en
Decentralized Social Media VPS - Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed Hosting
Twitter/X, Facebook, and Instagram own your content and can deplatform you without notice. Mastodon (Twitter alternative), Lemmy (Reddit alternative), and Pixelfed (Instagram alternative) are decentralized, self-hostable social networks. Running your own instance on offshore VPS means: you own your data, no deplatforming without your own action, and your instance federates with thousands of other servers in the Fediverse.
Need this done for your project?
We implement, you ship. Async, documented, done in days.
Mastodon Instance Setup
Mastodon requires Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Elasticsearch. Docker simplifies deployment:
```yaml
# docker-compose.yml (simplified)
version: '3'
services:
db:
image: postgres:15
environment:
POSTGRES_DB: mastodon
POSTGRES_USER: mastodon
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: STRONG_PASSWORD
volumes:
- postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
redis:
image: redis:7
volumes:
- redis_data:/data
web:
image: ghcr.io/mastodon/mastodon:v4.2.0
command: bash -c "bundle exec rails s -p 3000"
environment:
- LOCAL_DOMAIN=yourinstance.social
- DB_HOST=db
- REDIS_HOST=redis
ports:
- "3000:3000"
depends_on:
- db
- redis
sidekiq:
image: ghcr.io/mastodon/mastodon:v4.2.0
command: bundle exec sidekiq
volumes:
postgres_data:
redis_data:
```
Your Mastodon instance federates with all other Mastodon and compatible Fediverse instances. Users on your instance can follow users on mastodon.social, fosstodon.org, and 10,000+ other servers.
Moderation and Community Management
Running your own instance means you are the moderator. You decide what content policies apply to your instance. You can federate with all servers, defederate from instances you find problematic, or run a closed instance (invite-only, no federation).
For users who have been deplatformed from Twitter/X: a personal or small-community Mastodon instance gives you a permanent home with content policies you control. No algorithm, no ads, no risk of corporate deplatforming decisions.
Technical moderation tools: instance blocking, domain-level silencing, account suspension, Trending topic moderation. All moderation tools are in Mastodon's admin panel.
Storage: media (images, videos) from your instance and federated content accumulates significantly. Plan for 100GB minimum with object storage integration (S3-compatible) for production use.
Related Services
Why Anubiz Host
100% async — no calls, no meetings
Delivered in days, not weeks
Full documentation included
Production-grade from day one
Security-first approach
Post-delivery support included
Ready to get started?
Skip the research. Tell us what you need, and we'll scope it, implement it, and hand it back — fully documented and production-ready.