microhive.social is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
I have long planned to write a utility for synchronizing #Snac profiles with the #Nex blog, and I recently published its initial release:
https://codeberg.org/postscriptum/snac2nex
Additionally, I want to create a local copy of media data so that it can be accessed without going out into the HTTP space.
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 create_list
to list_create
and delete_list
to list_remove
.
The default favicon URL can be changed from the server configuration.
New command-line option export_posts
, 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 -r
argument, to set the URL of a Fediverse post this note is a reply to.
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
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.
https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-fediverse-instance-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html
server.json
named favicon_url
, that will allow to set the default favicon. For now, you can configure your HTTP frontend to serve $YOUR_HOST/favicon.ico to whatever icon you want.|sort|uniq -c
337 https://furry.engineer/inbox (403 Forbidden) [<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en-US"><head><title>Just a moment#cloudflare #Snac2 #snac #federation
91 https://gimmeloli.cc/inbox (403 Forbidden) [<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en-US"><head><title>Just a moment
169 https://pawb.fun/inbox (403 Forbidden) [<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en-US"><head><title>Just a moment
116 https://pixelfed.social/f/inbox (403 Forbidden) [<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en-US"><head><title>Just a moment
#snac #snac2 (never know which tag to use here :) ) #landlock #linux #kernel #security #selfhosting
Hashtag following also allow URLs to RSS feeds of ActivityPub objects (like e.g. https://mastodon.social/tags/ThankYouTuesday).
Users can now configure a webhook to receive an HTTP POST for every notification. This can be useful for implementing bots that react to activities, like autorepliers, chatbots or interactive textual games (see snac(1)
for more information).
The number of pending follow confirmations is shown next to the "people" link.
Faster performance metrics (contributed by dandelions).
Improved lowercasing in hashtags (contributed by postscriptum).
A search-by-url tweak for implementations that return 200 for invalid webfinger queries (e.g. piefed).
Mastodon API: added follow confirmation endpoints, fixed collisions in attachment file names.
Fixed potential crashes in attachment uploads.
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
Does anyone have a screenshot of Gargron's first Mastodon post?I don't have such a gem, but I have here the first #snac post. Yes, I know the relevancy is astronomically inferior, but not for me 😆
Is there a way to reply or like a post if it is not in my snac timeline?
Like I am looking at the post anonymously on someone elses
fedi server.
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The last #snac release fixes a problem with the Mastodon API. Now, apps (or webapps like Phanpy) properly work as the "inifite scrolling" has been fixed.Thanks, Stefano. To be fair, the merit for this fix goes to @cheeaun@mastodon.social (Phanpy's author), who brought to my attention where the problem was.
The last #snac release fixes a problem with the Mastodon API. Now, apps (or webapps like Phanpy) properly work as the "inifite scrolling" has been fixed.
Thanks, @grunfink - this was one thing that kept some of my friends away from self-hosting with snac, and now I can help them to have their own digital home.
Yes, I use my relay account to follow multible Hashtags from
https://relay.fedi.buzz/
And it follows
https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com
Then it follows some https://a.gup.pe/ groups. But I don't know if that one works for me to see it at my real account.
But the fedi.buzz hashtags work very good and the gytazy relay generates a lot of content for me to follow with Hashtags too. Feels like on a big instance.
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code is specially crafted to parse the JSON files in use in the ActivityPub protocol, which are a) mostly small, and b) they have very few numbers, so the string to double conversion happens almost never.Regarding the enum numbers: they are surely arbitrary, but the rationale there is that they are all ASCII control codes (so: less than 32) that should never happen in a JSON file (and, if they occasionally appear, they are converted to their Unicode representations). The correspondence is:
XS_TYPE_STRING 0x02 ASCII: STX (start of text)So, yes, they are arbitrary, but make some fucking sense, or at least a little bit.
XS_TYPE_TRUE 0x06 ASCII: ACK (acknowledge)
XS_TYPE_FALSE 0x15 ASCII: NAK (negative ack.)
XS_TYPE_LIST 0x1d ASCII: GS (group separator)
XS_TYPE_LITEM 0x1f US (unit separator)
XS_TYPE_DICT 0x1c ASCII: FS (file separator)
https://comam.es/snac-doc/snac.1.html#Implementing_post_bots
Added Webmention support for links (Markdown-style or direct) written in a post.
Added new command-line options for list maintenance.
Display custom emoji in more places (contributed by dandelions).
Mastodon API: fixed infinite scroll in many clients (thanks to cheeaun for giving me the clue), added /api/v1/accounts/.../lists
endpoint (contributed by dandelions).
Email notifications can now be sent via libcurl
SMTP instead of spawning the /usr/sbin/sendmail
program. To use this new feature, some additional server configuration is needed, see snac(8)
(contributed by shtrophic).
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
I don't know how many web sites out there implement Webmention (I guess very few), but given that it has been very simple to implement, here it is.
Long live the non-big-tech Internet.
As Stefano says, "you can't describe passion", but you can feel it from his words.
Big thanks to Stefano Marinelli (@stefano@bsd.cafe),
our dedicated admin keeping BSD.cafe running smoothly.
Stefano is always such a positive presence, and his work
is the foundation of our feedverse home.
And a huge shoutout to The Real Grunfink (@grunfink@comam.es),
creator of the excellent #snac #ActivityPub server.
Snac truly embodies the KISS and minimalist principles – simple,
efficient, and powerful software that makes the Fediverse better.
These two contribute significantly to our online space.
If you value their efforts and the spirit of their work,
consider supporting them financially.
Every bit helps keep these vital parts of the decentralized web thriving.
Thank you, Stefano and Grunfink!
I'll fix it, thanks for reporting.
I've heard that an app called Mona works acceptably, but I have no idea. I also heard that an iOs app named tooot works; this one also has an Android version, I did some shallow tests with it and it seems to work.
Personally, on my mobile phone, I use #snac's web UI from Android Firefox, and it works perfectly (in fact, for me, if something has an acceptable WWW suport, I install no mobile app, but I'm somewhat of an unfrozen caveman).
/etc/hosts
(or even /etc/passwd
) in a #snac post and let the verb be spread to the world.Not so in other platforms:
https://scalewithlee.substack.com/p/when-etchsts-breaks-your-substack
Have a nice #snac experience!
Added support for scheduled posts (for this to work correctly, users will have to set their time zone, see below).
The user can now select a working time zone. This will be used to correctly parse the local date and time of a scheduled post.
Fixed incorrect poll vote format, which was causing problems in platforms like GotoSocial.
Mastodon API: added support for /api/v1/instance/peers
.
Added a new snac-admin
helper script (contributed by shtrophic).
In the web UI, posts are separated by the <hr hidden>
tag; it's invisible in graphical browsers, but it separates post clearly in text-based browsers.
Some Finnish, Spanish, Czech and Russian translation updates and fixes.
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
This release has been inspired by the song Pictures on the Wall by #MichelleGurevich.