Funky Penguin

Hey fediverse!

TL;DR - #ElfHosted are experimenting with a hosted #GoToSocial offering, priced at $1/month if you signup during Feb 2025. Get it at https://store.elfhosted.com/product/gotosocial/ (*custom domain names are another $1/month*)

Long version:

I'm David, I've written technical guides on deploying #Mastodon using #Kubernetes (https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz/recipes/kubernetes/mastodon/) and #DockerSwarm (https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz/recipes/mastodon/), although these need an update for v4.

ElfHosted (https://docs.elfhosted.com) is my geeky little #opensource (https://docs.elfhosted.com/open) PaaS project - we host #OSS stacks for users who don't want to do #selfhosting themselves.

I've been dabbling with offering more fediverse-friendly stacks, but the complexity of the "big guys" (#Mastdon, #PixelFed, #Lemmy) is a bit of a barrier. I've also been struggling to get myself back into posting on the fediverse (*since I broke my Mastodon v4 upgrade!*)

So.. I thought I'd start with offering simple, hosted GoToSocial instances, since they're usually single-instance, nicely self-contained and portable (*i.e., users can take their data and migrate away whenever they want*).

I'm uncertain about what the demand / market / response will be, so I wanted to offer GoToSocial instances at a token $1/month for a trial period, to gauge response.

I'd be happy to hear your feedback / ideas, either here or in https://discord.elfhosted.com :)

Cheers!
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Image posts are working! #kittens #budgies #selfie

Testing image upload to B2 bucket