Every morning, an instance administrator wakes up knowing they need to keep the infrastructure running smoothly for their users, ensuring a good and free social experience.
Every morning, a Fediverse user wakes up knowing they will find many people eager to socialize and interact, who strive to keep the Internet a place for the free exchange of ideas and opinions, away from the dynamics of closed protocols and Big Tech monetization.
It doesn't matter if you are a server administrator or a Fediverse user, thank you for being here and for contributing every day with your efforts to keep the Internet a free place.
I am just so amazed at how well the @phanpy web client works with #snac. I started self-hosting phanpy last night (it is a pure static web app) and it works seamlessly. Makes me very happy when things go like they're expected. Thank you for this @cheeaun!
I should have also copied @grunfink If you haven't had a chance to check out @phanpy, you should give it a shot. There are some similarities in approach. Clean and minimalistic.
If you're looking to host your very own single-user/a-few-users #fediverse instance, you cannot go wrong with #snac. It is simple to install on Ubuntu and works very well with some really solid clients. It is also written in C, so it is fast, with few dependencies. Great work @grunfink, you've got a new monthly supporter on Ko-fi!
@chema@grunfink Endorse. I haven't installed it yet but as a fellow portable C enthusiast I checked it out and did a test compile. No complaints, looks great, including the man pages.
snac is the reason I joined the Fediverse in the first place. This is the only server software I know that tries to mitigate the addiction mechanisms common to most micro-blogging platforms.
Getting #snac running on this server has been straightforward. I spent longer hesitating on the top-level domain. Took a few minutes to get the systemd service up and running, but that was the most complicated step so far.
If this instance performs well, I expect that I will eventually migrate that account here and wind down that instance. This domain name is more "meaningful" for social media anyway and will let me focus sanfranciscan.org on other projects.
One thing that I am particularly happy about is that this instance is running completely off my tiny little home server. No more VPS necessary! As long as I pay the domain name and my internet connection at home, I am golden.
This is good to hear! I have been itching to move my homeserver from Linux and this current Pleroma fork and this might motivate me to do it one of these days.