My #Mastodon hosting (masto.host) has increased its prices, which made me think about running my own instance. I've got a fairly powerful VPS with at least 200 GB disk storage available but I am not sure how hard it is to install Mastodon and keep it updated. The official docs seem intimidating. Is it an option to switch to other #fedi server (e.g. Pleroma, others?) and keep at least my 10 users and their subscriptions, if not their content?
@fuxoft I consider to run my own server in the future (one my project will probably violate rules of all current existing mastodon servers).
Based on my quick review, mastodon is resource demanding server even I need it just for a few members.
But - as I understand - you don't need exactly mastodon. You need any sw compatible with ActivityPub protocol.
Check https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous/ and select just ActivityPub in filter.
There are some pretty lightweight implementations (unfortunately for you - nothing in Lua :) ).
Pleroma looks promising for me (besides PgSQL installation, why!?!?! sqlite should be enough).
