Admin is a lot simpler with GTS than the last time I tried Mastodon. It can be a single binary or a single container, and just uses SQLite instead of running a full DB in a separate container. I’m running it on a 1GB Linode and haven’t had to add storage or RAM.
Basically the only sysadmin stuff I’ve done aside from setup and this fix since I set up the test instance a year and a half(?) ago has been installing updates, which has just been incrementing the version number in docker-compose.
Interoperability is a lot better now, and it seems to interact fine with varieties of Mastodon, Pleroma, Misskey, Bookwyrm, Pixelfed, Snac, WordPress, etc. Varying degrees of trouble with Postmarks, Bridgy Fed and Lemmy.
Some of the more noticeable features that haven’t been built yet:
- auto-delete
- post editing (though it does pick up incoming edits)
- filter support isn’t finished, and only works in hide-it-completely mode.
- hide boosts (or maybe it was added in the latest release, I’ll have to check)
- link previews
- search posts (except your own)
I’ve also had intermittent issues with attachments not making it across despite being within the size limit, but only on this server, not on the test one. I suspect it’s related to the proxy settings I just fixed!
TODO: Update the existing GTS review