Holos: mobile ActivityPub server on the phone + relay server to maintain identity 24/7 (mastodon.social)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by lgsp@feddit.it to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I find this idea very innovative and exciting. It is being developed by Fedilab, and separates data from relay (a bit like AtProto does) to allow everyone to keep their data, even on a phone

Holos - a mobile ActivityPub server that runs on your phone. A relay server maintains your stable identity when you're offline. Switch between text, photos, videos, and articles from a single account. Currently in private development, sharing progress with the community.

The account following the development has just 3 posts (with some light technical details) at the time of writing, but the stuff should be published on Codeberg soon.

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[-] loaf@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

This is pretty awesome. It also, in my opinion, defines true decentralization.

Thanks for sharing this!

[-] mesamunefire@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

Kinda. If im reading this right, you are still beholden to the specific relay server. Of course im going to withhold judgement before the code is actually out.

[-] mesamunefire@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

Who is behind the project?

[-] lgsp@feddit.it 2 points 1 week ago

It's those behind the fedilab app -> https://toot.fedilab.app/@apps/115572783993063223

[-] mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Thanks!

[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

So, please correct me if I’m wrong here, but say I want to start a mastodon instance, I could run it using only my phone? All data would be stored locally on my phone, but publicly accessible to anyone on the fediverse whenever they want?

Could I link a domain to it?