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  It's cheaper and easier than you think to create your own @peertube@framapiaf.org server 🙂 🌱 If you're non-techy you can use managed hosting through https://fedihost.co or https://cloud68.co 🪴 If you're slightly techy you can install PeerTube through @yunohost@toot.aquilenet.fr at https://apps.yunohost.org/app/peertube 🌳 If you're very techy you can use the manual installation instructions at https://docs.joinpeertube.org #PeerTube #SelfHosting #Fediverse

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  There's a new very lightweight Fediverse platform that's just been released called littleFedi. You can follow its new official account at: 🌱 @littlefedi_official@littleone.littlefedi.social Its official website including download and source code is at: 🌱 https://littlefedi.org LittleFedi is for techy people who want to create their own Fediverse server using as few resources as possible. It's written by a group called "Little Computer People", its maintainer is @stefa...

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  Facebook/Meta are now demanding a monthly fee from owners of Facebook Pages to post links to outside sites: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-pages-get-charged-for-link-posts/830743 The monthly fee Meta are demanding for posting links on Facebook Pages is quite astonishing: US$50 per month for 8 links US$150 per month for 20 links US$500 per month for unlimited links This is many times more than the cost of running your own website, cloud and social media server all put together...

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  A lot of websites use the Open Graph protocol to set an image for their preview links, but less widely used is the alt text option for these preview images. You can add alt text to your site's preview image by including this in its headers alongside the other OG stuff: For example, if I link to https://fedi.tips in this post you will see a preview appear below and hovering over it shows its alt text.

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  "Self-hosting OSes" are special operating systems like YunoHost, FreedomBox and LibreServer which are designed to make it easier to host your own services either on a VPS, or a computer in your own home or office. They include graphical interfaces that let you install or remove services without having to go through a command line. Does anyone know of any other distros (Linux or otherwise) designed specifically to make self-hosting much easier like this? #AskFedi #SelfHosting

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  In the light of recent events, I've been trying to work out if country-specific top level domain names (ccTLDs) are controlled by the US government, but it is frustratingly opaque. All domains including ccTLDs are controlled by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), a US organisation which is controlled by a US corporation called Public Technical Identifiers (PTI). PTI is "an affiliate" of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN). 🧵 Thread page 1...

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  If you're wanting to self-host a password manager you might want to check out Vaultwarden. It's a free open source alternative to 1Password, Bitwarden etc. It is compatible with Bitwarden clients but is a totally separate project. More info at: 🌱 https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden It's available to self-host through @yunohost@toot.aquilenet.fr at https://apps.yunohost.org/app/vaultwarden or by installing manually using the instructions at https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaul...

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  The technical cost per user (excluding moderation) of a Fediverse server is determined by how large your server is. A single person's microblogging server typically costs about 5 euros per user per month through managed hosting, but a server with dozens of people on it typically costs about 0.5 euros per user (and it gets even cheaper per user beyond that). Getting together with a few other people can make it cheaper for all of you. #FediAdmin #Fediverse

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  Self-hosting people! Do you have suggestions for directories of self-hostable free open source software? So far I've got the Awesome list at https://awesome-selfhosted.net but wondered if there are any others you would recommend? #SelfHosting #FOSS #AskFedi

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  Do you have recommendations for good reliable domain name providers? (Bonus points if they are user-friendly for non-technical people) Post in the replies if you do 🙂 #DomainNames #SelfHosting #AskFedi

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  I've overhauled the Grow Your Own Services website, so it provides more info on different options for running your own online services: 🌱 https://growyourown.services I hope the site is clearer than it was before 🙂 All kinds of feedback welcome! #SelfHosting

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  If you're running a Mastodon server of any size, you might want to follow the official Mastodon Engineering account: ➡️ @MastodonEngineering@mastodon.social The account is run by the Mastodon developers, and provides news about important software updates. #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

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  AdminForge is a German-language website all about self-hosting free open online services: 🌱 https://adminforge.de (in German) You can follow them at: 🌱 @adminforge@kanoa.de (in German) They also provide a number of libre online services for people who don't want to self-host them. #SelfHosting #CommunityHosting #Deutsch

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  I know LLMs are interesting as toys, but they are fundamentally problematic: - Even if you self-host an LLM, its model is created unethically elsewhere so it's not really independent or ethical. - LLM creation is extremely resource-intensive, which is burning the planet and destroying communities. - Hardware prices are being driven so high that ordinary people cannot afford to buy computers. - LLMs are designed to deskill people and make them dependent on corporate models. #LLM #AI

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  Karrot is a free open source self-hostable platform for organising grassroots community activism. You can find out more at: 🌱 https://codeberg.org/karrot You can follow the project at: 🌱 @karrot@fosstodon.org If you don't want to self-host, there's a public server at: 🌱 https://karrot.world #SelfHosting #Activism #Grassroots #CommunityHosting #FOSS

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  Flohmarkt is a free open platform for small ads and selling things ("Flohmarkt" is the German for flea market). It's part of the Fediverse so the small ads can federate to other servers, and people can interact with Flohmarkt from Mastodon etc accounts. If you want to post or browse adverts there is a server list: 🌱 https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/wiki/flohmarkt-instances There is techy info on their Codeberg page: 🌱 https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt You can fo...

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  The easy way to take control of your email and avoid enshittification: 1. Create your own domain name 2. Find a good email provider 3. Use your domain name to create custom email addresses on that email provider 4. If the email provider enshittifies, you can move to a different provider without changing any of your email addresses (If you're unsure about how to create domain names, I've done a non-technical beginner's guide to them at https://growyourown.services/a-beginners-guide-...

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  CryptPad is a free open source collaborative online office suite with the emphasis on privacy and "zero knowledge" encryption. You can find out more at: 🌱 https://cryptpad.org You can follow the project at: 🌱 @CryptPad@social.xwiki.com CryptPad can be self-hosted online, installation instructions are at: 🌱 https://docs.cryptpad.org/en/admin_guide/installation.html It can also be self-hosted locally, instructions for local hosting are at: 🌱 https://docs.cryptpad.org/en/dev_guide...

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  Are you into 3D printing, self-hosting and the Fediverse? If so you might want to look into Manyfold, a FOSS Fediverse platform which lets you upload and share 3D print models: 🌱 https://manyfold.app You can follow the official accounts at: 🌱 @manyfold@3dp.chat (main) 🌱 @manyfold@makertube.net (videos) You can host your own Manyfold server using the instructions at https://manyfold.app/get-started/installation (be warned though, installation does require a bit of tech skill). #3DPrinting #...

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  "Homelabs" are where people set up and run their own physical servers at home. It's the most difficult way to self-host services, but also gives you total control over the server. If you've got a homelab or are interested, you can follow one (or both) of the homelab discussion groups: 🌱 !@homelab@fedigroups.social (in English) 🌱 !@homelab_de@fedigroups.social (in German) After you follow, the group's posts will start showing up in your timeline. You can post to a group...

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  If you're running a public Mastodon server, it is really important to set aside running costs for three months. Leave this money in a separate account if possible, and do not touch it for as long as your server is running. This three month set-aside means you can guarantee your members three months warning if you ever decide to close the server, which is plenty of time to move accounts. This gives your server credibility both with existing members and potential new members. #MastoAdmin

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  p.s. For anyone not familiar with Nextcloud, it's this really useful and easy to use free open source platform that lets you run your own cloud services totally under your ownership and control. It lets you replace things like Google Drive etc and has lots of add-ons to give it more services. Many businesses and public bodies use it when they're trying to de-Google or de-Microsoft, but it's also fine for individuals too. I did a beginner's guide about it a while ago at: https:/...

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  If you want to set up several different online services but can't afford different domain names for them all, you can just use subdomains of one domain instead. They are limitless and cost nothing extra. e.g. You could have a Mastodon server at social.example.com, a PeerTube server at video.example.com, a Nextcloud server at cloud.example.com etc. Each subdomain can use totally different software and be on totally different hosting providers. #SelfHosting

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  Mastodon server admins have a variety of different options for communicating with their members: - Server announcements and emails reaching all your server's members - Non-urgent server news just for those who want to follow such updates - Official warnings sent to specific members who have broken a server rule - Non-moderation DMs sent to specific members All of these options are covered in the "Communicating with your members" guide: 🌱 https://fedi.tips/how-mastodo...

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  Do you want to create your own Wiki? You might want to try some of these options: (All of these are free and open source) 🌱 @mediawiki - The software used by Wikipedia 🌱 @TiddlyWiki - Personal wiki stored in a single HTML file 🌱 @FeatherWiki - Lightweight software for making wikis, notebooks, databases in a single file 🌱 @bookstack - Easy-to-use simple wiki & documentation software 🌱 @xwikiorg - Wiki software aimed at businesses, libre alternative to Confluence #SelfHosting #Wiki...

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  YunoHost is a special Linux distro that makes self-hosting much, much easier. Once you've manually installed YunoHost (either on a computer at home or on a VPS remotely) it gives you a graphical interface where you can self-host lots of online services by clicking icons etc. More info at: 🌱 https://yunohost.org Here are all the things you can self-host via YunoHost: 🌱 https://apps.yunohost.org/catalog You can follow their account at: 🌱 @yunohost (in English & French) #Self...

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  If people are running a Mastodon server jointly as an organisation or group, the "Roles" system is really useful as it lets you assign customised powers to different people. This makes it much easier to delegate tasks in running your server. More info at: 🌱 https://fedi.tips/how-can-organisations-or-groups-run-a-mastodon-server The "Roles" feature can also be used to assign special badges to members, for example a "Supporter" badge for peop...

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  Funkwhale is a free open music and audio platform for the Fediverse, which has just been updated to version 2.0. Find out more at: 🌱 https://www.funkwhale.audio Their account is: 🌱 @funkwhale If you want to host your own Funkwhale server without doing any techy stuff, there are managed hosting providers at https://cloud68.co/managed-hosting/funkwhale and https://weingaertner-it.de/index.php/produkt/funkwhale/?lang=en You can also self-host manually using the instructions at https://docs.fu...

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  It's a really good idea to have a public list of at least some basic rules for your Fediverse server, even if it's a single-user server. Public rules are often used by other server admins when deciding whether to federate with your server (especially if they use allowlists), and public rules are a sign of a responsibly run server. More info about including rules on single user servers: 🌱 https://fedi.tips/should-i-publish-some-server-rules-if-im-running-a-single-person-fedivers...

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  Do you want to run your own Minecraft server but hate Microsoft? You might want to try the free open source alternative Luanti (formerly known as Minetest): 🌱 https://www.luanti.org It has many different game modes, thousands of mods, online multiplayer support, a scripting language to create your own game modes and mods, and a FOSS community supporting the software. You can follow the official account at: 🌱 @Luanti@floss.social #SelfHosting #Luanti #FOSS #Minecraft #Alternatives