Because #BotsInSpace is shutting down () I'm looking for a new home for my bots.

Terence Eden

@stefan honestly, I think I'm going to turn my single-file server into a bot server.
It doesn't need to deal with anything other than posting & being followed.
Won't allow for interactivity, but that's fine for my usecase.

CTD

@Edent @stefan you might have a stampede of users when botsinspace goes away?

db0

@CTD @Edent @stefan is botsin.space going away?

Stefan Bohacek

@db0 @CTD @Edent Yep, sadly.

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113392776797934398

https://botsin.space/@muffinista/113392588900840218

Julian Fietkau

@stefan @Edent Seems like @arch was a tiny bit faster: https://floofy.tech/@arch/113396400761912400 I'm guessing the paid accounts won't be for everyone, but it'll do a lot for the long-term perspective I hope.

Stefan Bohacek

@julian Nice! And the pricing seems fair!

@arch Do you, uh, offer bulk discount?

https://stefans-creative-bots.glitch.me

@Edent

Arch :arch:

@stefan There's a £20 tier with unlimited accounts (I may end up halving that soon), or £4.50 for five - might need to tweak the amounts a bit. Alternatively, a custom amount should be able to be entered on the £4.50 or £1 tiers - I'm sure we can work something out

db0

@stefan @CTD @Edent Well, fuck. Guess I need to move the #fediseer proxy bot elsewhere. @jsonarray would it be cool to move @fediseer to utter.online?

Stefan Bohacek

@arch Nice!

Well I am still thinking about what makes the most sense for me, but will definitely keep this in mind, thank you!

In the meantime, I added a link to your post to https://botwiki.org/resources/fediverse-bots/#bot-instances, if that's alright. (Or let me know if there's a better page to link to.)

Timo Tijhof

@Edent @stefan

Are you thinking of a general purpose server separate from bots (central, bots talk to you, you distribute)?

Or a server that anyone can embed inside or next to their individual bots (people add it to their bot, hosting along wherever their bots run already, bring your own subdomain, decentral, ~1 author's bots per server)

Terence Eden

@krinkle @stefan
The latter.
A single file that you put on a subdomain like trainbot.example.com

So your bot is @[email protected]

Terence Eden

OK! Want to self-host your own bots now #BotsInSpace is going away?

I've made the *simplest* possible server just for you!

https://gitlab.com/edent/activity-bot/

Upload two files to your server (index.php and .htaccess), fill in a couple of details, and… that's it!

This is designed for write-only bots. It isn't interactive, it won't store or reply to messages sent to it, but it will post hashtags, links, mentions, and images.

You can see the sample bot @bot

Feedback very welcome!

alifeee

@Edent @bot making that single-file activity pub server really paid off huh ^.^

Sjors Rijsdam

@Edent @bot @picardtips

.:fyrfli:.

@Edent doesn't set content warning? come on ...

Autumn Rivers

@Edent @bot wait it's going away?????? terrible fortune

Terence Eden

@fyrfli pull requests welcome.

Terence Eden

@ohanamatsumae https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/29/10-29-rip-botsin-space/

Marcus Noble

@Edent @bot am I correct that this doesn’t have a UI for seeing / sharing posts if you’re not following the bot?

Philippa Cowderoy

@Edent @bot https://bot.viii.fi/bot gives me raw JSON at the mo, which definitely clashes with other servers' expectations about handing me a link