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 I ran honk on Void on a Raspberry Pi for a long time, and had to use GOMEMLIMIT to keep the reaper at bay when it was under heavy load (it resized large images in posts, and several really large images in a row would squeeze memory pretty hard). Have you had any similar issues under NetBSD?
@knapjack@vivaldi.net no. But we have a "low power mode" that will lower some specific settings.
The preset selects one database connection and one queue worker, a bounded memory cache, one image decoder, a 13 million pixel bound on decoded images (enough for a 4032 by 3024 phone photo), a 1600 pixel cap on stored uploads, cheaper thumbnail resampling, and no dynamic gzip.
