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I posted this as a comment in the wefwef community but thought it might also be relevant here. If anyone is interested in self hosting wefwef this is how I did it on macOS:

Start by installing Docker desktop

Open Terminal and type in:

docker pull ghcr.io/aeharding/wefwef:latest

Then, you need to use a Docker run command like below to get things started. In this example, I put my local IP in as "192.168.1.2" but you'll need to adjust that value to whatever your machine's IP is.

docker run --rm -d -p 192.168.1.2:5314:5314 -e "CUSTOM_LEMMY_SERVERS=lemmy.world,sh.itjust.works,lemmy.ml" ghcr.io/aeharding/wefwef:latest

At that point, I went to my iPhone, opened Safari and went to 192.168.1.2:5314 and boom, there's wefwef. Install this as PWA and name it (local) or something to differentiate it from the normal wefwef and you're good to go.

Disclaimer: I’m brand new to all of this so I’m sure this isn’t the best way. But it got me started, so I wanted to share.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm also assuming that you are still running an Intel Mac, as wefwef for now doesn't provide native ARM containers and you'll have to build them yourself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't see them using --platform=linux/amd64 so I suspect you are correct, that they're using an Intel Mac.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, apologies for not clarifying. It is an Intel Mac!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

FYI, this will only work when you are connected to your local network! If you want external access you can configure a VPN for external access (WireGuard) or do some port forwarding and register a domain name and use a reverse proxy (caddy) to serve the app.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Correct! However I’d like to test it with Cloudflare tunnel

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well no. A proper PWA will work while offline. As long as it can talk to the instance, it should work fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Setting up something simple like Tailscale should also work to access local network stuff from different networks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was going to recommend Tailscale. Such a great lil app

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What happens when a new update is available? Do we need to run the docker again? (Noob here :( )

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you're using the tag latest then you would need to re-pull the image and restart your docker container.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Use Tailscale vpn if you want access from outside your home network. It’s super easy to set up, all you do is install Tailscale on the server and client, and login.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ve done a similar thing, though I’m not sure what the point of CUSTOM_LEMMY_SERVERS is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It just controls the list of server URLs you see by default.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

CUSTOM_LEMMY_SERVERS (optional) e.g. lemmy.world,lemmy.ml,sh.itjust.works - a comma separated list of suggested servers. The first will be used as default view for logged out users. You can specify only one if you want.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's the attitude, thanks for sharing your new knowledge. Just running the docker run command should pull the image no matter what. So runing docker pull shouldn't be mandatory.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I just started using wefwef. What’s the benefit of self hosting? I have an unraid server I can probably run this on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can simply replace the -p 192.168.1.2:5314:5314 with -p 5314:5314.
No need to specify the IP unless your device has multiple (active) network interface and you want to specify which one to use.

You are then able to access by going to localhost:5314.

Additionally, you can skip the docker pull step, when the image is missing the second command will lead to it being pulled automatically.
You should however use it if you want to pull in a newer version of the image.

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