Atom scrapper is in a separate binary (rostra-bot), the --help there should help you configure it.
But in my NixOS config I configure it like this:
systemd.services.rostra-bot-rss = {
wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
serviceConfig = {
User = "rostra-bot-rss";
Group = "rostra-bot-rss";
StateDirectory = "rostra-bot-rss";
# TODO: add more feeds
ExecStart = ''
${pkgs.rostra}/bin/rostra-bot \
--atom-feed-url https://dpc.pw/atom.xml \
--secret-file=/run/secrets/rostra-bot-rss \
--data-dir=''${STATE_DIRECTORY}
'';
Restart = "always";
RestartSec = "5s";
LimitNOFILE = "100000";
};
environment = {
RUST_LOG = "rostra=debug,info,iroh=error,mainline=error";
};
};
All right. A new version of Rostra was published and deployed to https://rostra.me.
Lots of little but important improvements and fixes. Notably @-mentions should be fully functional and show up in Notifications of the mentioned person.
Please report any issues.
Hey @dpc, you remember you chair?
Oh, wow. I really like it. I just switched my terminal to use it, and will how it goes.
I think I would prefer it to be just a tiny, tiny bit shorter. But maybe it’s just a bias after using Source Code Pro for so long, which is somewhat more of a square font (width/height larger).
@Anonymous Lurker is a “fake” account that is used on https://rostra.me when the user did not actually logged into own/real one. I just made it make one post, so I can showcase potential visitors how the Notifications work.
Hi everyone! What’s up?
Hey @Anonymous Lurker! Once you create your own identity, remember you need followers for anyone to see your posts. Ping me on matrix or click the Support link above to share you ID with the world!
TTYL!
FOSDEM 2026: Evolving Git for the next decade
OK, cool. I’m on a JJ bandwagon now, but good to see improvements in Git.
I forgot to mention my latest project:
SelfCI is a minimalistic local-first Unix-philosophy-abiding CI.
It’s been very handy, especially in the smaller projects of mine like Rostra.
I’ve just added support for Iroh relay-model and made it the default for Rostra. This will make all communication go though Iroh relay, so no more exposing IPs to other users.
This can be disabled with --public command line argument which is useful when better bandwidth is desired and IP exposure is not an issue.
IP exposure is rarely an issue, but Rostra is trying to be as private by default as possible.
What if I told you can now share media files over Rostra:
And if you need to share some data, it works too: 5120 bytes of randomness