Matthias Klein 🇪🇺|🇩🇪

🔧 Thinking about migrating from Mastodon to GoToSocial?

I've done it – fully documented, production tested, with real benchmarks and custom tooling.

✅ 92% less RAM
✅ 65% less storage
✅ 100% less complexity

📦 Includes slurp import, custom RSS-to-GTS bridge ("GTS-HolMirDas"), federation stats & gotchas.

👉 Read the deep dive: https://blog.klein.ruhr/gotosocial-ready-for-prime-time/

#GoToSocial #GTSHolMirDas #FediFetcher #Fediverse #Selfhosting #Homelab #Migration #Mastodon #Docker

GoToSocial - ready for Prime Time?

Short answer: Hell yes. After completing the full migration and running in production for weeks, I can confidently say GoToSocial is ready for serious use. Perfect For: ✅ * Self-hosters with limited resources (VPS with 1-2GB RAM? No problem!) * Single-user or small family instances (works great up to ~50 users based on

Matthias Klein
Aug 4, 2025 at 11:24amWeb
Show threadbumbleAug 4, 2025
@matthias Great read (and write-up). Curious as to why you selected postgres for a single-user/small instance? Do you feel that sqlite would not have coped?
Show threadMatthias Klein 🇪🇺|🇩🇪Aug 4, 2025
@bumble Pure habit. To be honest, I have meanwhile switched to SQLlite with the GoToSocial instance. But I didn't want to rewrite the article once again. I wanted to publish it five days ago, and at some point it had to go out. At the latest after someone asked about it this morning.
Show threadbumbleAug 4, 2025
@matthias I just took the view it was an unnecessary overhead and went sqlite, but I am always interested in other views.
Show threadDark*:*Star Aug 4, 2025
@matthias
Sehr interessant!
Danke, dass du das so ausführlich dokumentiert hast 👍
Vielleicht habe ich ein neues Projekt gerade gefunden.
Show threadMatthias Klein 🇪🇺|🇩🇪Aug 4, 2025

@admin Wir bekommen im Moment auf der Arbeit fast jede Woche neue „AI“ Trainings.

Was ich wirklich sinnvoll fand, war AI zur Dokumentation zu nutzen. Ich werfe ihr einfach ein paar Brocken hin und lasse sie den Rest machen. Was ihr fehlt, besorgt sie sich aus dem Netze und baut mir eine tolle Doku für Obsidian. Von daraus kann ich es, mit minimalem Aufwand, bequem als Beitrag zu Ghost puschen.

Show threadDark*:*Star Aug 4, 2025
@matthias
Das macht auch Sinn im Bereich der AI die Texte zusammenzufassen bzw. sie nochmal "drüberschauen" zu lassen, das kann sie ganz gut.
Show threadsirhopcountAug 5
@matthias I'm curious which AI provider you used to generate that image? It looks pretty neat.
Show threadMatthias Klein 🇪🇺|🇩🇪Aug 5
@sirhopcount I used Midjourney.com. But, maybe that’s the trick, I asked Claude.ai to generate the prompt for me. 😂
Show threadEugen RochkoAug 9
@matthias What is dekiq? What is CCU?
Show threadMatthias Klein 🇪🇺|🇩🇪Aug 9

@Gargron Ah yes, CCU = CPU in AI-generated infrastructure porn! And “dekiq” is clearly Sidekiq’s rebellious German cousin that decided umlauts were too mainstream.

Because nothing says “professional system architecture” like a neural network that thinks CPUs sound too boring and job queues need more Germanic engineering flair.

At least it got the Mastodon logo right… or did it? 👀​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Show threadChewieAug 10
@Gargron @matthias 🤣