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Current FedSocket implementation has a bunch of problems. It doesn't have proper error handling (in case of an error the server just doesn't respond until the connection is closed, while the client doesn't match any error messages and just assumes there has been an error after 15s) and the code is full of bad descisions (see: fetch registry which uses uuids for no reason and waits for a response by recursively querying a ets table until the value changes, or double JSON encoding). Sometime ago I almost completed rewriting fedsockets from scrach to adress these issues. However, while doing so, I realized that fedsockets are just too overkill for what they were trying to accomplish, which is reduce the overhead of federation by not signing every message. This could be done without reimplementing failure states and endpoint logic we already have with HTTP by, for example, using TLS cert auth, or switching to a more performant signature algorithm. I opened https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma/-/issues/2262 for further discussion on alternatives to fedsockets. From discussions I had with other Pleroma developers it seems like they would approve the descision to remove them as well, therefore I am submitting this patch.
About
Pleroma is a microblogging server software that can federate (= exchange messages with) other servers that support ActivityPub. What that means is that you can host a server for yourself or your friends and stay in control of your online identity, but still exchange messages with people on larger servers. Pleroma will federate with all servers that implement ActivityPub, like Friendica, GNU Social, Hubzilla, Mastodon, Misskey, Peertube, and Pixelfed.
Pleroma is written in Elixir and uses PostgresSQL for data storage. It's efficient enough to be ran on low-power devices like Raspberry Pi (though we wouldn't recommend storing the database on the internal SD card ;) but can scale well when ran on more powerful hardware (albeit only single-node for now).
For clients it supports the Mastodon client API with Pleroma extensions (see the API section on https://docs-develop.pleroma.social).
Installation
OTP releases (Recommended)
If you are running Linux (glibc or musl) on x86/arm, the recommended way to install Pleroma is by using OTP releases. OTP releases are as close as you can get to binary releases with Erlang/Elixir. The release is self-contained, and provides everything needed to boot it. The installation instructions are available here.
From Source
If your platform is not supported, or you just want to be able to edit the source code easily, you may install Pleroma from source.
- Alpine Linux
- Arch Linux
- CentOS 7
- Debian-based
- Debian-based (jp)
- FreeBSD
- Gentoo Linux
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
- OpenBSD (fi)
OS/Distro packages
Currently Pleroma is not packaged by any OS/Distros, but if you want to package it for one, we can guide you through the process on our community channels. If you want to change default options in your Pleroma package, please discuss it with us first.
Docker
While we don’t provide docker files, other people have written very good ones. Take a look at https://github.com/angristan/docker-pleroma or https://glitch.sh/sn0w/pleroma-docker.
Compilation Troubleshooting
If you ever encounter compilation issues during the updating of Pleroma, you can try these commands and see if they fix things:
mix deps.clean --allmix local.rebarmix local.hexrm -r _build
If you are not developing Pleroma, it is better to use the OTP release, which comes with everything precompiled.
Documentation
- Latest Released revision: https://docs.pleroma.social
- Latest Git revision: https://docs-develop.pleroma.social
Community Channels
- IRC: #pleroma and #pleroma-dev on freenode, webchat is available at https://irc.pleroma.social
- Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#freenode_#pleroma:matrix.org and https://matrix.to/#/#freenode_#pleroma-dev:matrix.org