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.
A reasonable ActivityPub / ActivityStreams API to schedule something to be posted in the future might be — to HTTP POST something to an account's outbox with the `published` field set to a date-time in the future.
#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #DeSo #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
What is the standard method of specifying primary language of a post in #ActivityPub?
Mastodon and Hollo add contentMap.[languageCode]
to object. But Pleroma and Misskey don't.
And what if there are multiple keys in contentMap
?
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/27956
3/3 of GitHub Continuous Integration checks completed successfully!
Thanks to you (and gnemmi, pmjv, daltux, inz, Popolon, sn4il, mistivia, zen, Menel, uhuru, anzu, violette, and rozenglass; hopefully I didn't miss anyone?) for the continued improvements!
As with previous PRs I have submitted, I am abstaining from commit access until I have less chaos in my life to be able to take on more responsibilities, so it's up to someone else to merge it.
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces
Added Spanish (default, Argentina and Uruguay) translation (contributed by gnemmi).
Added Czech translation (contributed by pmjv).
Added Brazilian Portuguese translation (contributed by daltux).
Added Finnish translation (contributed by inz).
Added French translation (contributed by Popolon).
Added Russian translation (contributed by sn4il).
Added Chinese translation (contributed by mistivia).
Added German translation (contributed by zen and Menel).
Added Greek translation (contributed by uhuru).
Added Italian translation (contributed by anzu).
Mastodon API: added support for /api/v1/custom_emojis (contributed by violette).
Improved Undo+Follow logic (contributed by rozenglass).
Reverted (temporarily) the Markdown code that converted text between underscores to italics, because it was causing more problems that what it was worth.
Fixed bug in bookmark CSV import.
Don't indent Twitter-like "threads" (i.e. chains of short posts from the same author that are self-replies).
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
You, people, are GREAT. Thank you very much.
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/27816
3 out of 3 GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed already! (I guess whatever was slowing down that third one got resolved somehow?)
Thanks to you and inz for the continued improvements!
It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces
Added support for customizing and translating the web UI language via simple .po
files. For more information on how to install language files or create new ones, please see snac(8)
(the administrator manual).
New user support for blocking hashtags from the web UI.
The Content-Security-Policy
HTTP header is now always sent to disable any JavaScript, instead of just being suggested in the documentation.
Image attachments in SVG format are now disabled by default; you can enable them back by setting the enable_svg
value to true
in server.json
.
Several fixes (contributed by inz).
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/27628
1 of 3 GitHub Continuous Integration checks has passed (which is a good sign the other two will pass as well).
I'm still avoiding commit access, so it's up to someone else to merge it.
Thanks to you, inz, lxo and anyone else I may have missed for the continued iterated improvements!
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces #FediVerse
Each post can have more than one attachment from the web UI. The maximum number can be configured in server.json
via the max_attachments
value (default: 4).
Each notification includes a link labelled Context
, that leads to a page with the full conversation tree the post is a part of.
Each followed hashtag has now a directly accesible link.
Fixed a search bug (some matches were missed).
Fixed more crashes (contributed by inz).
Fixed link detection in posts (contributed by inz).
Allow multiple editors for command-line posts (contributed by inz).
Separated maximum and default timeline entry count, allowing larger timelines to be requested without having to increase the default (contributed by lxo).
Turned message date into a link to the local post, so that it can be loaded into a separate tab for interacting with (contributed by lxo).
Special thanks to fellow developer inz for bringing my attention to code places where I should have been more careful.
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
This release has been inspired by the song Songe d'un ange by #KyrieKristmanson and #BrendanPerry.
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/27571
GitHub Continuous Integration checks are running, hopefully without issues? If so, then it will be up to someone else with commit access to merge it.
Thanks for your (and inz's) continued improvements to snac!
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces #snacizens
Fixed memory leak (contributed by inz).
Fixed crash.
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
All those seeds I planted over the years are sprouting 🌱
FediDB.org, Fediverse.info and PubKit.net are going to play a huge part in our roadmap for 2025!
We're so proud of our progress, and being able to give back to our fediverse community 🌻
Loops mobile app source code:
https://github.com/joinloops/loops-app
The rest will be pushed shortly, just preparing a new TestFlight build ✨
Notifications are now shown in a more compact way (i.e. all reactions are shown just above your post, instead of repeating the post ad nauseam for every reaction).
New command-line option unmute
to, well, no-longer-mute an actor.
The private timeline now includes an approximate mark between new posts and "already seen" ones.
Fixed a spurious 404 error in the instance root URL for some configurations.
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
This release has been inspired by the song The Answers to the Questions by #Christabell and #DavidLynch.
#HowTo install & run #snac on #FreeBSD - run your own #ActivityPub instance in the #Fediverse!
In the last days I often got asked about #snac / #snac2 as an alternative to #Mastodon and I can highly recommend it! I few months ago, I already wrote a HowTo about setting snac up on a FreeBSD instance - might be worth to share again :) if you’re using snac, you might also want to use my relay service at https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com to make your posts more visible in the Fediworld.
#opensource #fediverse #fediworld #alternatives #community #FreeBSD #RUNBSD #BoxyBSD #activitypub #mastodon #relay #community #federated
https://gyptazy.com/install-snac2-on-freebsd-an-activitypub-instance-for-the-fediverse/
New: Fediverse Report #101
This week's news:
- @pixelfed continues to grow, adding 100k active users in a week. The platform now has grown from 20k active users a month ago to almost 300k active accounts currently
- The Pixelfed Kickstarter smashed its goals, raising over 100k CAD in funding
- Tumblr recommits to connecting to the #fediverse in the future, using the WordPress #ActivityPub plugin
Just a few days ago, I lunched my new relay service for the #Fediverse and I'm really happy to see that there're already many ones connected to - more than 50 instances in just a few days!
But what makes me even really happy is to see, that my service [2] also gets linked in the release notes of #snac [1] / #snac2 - and I can recommend the usage of relay services (it doesn't matter which one!) to everyone. It provides more content from connected instances to you, but also brings your posts - from your local instance - up to other ones within the federated network where it can get much easier distributed around other instances.
#snac is the perfect way to host an own fediverse instance. Using the #ActivityPub protocol allows you to connect to all other instances. With the integrated #Mastodon API, you can also use most of your usual clients or web clients. Snac is light, fast, does not require any database and follows the KISS way - which the most of us BSD people are living. With relay services, it's the perfect match for singe-user instances and @grunfink is always open for ideas and to help! It does not always need to be #Mastodon, #GoToSocial etc!
And if you're using any other software, you may still benefit by using relay services. And if you're still looking for a guide, howto setup snac2 on #FreeBSD, my howto [3] might help you out.
[1]: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
[2]: https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com
[3]: https://gyptazy.com/install-snac2-on-freebsd-an-activitypub-instance-for-the-fediverse/
#community #opensource #development #coding #c #clang #homelab #hosting #BSD #RUNBSD #Howto
Added support for subscribing to LitePub (Pleroma-style) Fediverse Relays like e.g. https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com to improve federation. See snac(8)
(the Administrator Manual) for more information on how to use this feature.
Added support for following hashtags. This is only useful if your instance is subscribed to relays (see above).
Added support for a Mastodon-like /authorize_interaction
webpoint entry, that allows following, liking and boosting from another account's Mastodon public web interface. To be able to use it, you must reconfigure your https proxy to redirect /authorize_interaction
to snac (see snac(8)
).
Some fixes to accept Event
objects properly (like those coming from implementations like https://gancio.org/ or https://mobilizon.fr).
Added some caching for local Actor
objects.
Hashtags that are not explicitly linked in a post's content are shown below it.
Fixed broken NetBSD build (missing dependency in Makefile.NetBSD).
The user profile can now include longitude and latitude data for your current location.
Mastodon API: implemented limit= on notification fetches (contributed by nowster), implemented faster min_id handling (contributed by nowster), obey the quiet public visibility set for posts, other timeline improvements (contributed by nowster).
Reduced RSA key size for new users from 4096 to 2048. This will be friendlier to smaller machines, and everybody else out there is using 2048.
If the SNAC_BASEDIR
environment variable is defined and set to the base directory of your installation, you don't have to include the base directory in the command line.
Fixed a bug in the generation of the top page (contributed by an-im-dugud).
Added support for Markdown headers and underlining (contributed by an-im-dugud).
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
This release has been inspired by the song Nine Hundred Miles by #BarbaraDane.
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 100 (!)
This week's news:
- massive growth for @pixelfed, growing from 20k active users last month to almost 200k active users currently.
- @nodebb has officially launched their #activitypub integration
- Meta will not commit or confirm a timeline for adding account migration to #threads
Thank you to everyone for reading and supporting 100 editions of Last Week in Fediverse!
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-100/
Labeler - a self hostable, MRF inspired labeler service for ActivityPub
Create, or subscribe to 3rd party labeler servers you or your friends manage, and take advantage of a rich filter schema to define rules and actions to apply to incoming activities.
Loops will be the first service to support this new Pixelfed labs project ✨
I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.68 here:
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/27332
GitHub Continuous Integration checks are running (two out of three completed successfully, which is a good sign, here's hoping the last one has no issues as well).
As usual, it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces
Fixed regression in link verification code (contributed by nowster).
Added ipv6 support for the https frontend connection (contributed by hb9hnt).
New "Like by URL" operation (contributed by dheadshot).
Added support for a Mastodon-like /share
link sharing URL, like the one provided by sites like https://mastodonshare.com/ and such. To be able to use it, you must reconfigure your https proxy to redirect /share
to snac (see snac(8)
).
New linux landlock (sandboxing) support for enhanced security (contributed by shtrophic). It's still a bit experimental, so you have to enable it explicitly by recompiling with the WITH_LINUX_SANDBOX directive (e.g. make CFLAGS=-DWITH_LINUX_SANDBOX
).
Some search fixes regarding repeated matches.
The export_csv
cmdline operation now exports the CSV files inside a user's export/
subdirectory instead of the current directory.
All CSV files to be imported must now be stored inside a user's import/
subdirectory instead of the current directory.
Mastodon API: more timeline paging tunings (contributed by nowster), post language selected in apps is properly set.
The command-line operation note
new reads the LANG
environment variable to set the post's language.
A new command-line operation, note_unlisted
, allows posting "unlisted" or "quiet public" posts.
The maximum number of entries in users' RSS feeds and in outboxes can now be set via the max_public_entries
variable in the server.json
file.
Fixed broken support for Audio
objects.
Made xmpp and mailto URLs clickable.
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
This release has been inspired by the painting Judith Slaying Holofernes by #ArtemisiaGentileschi.
"FediMeteo brings real-time weather updates to the Fediverse, covering cities across Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (with more regions coming soon!).
Using the power of #ActivityPub and the simplicity of #snac, FediMeteo posts accurate forecasts and updates directly to your favorite social platform. "
I've heard back from 4 different fediverse platforms that are interested in collaborating with Loops, and still waiting on a few others!
I'm organizing a client API spec for Loops with @vidzy so we can leverage our vibrant ecosystem to allow users to pick the best client and backend, regardless of project ✨
Pretty amazing what's possible with #activityPub and collaboration, eh 🚀
My new laravel-activitypub library is really coming along, and I will be using it for Loops and eventually Pixelfed.
It leverages a lot of Laravel magic to handle many aspects of federation, you simply have to map a few models and attributes in the config file, and it will work with new and existing laravel projects!
Just imagine adding ActivityPub support to your app, while only writing less than 10 lines of code.
It's Magic ✨
1) composer require dansup/laravel-activitypub
2) edit config/activitypub.php
3) your laravel app now has ActivityPub support, and all you did was map some activities to your existing data ;)
Available soon. https://github.com/dansup/laravel-activitypub
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/27188
Two of three GitHub Actions Continuous Integration checks passed, which is a good sign; hopefully the others will pass without issues.
As usual, it's up to others with commit access to merge it!
Thanks again for your and others' continued improvements to snac! Specifically I noticed shout outs to nowster and Shamar in the RELEASE_NOTES.md and I seem to recall watching the discourse about the PID locking suggested and discussed rather collaboratively too!
(My apologies for the delay. The Makefile was slightly modified, which in turn broke the $files/Makefile.patch applied by MacPorts so I needed to rework that which took me a bit longer than usual given other work obligations I have had today.
Though not a concern for upstream, for MacPorts users I also noticed the following warning when running % port test:
"Warning: violation by /opt/local/man
Warning: snac violates the layout of the ports-filesystems!
Warning: Please fix or indicate this misbehavior (if it is intended), it will be an error in future releases!"
Though, it appears as if the man pages are where I think they should be for MacPorts? I have never seen that Warning before, so my guess is something about MacPorts intended prescriptive behavior has been changed but I am not exactly certain what the expected behavior is supposed to be now? I will look into it further, but hopefully it isn't a concern for users at the moment; just thought I would mention it for the sake of being thorough!
However, it's entirely possible I messed something up too; so if others with greater wisdom than I see that Warning and know what to do to correct it, or if they encounter any other issues with MacPorts' snac, others are more than welcome to submit Pull Requests with improvements! Or feel free to open up an issue on MacPorts Trac instance at https://trac.macports.org and I'll look into it.)
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither#NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces
The search box also accepts post URLs; the post is requested and, if it's found, can be interacted with (liked, boosted, replied to, etc.).
IP addresses for failed logins are tracked and throttled to mitigate brute force attacks (see snac(8)
for more information).
Fixed a bug regarding repeated attachments when editing a post.
Mastodon API: Improved timeline pagination in some clients (details: an HTTP Link
header has been added), fixed missing audio attachments, fixed an incorrect value for the bot
field in newly created accounts, fixed a crash, implemented markers (contributed by nowster).
When running in server mode, the pidfile is locked to avoid concurrent running of the same server instance.
Added documentation and some tweaks to enable static compilation with musl (contributed by Shamar).
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
In the northern half we'll celebrate #SolInvictus by listening to the song One Perfect Sunrise by #Orbital.
Don't get me wrong, I love Mastodon and everything it's done for the fediverse
That being said, I don't want Loops to become the only short form video platform, or the only well known one
I'm working with @stux on his own short vid platform called #GoldFish and PeerTube to enable seamless interop
We're stronger and better together
There is no reason NOT to work with "competitors" because when you have the right mindset and goals:
You build for the people, and listen wisely.
Loops + NLnet
We are thrilled to announce that @nlnet and @loops have signed a MoU for a grant funded through the NGI0 Core Fund!
I reached out to @snowcatridge10 and Vidzy regarding establishing a shared API schema with Loops
Imagine Vidzy users being able to use the Loops app on Vidzy backend/server.
Wouldn't that be dope?
Just another #activityPub only aspect, where people are the priority and profits aren't in our lexicon.
💅
Hey @cwebber, love everything you're doing and wonder if it's possible to collaborate and showcase the amazing power of Spritely when integrated into a platform like Loops.
https://community.spritely.institute/t/pixelfed-loops/623
Pixelfed and Loops are standing on the shoulders of giants like you, and we'd love nothing more than to help evolve the fediverse together with you ❤️
Big Tech gatekeepers want you to think bootstrapping a video platform is impossible.
Reality check: With edge computing & client-side transcoding, any dev can build a TikTok alternative at a fraction of the cost.
Don't let Web2 giants gatekeep creator innovation and monetization.
Time to disrupt short-form video. Join the open creator revolution 🚀
"The (Loops) app looks very smooth!
But…
What is your biz model?"
Loops is not constrained by VC or for-profit biz models, it aims to be an open source and federated short video platform.
I may make a Loops server with creator monetization, but that's separate from the official project
This is what makes #activityPub and the fediverse so magical
People are in disbelief that I would work so hard for free!
When you really believe in something, you make it happen, and good things will follow 🚀
Btw, Loops isn't the only short video fediverse platform!
You should checkout https://vidzy.codeberg.page, another exciting project that has a lot of potential.
The magic of the fediverse is choice, so why not embrace it?
https://loops.video will federate before Christmas, starting with the first 100 users next week ✨
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/27028/
2 out of 3 of GitHub Actions Continuous Integration checks have passed (and the third is running and hopefully will as well).
As in the past, I don't have commit access, so it's up to someone else to merge it.
Thank you for the continued improvements and bug fixes!
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither#NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces
As many users have asked for it, there is now an option to make the number of followed and following accounts public (still disabled by default). These are only the numbers; the lists themselves are never published.
Some fixes to blocked instances code (posts from them were sometimes shown).
Fixed non-appearing buttons Approve
and Discard
if the account requesting a follow were being followed.
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
This release has been inspired by the songs All Is Lost by #KatieGarfield and All Is Not Lost by #TonyAnderson.
Fediverse developers: Want to update your https://FediDB.org listing, or add a logo?
Introducing the communityDB - a human curated software repository that is used to update our Software index.
https://github.com/fedidb/communityDB
Spread the word ✨
Is it somewhat concerning that the current Twitter owner also owns a Rocket company and can monopolize interplanetary communications?
ActivityPub needs cross planet support long term, and satellites so we don't need to rely on adversarial competitors
How can a single person manage so many users without moderation issues?
You make history with new platforms and privacy features like Comment Controls.
You develop an industry standard for spam detection, that remains unchallenged in other open fedi projects.
You limit onboarding/growth to focus on improving safety/privacy.
You encourage people to join alternatives.
But most of all: you listen.
We are building for you, never forget that ✨
I believe that Starter Kits need explicit Opt-In inclusion.
There are too many examples of well intentioned services like these that end up getting abused
I've reached out to a few other #activityPub projects, and Lemmy for example stated that Communities are their primary use case for this, so I will be adding support for Community Starter Kits eventually!
Notice, these aren't Pixelfed or Loops Starter Kits, something this impactful belongs to the whole fediverse!
Kits = Better, Safer, Open
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26783
GitHub Actions Continuous Integration checks are currently running (two are queued. Hopefully those will go smoothly, but I know at least one of them in particular seems to take an awfully long time recently).
Thanks again to you and other snac contributors for continuing to improve what continues to be my favorite ActivityPub implementation!
Oh, also since this PR was merged: https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26633 It appears as if snac is now building correctly on older versions of OS X that were throwing up errors in under "Port Health" from https://ports.macports.org/port/snac/details/ I do have older Mac systems, but wasn't testing on much older OS versions, so I kind of turned a blind eye to the errors that IIRC were showing up on OS X High Sierra back through Lion? Those seem to be working now too! (Though again, I haven't tested such systems personally and won't dig through my storage unit to exhume old hardware of mine to do so for the foreseeable short term future).
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded #NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces
Added a new user option to disable automatic follow confirmations (follow requests must be manually approved from the people page).
The search box also searches for accounts (via webfinger).
New command-line action import_list
, to import a Mastodon list in CSV format (so that Mastodon Follow Packs can be directly used).
New command-line action import_block_list
, to import a Mastodon list of accounts to be blocked in CSV format.
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26709
2 out of 3 of the GitHub Actions Continuous Integration checks passed so far, which is a good sign.
I don't have commit access, so it's up to someone else to merge it.
As in the past, thank you and to other snac contributors for the continued improvements!
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded #NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces
Some tweaks for better integration with https://bsky.brid.gy (the BlueSky bridge by brid.gy).
A corner case bug in the media proxying code has been fixed.
Hashtags can now include underscores.
The server now creates a pidfile inside the data directory.
Mastodon API: fixed a crash in the notification code, fixed autocapitalization in the OAuth login field (contributed by fkooman).
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
This release has been inspired by the song Take Me To The River by #Kaleida.
I never considered how people may want to search and explore Starter Kits, so I am working on that now, and hope to collaborate with:
https://communitywiki.org/trunk
https://fedi.directory
https://fediverse.info/explore/people
It would be amazing to have a resource like this to find people with shared interests, across not only existing Starter Kits but also human curated resources like the above!
(I do maintain fediverse.info, so we have 1/3 onboard so far)
@hongminhee yeah he is pretty iconic
but so are you, you one of my heroes for all the amazing work you are doing for #activityPub and your projects.
Keep slaying dude 😎