bench.thebus.top is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.

This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.

Site description
thebus.top's fediverse instance
Admin account
@mascal@bench.thebus.top

Search results for tag #snac

Elena Rossini ⁂ »
@_elena@mastodon.social

Hello Fedi friends!

My child and I arrived in Italy yesterday to spend all of July at my parents' 🇮🇹

What's the first thing I did this morning? Following @milano to have weather forecasts here in my feed.

Special thanks to @stefano for creating this incredible project.

For those of you not familiar with , it covers 2893 cities in 38 countries. All powered by a 4€/month VPS with and :

it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26

Grazie Stefano! 🙏✨🏆

    Oliver⚡ »
    @oliver@microhive.social

    I've just updated my instance to version 2.79 👍 🎉
    You don't know Snac? But you should: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
    A simple, minimalistic and well documented instance server written in C, no database needed, totally JavaScript-free, no cookies either, not much bullshit.


      ps »
      @ps@wizard.casa

      I have long planned to write a utility for synchronizing #Snac profiles with the #Nex blog, and I recently published its initial release:
      https://codeberg.org/postscriptum/snac2nex

      Additionally, I want to create a local copy of media data so that it can be accessed without going out into the HTTP space.

      #snac2nex #Rust

        FediMeteo »
        @admin@fedimeteo.com

        All the FediMeteo instances have been upgraded to snac 2.79


          The Real Grunfink »
          @grunfink@comam.es

          I've just published version 2.79 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

          Added a server-wide Webmention hook; this way, if somebody out there (that supports Webmention) links to a user or post in this instance, a notification is sent (this is the complementary of what was implemented in version 2.76).

          Fixed regression while sending email via pipe on OpenBSD.

          Fixed Markdown parsing when the URL has parenthesis.

          Always show the 'pending follow confirmations' section if there are any (even if the toggle is off).

          If a metadata value is an account handler, it's also tried to be validated (rel="me" links).

          Another search by URL tweak (this time for Pixelfed links).

          Mastodon API: fixed a bug that made some boosts disappear after being shown in apps like Tusky, added followed hashtags maintenance, other minor changes.

          Renamed command-line actions create_list to list_create and delete_list to list_remove.

          The default favicon URL can be changed from the server configuration.

          New command-line option export_posts, to export all posts by a user in a JSON format compatible with the one generated by Mastodon.

          The command-line options to send notes also allow an optional -r argument, to set the URL of a Fediverse post this note is a reply to.

          https://comam.es/what-is-snac

          If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.


            sam »
            @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

            In snac on an ancient Raspberry Pi news, I switched from XFS to Btrfs and my memory pressure issues are now a thing of the past. As a bonus I can use snapshots for backups instead of taring up the many small files that snac generates (it has no traditional database).

            I tried tuning various parameters but after some reading came to the conclusion that lots of small files with very little RAM is about the worst case scenario for XFS.


              The Real Grunfink »
              @grunfink@comam.es

              I love independent proposals, so next release of will include support for Webmention. It's a protocol built on top of web standards and part of the IndieWeb. It helps web page maintainers and bloggers to know when one of their URLs are mentioned in other platforms by providing a webhook to receive notifications. In snac's case, all links written in a Fediverse post (directly or using the Markdown format) will be tested for Webmention endpoints and notified if they exist.

              I don't know how many web sites out there implement Webmention (I guess very few), but given that it has been very simple to implement, here it is.

              Long live the non-big-tech Internet.


                sam »
                @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                Time for another blog post, about hosting a fediverse instance on my ancient Raspberry Pi. Obviously I had to share it on the fediverse.

                https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-fediverse-instance-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html


                  The Real Grunfink »
                  @grunfink@comam.es

                  Hi. Next release will include a new field in server.json named favicon_url, that will allow to set the default favicon. For now, you can configure your HTTP frontend to serve $YOUR_HOST/favicon.ico to whatever icon you want.

                    The Real Grunfink »
                    @grunfink@comam.es

                    A screenshot of a toot describing unpleasant world news in words. [SENSITIVE CONTENT]Hi, author here. The screenshot you provided shows that it's a boost by a user named Newk... if you are not following them, certainly it should not appear in your timeline. I've never seen this happen before, maybe it's some kind of strange bug. I'll investigate and get back to you if I find an explanation.

                      Jonathan Matthews »
                      @jcm@snac.bsd.cafe

                      A screenshot of a toot describing unpleasant world news in words. [SENSITIVE CONTENT]I don't understand why has placed this toot in my "private" timeline (i.e. /username/admin). I don't follow the boosting account, and I don't follow any of the hashtags.

                      This isn't a question about blocking those specific hashtags or people - I know how to do that if I want. I'm trying to figure out how to drive snac so that I don't get unwanted toots thrust in my face that I didn't ask for. What am I missing?

                        The Real Grunfink »
                        @grunfink@comam.es

                        When receives a post from someone you follow, it also tries to retrieve the posts it's a reply to, up to the first one, to provide some context (and show the conversation as a tree).

                          Jonathan Matthews »
                          @jcm@snac.bsd.cafe

                          A oddity; why does my view of the timeline of toots from folks I follow show me replies from folks I follow but when they're talking to people I /don't/?

                            Jonathan Matthews »
                            @jcm@snac.bsd.cafe

                            Ok - I'm giving (.bsd.cafe) a proper shake as my main fedi account. I still can't get the app to add it as an account, so I'm going to use the webUI for now.

                            If you're seeing this via a boost from my other account then please consider following the boosted account directly, as I won't be boosting its toots particularly often! ❤️

                              ティージェーグレェ »
                              @teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe

                              I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.78 here:

                              https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/28613

                              I'm not sure why, but it seems as if the GitHub Continuous Integration checks are just... hanging? They were queued for a really long time and I stopped looking and when I checked again it was like "running" or whatever for 9 hours, but clearly probably nothing is actually happening.

                              Builds locally OK!

                              It's been a couple of days since I submitted that PR, and my apologies for lagging upstream as well. My life has been kinda, off.

                              I'll probably get around to emailing the MacPorts' dev mailing list if it still seems to be stalled and no one else beats me to it. Presumably, eventually, it will get merged!

                              Thanks again to you and others (e.g. dandelions, postscriptum, piefed) for the continued improvements!