A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.
Rules:
Be civil.
No spam.
Posts are to be related to self-hosting.
Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or readme if you're providing a link.
Submission headline should match the article title.
No trolling.
Promotion posts require active participation, with an account that is at least 30 days old. F/LOSS without a paywall has exceptions, with requirements. See the rules link for details. Tags [CBH] or [AIP] are required, see the links in Rule 8 for details.
AI-related discussions and AI-involved promotional posts have additional requirements for tagging, as noted in Rule 7 and the AI & Promotional Post Expanded Rules post, and find example disclosures here.
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Any issues on the community? Report it using the report flag.
Questions? DM the mods!
Torum is a self-hosted, Tor-native discussion forum modeled after Hacker News. It runs entirely as a Tor hidden service, accessible only through the Tor network via a .onion address. All data is stored locally in an SQLite database, and the entire application is managed through a single interactive shell script. Designed for operators who want to run a private or semi-private community forum with no reliance on clearnet infrastructure, third-party services, or cloud hosting.
Yes, sorry haven't been here in awhile sorry.
This project was created with AI assistance.
[Me] Design - architecture, system design
[Ai] Implementation - production code
[Me] Testing - I've been testing live for a few weeks on various platforms for reliability and performance Bug hunting / feature tweaks.
[Ai - proofread and adjusted for accuracy by Me] Documentation - Docs, comments, README, change logs.
No worries, its a new rule following a slew of posts from brand new users promo'ing fully generated projects (and a pretty hefty community response as a result)
Thanks!
@curbstickle@anarchist.nexus
The OP's disclosure doesn't meet the requirements you laid out for proper disclosure. At this early stage I would suggest removing posts that only partially meet the criteria, otherwise you will spend a lot of time handholding posters. Or, if low quality disclosures are allowed, then it dilutes the effect of the rules immensely. I know you want to be patient with people, but proper enforcement now will pay off in the long run!
Unfortunately I was replying from my phone and didn't notice. And yes, definitely trying to be patient given its a new rule and not exactly the easiest.
The up side is these are the sort of things that come up that make it easier to identify the holes - particularly the lack of examples. I'll clear that up later today after I'm done with work.