chamsae

chamsae is a lightweight ActivityPub server for a single user. chamsae is for a single user who wants to join the fediverse, but not want to run a massive software. chamsae means an Eurasian tree sparrow.

How to pronounce chamsae?

In Korean, it is written as '참새'. pronounced /chɑm-sæ/, like "charm-sae"

Features

• Mastodon or Misskey like microblogging service TODO
• Misskey like emoji reactions TODO

Usage

Note

You have to serve chamsae with HTTPS. This is not optional. For development, Caddy is helpful.

Requirements

• PostgreSQL

Backend

First, due to static-serving, you have to build frontend.

yarn build

For the environment variables, you can use .env file.

DEBUG=true \
  PUBLIC_DOMAIN=localhost \
  DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432 \
  cargo run --bin chamsae

Serve HTTPS with caddy for debugging

caddy reverse-proxy --to :3000

You may need to run sudo setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep $(which caddy) first.

Frontend

yarn dev

Initialize instance

Open http://localhost:5173 with your browser. You can now initialize instance.

License

chamsae is licensed under the terms of AGPL v3.0. See LICENSE file for details.