Hello to all of you people of mastodon! 🤗
This is my #introduction
Here I will share stuff and links that I would like more people to know, I will also try to write some reflexions and though on my projects. I live in Normandy, France. My current topics of interests are various: #programming #bike #osm #climatechange #selfhosting #freeSoftware #linux #maps #openstreetmap #wikidata #rust #python
I speak french 🇫🇷 and english 🇬🇧 .
selfhosting
Nachdem ich nun schon auf meinem neu installierten Mastodon Server präsent bin, möchte ich euch nicht vorenthalten, wie ich das gemacht habe.
Eine Anleitung findet ihr in meinem Notebook: https://info.jyrgi.de/services/mastodon/index.html
I turned a tiny #Mac mini into my own #Mastodon server—secure, low‑maintenance, and running like a dream. Here’s the full build, from #Docker to #Cloudflare Tunnel, and why #SelfHosting doesn’t have to be a headache.
We've launched a new project:
Arcticons Selfhosted. An icon set for your favorite self-hostable software. Created by @stratself, it's our first project to fully debut on Codeberg.
Check it out on our fancy new site:
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#arcticons #codeberg #icons #iconpack #selfhosting #selfhost
If you are thinking about tinkering with your homelab, but are new to it or not sure what you’re doing, we’d be happy to help.
We are an authorized vendor or partner for some cool products:
👉 @1password password management
👉 Duo MFA and SSO
👉 @mikrotik networking hardware
👉 Ubiquiti networking gear
👉 45Drives servers and NAS
All consultations are free, and we’ll give any Fedi-friends a sweet deal on anything else! 
Email sales @ sasquatchnetworks.com or DM us with any questions you might have!
#techsupport #homelab #networking #server #cloud #linux #sysadmin #selfhosting #1password #mikrotik
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#bookmark: reiver/retejo: retejo is a next-generation single-user static web-site server, that is designed to work with any forgejo server (such as Codeberg) and provides built-in support for Markdown and the Social Web (i.e., ActivityPub, ActivityStreams, the Fediverse, etc).You can think of retejo as an alternative to Codeberg Pages and GitHub Pages.One nice thing about retejo is that, it isn't just a web-site server, bu… https://codeberg.org/reiver/retejo #fediverse #selfhosting
All https://fedihost.co #Mastodon instances have been updated to v4.4.7
Thank you!
Learn more about this release here:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.7
Asked my fellow nerds where to migrate from #NixOS, considering it's being overtaken by fascists, and there's no realistic way out of it. Here's what they came up with.
- Desktop: Opensuse Tumbleweed. Fairly new packages, rolling release, atomic updates with easy rollbacks, thanks to package manager and BTRFS snapshots.
- Dotfile manager: Chezmoi. Natively integrates with Git, has templating, integration with secrets managers, age.
- Service management: Cockpit. Not declarative, but a GUI; I'll take it. Provides handle to all server ops: updating packages, managing systemd services, managing containers, etc.
- Fleet management: Kubernetes on Talos Linux. Needs decent hardware and multiple machines, and is somewhat complex, so you'll know if you need it.
Share your other suggestions! Let's help each other migrate from a fascist distro.
Una pequeña nube en la gran nube
«No existe la nube. Solo es el computador de otra persona» Creo que ya todos deben haber leído esa frase en alguna parte, ya sea en una polera, un sticker o un meme. Lo que dice, de manera bien simplificada es verdad. Lo que usualmente conocemos como la nube es, básicamente, una red computadores conectados entre sí. Pero ese «computador de otra […]
🔗 https://altgr.xyz/2025/10/05/una-pequena-nube-en-la-gran-nube/
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Hello! 👋 It’s time for an updated #Introduction because I’ve just moved instances to beige.party (I was formerly @brianlavelle) - any boosts would be most welcome!
I’m Brian, and I’ve been a #Fediverse dweller since April 2022. This is my only social media…er, medium.
In no particular order, I quite like:
#ImprovisedMusic & #ExperimentalMusic
#FieldRecording
#Cats (I have two)
#TTRPG (I have too many)
#Tea
#Meditation
#Books #Poetry & #SpeculativeFiction
#Trees & #Walking (but not #WalkingTrees)
#Modernism & #Brutalism
#SelfHosting & #FOSS
#AltText & #PascalCase / #CamelCase
& lots more
My website: https://brianlavelle.scot
My music: https://brianlavelle.bandcamp.com
One of my favourite features of the #fediverse is seeing people *learning things*. There are so many folks here discovering dying arts and trades. People learning how the things we take for granted work, and endeavouring to implement them themselves!
People getting their #HAMradio licenses, #selfhosting, making clothing, blacksmithing, gardening, repairing their own things, backporting modern software to run on windows 3.11...
Y'all are my people. Never stop learning, and never stop sharing what you've learned.
Anyone have experience using #Snac2 for a small activitypub instance? Currently I use #gotosocial which is great but I'm curious about other options. Running a second instance with a different domain for friends or a second account is appealing to me.
This Week in Self-Hosted (2 August 2024)
#Fediverse deep dives (courtesy @_elena), software launches, updates, directory additions, a spotlight on #PGBackWeb - a web app for creating and scheduling PostgreSQL backups, and more in this week's self-hosted recap!
https://selfh.st/newsletter/2024-08-02/
#selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #opensource #homelab #foss #newsletter #database #backup
Since #Firefish is becoming unmaintained, I need to find new fedi instance software. My choices as I understand them:
- Some similar Misskey fork such as #Sharkey, #Iceshrimp (but they're ongoing a rewrite?), something else..? Advantage is that in theory I can migrate my current instance without having to create a new fedi identity. But the risk is that the next fork will also become unmaintained due to lack of developers.
- #Akkoma. It's faster and lighter than #Mastodon, but I don't like the default UI and would use the Glitch-soc multi-column UI. I don't know if that works without issues on it, but it seems to be bundled in? Also don't know how active Akkoma is.
- Mastodon. It's apparently heavy to run (no experience), but overwhelmingly the most supported and the most likely to be maintained into the future. Downside (which Akkoma also has) is that I need to create a new fedi identity, as apparently other instances won't accept me just switching to Mastodon and keeping the same identity. That would be some hassle, especially as my old Fosstodon/GenServer.social accounts point to my current identity, which would disappear (maybe I could set up a redirect with Caddy).
- GoToSocial. This is very unknown to me, and it doesn't come with a UI?
- Something else?
Thoughts?
#SelfHosting #FediAdmins #FediMeta
Looking for CMS advice
Hey Web devs!
Do you have any suggestions, tips, opinions, dos, don’ts about headless CMSes?
I have a growing list of small/mid non-profits and collectives asking for my help to (re)make their website. I totally want to help, but I don’t have much time, especially considering that they generally have little or no funding—I would most definitely point them to @VillageOneCoop, otherwise.
Therefore, I want a super simple and replicable solution where I can copy-paste most of the code, while providing them with a stable, fast, and modern solution. I had a look at the Headless CMS section in the Jamstack website, but I need opinions from people who actually used some of that software already.
Needs
I want to code and configure everything using @eleventy
Admin interface (#WebApp) for the client to add pages and write posts
Static website in the front-end
Simple and reliable CI/CD
No/minimal maintenance after the first setup
Self-hostable (I was taking this for granted so much that I forgot to write it)
If it requires forge integration, it should support #ForgeJo
#OpenSource
Nice to have
Possibly using #Deno, not #NodeJS
Allowing the client to customize a bit their website through the admin interface, with a GUI
CMS app packaged on @yunohost
No CMS vendor lock-in
I’d love to write as little JavaScript as possible
#FreeSoftware
Absolutely not
Front-end #JavaScript frameworks
Please, boost this and ask around! Links to videos, tutorials, and resources are welcome.
People whose perspective I would really value: @zachleat @harryfk @deno_land @jaredwhite @vanillaweb @stefan @mxbck @WeirdWriter @deadsuperhero (Sorry if I am spamming you!)
#Eleventy #11ty #CMS #HeadlessCMS #Ghost #DecapCMS #CraftCMS #Strapi #Web #WebDev #WebDesign #StaticGen #StaticWebsite #Website #HTML #CSS #YunoHost #SelfHosting #Wordpress
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Good morning Fedi friends!
I was supposed to start writing a new blog post about my tech stack - disclaimers about the apps/platforms I use and the ones I actively avoid for ethical reasons…
Well I just started doing some research and reading about #technofeudalism … and fell down a fascinating and haunting rabbit hole.
🔗: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451795/technofeudalism-by-varoufakis-yanis/9781529926095
“Technofeudalism” is officially my word of the year, if not the decade (century, possibly). I wish more people were aware of it.
The #Fediverse feels more and more like a safe haven for me. And in the bleakness of our current political and technological situation, I’m comforted by the fact I’m currently self-hosting essential services (thank you @yunohost ).
TL;DR: I’m super grateful for the existence of the #Fediverse and the fact I’ve learned how to self-host – two amazing ways to resist technofeudalism.
#SelfHosting #DigitalSovreignty #resistance #resist #BigTech #RebelAlliance
Is #snac2 a suitable fedi server for a single-person, daily-driver instance, accessed via mastodon apps, interacting with the wider fediverse?
I /think/ I've mostly seen it deployed as a more write-centric service (for info bots/etc) ... but I could be mistaken.#snac #Fediverse #hosting #selfhosting
🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 94 ✨
Self-hosted Ghost site unveiling - take 2 🎬
I'm finally ready to show you my self-hosted #Ghost site: installed on my own, with command lines, with a lot of patience and after many attempts (including 4 VPS wipes).
It took me a while to migrate all the posts, media and members, but here we go, finally:
✨ https://news.elenarossini.com ✨
Thanks to your wonderful advice and help (especially by @shollyethan) I got the courage to edit my nginx config and I'm waiting to see if the redirects from the old posts work. It's always DNS... and nginx 😂
And this is take 2 because I swear this self-hosted Ghost site is slightly cursed and the first time around as soon as I edited the URL of an old Mastodon toot, the site went offline. This happened twice today. Won't touch any URLs and will metaphorically sage the VPS to clear its energy 'cause it's a little cursed 🌿
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I wanted try out #deepseek and #Chatgpt o3-mini al little bit and thought: Get your #selfhosting setup cleaned up and those #nextcloud errors.
In a way I hate to say it, but #AI was way easier and faster than hours spent searching the web, reading reddit and asking in forums. And I totally get why that is: I can't expect that everybody and there grandfather jumps to my help. And AI is borrowed knowledge.
#selfhosting is so incredibly easy, I really don't know what all the complaints are about. Literally all you need is a degree in digital forensics, unlimited free time, a home office, dedicated high speed internet links, redundant power supplies & a can do attitude!
🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 76 ✨
Monday morning, which means: backing up my #YunoHost setup.
I see that #GoToSocial has an update available but I'm too scared to upgrade it. Having my 4th cup of espresso and working up the courage to do it (I hear it takes a looong time). Hoping I don't break anything 😅
In other news, I am LOVING my #LinkStack and having a glimpse into the links that are the most popular (LinkStack offers you a ranking in reverse order of the most clicked links when you log into their dashboard). Is anyone interested in me writing about it? For reference, here is what the front end looks like: https://elena.social
Off I go update my #GoToSocial, wish me luck!
#MySoCalledSudoLife #FOSS
🇪🇺 Testing a new EU-hosted GlitchTip server! Want to keep your error tracking data in Europe? DM us or use the chat widget on https://glitchtip.com for early access.
Prefer doing it yourself? Check out @Pikapods or Elestio - they offer GlitchTip hosting in many regions (and support us via revenue sharing!). #GlitchTip #ErrorTracking #EU #SelfHosting
Interessante!
Servidor compatível com XAMPU(XMPP) e fácil de instalar num Raspberry Pi:
PSA for people with #Wordpress blogs: do you know that you can turn off comments on old posts?
In the last few months I have noticed a significant uptick in spammy comments on my Wordpress blogs (I have 4).
Well there is a way to remedy all that: you can simply turn off comments on old blog posts by going to:
Settings -> Discussion -> and checking "Automatically close comments on old posts"
(You can even determine the "oldness" of posts, for example, older than 7 days, 14 days... anything you'd like)
Enabling this made all the difference for me. I could not recommend it more.
End of my PSA 🤗
Have a great day everyone!
#blog #blogging #selfhosting #spam
