ZIzimpenfish·Apr 26, 2023
> What is the average social media user going to host their Mastodon instance on?
A Raspberry Pi?
https://github.com/guysoft/PleromaPi
(Sadly no AkkomaPi yet, it seems.)
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PleromaPi
RaspberryPi / CustomPiOS distro that run Pleroma out of the box
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7 sources> if you run your own instance of an activity pub / fediverse server that isn't mastodon which are you using?
I've got my main instance as Akkoma[1] (was Pleroma, both in Elixir), a secondary as GotoSocial[2] (Go), and a couple of Honks[3] (Go) for various other things.
You might want to look at https://github.com/guysoft/PleromaPi which is a specific Pi image for a Pleroma instance.
[1] https://docs.akkoma.dev/stable/
[2] https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/
[3] https://humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk
In Welcome to Wildebeest: The Fediverse on Cloudflarehttps://github.com/guysoft/PleromaPi/
you are in luck... i've used this and it works out of the box
In How much I’ve spent so far running my own Mastodon server on AWSthis is highly highly inefficient to run on a pi....
they should instead focus on https://github.com/guysoft/PleromaPi/
which is just a step install process and gives you fediverse access
In Host your own Mastodon instance on a Raspberry Pihttps://github.com/guysoft/PleromaPi/
it is able to run properly on a pi so the performance is not a problem
In Mastodon v4.0.0 Release Candidateisnt't there some sort of confederation as you are mentioning in fediverse now?
like you, as an instance admin/owner/mod can have your mod decisions public, there can be a public mod log, you can share block lists with other instances.
https://github.com/guysoft/PleromaPi/
this is a pi image for pleroma, a lighter mastodon alternative server, one simply has to edit the config and boot into it. that's it.
same for this https://handbook.spinster.xyz/
this instance has their rules public and other instance owners can decide, often with users inputs of a remote instance should be blocked or not. others are free to accept or reject their decisions but yeah...
many kings is fine so what do you suggest? every person has their one person instance? sure
https://libreserver.org/epicyon/
https://git.sr.ht/~tsileo/microblog.pub
these come to my mind.
Read the rest
a person has to be tech literate enough to buy and set up a domain. if they can do that, even if following online guides, they should have no trouble installing any of these services
>The reason I can make these modifications is that Mastodon is open source
the pedantic me would like to point out that mastodon is "free software" more than anything "open source" because that terms can mean a lot of things that free software isn't but i get the point. yeah.
there is this amazing software called pleromaPi.
https://github.com/guysoft/PleromaPi/
so you simply install it on a raspberry pi and you are good to go with your own social network. this is by far the easiest way to dip your toes into free software social networking via the fediverse.
then there are https://fediverse.party/ , which if you get started with pleromapi can be much easier to understand and you will have a good time learning about technology and stuff.
In How to run a small social network site for your friends