The BSD Cafe's snac instance is now registered to the @gyptazy relay.

Thanks to the recent addition of relay support, it is now possible to follow hashtags and benefit from message exchange between all instances connected to the same relay.

This will slightly increase the traffic on our instance, but it will also boost its visibility.

#BSDCafe #BSDCafeAnnouncements #BSDCafeServices #BSDCafeUpdates #snac #snac2

Just a few days ago, I lunched my new relay service for the #Fediverse and I'm really happy to see that there're already many ones connected to - more than 50 instances in just a few days!

But what makes me even really happy is to see, that my service [2] also gets linked in the release notes of #snac [1] / #snac2 - and I can recommend the usage of relay services (it doesn't matter which one!) to everyone. It provides more content from connected instances to you, but also brings your posts - from your local instance - up to other ones within the federated network where it can get much easier distributed around other instances.

#snac is the perfect way to host an own fediverse instance. Using the #ActivityPub protocol allows you to connect to all other instances. With the integrated #Mastodon API, you can also use most of your usual clients or web clients. Snac is light, fast, does not require any database and follows the KISS way - which the most of us BSD people are living. With relay services, it's the perfect match for singe-user instances and @grunfink is always open for ideas and to help! It does not always need to be #Mastodon, #GoToSocial etc!

And if you're using any other software, you may still benefit by using relay services. And if you're still looking for a guide, howto setup snac2 on #FreeBSD, my howto [3] might help you out.

[1]: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
[2]: https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com
[3]: https://gyptazy.com/install-snac2-on-freebsd-an-activitypub-instance-for-the-fediverse/

#community #opensource #development #coding #c #clang #homelab #hosting #BSD #RUNBSD #Howto

Btw, #snac2 is extremely cool to use.

wow, that was quick - more than 30 instances already connected to my relay in just such a short time :) Let's be federated and help even smaller #instances to distribute their content & posts!

You can find more information at:
https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com

The instance is reachable on IPv4 and IPv6.

#fediverse #mastodon #snac #snac2 #activitypub #relay #activtypubrelay #Pleroma #BSD #RUNBSD #devops #opensource #ipv6 #gotosocial #community #akkoma #pixelfed #selfhosting #homelab

@joel better use #snac/ #snac2 ;)

#ios client for posting from my #snac2 instance?

https://manpages.debian.org/testing/snac2/snac.5.en.html