Running my own single instance is kind of expensive.
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Running my own single instance is kind of expensive. I wish I could use my own domain on my handle while using a shared instance.
@ben if I may ask, how expensive?
GoToSocial is lightweight and super efficient and it works perfectly on a basic VPS (4 Euros/mo).
I hear that Mastodon is resource intensive… people recommended I opt for GoToSocial when I shared my plans to self-host. I’ve been using it for 14 months now and I have nothing but great things to say about it
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@ben if I may ask, how expensive?
GoToSocial is lightweight and super efficient and it works perfectly on a basic VPS (4 Euros/mo).
I hear that Mastodon is resource intensive… people recommended I opt for GoToSocial when I shared my plans to self-host. I’ve been using it for 14 months now and I have nothing but great things to say about it
@_elena I just had to upgrade my Mastodon hosting to $49/mo. So, yeah, looking for alternatives, while ideally not maintaining my own server. I may just accelerate Idno development and switch there.
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@_elena I just had to upgrade my Mastodon hosting to $49/mo. So, yeah, looking for alternatives, while ideally not maintaining my own server. I may just accelerate Idno development and switch there.
@ben what infrastructure are you using? Masto.host has SUPER affordable plans. You could easily pay 6 dollars a month and they handle everything in the backend.
49 a month is a robbery!
I pay 12/month for a VPS that has my PeerTube, NextCloud, GoToSocial, Pixelfed and a bunch of other FOSS apps
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@ben what infrastructure are you using? Masto.host has SUPER affordable plans. You could easily pay 6 dollars a month and they handle everything in the backend.
49 a month is a robbery!
I pay 12/month for a VPS that has my PeerTube, NextCloud, GoToSocial, Pixelfed and a bunch of other FOSS apps
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@liaizon oh I’m sorry I wasn’t aware of that…
In that case a self-hosted GoToSocial on a basic VPS could be a good alternative?
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Running my own single instance is kind of expensive. I wish I could use my own domain on my handle while using a shared instance.
@ben Can't find the details right now, but I'm pretty sure you can just use a super cheap web server and place one "well known" file on it that lets you use e.g., mastodon.social to do the heavy lifting while the rest of the world sees your werd.social address.
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@_elena @liaizon @ben whoa that's way too expensive! If you're looking for cheaper managed Mastodon or GoToSocial plans, I can vouch for @fedihost !
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@ben if I may ask, how expensive?
GoToSocial is lightweight and super efficient and it works perfectly on a basic VPS (4 Euros/mo).
I hear that Mastodon is resource intensive… people recommended I opt for GoToSocial when I shared my plans to self-host. I’ve been using it for 14 months now and I have nothing but great things to say about it
I'm running my #GoToSocial individual instance on an old Celeron powered Asus VivoPc at home since 3 years. I think it costs less than 4€/month for power.
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Running my own single instance is kind of expensive. I wish I could use my own domain on my handle while using a shared instance.
@ben
Have you checked out the @HolosSocial project? -
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