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.
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 '#top' 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).
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
@paul@paulwilde.uk Many thanks. That wasn't immediately obviously when you're as lazy and impetuous as myself ! #snac is yet another lovely open source software package for ActivityPub.
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?
@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.
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...
#Fediverse #snac #GoToSocial #littleFedi #OwnYourData #Mastodon
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.
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.
The best way to include links with unusual characters in #snac 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).
p » 🌐
@p@hj.9fs.net
If you have a snac follower, and they like your posts, take a moment to appreciate them.
Because it's technically impossible to set up a Fediverse server with absolutely no AI code underneath whatsoeverWell, that's not totally exact. I'm the main developer of the #snac 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
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
Friendly periodic reminder that snac is a great, great piece of software.
I've upgraded #FediMeteo in minutes, recompiling snac *inside each jail*.
The Fediverse, as the Fediverse should be.
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).
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
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.
https://cum.salon/users/pernia