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System Resource (RAM and CPU) usage for self hosting fediverse social platforms (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I want to host a fediverse instance but I need it to be light (limited system resources). Mastodon seems to be kinda heavy. GotoSocial is supposedly very light? (but limited on functionality?) is Pixelfed much heavier? Bonfire is built on elixir so should also be light? Akkoma? Pleroma?

Also, I need it to be engaging to people migrating mostly from IG, so I do need some bells/whistles I guess

thanks!

EDIT: The instance is supposed to be hosting a community of 100-200 people. Maybe even more in the future (in which case we would probably migrate to another server)

Having a "facebook pages" / mini website / pixelfed portfolio is very functional for the people I plan to invite.

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[–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago (11 children)

I think it looks kinda ugly? But could do... But between Friendica and Pixelfed, Pixelfed looks much sexier

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    @geoma @Tealk You are running #yunohost like I am? What server reaourcew do you have? Running both Friendica and Pixelfed is an option but without knowing more about your situation...

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (7 children)

    Yeah, the interface isn't winning any beauty pageants, but it's the most feature-rich software I know; the question is, how do you use social media?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago (5 children)

    I guess it doesn't matter how much I use it, but how the people I want to help migrate do use it... and they mostly use Instagram as a (lousy) swiss knife.. About friendica, is it lightweight? do you have an idea in howit compares to akkoma in resource usage?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I can't compare it to Akoma, but since it's purely PHP and SQL-based, I'd consider it one of the most lightweight platforms alongside GoToSocial.

    What about Pixelfed? That's probably the closest thing to Instagram.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    @geoma @Tealk I can't answer you on that but perhaps others have more direct experience. #Friendica can do groups but maybe not pages.What's limiting you on CPU? I guess number of users is not so much an important metric more number of concurrent users

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