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@Brad_Rosenheim@climatejustice.social memory is mostly used to process data and caches. You can disable caches (but the performance will be worse, especially if using low power devices) and reduce memory use. Also, being in Go, it has a higher memory footprint than, for example, the great snac2

@Zahadoom@noauthority.social unfortunately not, esp32 isn't capable (enough) for littleFedi

@sillydan@mastodon.world oh, that will be more than enough!

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@failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to hardware doesn't need to totally depend on big tech. Moreover, once you buy it, you can use it, unless it's capped by software.
My Raspberry PI Zero W (but any device I have) is mine. Installing my own software means I can own my data and communicate with others.

@catflyhigh@troet.cafe yes, the media files can be put on s3 buckets

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@danmcd@hostux.social Tested - it works beautifully on #illumos

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@twipped@twipped.social but this will probably delete your own toots, not the ones coming from the other instances (Mastodon does that, by default)

@twipped@twipped.social oh, that's strange. Did you subscribe to a relay?
Also, littleFedi (like snac) allows to delete remote posts after x days - 30 days here - so older posts are removed from the database. If needed, they'll be re-fetched.

@miiko@social.darxxide.eu if you want to test it, I can create an invite code for you in the #littleOne instance

@twipped@twipped.social are you also considering the media files?

@jspath55@chaos.social yes, on NetBSD and wifi. Sometimes it seems to randomly lose the connection, if the signal isn't that strong, so I made a script that will ping the router and, if doesn't respond, the wifi will be "down/up"

@catflyhigh@troet.cafe littleFedi doesn't download, by default, all the media as Mastodon or GoToSocial do. You can just proxy the requests, so you just need the database space.

@Brahvim@mastodon.gamedev.place you can use it everywhere - especially on more powerful hardware

@mensrea@freeradical.zone this one has a reverse proxy in front of it. But there will be #littleMesh that will help to interconnect instances behind nat

My Raspberry PI Zero W, hosting this instance, in its current position. Powered by an USB cable coming from the switch.
My Raspberry PI Zero W, hosting this instance, in its current position. Powered by an USB cable coming from the switch.

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.

#littleFedi #Fediverse #OwnYourData

👍 2 😮 1 :izalia_heart@sharkey.barkshark.xyz: 1 :ms_white_heart@yeen.town: 1 🔥 2 :blobhajhugtinybla@zoner.work: 1 💜 1 :neofox__w_@wetdry.world: 1 ❤️ 1 ❤ 5 :heart_teal@booping.synth.download: 1
A turned off tv. Over it, a stopped clock with showing a cat.
A turned off tv. Over it, a stopped clock with showing a cat.

Current pow.
Somehow #Caturday style, I guess

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