#Snac

The Real GrunfinkHi, <a href="https://comam.es/snac?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> author here. Apart from Tusky (already mentioned by Stefano), there are other Android apps that work acceptably with snac, like Fedilab, AndStatus, Pachli (previous versions used to hammer the server, but it seems that the latest version no longer does) and tooot (though, if I recall correctly, it's no longer maintained). CC: <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/stefano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@stefano@bsd.cafe</a>

gyptazyUpdating Mastodon: 20 minutes Updating snac2: 2 minutes<a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/snac2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activitypub</a>

Stefano MarinelliFor today's <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ThankYouTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThankYouTuesday</a>, I'd like to thank everyone who supports the Fediverse. So, that means *you*. Yes, you, the one reading this. Thank you!The Fediverse truly is for everyone: if you don't have the skills or means to set up your own instance, you can join one of the public instances that aligns with your aspirations. If you can and want to, you can create your own instance, and thanks to lightweight (and interoperable) software, you can do it with spare hardware or very affordable VPS. So thank you to all of you, friends of the Fediverse!<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/GoToSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoToSocial</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Wordpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wordpress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Mitra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mitra</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Akkoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Akkoma</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Pleroma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pleroma</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Honk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Honk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Peertube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Peertube</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pixelfed</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/TooManyToEnumerateHere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TooManyToEnumerateHere</a>

BSD Cafe AnnouncementsThe <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BSDCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BSDCafe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> instance has been upgraded to 2.80<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BSDCafeServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BSDCafeServices</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BSDCafeUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BSDCafeUpdates</a>

The Real GrunfinkI've just published version version 2.80 of <a href="https://comam.es/snac?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a>, the simple, minimalistic <a href="https://comam.es/snac?t=activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> instance server written in C. It only includes one bugfix; if you use the Mastodon API, you may be interested in upgrading: Mastodon API: fixed a regression (introduced in previous version in the "boosts disappear in Tusky" fix) that interrupted timelines. <a href="https://comam.es/what-is-snac" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://comam.es/what-is-snac</a> If you find <a href="https://comam.es/snac?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> useful, please consider <a href="https://ko-fi.com/grunfink" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">buying grunfink a coffee</a> or contributing via <a href="https://liberapay.com/grunfink/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">LiberaPay</a>. <a href="https://comam.es/snac?t=snacannounces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snacAnnounces</a> <a href="https://comam.es/snac?t=frugalfediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrugalFediverse</a>

The Real GrunfinkHi. I have an ipv6 only <a href="https://comam.es/snac?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> instance, and it's able to access your host with no hassle.

samAlright I've got myself a 1GB RAM VPS for $12 for the year (a 4x increase over the Pi 😆). It's in London and everything for super low latency! I managed to get <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=alpinelinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alpinelinux</a> installed through some hackery and migrate my blog and <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> instance to it. One slightly weird thing I had is that inbound <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=ipv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ipv6</a> traffic on both SSH and HTTPS was returning a "connection reset by peer" for a while. It seems to be working now, but if some IPv6 folks can check <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://cablespaghetti.dev</a> loads properly over v6 for them now, it would put my mind at rest.

samIn unsurprising <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> on a <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raspberrypi</a> news. I am increasingly fed up of having to restart it when it crashes due to running out of memory. It happens quite often when I post and sometimes when I don’t. I think this is due to having more content on disk than when I first set it up. I may have to move it to slightly more powerful hardware for my own sanity…

Elena Rossini ⁂Hello Fedi friends!My child and I arrived in Italy yesterday to spend all of July at my parents' 🇮🇹 What's the first thing I did this morning? Following <a href="https://it.fedimeteo.com/milano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@milano</a> to have weather forecasts here in my feed.Special thanks to <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@stefano</a> for creating this incredible project. For those of you not familiar with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediMeteo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediMeteo</a>, it covers 2893 cities in 38 countries. All powered by a 4€/month VPS with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freeBSD</a>: <a href="https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/</a>Grazie Stefano! 🙏✨🏆

psI have long planned to write a utility for synchronizing <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/snac" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Snac</a> profiles with the <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/nex" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nex</a> blog, and I recently published its initial release: <a href="https://codeberg.org/postscriptum/snac2nex" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/postscriptum/snac2nex</a>Additionally, I want to create a local copy of media data so that it can be accessed without going out into the HTTP space.<a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/snac2nex" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac2nex</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/rust" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rust</a>

Oliver⚡I've just updated my <a href="https://microhive.social?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Snac</a> instance to version 2.79 👍 🎉 You don't know Snac? But you should: <a href="https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2</a> A simple, minimalistic and well documented <a href="https://microhive.social?t=activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> instance server written in C, no database needed, totally JavaScript-free, no cookies either, not much bullshit. <a href="https://microhive.social?t=snac2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac2</a> <a href="https://microhive.social?t=fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a>

FediMeteoAll the FediMeteo instances have been upgraded to snac 2.79 <a href="https://fedimeteo.com/fedi?t=fedimeteo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediMeteo</a> <a href="https://fedimeteo.com/fedi?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> <a href="https://fedimeteo.com/fedi?t=fedimeteoupdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediMeteoUpdates</a>

The Real GrunfinkI've just published version 2.79 of <a href="https://comam.es/snac?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a>, the simple, minimalistic <a href="https://comam.es/snac?t=activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> instance server written in C. It includes the following changes: Added a server-wide Webmention hook; this way, if somebody out there (that supports Webmention) links to a user or post in this instance, a notification is sent (this is the complementary of what was implemented in version 2.76). Fixed regression while sending email via pipe on OpenBSD. Fixed Markdown parsing when the URL has parenthesis. Always show the 'pending follow confirmations' section if there are any (even if the toggle is off). If a metadata value is an account handler, it's also tried to be validated (rel="me" links). Another search by URL tweak (this time for Pixelfed links). Mastodon API: fixed a bug that made some boosts disappear after being shown in apps like Tusky, added followed hashtags maintenance, other minor changes. Renamed command-line actions <code>create_list</code> to <code>list_create</code> and <code>delete_list</code> to <code>list_remove</code>. The default favicon URL can be changed from the server configuration. New command-line option <code>export_posts</code>, to export all posts by a user in a JSON format compatible with the one generated by Mastodon. The command-line options to send notes also allow an optional <code>-r</code> argument, to set the URL of a Fediverse post this note is a reply to. <a href="https://comam.es/what-is-snac" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://comam.es/what-is-snac</a> If you find <a href="https://comam.es/snac?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> useful, please consider <a href="https://ko-fi.com/grunfink" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">buying grunfink a coffee</a> or contributing via <a href="https://liberapay.com/grunfink/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">LiberaPay</a>. <a href="https://comam.es/snac?t=snacannounces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snacAnnounces</a> <a href="https://comam.es/snac?t=frugalfediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrugalFediverse</a>

samThanks to whoever figured out that my <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> server configuration with Lighttpd opened me up to filling up the in-memory root partition and crashing the machine by POSTing a large file. Free pen testing is always appreciated. 😆

samIn snac on an ancient Raspberry Pi news, I switched from XFS to Btrfs and my memory pressure issues are now a thing of the past. As a bonus I can use snapshots for backups instead of taring up the many small files that snac generates (it has no traditional database). I tried tuning various parameters but after some reading came to the conclusion that lots of small files with very little RAM is about the worst case scenario for XFS. <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=btrfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#btrfs</a>

Paul Martin<a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/users/an0key" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@an0key@chaos.social</a> @an0key@an0key.uk I find Tusky is the most reliable for <a href="https://fedi.nowster.me.uk/fedi?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> on Android. All the others either fail subtly (or not so subtly) or silently stress the server.

samIn an unsurprising development, my 256MB Raspberry Pi hosted <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> server decided to get OOMKilled this morning just before I boarded a steam train in Wales. I quickly restarted the service from the platform but then it got killed again and I didn’t notice until this evening. I have now rebooted the server, maybe that will help until I get home from my camping trip with my kids. For those who don’t care about my latest ADHD obsession, don’t worry I’m sure I’ll move on to a different one soon, and here’s a steam train…

Rav Sha'ulWho runs a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snac2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac2</a> server I can join? I'm strongly interested in trying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a>

samTime for another blog post, about hosting a fediverse instance on my ancient Raspberry Pi. Obviously I had to share it on the fediverse. <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-fediverse-instance-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-fediverse-instance-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html</a> <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=snac2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac2</a> <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=alpinelinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alpinelinux</a> <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raspberrypi</a>

samWell that's interesting. <a href="https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi?t=snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snac</a> tells me in the notifications tab when people block me. I don't think there's a way to find out in Mastodon if you've been blocked. I just got blocked by someone who seems to post regularly but has 0 followers and 0 following over on defcon.social. How strange!

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