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I remembered @stefano@bsd.cafe wrote a really nice short article on how he did with nginx.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/01/29/improving-snac-performance-with-nginx-proxy-cache/

Definitely an improvement! Even more convenient to set up with #guix deploy.

Predictably the resource utilization is dramatically different than Mastodon.

At times there have been over a half million message objects in my snac profile directory. Snac has always handled it like a champ.

#snac ... Snac's Not A Crappie.

Snac2 software sources: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

I come out to see that the marvelous @lisamelton@mastodon.social gave it a boost! Thank you Lisa!

Then I went to check on my VPS and it is showing:

load average: 0.07, 0.05, 0.05

New #snac instance survived a Lisa boost. Yay! (Lisa Melton Boost Certified)

#fediverse

I also took the chance to update #snac and, again, no surprises. Great piece of software.

Do I know anyone running #snac on #openbsd?

#snac #snacadmin

#ThisIsTheWay
#Bobadmin

https://comam.es/snac/grunfink/p/1774256733.794770

Wrote a few fuzzing harnesses during my latest vacation to squash some bugs in #snac, a super cool ActivityPub instance.
@grunfink was really nice and quick to fix these bugs; I will contribute more in the future!

Thanks to oxzi, matoken, Louis Merlin, dandelions, Bruno Cesar Rocha and any other contributors I may have missed as well!

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.91 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/31777

GitHub Continuous Integration checks are running, hopefully they will complete without issues?

Regardless, it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it!

#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces

Fixed some local posts not being shown if the replied post is deleted.

Fixed web UI incorrect links to public posts for some configurations.

Fixed encoding bug in Mastodon-style share links.

Fixed an error that made imposible to leave empty the following hashtags or blocked hashtags from the web UI.

Include post attachments in the RSS feed entries.

Added some OpenBSD-specific documentation (contributed by oxzi).

Fixed some timezones (contributed by matoken).

Fixed some crashes (special thanks to Louis Merlin for helping me with this).

Updated Docker scripts to avoid generating a useless log file.

Fixed several memory leaks, key generation errors and HTML inconsistencies (contributed by dandelions).

Added ostatus.org and FEP-3b86 data to Webfinger objects.

Added a new CONTRIBUTING.md file. Among other guidelines, I explicitly say there that AI contributions are NOT accepted.

snac is now available as a Yunohost app. Thank you very much to Bruno Cesar Rocha for this.

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.

#snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse

@Paulatics I heard lots of stories about servers with bad moderators, both ones that ignore abuse complaints and ones where the mods were abusive, so I decided to run my own.

Had #snac (fediverse software) been around when I started, I’d already be on it - it’s super simple to set up. I’ll move to snac from Akkoma some time soon.

Check this line from the upcoming release notes:

"Added a new CONTRIBUTING.md file. Among other guidelines, I explicitly say there that AI contributions are NOT accepted."

In its entirety:

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/src/branch/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

Ever have those moments where you feel as if the kids may be alright?

@grunfink@comam.es continues to deliver!

#snac

CC: @ruben@friendship.quest

"If you want to be in the Fediverse without relying on big intances, or if you just want to own your #data & #identity on the network, running your own instance is the way to go.
That is where Mastodon alternatives such as GoToSocial & #snac comes in.
snac (Social Networks Are Crap) is a minimalistic, lightweight #ActivityPub instance…perfect for single user instances or small communities, and it's so light that even a #RaspberryPi can handle it without breaking a sweat."
https://rochacbruno.com/deploy-your-own-fediverse-instance-with-snac.html

FediMeteo: How a Tiny €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service for Thousands

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/

#Fediverse #FreeBSD #RunBSD #Hosting #ITNotes #Networking #NoteHUB #Server #Snac #Snac2 #Social #Web

Feel free to take a look.

https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/snacwer/

Source code:
https://codeberg.org/fidiben/SnacWer

CC: @adolfoneto@bertha.social @eltonfc@bertha.social

PRs must not incorporate any material generated by or with the assistance of any so-called "generative AI" tool or LLM.

no AI (or IA) in #snac

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/commit/304f790f90e078026387414d51b7044dcca5d4be

Given #snac's low bar requirements, I think any modern web browser is fine. I use Firefox, but totally agree on the heavy side (I have an unresolved love+hate relation with Firefox). I don't recommend any Chrome-based solution, because Google (though snac works great there).

I wish a small web browser (even a text-mode one!) with support for summary / details existed. In fact, if I ever develop another web app (a case that is probably not going to happen), I would not rely on this functionality.

CC: @gumnos@bsd.cafe

edit: the lack of image uploads was my fault, nginx is now more generous to me