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2025-10-26 21:51:50

deutrino@mstdn.io

please list and/or tell me about every ActivityPub software which is excellent for running a single-user instance!

boosts desired!

2025-10-26 22:29:35

maybeanerd

maybeanerd@bumscode.com

@deutrino @hollo seems great! Tried hosting it, worked very well. Didn't stick with it since I'm already hosting a multi user service, though.

2025-10-26 22:55:18

fedicat

fedicat@pc.cafe

@deutrino #Snac #Mitra

2025-10-26 23:02:01

Light

light@noc.social

@deutrino There's also #Honk: https://humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk

2025-10-27 00:52:35

MadaMada

madamada@snac.void.my

Snac

2025-10-27 02:01:01

OCTADE

octade@soc.octade.net

'snac2' works great for me ...

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

... although I wish all the CSS elements could be named with custom top-level HTML tags instead of CSS classes. Classes are harder to style independently and some of the classes can't even be reached in the DOM for re-positioning.

PROS:

- efficient, lean, and fast
- low memory footprint
- simple and hackable
- the dev actually reads feedback and suggestions
- uses an order of magnitude less storage space than other activitypub servers

CONS:

- the CSS model for the generated pages
- doesn't clean up attachments after deleting posts

2025-10-27 18:04:16

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@deutrino

Forte

Advantages:

written in PHP, runs on a LAMP stack
uses much fewer system resources than Mastodon while being magnitudes more powerful
comes with a git-based update script
result of over 15 years of development (traces back to Friendica from 2010)
developed by a retired professional developer with almost half a century of experience who has made more Fediverse server apps than anyone else and even more decentralised protocols than anyone else
does not cache everyone's images and media
Facebook-like; not a microblogging system
highly configurable Web UI
your login/account is not your identity; you can have as many fully independent channels/identities (each corresponding to one full-blown Mastodon account) on the same login/account and switch between them without logging out
nomadic identity; if you run another server (or you find a public server, and Forte doesn't have any), you can clone your channel between multiple servers and make it resilient against server outage
over 24 million characters
full set of text formatting, using BBcode, Markdown and HTML
supports both titles and summaries (Mastodon understands summaries as CWs)
embed as many images as you want within the post (as in text, image, more text, another image, even more text etc., like a blog post)
can double as a long-form blog
can optionally send multiple-paragraph posts as Article-type objects
the most advanced permissions system in the whole Fediverse
full support for threaded conversations; see entire conversations by default instead of single-message piecemeal like on Mastodon; supports FEP-171b Conversation Containers
supports groups; built-in group functionality including moderated groups and private groups as well as hiding groups (and other channels) from directories
has at least one support group on (streams)
built-in cloud file storage which is also used for embedded images; ties into the permissions system; WebDAV connectivity
built-in federating event calendar
built-in headless CalDAV calendar server
built-in headless CardDAV addressbook server
highly modular, comes with lots of add-ons called "apps"

Disadvantages:

steep learning curve, especially if all you're used to are Twitter and Mastodon (this looks, feels and handles absolutely nothing like Mastodon, so you'll have to relearn everything from the ground up and learn tons of stuff on top)
does not cosy up to Mastodon at all, makes few to no concessions for more compatibility with Mastodon
will need configuration before you can really get started
doesn't post in public by default; configuration needed if you want to always post in public
poor documentation
doesn't work with any phone app out there; progressive Web app with the Web interface is the best you can do on a phone

Advantage or disadvantage, decide for yourself:

implements ActivityPub by the book (whereas other Fediverse server applications "implement Mastodon" rather than implementing ActivityPub)

(streams)

How it compares to Forte:

direct precursor of Forte which is forked from it
from the same developer
officially and intentionally nameless and brandless ("streams" is the name of the code repository)
has at least two public, open-registration servers, but they're hard to find
uses the same support group
based on its own protocol, Nomad, which has even better support for nomadic identity; ActivityPub is optional and on by default on new channels
cannot clone from or to Forte

Hubzilla

How it compares to (streams):

older than Mastodon (forked from a Friendica fork in 2011, development started in 2012, became Hubzilla in 2015, still 10 months before Mastodon)
created by the same developer, now maintained by two other devs
server lists readily available on FediDB and Fediverse Observer (in case you want to try it first or clone to a public server)
even steeper learning curve
ActivityPub is off by default for new channels, must be activated in order for Hubzilla to federate with most of the rest of the Fediverse
can optionally federate with diaspora* as well
can subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds
requires another bit more of configuration before you can get started
way better documentation written by a user
one public and multiple private profiles per channel, can be assigned to certain contacts
over 16.7 million characters
text formatting only with BBcode
cannot send Article-type objects, always sends Note-type objects
the second-most advanced permissions system in the Fediverse (a bit more complicated and less adapted to today's Fediverse; also, not quite as detailed reply control)
even more configurable UI
CalDAV calendar can use the event calender UI
optional non-federating long-form articles
optional non-federating wikis (as in multiple wikis per channel with multiple pages per wiki)
optional non-federating "planning cards"
optional non-federating webpages

Here you can find lists with detailed comparisons between Mastodon, Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte