microblog.pub/README.md

microblog.pub

A self-hosted, single-user, ActivityPub powered microblog.

Instances in the wild:

• microblog.pub (follow to get updated about the project)
• hexa.ninja (theme customization example)
• testing.microblog.pub

There are still some rough edges, but the server is mostly functional.

Features

• Implements the ActivityPub server to server protocol
  • Federate with all the other popular ActivityPub servers like Pleroma, PixelFed, PeerTube, Mastodon...
  • Consume most of the content types available (notes, articles, videos, pictures...)
• Exposes your ActivityPub profile as a minimalist microblog
  • Author notes in Markdown, with code highlighting support
  • Dedicated section for articles/blog posts (enabled when the first article is posted)
• Lightweight
  • Uses SQLite, and no external dependencies except Python 3.10+
  • Can be deployed on small VPS
• Privacy-aware
  • EXIF metadata (like GPS location) are stripped before storage
  • Every media is proxied through the server
  • Strict access control for your outbox enforced via HTTP signature
• No Javascript
  • The UI is pure HTML/CSS
  • Except tiny bits of hand-written JS in the note composer to insert emoji and add alt text to images
• IndieWeb citizen
  • IndieAuth support (OAuth2 extension)
  • Microformats everywhere
  • Micropub support
  • Sends and processes Webmentions
  • RSS/Atom/JSON feed
• Easy to backup
  • Everything is stored in the data/ directory: config, uploads, secrets and the SQLite database.

Getting started

Check out the online documentation.

Credits

• Emoji from Twemoji
• Awesome custom goose emoji from @pamela@bsd.network

Contributing

All the development takes place on sourcehut, GitHub is only used as a mirror:

• Project
• Issue tracker
• Mailing list

Contributions are welcomed, check out the documentation for more details.

License

The project is licensed under the GNU AGPL v3 LICENSE (see the LICENSE file).