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.

Search results for tag #snac

[?]Justine Smithies [She / Her] » 🌐
@justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

Seriously contemplating migrating to just because I am starting to out grow in terms of size(followers/following). Don't get me wrong Snac is absolutely FANTASTIC and I'd 100% recommend it to anyone starting out their own fedi instance but Littlefedi is a lot snappier for me in terms of account size and it doesn't use near as much disk access as Snac. I haven't 100% made up my mind yet and something or someone may change it but the Littlefedi option is really looking promising.

    [?]Oliver ⚡ » 🌐
    @oliver@microhive.me

    [?]Oliver ⚡ » 🌐
    @oliver@microhive.me

    I've just updated my instance to stable version 2.96 👍 🎉
    You don't know Snac? But you should: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
    A simple, minimalistic and well documented instance server written in C, no database needed, totally JavaScript-free, no cookies either, not much bullshit.
    Lots of bug fixes and quite a few things I don’t fully understand, but which are certainly important and useful.
    "Accounts can be marked as cool" ... ah come on, Snac user are cool people anyway 😉
    Huge thanks to @grunfink@comam.es and all contributers!! 🎉


      [?]Stefano Marinelli » 🌐
      @stefano@mastodon.illumos.cafe

      The instance has been updated to 2.96

        [?]FediMeteo » 🌐
        @admin@fedimeteo.com

        Update: all the instances have been updated to 2.96


          [?]BSD Cafe Announcements » 🌐
          @announcements@mastodon.bsd.cafe

          The instance has been updated to 2.96

            [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
            @grunfink@comam.es

            I've just published version 2.96 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

            Accounts can be marked as cool; anytime a cool account posts something, a notification will be sent.

            Fixed an issue in Direct Messages sent from the people page; these posts didn't explicitly mention the recipient, and that confused some implementations.

            Fixed crash when sending an empty EmojiReact.

            HTTP requests can now be forced to use IPv6 by setting the force_ipv6_requests configuration directive to true in server.json.

            Fixed a socket buffering issue under OpenIndiana (contributed by aleteoryx).

            Mastodon API: Added missing requested_by field in the relationships entrypoint (contributed by Uilebheist), implemented the followers entrypoint (contributed by Uilebheist), use Mastodon's RFC3339 format for markers (contributed by nowster), fixed posts with muted words not being filtered out, fixed editing of media alt texts.

            Tweaked HTML to avoid elinks complaining about a missing '' fragment.

            Fixed a bug that made deleting the notification email address impossible.

            RSS timelines are now cached because fuckers hammer for them continuously (probably AI crap bots).

            Added information to README.md on how to build and install on Illumos / OpenIndiana Hipster 2026.04 (contributed by aleteoryx).

            Updated Russian, Brazilian Portuguese and Czech translations (contributed by koru, daltux, pmjv).

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

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


              [?]Justine Smithies [She / Her] » 🌐
              @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

              So I'm testing and it does seem really good but this one thing keeps praying on my mind. Why would the group of people that make it want to remain anonymous? Is it because if folk found out and linked them to something that happened in the past which they'd rather avoid? Or am I just over thinking this maybe? I do like it but I love too and it is my first love. What's everyone else's thoughts on the secrecy behind LittleFedi and it's overall usability over other software out there like Snac, GTS and Mastodon ?

                [?]andyc » 🌐
                @andyc@yakshaving.social

                @paul@paulwilde.uk Many thanks. That wasn't immediately obviously when you're as lazy and impetuous as myself ! is yet another lovely open source software package for ActivityPub.

                  [?]Justine Smithies » 🌐
                  @justine@social.smithies.me.uk

                  OK So I have #Littlefedi running in a #FreeBSD Bastille jail. I can now toot, DM and follow plus become followed. I do have a couple of issues like I followed a gotosocial account back that followed me and it failed constantly retrying for some reason? Also I tried to follow my #Snac account yet it sits at requested and no notification on snac. I'm sure with @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe help I'll iron these issues out in the coming week?

                    [?]thedæmon (Clay Ayers) [he / him] » 🌐
                    @thedaemon@snac.9front.club

                    Anyone know how to unpin a post on snac? I can't figure it out.

                      [?]gyptazy » 🌐
                      @gyptazy@gyptazy.com

                      @bentsukun@bsd.cafe I’m very happy with “MastoBlaster” from @stefano@bsd.cafe - works on iPhone, iPad and Mac. With my patch for and native push notifications via Apple this became a gamechanger for me

                        [?]Paul Martin » 🌐
                        @nowster@fedi.nowster.me.uk

                        Problems with @pachli@mastodon.social and . Images don't always get fetched in the timeline, and Pachli assumes the format of timeline markers and throws an exception.

                        Pachli debug log, showing it's trying to parse a timeline marker as a date.

                        Alt...Pachli debug log, showing it's trying to parse a timeline marker as a date.

                          [?]lori » 🌐
                          @lori@cambrian.social

                          My poor instance still isn't fetchable from the larger Fediverse. I am stumped.

                            [?]Santiago, né ? :amiga: 👾 » 🌐
                            @santi@gone.lema.org

                            @ploum @stefano I absolutely did for a while too. At some point I switched to Gotosocial because of issues with my iOS clients (likely fixed since then).

                            I do keep a my old #snac instance alive as an archive and update it just as easily as in the past years with that little script that just fetches the source and compiles.

                            A simple bash script that fetches the latest tag and compiles

                            Alt...A simple bash script that fetches the latest tag and compiles

                              [?]ploum » 🌐
                              @ploum@mamot.fr

                              @stefano : is really fascinating.

                              I wonder if minimalist people could use it to completely replace their Mastodon use, in the long term too (maintainance, keeping up with changes in API, etc)

                                [?]Stefano Marinelli » 🌐
                                @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                I like Mastodon, I really do. But it has so, so many dependencies, and updating it on illumos or OpenBSD is getting really difficult, release after release.

                                Some dependencies are primarily distributed as binaries, or only build on Linux and macOS. It's not Mastodon's fault, but it depends on them.

                                That’s why, in my opinion, solutions like snac, GoToSocial, or littleFedi have a reason to exist: all of this is much, much easier...

                                  [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                                  @grunfink@comam.es

                                  Well, I started developing in the Summer of 2022 (with previous experience) and I still find ActivityPub somewhat confusing 😉

                                    [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                                    @grunfink@comam.es

                                    Anyone can post anything to a person's inbox. However, does a lot of checks to see if this post deserves to be here, e.g., if you are explicitly mentioned, if it's from someone you follow, if it's a reply to a conversation between people you follow, if it contains a hashtag you follow, etc. There are many more conditions. If none matches, the message is dropped with a log message similar to "post xxxx not for us".

                                    On the other, whenever a post from someone you follow gets in, snac tries to retrieve (following the inReplyTo fields chain) all the conversation up to the beginning to give you some context in the conversation. It may happen that, if that account you follow deletes their post, the replied post is left in your timeline, for no apparent reason.

                                      [?]Jason Tubnor 🇦🇺 » 🌐
                                      @tubsta@social.bsdlab.au

                                      @decryption @andyb You'd be look at #snac to do that. Check out @stefano snac category on his blog: https://it-notes.dragas.net/categories/snac/

                                        [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :FreeBSD: :OpenBSD: :NetBSD:🍵 :MiraLovesYou: [he/him/my good fellow] » 🌐
                                        @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                                        Sorry, only minimally sorry XD

                                        P.S., Yes #snac is good too. Very excited about #LittleFedi as well. Not so much into *key, *oma, or friendica, but not hating. Just not my thing. Cheers.

                                        #Fediverse #Mastodon #snark

                                        Judgmental Volturi / Smug Vampires meme:

Top caption:
Me and my fedipeeps watching people on the fediverse complain about "Mastodon" stupid limitations/design choices...

Bottom caption:
...from our GoToSocial instance

                                        Alt...Judgmental Volturi / Smug Vampires meme: Top caption: Me and my fedipeeps watching people on the fediverse complain about "Mastodon" stupid limitations/design choices... Bottom caption: ...from our GoToSocial instance

                                          [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                          @max@manmachine.me

                                          4lyfe

                                            [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                                            @grunfink@comam.es

                                            Hi, teajaygrey!

                                            The best way to include links with unusual characters in is to use the Markdown syntax for links, like in East of Eden.

                                            That is, an open square bracket, then the alt text, then the open bracket, then the url, then the close bracket (see snac(5) for more info).

                                              [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                                              @grunfink@comam.es

                                              You're welcome! Enjoy your

                                                [?]gmc » 🌐
                                                @gmc@snac.chasmcity.net

                                                The update of the port of to 2.95 has been merged! And it's even been merged into the current quarterly branch. I guess that's because of the patched DOS vulnerability.

                                                Screenshot of the snac entry on the FreeBSD website, showing it is at verson 2.95.

                                                Alt...Screenshot of the snac entry on the FreeBSD website, showing it is at verson 2.95.

                                                  [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                                                  @grunfink@comam.es

                                                  This thing is a bit or a mess

                                                    benz boosted

                                                    [?]p » 🌐
                                                    @p@hj.9fs.net

                                                    Sometimes people like to say that the 'likes' in the FEDIVERSE don't mean anything. Maybe to some.

                                                    If you have a snac follower, and they like your posts, take a moment to appreciate them.

                                                    @grunfink@comam.es

                                                    mastomindset: click star, star turns yellow, scroll; value of masto favorite: 'seen' | snac: click like, webpage reloads, scrolling progress lost, never see post again; value of snac like: ive been to hell and back for you

                                                    Alt...mastomindset: click star, star turns yellow, scroll; value of masto favorite: 'seen' | snac: click like, webpage reloads, scrolling progress lost, never see post again; value of snac like: ive been to hell and back for you

                                                      [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                                                      @grunfink@comam.es

                                                      it could be possible to hack to run on a machine
                                                      Sadly, no. I wish it was possible, but as far as I know, due to a technical decision I took in the design (using hard links for many things), snac does not work under 9front.

                                                      CC: @jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

                                                        [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                                                        @grunfink@comam.es

                                                        Because it's technically impossible to set up a Fediverse server with absolutely no AI code underneath whatsoever
                                                        Well, that's not totally exact. I'm the main developer of the ActivityPub server (and web client) and I'm actively against any AI or LLM. This is a line in the CONTRIBUTING.md file:
                                                        PRs, diff patches and bug reports must not incorporate any material generated by or with the assistance of any so-called "generative AI" tool or LLM.
                                                        I've never used a so-called AI in my life and will never do.

                                                        If I recall correctly, the Gotosocial Fediverse software also have a very clear position in this topic (i.e. no AI).

                                                        You're very right in the OS positions regarding LLMs, sadly. The nearest to what I approve is NetBSD, but it's not totally clean.

                                                          [?]p » 🌐
                                                          @p@hj.9fs.net

                                                          fam: did you know that you can share direct urls to snac users' posts and hide the bio?

                                                          just append the url with ?terse=true

                                                          behold and compare the results!
                                                          https://hj.9fs.net/p/p/1788520021.138703
                                                          https://hj.9fs.net/p/p/1788520021.138703?terse=true


                                                            [?]Stefano Marinelli » 🌐
                                                            @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                            Friendly periodic reminder that snac is a great, great piece of software.

                                                            I've upgraded in minutes, recompiling snac *inside each jail*.

                                                            The Fediverse, as the Fediverse should be.

                                                            codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

                                                              [?]Oliver ⚡ » 🌐
                                                              @oliver@microhive.me

                                                              I've just updated my instance to stable version 2.95 👍 🎉
                                                              You don't know Snac? But you should: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
                                                              A simple, minimalistic and well documented instance server written in C, no database needed, totally JavaScript-free, no cookies either, not much bullshit.
                                                              Loads of bug fixes and stuff I don’t understand, but which are surely important and useful.
                                                              Huge thanks to @grunfink@comam.es and all contributers!! 🎉


                                                                [?]FediMeteo » 🌐
                                                                @admin@fedimeteo.com

                                                                Update: All the FediMeteo instances have been upgraded to snac 2.95


                                                                  [?]Stefano Marinelli » 🌐
                                                                  @stefano@mastodon.illumos.cafe

                                                                  The instance has been upgraded to 2.95

                                                                    [?]BSD Cafe Announcements » 🌐
                                                                    @announcements@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                    The instance has been upgraded to 2.95

                                                                      [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                                                                      @grunfink@comam.es

                                                                      I've just published version 2.95 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. This is an important release, as it fixes an issue that can lead to denial of service attacks, so please update as soon as possible. It also includes the following changes:

                                                                      Fixed a bug in the notification page that made snac hang forever while trying to read abnormally big files.

                                                                      Improved support for text-only web browsers: it's now possible to configure a set of web browser user-agent strings that will receive simpler HTML in the private timeline web UI. Basically, it consists in avoiding details / summary HTML tags as much as possible.

                                                                      Added some fixes to media proxy code.

                                                                      Fixed EmojiReact code to allow any emoticon defined in emojis.json, not only those with colon-wrapped identifiers.

                                                                      Fixed a bug in notification filtering (paging was sometimes incorrect).

                                                                      Added a notification filter for Webmentions.

                                                                      Mastodon API: Don't return reactions count as string (contributed by mkljczk), implemented GET /v1/media (contributed by clairemont).

                                                                      Fixed bug in documentation examples (contributed by Sprite_tm).

                                                                      Updated Ukrainian and Russian translations (contributed by wincentbalin and koru).

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

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


                                                                        [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                                                                        @grunfink@comam.es

                                                                        Hi everyone. Yesterday, many instances had a failure in the notifications area: accessing it was impossible. I have not much information about what the problem is, but it seems it's related to a specially crafted post that makes snac hang. If this is happening to you, and you have access to snac's disk storage, you can delete manually the files inside the notify directory of your user (they are a bunch of .json files).

                                                                        Whenever I finally understand what is making snac fail, I'll publish a version that mitigates this.

                                                                        Sorry for the inconvenience.

                                                                          [?]Justine Smithies [She / Her] » 🌐
                                                                          @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

                                                                          Found the issue with freezing on notifications as this time there were only 3 when it happened. One of them is a spam message containing 100's of users on various servers coming from an actors url https://cum.salon/users/pernia
                                                                          So I'm hoping that blocking that will help in future ?

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