Post by @stefano
This is the first genuinely operational littleFedi instance.
It has been online since 1st July, is single-user (just me), and runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero W powered by NetBSD, directly on its SD card.
It consumes just under 1W.
Its database is this size:
-rw------- 1 little wheel 109289472 Aug 26 15:14 littlefedi.db
That is, just a little over 100 MB. Yes, MB.
Its average CPU load is extremely low.
It is perfectly usable both from the web interface and from Mastodon API apps.
I have 401 followers and 169 followings, and it doesn't bat an eye.
I promise myself to use it more, and I will.
You don't need Big Tech to communicate with others.
You don't need an expensive data center to exist online.
Because we are people, and the bits are just extensions of our voice.
EDIT: littleFedi allows to transform posts into blog posts, having its own SSG (Static Site Generator). The one generated by this post is reachable by clicking here.
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@stefano similar benchmark: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/getting_started/#server-vps (1-20 active users), GoToSocial will likely hover consistently between 250MB and 350MB of RAM"
@Holocene@techtoots.com GoToSocial will also reprocess (by default) all the media files, and that will use resources.
@stefano Perhaps there is a way to disable images, or limit them to extremely small sizes (e.g. 2-10KB): https://github.com/hatonthecat/flytosocial/blob/main/config.yaml
@Holocene@techtoots.com on littleFedi you can disable media caching, just leaving the proxying on (if you want to)