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

[?]Marcel Stritzelberger » 🌐
@marzlberger@neander.social

@wasteland_rider Yes I did close the ticket. The instanance is running inside a and connected to the outside world via a 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.

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

    I've just published version 2.89 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

    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.

    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! Well, I'm not sure. I always call them posts, as I cannot find a cool name. Someone suggested a snort.

      Regarding the users, I usually call them .

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

        I'm running a fediverse instance which supports markdown. You can also use markdown on some Mastodon instances if they have the glitch-soc version.

        https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/

          [?]Stefano Marinelli » 🌐
          @stefano@fedihome.stefanomarinelli.it

          No, that's - and I love the possibility to post in Markdown.
          Unfortunately, official Mastodon doesn't support it (yet) and I'd avoid using some forks (like glitch), at least for now.

            [?]SnackR » 🌐
            @snackr@nano.uninformation.org

            I spent last Saturday in Saarbrücken. In the Sunshine.

            (Trying out mobile image uploads with and )

            A wall with the painted text "CLIQUE - ULTRAS" in bold blue lettering is displayed above three garage doors, two of which are brown and one is unmarked. The background features trees and residential buildings.

            Alt...A wall with the painted text "CLIQUE - ULTRAS" in bold blue lettering is displayed above three garage doors, two of which are brown and one is unmarked. The background features trees and residential buildings.

              [?]Marcel Stritzelberger » 🌐
              @marzlberger@neander.social

              @stefano The latest version of IceCubes got connected to on my phone. Have you tried it recently?

                [?]Laurent Cimon » 🌐
                @clf@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                @stefano do you have some recommendations of apps that work well with on Android? I'm experiencing crashes with Moshidon.

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

                  I’m trying some apps. Ice Cubes is nice, but doesn’t work with 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 too

                  Ivory looks interesting, but I should consider if I want to pay a monthly fee.

                  …I’ll have some fun…

                    [?]SnackR » 🌐
                    @snackr@nano.uninformation.org

                    I may come to the conclusion that for a one person (and his blog stuff) presence you do not need a full meal like , but a is enough!

                    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!

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

                      How odd, I see that account's pronouns without hassle, just like the rest. Are you sure you are using the latest ?

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

                        All the FediMeteo instances have been upgraded to snac 2.88


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

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

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

                          I've just published version 2.88 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

                          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).

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

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


                            [?]SnackR » 🌐
                            @snackr@nano.uninformation.org

                            I will need to get some CSS (download or create it myself) for my user pages that isn't a total mess. Everthing you need for _doing the fedithing_ is there in #snac2, but with tiny hardly recognizable links and tiny form fields. #snac

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

                              Bugger was reading someone's post not sure who as it happened too quickly and accidentally hit delete when scrolling. If it was you I'm sorry. 😕

                                [?]PurpleJillybeans :PrideDisk: » 🌐
                                @PurpleJillybeans@kind.social

                                So 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... 🤔

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

                                  The instance has been upgraded to 2.87

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

                                    The instance has been upgraded to 2.87

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

                                      Hi, everyone. I've just published version 2.87 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It only includes a single change, to avoid using EmojiReacts to harass users:

                                      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.

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


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

                                        All the instances have been upgraded to 2.86


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

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

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

                                          I've just published version 2.86 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. Once again, most of the work has been done by fellow developers because they are the best. It includes the following changes:

                                          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.

                                          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

                                            The migration from Mastodon process has several steps. If you've already done the move to get your followers, you must download your following_accounts.csv from your old Mastodon account and import them to your new account. It's documented here:

                                            https://comam.es/snac-doc/snac.8.html#Migrating_from_snac_to_Mastodon

                                              [?]patricus » 🌐
                                              @patricus@snac.posix.live

                                              how to import my following to ? I got my followers but I don't have who I followed

                                                [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: » 🌐
                                                @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                                                @riverpunk

                                                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. :)

                                                • real
                                                • markdown
                                                • support
                                                • is
                                                • fun

                                                  [?]Marcel Stritzelberger » 🌐
                                                  @marzlberger@neander.social

                                                  Oh yeah, I just discovered that @grunfink is working fine now with @IceCubesApp

                                                  Wonderful!

                                                    [?]Alexandre Oliva » 🌐
                                                    @lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br

                                                    test5678901234567890123456789012345678901234☁☁☁

                                                    testing a fix for a rss bug

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

                                                      Running your own Fediverse instance and want to become more visible?

                                                      You can simply use relay instances to be interconnected with other instances to exchange posts and it works seamless with , , / 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.


                                                      Activity Pub / Fediverse Relay

                                                      Alt...Activity Pub / Fediverse Relay

                                                        [?]Alexandre Oliva » 🌐
                                                        @lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br

                                                        @grunfink@comam.es here are some improvements to the displaying of messages in people/actor pages in :
                                                        • use timeline_simple_list to see all timeline messages, not only initial posts, and saturate show at max_timeline_entries to avoid silently skipping posts
                                                        • also show posts boosted by the actor, and user's posts with actor's likes and emojireacts, i.e., anything that user may have seen in private timeline or notifications

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

                                                          grunfink - creator of snac, who made all of this possible using very few resources, on a 4 euro per month VM
                                                          Thank you very much to you, Stefano. Your Fedimeteo service is a greatly valuable public service, and even if it was the only use of out there, I would be fully satisfied.

                                                          CC: @openmeteo@fosstodon.org @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services

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

                                                            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:
                                                            it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26

                                                            Today is also Tuesday, a , 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 » 🌐
                                                              @admin@fedimeteo.com

                                                              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 , so I want to say thanks to:

                                                              • OpenMeteo - @openmeteo@fosstodon.org - for providing accurate, high quality data, without which FediMeteo would be far less useful
                                                              • @grunfink@comam.es - 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
                                                              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! 🎉


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

                                                                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.

                                                                github.com/elk-zone/elk/pull/3

                                                                github.com/cheeaun/phanpy/pull

                                                                  [?]Alexandre Oliva » 🌐
                                                                  @lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br

                                                                  @grunfink@comam.es here's a patch for that extends the recently-added per-actor "People" page to display some of that actor's latest posts as well. the skip and show iteration parameters refer to the user's private timeline, and those ranges are then filtered to show only the actor's posts. I've added a "More (x 10)" button to make searching faster, in case the actor's posts are too sparse.

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