Finally got around to getting littleFedi up and running. Pretty darn neat! I was expecting something pretty stripped back considering it sells itself as a minimal experience using minimal resources. There's lots to play with here! It seems pretty polished so far also. I doubt I'll miss anything compared to a Mastodon host.

The federation says it's working but does not seem to be reaching out or more likely getting responses. Guessing because the dns records are too young. It'll probably get better over the next hour or so. I should go look at logs.

Anyway, I'll be splitting this account to move my arts interests to the new lf hosted account. My computer geek self will still be active here. Unless our barista, Stefano, says he's tired of me talking about Linux and shows me the door. Ha!

Fun!

#littleFedi #Fediverse #Web #Blog

Experimenting on a Friday night

#littleFedi #3dprinting

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A Raspberry Pi Zero in an open white 3D-printed case, connected via GPIO wires to a USB serial adapter. The components rest on a desk alongside custom littleFedi-branded 3D-printed covers and a BSD Cafe sticker featuring its cartoon mascot.

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A black 3D-printed littleFedi logo plate resting on a textured gold-colored surface, with separate cutout pieces for the icon and “Fedi” lettering placed below it. The visible layer lines and rough edges highlight the 3D-printing process.

@stefano@littleone.littlefedi.social I eagerly look forward to the next #LittleFedi release and testing the database migrations !

Ah, littlefedi zeigt in Profilen, denen ich folge, jetzt einen Schalter an "Verstecke Boosts".
Gerade mal getestet, mit einem Profil, das mir viele KI-generierte Bilder in die Timeline spült ;)

#littlefedi

Stefano Marinelli boosted

Stefano Marinelli - littleFedi » 🌐 2026-11-13
@stefano@littleone.littlefedi.social

I've just updated #littleOne with a new #littleFedi build. I'd like to give it some testing here before making a public release.

Quite a few things have changed since the October 13 release. These are the ones I'd like you to try:

• Drafts. You can now save a post and come back to it from the new Drafts page. Attachments, polls, content warnings and the rest should come back with it. Drafts are stored on the server, so you can continue from another device.
• Editing scheduled posts. You can now change their content, not just their publication time.
• Scheduled boosts. Hold the boost button for half a second, or open the post and choose "Boost later". You can move or cancel them from the Scheduled page. A quick press still boosts immediately. Drafts and scheduled boosts are available in the web interface.
• Hide boosts. There is now a "Hide boosts" button on the profiles of people you follow. Their own posts will still appear. The equivalent setting in Mastodon apps works too.
• Profile fields. You can add up to four fields from Settings or a Mastodon app. Fields from remote profiles are now displayed too. Link verification is not implemented yet.
• Images and phones. The image viewer now has arrows, keyboard navigation and swipe gestures to move through a post's pictures. Roost also has several layout improvements on small screens.
• Notifications and filters. Direct messages are easier to distinguish from public mentions, and unread mentions and DMs stand out more. Filters set to warn now work on the catch-up page too.
• Mastodon apps. There are fixes for push notifications, polls, image uploads, timeline gaps, paging and notification lists. Please try your usual app. If push notifications still don't arrive, turn them off and on again in the app, or sign out and back in.
• More account controls in apps. Conversation mutes, private account notes and removing followers are now supported.
• Catalan. Thanks to Jolupa, littleFedi now speaks Catalan. Please report anything that reads strangely, especially in the newer features.

There are also fixes for reply context and bookmarks on boosted posts.

Please use it as usual and let me know what breaks. If something looks wrong, tell me which app or browser you used and what you were doing. Thanks for helping me test it!

The new build of littleFedi will require some fairly intensive database migrations to optimise database performance.

So, it's a good idea to take a backup beforehand and be prepared for a wait, depending on the size of your database and the speed of your system.

littleOne took about two and a half minutes.

#littleFedi #littleOne

littleBox 2.0!

#littleFedi #littleBox #3DPrinting

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A Raspberry Pi Zero W inside a custom 3D-printed beige case, featuring a raised littleFedi logo and pencil icon on the lid. The case has rounded corners, a fitted removable cover, and two rectangular openings for the Raspberry Pi’s ports. It rests on a gray desk, with the 3D printing layer lines subtly visible on its surface.

I've just updated #littleOne with a new #littleFedi build. I'd like to give it some testing here before making a public release.

Quite a few things have changed since the October 13 release. These are the ones I'd like you to try:

• Drafts. You can now save a post and come back to it from the new Drafts page. Attachments, polls, content warnings and the rest should come back with it. Drafts are stored on the server, so you can continue from another device.
• Editing scheduled posts. You can now change their content, not just their publication time.
• Scheduled boosts. Hold the boost button for half a second, or open the post and choose "Boost later". You can move or cancel them from the Scheduled page. A quick press still boosts immediately. Drafts and scheduled boosts are available in the web interface.
• Hide boosts. There is now a "Hide boosts" button on the profiles of people you follow. Their own posts will still appear. The equivalent setting in Mastodon apps works too.
• Profile fields. You can add up to four fields from Settings or a Mastodon app. Fields from remote profiles are now displayed too. Link verification is not implemented yet.
• Images and phones. The image viewer now has arrows, keyboard navigation and swipe gestures to move through a post's pictures. Roost also has several layout improvements on small screens.
• Notifications and filters. Direct messages are easier to distinguish from public mentions, and unread mentions and DMs stand out more. Filters set to warn now work on the catch-up page too.
• Mastodon apps. There are fixes for push notifications, polls, image uploads, timeline gaps, paging and notification lists. Please try your usual app. If push notifications still don't arrive, turn them off and on again in the app, or sign out and back in.
• More account controls in apps. Conversation mutes, private account notes and removing followers are now supported.
• Catalan. Thanks to Jolupa, littleFedi now speaks Catalan. Please report anything that reads strangely, especially in the newer features.

There are also fixes for reply context and bookmarks on boosted posts.

Please use it as usual and let me know what breaks. If something looks wrong, tell me which app or browser you used and what you were doing. Thanks for helping me test it!

🍌 My instance is running on my banana.

Yes, you read that right. 😏

As ridiculous as it sounds, it's actually true: this very instance is running on an 11-year-old Banana Pro.

And it's running beautifully!

The littleFedi experiments continue!

#littleFedi

PSST! While Microsoft is down, have you also seen you can now add some Profile fields in your littleOne profile?

Soon on all the littleFedi instances!

#littleFedi #littleOne

Cool: the Mastodon app is now working with littleFedi.
Not my first choice, but a step ahead!

All the enhancements will be a part of the next build.

#littleFedi #littleOne

I've just installed a new #littleFedi build on #littleOne

I've merged some bug fixes and, mainly, a series of fixes for third party Mastodon apps.

Please, test them if you can, this would help as I hope we've ironed out a lot of incompatibilities.

A new #littleFedi build should be ready in the coming days and probably be released shortly after.

Stay tuned!