@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.

@grunfink@comam.es what does it mean when mentions don't turn into links? (Maybe tags still work... #Snac #Snac2 )

@grunfink

Is it possible to have my snac instance use TOR to federate *and* to have it available over clearweb at the same time?

Would this mean that my instance pulls data from other instances using TOR, but other instances would only use the clearweb to pull data from me, so they could be blocked at the national level?

#snac #snac2

snac(8) states that

Emoji values can also be URLs to image files; in this case, they will not be substituted in the post content, but added to the 'tag' array as an ActivityPub standard 'Emoji' object (it's recommendable that the Emoji key be enclosed in colons for maximum compatibility with other ActivityPub implementations, like e.g. :happydoggo:). These images can be served from an external source or from the static directory of the instance admin.

{
    ...
    "nixos": "nixos-logo.png",
}

#snac

@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.

Alt...

A simple bash script that fetches the latest tag 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

@stefano : #snac 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)

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.

• Created about 71000 files
• Which take up about 76MB of storage space
• And it's using 37MB of RAM

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).

I do host my own single user #snac server and want to keep it that way. I do have more than one account, but since I am by myself - my local timeline is useless. If I only could have geographically close messages in there!

This feature belongs into #ActivityPub and not in one implementation of it!

Also pinging @grunfink@comam.es - maybe you're insterested

I now also have a favicon (goodbye Susie ) and I overhauled my config Fun! #selfHosting #customEmoji

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

#snac @grunfink@comam.es #fediverse

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

it could be possible to hack #snac to run on a #9front machine

CC: @jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

Well, now I think about it, it could be possible to hack #snac to run on a #9front machine.

@jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

Because it's technically impossible to set up a Fediverse server with absolutely no AI code underneath whatsoever

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.

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.

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

#fediverse #snac2

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.

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

#snac #snac2 #Fediverse #OwnYourData

$ w3m -dump snac.matoken.org | tail -1
about this site - powered by snac/2.95

Thanks as always Mr. @grunfink@comam.es

#ThisIsTheWay

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 #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.

#snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

https://qum.cz/snac_achievements/

#snac2 #fediverse @grunfink@comam.es

Alt...

get snacpilled achievement

@grunfink @nina_kali_nina FediMeteo does, thanks to #snac!

Does your home page work in Dillo, Links, Netsurf?

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

#CrazyFediverseAnalogies

Have a look at #GotoSocial, or #snac or even #LittleFedi - all perfectly hostable even from Raspberry Pis. And if you are only interested in hosting one to a handful accounts you won't miss anything from Mastodon. Although GotoSocial can also hosts 1000s of users (the other two mentioned, less so)

I kept fat-thumbing when trying to open content warning'd/hidden posts on me phone...but I realised I can just edit the style.css to add a bigger margin. I should probably check out some of the proper stylesheets people have made (but there is something very rad about the default theme)

1190668445d9   snac           0.00%     2.559MiB / 64MiB    4.00%     75.5kB / 926kB    1.22MB / 373kB    6
7ca4518a00b0   searxng        0.07%     134.5MiB / 512MiB   26.27%    344MB / 277MB     1.77GB / 1.48GB   19
e84c6039e233   slopscore      0.01%     23.44MiB / 64MiB    36.63%    24.6MB / 3.22MB   203MB / 38.4MB    422
a2d7f76f5542   acme.sh        0.18%     7.637MiB / 32MiB    23.86%    0B / 0B           291MB / 174MB     12
9205d9d3a6f2   beszel-agent   0.02%     9.711MiB / 32MiB    30.35%    0B / 0B           95.7MB / 2.36MB   8
e99b7a7d6b93   redis          0.50%     2.441MiB / 64MiB    3.81%     195kB / 128kB     31.5MB / 3.3MB    5
9ce903f4ca01   echoip         0.00%     7.777MiB / 32MiB    24.30%    1.52MB / 30.8MB   38.1MB / 385kB    4

@the_coffee_lover yes! I
set up a #snac instance just a few weeks ago.

It’s been purring along nicely, without ever giving me any trouble.

Does anyone still use #Snac software?

$ w3m -dump https://snac.kagolug.org/matoken | tail -1
about this site - powered by snac/2.94

Debian -- trixie-backports の snac2 ソースパッケージに関する詳細 https://packages.debian.org/source/trixie-backports/snac2

There is a person I've been helping for a while who runs two instances, one #GoToSocial and one #snac.

Yesterday, they suffered severe file system corruption on their device, and I lent them a hand with the recovery. For GoToSocial, they restored the DB from the previous backup and got it running again. For snac, although a few files were lost, no action was necessary... it just started back up and did what it had to do, bringing the instance back to full operation.

This goes to show that when software is well-designed and intentionally kept simple, it's also easier to get back up and running when something goes wrong. In this case, snac's "files-only" approach demonstrated excellent resilience.

Thanks, @grunfink !

#snac2 #snac #ThankYouTuesday #Efficiency #IT #SysAdmin #OwnYourData