helpers/build.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const Mongo = require(__dirname+'/../db/db.js')
+	, cache = require(__dirname+'/../redis.js')
 	, msTime = require(__dirname+'/mstime.js')
+	, { enableWebring } = require(__dirname+'/../configs/main.json')
 	, { Posts, Files, Boards, News, Modlogs } = require(__dirname+'/../db/')
 	, render = require(__dirname+'/render.js')
 	, timeDiffString = (label, end) => `${label} -> ${end[0] > 0 ? end[0]+'s ' : ''}${(end[1]/1000000).toFixed(2)}ms`;
@@ -219,15 +221,17 @@ module.exports = {
 		if (bulkWrites.length > 0) {
 			await Boards.db.bulkWrite(bulkWrites);
 		}
-		const [ totalPosts, boards, fileStats ] = await Promise.all([
+		const [ totalPosts, boards, webringBoards, fileStats ] = await Promise.all([
 			Boards.totalPosts(), //overall total posts ever made
-			Boards.frontPageSortLimit(), //boards sorted by users, pph, total posts
+			Boards.boardSort(0, 20), //top 20 boards sorted by users, pph, total posts
+			enableWebring ? cache.get('webring:boards') : null,
 			Files.activeContent() //size of all files
 		]);
 		const html = render('index.html', 'home.pug', {
 			totalPosts: totalPosts,
 			activeUsers,
 			boards,
+			webringBoards,
 			fileStats,
 		});
 		const end = process.hrtime(start);
diff --git a/helpers/captcha/deletecaptchas.js b/helpers/captcha/deletecaptchas.js
index c80f72a5..a39fde3a 100644
--- a/helpers/captcha/deletecaptchas.js
+++ b/helpers/captcha/deletecaptchas.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ module.exports = async () => {
 				const expiry = new Date(stats.ctime).getTime() + msTime.minute*5;
 				if (now > expiry) {
 					await remove(filePath);
-					console.log(`Deleted expired captcha ${filePath}`)
 				}
 			} catch (e) {
 				console.error(e);
diff --git a/helpers/files/prune.js b/helpers/files/prune.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e850182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/files/prune.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const Files = require(__dirname+'/../../db/files.js')
+	, { remove } = require('fs-extra')
+	, uploadDirectory = require(__dirname+'/uploadDirectory.js');
+
+module.exports = async() => {
+	//todo: make this not a race condition, but it only happens daily so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
+	const files = await Files.db.aggregate({
+		'count': {
+			'$lte': 1
+		}
+	}, {
+		'projection': {
+			'count': 0,
+			'size': 0
+		}
+	}).toArray().then(res => {
+		return res.map(x => x._id);
+	});
+	await Files.db.removeMany({
+		'count': {
+			'$lte': 0
+		}
+	});
+	await Promise.all(files.map(async filename => {
+		return Promise.all([
+			remove(`${uploadDirectory}img/${filename}`),
+			remove(`${uploadDirectory}img/thumb-${filename.split('.')[0]}.jpg`)
+		])
+	}));
+}
diff --git a/models/forms/create.js b/models/forms/create.js
index 067e4a91..18e2b01c 100644
--- a/models/forms/create.js
+++ b/models/forms/create.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
 		'banners': [],
 		'sequence_value': 1,
 		'pph': 0,
+		'ips': 0,
 		'settings': {
 			name,
 			description,
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7ffa8a5c..9f981fef 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4606,6 +4606,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/next-tick/-/next-tick-1.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-yobR/ogoFpsBICCOPchCS524NCw="
     },
+    "node-fetch": {
+      "version": "2.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8dG4H5ujfvFiqDmVu9fQ5bOHUC15JMjMY/Zumv26oOvvVJjM67KF8koCWIabKQ1GJIa9r2mMZscBq/TbdOcmNA=="
+    },
     "node-pre-gyp": {
       "version": "0.12.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-pre-gyp/-/node-pre-gyp-0.12.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b2ab84c..28f4c0c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "gulp-uglify-es": "^1.0.4",
     "ioredis": "^4.14.0",
     "mongodb": "^3.3.2",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
     "path": "^0.12.7",
     "pm2": "^3.5.1",
     "pug": "^2.0.4",
diff --git a/schedules.js b/schedules.js
index 7f3f8ed9..3394261b 100644
--- a/schedules.js
+++ b/schedules.js
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@ process
 	.on('unhandledRejection', console.error);
 
 const msTime = require(__dirname+'/helpers/mstime.js')
-	, deleteCaptchas = require(__dirname+'/helpers/captcha/deletecaptchas.js')
 	, Mongo = require(__dirname+'/db/db.js')
+	, { enableWebring } = require(__dirname+'/configs/main.json')
 	, buildQueue = require(__dirname+'/queue.js');
 
 (async () => {
 
 	console.log('CONNECTING TO MONGODB');
 	await Mongo.connect();
-	const Files = require(__dirname+'/db/files.js');
-
 	console.log('STARTING SCHEDULES');
 
 	//add 5 minute repeatable job to queue (queue will prevent duplicate)
@@ -28,6 +26,8 @@ const msTime = require(__dirname+'/helpers/mstime.js')
 	});
 
 	//delete files for expired captchas
+	const deleteCaptchas = require(__dirname+'/helpers/captcha/deletecaptchas.js');
+	deleteCaptchas().catch(e => console.error);
 	setInterval(async () => {
 		try {
 			await deleteCaptchas();
@@ -36,33 +36,25 @@ const msTime = require(__dirname+'/helpers/mstime.js')
 		}
 	}, msTime.minute*5);
 
+	//update webring
+	if (enableWebring) {
+		const updateWebring = require(__dirname+'/webring.js');
+		updateWebring().catch(e => console.error);
+		setInterval(async () => {
+			try {
+				await updateWebring();
+			} catch (e) {
+				console.error(e);
+			}
+		}, msTime.hour);
+	}
+
+	//file pruning
+	const pruneFiles = require(__dirname+'/helpers/files/prune.js');
+	pruneFiles().catch(e => console.error);
 	setInterval(async () => {
 		try {
-//todo: make this not a race condition, but it only happens daily so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
-			const files = await Files.db.aggregate({
-				'count': {
-					'$lte': 1
-				}
-			}, {
-				'projection': {
-					'count': 0,
-					'size': 0
-				}
-			}).toArray().then(res => {
-				return res.map(x => x._id);
-			});
-			await Files.db.removeMany({
-				'count': {
-					'$lte': 0
-				}
-			});
-			await Promise.all(files.map(async filename => {
-				return Promise.all([
-					remove(`${uploadDirectory}img/${filename}`),
-					remove(`${uploadDirectory}img/thumb-${filename.split('.')[0]}.jpg`)
-				])
-			}));
-			console.log('Deleted unused files:', files);
+			await pruneFiles();
 		} catch (e) {
 			console.error(e);
 		}
diff --git a/views/pages/home.pug b/views/pages/home.pug
index 761c5f22..d8bc8d6a 100644
--- a/views/pages/home.pug
+++ b/views/pages/home.pug
@@ -21,32 +21,33 @@ block content
 						| Choose a topic below to join the discussion, or 
 						a(href='/create.html') create your own board
 						| .
-	.table-container.flex-center.mv-10.text-center
-		table#boardtable
-			tr
-				th Board
-				th Description
-				th(title='Posts in the last hour') Posts/h
-				th(title='Unique IPs that have posted in the last 72h') Active Users
-				th Total Posts
-			each board in boards
+	if boards && boards.length > 0
+		.table-container.flex-center.mv-10.text-center
+			table.boardtable
 				tr
-					td: a(href=`/${board._id}/`) /#{board._id}/ - #{board.settings.name}
-					td #{board.settings.description}
-					td #{board.pph}
-					td #{board.ips}
-					td #{board.sequence_value-1}
-	.table-container.flex-center.mv-10.text-center
-		table
-			tr
-				th Total Posts
-				th Active Users
-				th Active Content
-			tr
-				td #{totalPosts}
-				- const totalActiveUsers = activeUsers.totalActiveUsers.length > 0 ? activeUsers.totalActiveUsers[0].ips : 0;
-				td #{totalActiveUsers}
-				td #{fileStats.totalSizeString}
+					th Board
+					th Description
+					th(title='Posts in the last hour') Posts/h
+					th(title='Unique IPs that have posted in the last 72h') Active Users
+					th Total Posts
+				each board in boards
+					tr
+						td: a(href=`/${board._id}/`) /#{board._id}/ - #{board.settings.name}
+						td #{board.settings.description}
+						td #{board.pph}
+						td #{board.ips}
+						td #{board.sequence_value-1}
+		.table-container.flex-center.mv-10.text-center
+			table
+				tr
+					th Total Posts
+					th Active Users
+					th Active Content
+				tr
+					td #{totalPosts}
+					- const totalActiveUsers = activeUsers.totalActiveUsers.length > 0 ? activeUsers.totalActiveUsers[0].ips : 0;
+					td #{totalActiveUsers}
+					td #{fileStats.totalSizeString}
 	.table-container.flex-center.mv-10
 		table
 			tr
@@ -57,3 +58,22 @@ block content
 						| The source code for this site is available 
 						a(href='https://github.com/fatchan/jschan/') here
 						|  (and in the footer of each page) and is licensed under the Affero General Public License v3.
+	if webringBoards && webringBoards.length > 0
+		.table-container.flex-center.mv-10.text-center
+			div.scrolltable
+				table.boardtable.webringtable
+					tr
+						th Board
+						th Description
+						th(title='Posts in the last hour') Posts/h
+						th(title='Unique IPs that have posted in the last 72h') Active Users
+						th Total Posts
+					each board in webringBoards
+						tr
+							td: a(href=board.path) #{board.siteName} /#{board.uri}/ - #{board.title}
+							td #{board.subtitle || '-'}
+							td #{board.postsPerHour || '-'}
+							td #{board.uniqueUsers || '-'}
+							td #{board.totalPosts || '-'}
+			p
+				small: a(href='https://gitlab.com/alogware/LynxChanAddon-Webring') webring?
diff --git a/webring.js b/webring.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f28e9329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webring.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const fetch = require('node-fetch')
+	, { meta } = require(__dirname+'/configs/main.json')
+	, { following, blacklist } = require(__dirname+'/configs/webring.json')
+	, { Boards } = require(__dirname+'/db/')
+	, { outputFile } = require('fs-extra')
+	, cache = require(__dirname+'/redis.js')
+	, uploadDirectory = require(__dirname+'/helpers/files/uploadDirectory.js');
+
+module.exports = async () => {
+	//fetch stuff from others
+	const fetchWebring = [...new Set((await cache.get('webring:sites') || []).concat(following))]
+	let rings = await Promise.all(fetchWebring.map(url => {
+		return fetch(url).then(res => res.json());
+	}));
+	let found = [];
+	let webringBoards = [];
+	for (let i = 0; i < rings.length; i++) {
+		//this could really use some validation/sanity checking
+		const ring = rings[i];
+		if (ring.following && ring.following.length > 0) {
+			found = found.concat(ring.following);
+		}
+		if (ring.known && ring.known.length > 0) {
+			found = found.concat(ring.known);
+		}
+		if (ring.boards && ring.boards.length > 0) {
+			ring.boards.forEach(board => board.siteName = ring.name);
+			webringBoards = webringBoards.concat(ring.boards);
+		}
+	}
+	const known = [...new Set(found.concat(fetchWebring))]
+		.filter(site => !blacklist.some(x => site.includes(x)));
+	//add the known sites and boards to cache in redis (so can be used later in other places e.g. board list)
+	cache.set('webring:sites', known);
+	cache.set('webring:boards', webringBoards);
+	//now update the webring json with board list and known sites
+	const boards = await Boards.boardSort(0, 0); //does not include unlisted boards
+	const json = {
+		name: meta.siteName,
+		url: meta.url,
+		endpoint: `${meta.url}/webring.json`,
+		following,
+		blacklist,
+		known,
+		boards: boards.map(b => {
+			return {
+				uri: b._id,
+				title: b.settings.name,
+				subtitle: b.settings.description,
+				path: `${meta.url}/${b._id}/`,
+				postsPerHour: b.pph,
+				totalPosts: b.sequence_value-1,
+				uniqueUsers: b.ips,
+			};
+		}),
+	}
+	await outputFile(`${uploadDirectory}json/webring.json`, JSON.stringify(json));
+}