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littleFedi - a new light-weight fediverse server (littlefedi.org)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by yuman@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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didn't see it mentioned here, so a brief YSK.

stefano marinelli is working on #littleFedi, a self-hosted, single-binary activitypub/fediverse peer that hosts a mastodon-like instance with, in my mind, three killer features.

one, the thing can run on your premises completely, no need for paying for a VPS, domain name, nothing, bypasses NAT/CGNAT, encrypted comms to other instances by way of lighthouses that do the initial intros.

dos, the thing runs on something as light as a Pi zero 2W, with a miniscule memory footprint and immense CPU optimizations due to running on the weakest hardware there is (also running off SD storage).

finally, a blog-like view of your long-format tweets/toots/posts, naturally with replies appearing as comments.

original post introing the thing: https://littleone.littlefedi.social/@stefano/4252ae6f-b949-42f8-a021-fd2b698f8b37

no code available atm (coming soon) same goes for binaries. the first instance is at https://littleone.littlefedi.social/ if you want an invite code to check things out (the settings page's got a lot of cool stuff), hit up stefano.

I am beyond stoked, this clears the two biggest hurdles for selfhosting your shit - the VPS/domain expense and hassle, and the hardware requirements for running it.

edit: missed that the website is up, explaining everything way better: https://littlefedi.org/

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[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Does the UI work without JS? This is my biggest issue with most fediverse apps

[–] keiko@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago

The demo site seems to work without javascripts, and the main site's "Why this exists" lists "an interface that works with JavaScript switched off" as one of the reasons.

[–] myszka@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's bad about JS? Genuinely asking

[–] Lemmynated@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Security vulnerabilities

[–] myszka@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why do people keep using... 🤔 Honestly, even besides the security aspect I've always wondered why use such an inefficient language

[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 4 points 16 hours ago

Because website masters like security issues. It lets them fingerprint and sell your history to advertises