schmonz.com 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.
@wasteland_rider Yes I did close the ticket. The #snac instanance is running inside a #FreeBSD #jail and connected to the outside world via a #nginx reverse proxy.
What I have discovered is not 100% perfect, but login, browsing the timeline etc. ist working fine. What is missing actually are the notifications. But for this I want to open an seperate issue since the login issue is closed.
Fixed crash in pronouns processing (contributed by byte).
Added counters in the people page (contributed by byte).
New command-line option refresh, to refresh all follower and following Actor objects, marking them as broken if they are.
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
Regarding the #snac users, I usually call them #snacizens.
(Trying out mobile image uploads with #snac #snac2 and #IceCubes #IceCubesApp)
I’m trying some apps. Ice Cubes is nice, but doesn’t work with #snac and it’s open source, which is a great plus
Tusker is nice and works perfectly with snac, but doesn’t allow to quote post (which is ok, for snac, a bit less for Mastodn)
Toot! Is nice and funny. Worth investigating more.
Mona is clear and seems to be working with #snac too
Ivory looks interesting, but I should consider if I want to pay a monthly fee.
…I’ll have some fun…
But if I switch, I want to keep the cool address like @SOMEONE@uninformation.org and not change to something like @SOMEONE@nano.uninformation.org. Adventurous!
#FediMeteo #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoUpdates #snac #snac2
The #illumosCafe #snac instance has been upgraded to 2.88
#illumosCafeServices #illumosCafeUpdates #illumosCafeAnnouncements
If disable_emojireact is set to true in server.json, EmojiReacts (incoming and outgoing) are totally disabled.
New command-line option top_ten, that returns the top ten most popular posts by a user (ordered by the sum of likes and boosts) (contributed by aov).
Added a new set of per-user muted words; if a post contains any of them, it's hidden behind a dropdown (contributed by byte).
If an account has a metadata named pronouns, it's shown by the name (contributed by violette).
Mastodon API: children of a post are returned recursively, not just the first level (contributed by violette).
Implemented optional metadata stripping for images and videos using external tools (contributed by Stefano Marinelli).
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
So #snac has emoji reacts now! Fun!
Every so often I start thinking about moving over to my snac instance as my main Fedi presence, and I've gotta admit that this makes it a lot more tempting... 🤔
Hide EmojiReacts from muted actors and blocked instances.
Sorry for the inconvenience. Bad people creativity always gets me off-guard. Upgrade your snac to this version ASAP, or revert to 2.85.
There will be another release pretty soon with a better solution to delete offending EmojiReacts.
The #illumosCafe #snac instance has been upgraded to 2.86
#illumosCafeServices #illumosCafeUpdates #illumosCafeAnnouncements
Truncate RSS titles at UTF-8 character boundaries (contributed by lxo).
Link contacts to single-user people pages. Also, user's posts are shown (contributed by lxo).
Added emoji reactions (contributed by violette).
Mastodon API: Fix for some client notifications (contributed by violette), fix for a status visibility error (contributed by fruye).
If the query variable terse of a public post page is set to anything, no header is shown.
Fixed search failures when the query string has any leading blank.
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
following_accounts.csv from your old Mastodon account and import them to your new #snac account. It's documented here:https://comam.es/snac-doc/snac.8.html#Migrating_from_snac_to_Mastodon
Mastodon itself doesn't support formatting, but other fediverse software like #GoToSocial, #snac, and #GlitchSocial do.
Consider migrating to an instance running one of those. :)
You can simply use relay instances to be interconnected with other instances to exchange posts and it works seamless with #Mastodon, #Pleroma, #snac / #snac2 and many other ones! If you're in tech, you might want to use:
https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com
You can simply add it to get a bigger reach but also to get more interesting content into your own timeline which becomes even more important on single user- & smaller instances.
#activitypub #mastodon #fediverse #opensource #bsd #runbsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #debian #proxmox #xcpng #talos #coding #programming #fediwall #relay #fedirelay #acitivitypubrelay #selfhost #homelab #community
grunfink - creator of snac, who made all of this possible using very few resources, on a 4 euro per month VMThank you very much to you, Stefano. Your Fedimeteo service is a greatly valuable public service, and even if it was the only use of #snac out there, I would be fully satisfied.
CC: @openmeteo@fosstodon.org @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services
Exactly one year ago, on 30th December 2024, I laid the foundation of FediMeteo.
I took a VM, installed FreeBSD, and set up the first jail to support Italy. The goal was to create a tool for my own use, support a few countries, and announce it.
Unexpectedly, the enthusiasm was incredible. That pushed me to keep going, support more countries and cities, and turn it into what it is today.
FediMeteo now supports 38 countries and 2,937 cities, with more than 7,700 followers in the Fediverse alone, not counting the many people who follow via RSS feeds or visit the web pages.
If you are curious to read the story and some technical details, you can find it here:
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/
Today is also Tuesday, a #ThankYouTuesday, so I want to say thanks to:
* OpenMeteo - @openmeteo - for providing accurate, high quality data, without which FediMeteo would be far less useful
* @grunfink - creator of snac, who made all of this possible using very few resources, on a 4 euro per month VM
* FreeBSD, which thanks to the efficiency of the OS and its jail implementation made it possible to run this service in a stable and efficient way with minimal effort
* FediFollows - @FediFollows - that periodically spreads the word about cities, countries, and the enthusiasm around the project
*All of you*, who suggested, encouraged, corrected, and celebrated this project
And forward toward supporting more countries and other interesting features already in the works.
Happy birthday, FediMeteo! 🎉
#FediMeteo #HappyBirthday #Meteo #Weather #FreeBSD #snac #snac2 #OpenMeteo #Fediverse
I took a VM, installed FreeBSD, and set up the first jail to support Italy. The goal was to create a tool for my own use, support a few countries, and announce it.
Unexpectedly, the enthusiasm was incredible. That pushed me to keep going, support more countries and cities, and turn it into what it is today.
FediMeteo now supports 38 countries and 2,937 cities, with more than 7,700 followers in the Fediverse alone, not counting the many people who follow via RSS feeds or visit the web pages.
If you are curious to read the story and some technical details, you can find it here:
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/
Today is also Tuesday, a #ThankYouTuesday, so I want to say thanks to:
And forward toward supporting more countries and other interesting features already in the works.
Happy birthday, FediMeteo! 🎉
#FediMeteo #HappyBirthday #Meteo #Weather #FreeBSD #snac #snac2 #OpenMeteo #Fediverse
Two Fediverse clients I like are Elk and Phanpy, but both had the same issue: the inability to filter "replies" and "boosts" from the timeline. For me this is essential. I can't keep up with my timeline, and if I also see replies to posts unrelated to what I follow, it just becomes chaos. So I tried to implement these filters and opened a PR.
The Elk developers have already merged it into the main branch, so we should soon see the two hide options appear in Elk. Hopefully the same will happen in Phanpy as well, because this greatly improves the experience on two excellent Fediverse tools, which are also compatible with snac.
https://github.com/elk-zone/elk/pull/3482