gyptazy<p>Just a few days ago, I lunched my new relay service for the <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> and I'm really happy to see that there're already many ones connected to - more than 50 instances in just a few days!</p><p>But what makes me even really happy is to see, that my service [2] also gets linked in the release notes of <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snac</span></a> [1] / <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/snac2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snac2</span></a> - 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.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/snac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snac</span></a> is the perfect way to host an own fediverse instance. Using the <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> protocol allows you to connect to all other instances. With the integrated <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> 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 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://comam.es/snac/grunfink" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>grunfink</span></a></span> is always open for ideas and to help! It does not always need to be <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/GoToSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoToSocial</span></a> etc! </p><p>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 <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a>, my howto [3] might help you out.</p><p>[1]: <a href="https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>[2]: <a href="https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fedi-relay.gyptazy.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>[3]: <a href="https://gyptazy.com/install-snac2-on-freebsd-an-activitypub-instance-for-the-fediverse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gyptazy.com/install-snac2-on-f</span><span class="invisible">reebsd-an-activitypub-instance-for-the-fediverse/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/clang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clang</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/RUNBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RUNBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/tags/Howto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Howto</span></a></p>