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Is there an easy way for a normal human being to start their own fediverse instance? (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

You need to have some basic technical know-how, but there are some fediverse software projects that have requirements similar to Wordpress and thus can be run on cheap php only webhosting.

Hubzilla/Friendica/Zap and maybe Pixelfed fall in that general category.

Since your instance will federate with others anyways it is probably best to make registration limited to yourself and friends/family.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

I'm asking this not for myself, but in case someone wanted to run an instance themselves and they're not as tech savvy. but I guess they have to learn the basics still.