matt 
is the best #fediverse #selfhosted solution still #GoToSocial ?
Apr 2 at 5:27pmWeb
Show threadmatt 1d ago
i wanna migrate my fediverse identity to something that I own, is there any single user fediverse servers that I can import all my posts and following/followers to?
Show threadKelson9h ago

@matt There's a tool called slurp that can import your old posts from an exported archive. I used it to import my photo posts from Mastodon and Pixelfed to GoToSocial.

https://codeberg.org/vyr/slurp

It uses the Mastodon API to do the importing, so in theory it should be able to import to snac as well (which is the other good choice for single-user self-hosting, IMO), and apparently it can import Bluesky archives now too, though I haven't tested either of those.

slurp

tool for exporting data from and importing data to Fediverse instances

Codeberg.org
Show threadKelson9h ago

@matt Anyway, I'll vouch for both GoToSocial and Snac for self-hosting, depending on your priorities. Snac is really minimalist in terms of resources and appearance, but unlike GTS it does have a web interface for reading and posting. GTS is a lot more polished, and has been doing a lot of work on trust-and-safety type things like subscribing to block/allowlists, setting reply permissions, and so on.

I currently use GTS for my personal accounts and Snac for a bot. I've also reviewed both of them on my website, in case you're interested in more detail:

Snac - Review

Extremely bare-bones social networking server that runs on low-resource machines, works on the web without cookies or JavaScript, and still interacts through ActivityPub with Mastodon, GoToSocial and other Fediverse software.

Kelson Reviews Stuff
Show threadDavid - Forking Mad1d ago
@matt easy to setup, required limited resources, painless upgrades.
Show threadmatt 1d ago
@daj yeah thats kinda exactly what im looking for lol. I don't use fediverse that much so minimal maintenance would be nice. GTS seems like the way to go for me, just sad about the migration story on here (I'm an atproto guy so I think their model of migration is leagues and leagues better then whats going on here).
Show threadDavid - Forking Mad1d ago

@matt GtS doesn't have a client built in. Only a settings page for your profile.

Here's tried and tested clients.
https://thefedi.wiki/gotosocial/user/client-apps

I use phanpy.

GotoSocial Client Apps [The Fediverse Wiki]

Show threadmatt 1d ago

@daj yeah I think I remember that from using it a while ago (3 years ago?)

thanks for the link!

Show threadOCTADE1d ago
It depends on what you mean by 'best'.

I find #snac2 better than gotosocial. I was able to have snac2 up and running faster than it took to even peruse the gotosocial docs.

Also, snac2 is in the Debian repositories so installing on Linux is as simple as one command.

Show threadradhitya1h ago
@matt yes, it is. i run gotosocial