I am wondering about the different fediverse software options and what would be best for various usecases.
Currently, I run a Mastodon and a Lemmy instance that is mostly just for myself, which is great for doing microblogging and link-aggregation/replacing Reddit. In the past I’ve also used various blog platforms for long-form text posts (documentation/guides), and to host some photography pics.
It feels like Mastodon isn’t a good option for hosting long-form content (most instances have 500 char limits lol), nor would it be the best for trying to create a photo space akin to Instagram.
What software options would you recommend for either long-form blog posts or photo hosting? I know Pixelfed is an option (that I am looking into hosting), but is there a good blog option?
I think calckey can host pages and galleries, so it might be a good all-in-one solution? I’m not really sure.
p.s. If I export my content from Mastodon, shut down the instance, then bring up an instance of Calckey with the same domain/username, am I going to break things?
The software I’m aware of is https://writefreely.org/
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Yeah, I use GH/CF pages already for most things (except the images blog(?), that’s on Medium of all places).
I guess it makes sense to keep the blog it’s own thing and just link to it when I write something.
So, lemmy is an option for running a blog. See it mentioned in the documentation here: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/users/06-other-features.html?highlight=blog#lemmy-as-a-blog.
There would be a few levels of complexity to it. But if you’re hosting a lemmy instance already, it shouldn’t be any trouble for you … basically make yourself the only account but allow people to federate with your instance. Add your own modified front end too if you like (as lemmy has separate backend and front end software stacks AFAIU). Interestingly, I think it would be a cool project for people to work on … a front end suitable for hosting a single (or even multi) user blog on the fediverse.
An additional option would be microblog: https://docs.microblog.pub/. It’s a single-user fediverse platform written in python and relying on sqlite (which sounds to me like a nice sweet spot for single-user instances).
Ahh, I didn’t get that far in the docs, but seeing as there are no (that I can tell) post limits, running a blog on Lemmy would work pretty well with a bit of a UI change.
Yep, totally, there’s search, sorting, comments etc, all in one backend.
A neat blog-focused front-end would actually be super awesome IMO. Many want to be on the fediverse but interact just through blogs. A sort of blogo-verse (not sphere). Lemmy might be the best foundation to make that happen.
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@jax Friendica is an option, not sure it’s the best for photos, but it certainly allows long posts
Use WordPress 🙂
For Photography Pixelfed is always recommended but it doesn’t have blogging option. With WordPress you might have to spend some time to figure out how you’re gonna do it. But it’s totally capable of fulfilling your requirements.
For long form content, Hubzilla, Streams, or Friendica all allow long posts. For photos, Pixelfed seems to be the popular option. From a ActivityPub enabled blog standpoint, try WriteFreely.
I think Calckey can also do long form posts, and has a lot of other features.
p.s. If I export my content from Mastodon, shut down the instance, then bring up an instance of Calckey with the same domain/username, am I going to break things?
I think you’d need to use a different domain name. This might help, https://calckey.org/docs/en/account-migration/
Ah, so it seems like once you’ve setup an instance at a domain, you’ve kinda burned that domain unless you use like a subdomain. That’s a bit annoying, but I guess it makes sense.
Yep. I always use a sub domain for Fediverse applications. It’s just easier to migrate when something better suited to your needs comes along.
That would have been good to know before setting this up lol. Oh well.
I don’t think this would cause any problems. Lemmy definitely doesn’t care if you change the software platform on an existing domain.
Edit: Actually I think the only problem is if there used to be some type of troll instance on the same domain, then the domain or individual users on it would still be blocked by other instances.
Write.as for blog or pleroma. Pixelfed for pictures>
