Project Autonomous

By chimo on (updated on )

In an effort to take control of my online presence/data and to become more autonomous, I started to migrate away from services hosted by 3rd-parties and setup my own instances where possible.

Here’s a quick list of what’s working at the moment:

chromic.org
A Hugo-powered static site/blog
Publishing platform similar to Blogger.
files.chromic.org
A Nextcloud instance.
I use it as a Dropbox alternative, Google Calendar alternative, Contact Manager and Tasks synchronization for now, but it does more than that.
On Android, I use DAVx5 to sync calendar & contacts.
mail.chromic.org
Mail server powered by postfix, dovecot, SpamAssassin, OpenDKIM, OpenDMARC, and SnappyMail I use K-9 Mail on Android.
A Gmail replacement.
srht.chromic.org
SourceHut instance:
vault.chromic.org
A vaultwarden instance.
xray.chromic.org
A XRay instance.
Parses and returns structured data from any URL. (see "Indieweb Likes With Hugo and Xray")

Temporarily (or not) Offline

auth.chromic.org
An IndieAuth.com instance (an IndieAuth provider).
It's also an OpenID delegate.
avatars.chromic.org
Surrogator: a Libravatar compatible avatar image server.
Gravatar replacement
My GNU social instance and Gitea instance use this.
ci.chromic.org (only accessible internally)
A Woodpecker CI instance: continuous delivery platform.
It's hooked-up to my Gitea instance.
fm.chromic.org
A GNU fm instance.
Last.fm alternative.
graphs.chromic.org
A Grafana instance.
Monitoring things. At the moment, just my Incus instance.
gtfs.chromic.org
A simple, private API to retrieve public transport information from imported GTFS data.
See The Road to GTFS for more information.
irc.chromic.org
A Lounge (web-based IRC client) instance.
I use it to connect to my ZNC bouncer.
later.chromic.org
A wallabag instance.
Save webpages so you can read them later.
A pocket / read-it-later / instapaper alternative.
metrics.chromic.org
A Prometheus instance.
Collecting metrics. At the moment, just my Sourcehut resources.
microsub.chromic.org
A Aperture instance.
A Microsub server.
podcasts.chromic.org
A gpodder.net (mygpo) instance.
Manage and synchronize podcast subscriptions and listening progress.
push.chromic.org
A Switchboard instance (a PuSH hub)
I use it to update my homepage in realtime (see the "Lifestream Architecture" post for more details on how it works).
reader.chromic.org
A Monocle instance.
A reader app that talks to a Microsub server
sn.chromic.org
A GNU social instance.
Social media platform similar to Twitter.
watching.chromic.org
A "Flox" instance.
A personal Trakt.tv replacement
webmention.chromic.org
A "webmention.io" instance.
I use it to handle webmentions on this blog.