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<h1 align="center"><img src="assets/share2fedi.svg" width="520" height="160" alt="Share2Fedi"></h1>
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> Instance-agnostic share page for the Fediverse.
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**[Share₂Fedi]** (pronounced ‘share-to-fedi’) allows you to share stuff on
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Mastodon, Misskey, Friendica, and other federated social networks,
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instance-agnostic. Just type in the post text and the instance URL, and click
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‘Post!’
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Or, open this page with the prefilled `text` URL parameter—it will be
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automatically inserted into the text field. The same goes for the `instance` and
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`lang` URL parameters. This can be used to build custom share buttons for the
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federated social networks:
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```html
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<a href="https://s2f.kytta.dev/?text=Hello%20world!&instance=mastodon.xyz">
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Share on mastodon.xyz
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</a>
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```
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The instance URL can be saved in your `localStorage` to be automatically
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appended if used later—handy!
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> I know I provide [a Share₂Fedi instance](https://s2f.kytta.dev) for others to
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> use, but if you want to use Share₂Fedi for your share buttons, **please
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> consider self-hosting it**. Although it's free now, running my instance may
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> become too expensive for me in the future.
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## Hosting
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### Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages
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**Share₂Fedi** was designed to run on [Vercel](https://vercel.com/), but you can
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also run it on [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/) or
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[Cloudflare Pages](https://pages.cloudflare.com/). To deploy it yourself (it's
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free!), you can use the following buttons:
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[](https://vercel.com/new/clone?repository-url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fkytta%2Fshare2fedi)
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[](https://app.netlify.com/start/deploy?repository=https://github.com/kytta/share2fedi)
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To deploy to Cloudflare Pages, fork the repo and
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[follow the instructions](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/deploy/cloudflare/#how-to-deploy-a-site-with-git).
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### Host it yourself
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Self-hosting **Share₂Fedi** outside of Vercel requires some extra setup:
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**Prerequisites:** modern Node.js (v16 or later), `pnpm`. You can host with
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Deno, but Node.js is still required.
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1. Install dependencies.
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```sh
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pnpm install
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```
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2. Build.
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```sh
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pnpm build
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```
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If you want to use Deno, add the `--s2f-use-deno` flag:
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```sh
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pnpm build --s2f-use-deno
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```
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3. Run server.
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> By default, this will only listen on localhost port 3000. To enable
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> listening on a ceratin host and/or port, set the `HOST` and `PORT`
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> environment variables, respectively.
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```sh
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node dist/server/entry.mjs
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```
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In production, you might want to use a process manager, like
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[PM2](https://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/quick-start/):
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```sh
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# Start the app, restart on file changes (except node_modules)
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pm2 start dist/server/entry.mjs --name "Share2Fedi" --watch --ignore-watch="node_modules"
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```
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> More information about self-hosting an Astro website with Node:
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> https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/integrations-guide/node/#standalone
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If you've built Share₂Fedi for Deno:
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```sh
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deno run --allow-net --allow-read --allow-env ./dist/server/entry.mjs
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```
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> More information about self-hosting an Astro website with Deno:
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> https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/integrations-guide/deno/#usage
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4. Set up a reverse proxy.
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Basically, you need to run a reverse proxy that would redirect all incoming
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requests to `localhost:3000`. Here's how to achieve this in various HTTP
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servers:
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1. Apache
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```apacheconf
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ProxyPass "/" "http://localhost:3000/"
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```
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2. Nginx
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```nginxconf
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location / {
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proxy_pass http://localhost:3000/;
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}
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```
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3. Caddy
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```caddy
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reverse_proxy :3000
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```
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### Docker
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If you _really_ have to use Docker, there is
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[a good guide on building Astro apps with Docker](https://docs.astro.build/en/recipes/docker/).
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**I will not** provide support for Docker-based deployments in the observable
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future.
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## See also
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**[📯 Shareon](https://shareon.js.org)** (lightweight, stylish, and ethical
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share buttons) uses **Share₂Fedi** under the hood!
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## Licence
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© 2020–2023 [Nikita Karamov]\
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Licensed under the [GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later][AGPL-3.0].
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---
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This project is hosted on GitHub: <https://github.com/kytta/share2fedi.git>
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[AGPL-3.0]: https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0-or-later.html
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[Nikita Karamov]: https://www.kytta.dev
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[Share₂Fedi]: https://s2f.kytta.dev/
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