Welcome to ~vern!

~vern is a non-commercial tilde focused on free software and services!

All our servers run free GNU/Linux distributions.

Announcements

A list of announcements can be found at /announcements

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 03:53:09 +0000 - We have re-enabled Invidious video proxying

Services

We host many services that are available for public use.

You can get access to the "Reg Needed" services by signing up via the registration form.

With the exception of clearnet Minetest & services hosted on Iceberg, none of the services we host have the capability to log IP addresses due to our use of WireGuard. IP logging on Iceberg is disabled.

We also host Tor and I2P versions of most of these services.

Services marked with "AD:" have alternate (sub)domains you can use for them.

Core:

~vern - The main ~vern website
~vern Gemini - The ~vern Gemini capsule
~vern gopher - The ~vern gopherhole
SSH (Reg Needed) - Users can log in to the ~vern pubnix using SSH
User sites (Reg Needed) - Each user can have their own site (HTTP, Gemini, Gopher) on username.vern.cc
User sockets (Reg Needed) - Each user has a UNIX socket and can run their own HTTP server from it, accessible via *-username.vern.cc

Storage:

0x0 - The null pointer. File hosting and URL shortening service
Vaultwarden (Seperate Sign-Up) (AD: A) - A web password manager with many features
CryptPad (Separate Sign-up) - Collaborative office suite that is e2e
EtherPad - A modern really-real-time collaborative document editor
Forgejo (Reg Needed) (CI) - A lightweight code hosting solution
HedgeDoc (AD: A) - Collaborative Markdown notes
Mirrors (HTTP) (AD: A) - HTTP(S) mirrors of popular and free distributions
Mirrors (rsync) - rsync mirrors of popular and free distributions
PeerTube (Reg Needed) - Federated video platform
PenPot (Reg Needed) - Design & prototyping platform
PrivateBin (AD: A) - A pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pastes
Vikunja (Separate Sign-Up) (AD: A) - The to-do app to organize your life
Syncthing Discovery Server - Peer-to-peer file synchronization
Nextcloud (Reg Needed) (AD: A) - A productivity platform that keeps you in control
Ntfy - a simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service
Jellyfin (Restricted Access) (AD: A) - A Free Software Media System that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media
Hat.sh - Simple, fast and secure client-side encryption

Network:

DNS - Domain name system resolver
DNS/TLS - Domain name system resolver over transport layer security
DNS/HTTPS - Domain name system resolver over secure hypertext transfer protocol
gopherproxy (AD: A) - HTTP proxy for Gopher and Gemini
Iperf3 (PubNixVM) - The ultimate speed test tool
Iperf3 (tilserv) - The ultimate speed test tool
Iperf3 (Mythos) - The ultimate speed test tool
Iperf3 (Iceberg) - The ultimate speed test tool
LibreSpeed (AD: A/B) - Lightweight speedtest implemented in Javascript
Monero Node - A node to support the XMR network
Spyda (AD: A) - A privacy first search engine and web crawler
tmate (tmate.conf) - Instant terminal sharing
YaCy (AD: A) - A free distributed search engine, built on the principles of peer-to-peer networks

Games:

Among sus - A recreation of Among Us mechanics but as a multiplayer text adventure game
Minetest (Creative) - Sandbox video game and game creation system with focus on voxel graphics
Minetest (Mineclone5 Survival) - Sandbox video game and game creation system with focus on voxel graphics

Agreper (Seperate Sign-Up) - Minimal, no-JS web forum software
BBS (Seperate Sign-Up):
- HTTPS
- Gopher
- Telnet
- SSH
- FTP
- rlogin
- WebSocket
Akkoma (Reg Needed) - social networking software compatible with ActivityPub
Mastodon (Reg Needed) - ActivityPub federated microblogging plaftorm
BloatFE (Mastodon Acc Needed) - A web client for Mastodon Network
Devzat (Seperate Sign-Up) - Chat over ssh!
Jitsi (Reg Needed) - Free video conferencing software for web & mobile
Matrix (Reg Needed) - A network for secure, decentralized communication
Bifrost - XMPP <-> Matrix Bridge
Cinny (AD: A) - Yet another Matrix client
Element - Secure collaboration and messaging
Hydrogen (AD: A) - Lightweight Matrix client with legacy and mobile support
Matrix Federation Tester - Tester for Matrix federation written in golang
Matrix Sydent - Reference Matrix identity server
Matrix-Static - A static golang generated preview of public world readable Matrix rooms
Matrix.to - A simple stateless privacy-protecting URL redirecting service for Matrix
XMPP/Jabber (Reg Needed) - The universal messaging standard
ConverseJS (AD: A/B) - A XMPP chat client in your browser
FreshRSS (Reg Needed) - A free, self-hostable aggregator
Miniflux (Reg Needed) - Minimalist and opinionated feed reader
Yarn (Seperate Sign-Up) (AD: A/B) - A decentralised self-hosted social media that has a privacy-first focus
Soju (Reg Needed) - a user-friendly IRC bouncer
ZNC (On Request) (WebUI) - An IRC network bouncer (BNC)

Front-Ends:

AnonymousOverflow (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for StackOverflow
Beatbump (AD: A) - An alternative front-end for YouTube Music
BiblioReads (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Goodreads
BreezeWiki (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Fandom
Destructables (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Instructables
Dumb (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Genius
GotHub (AD: A) - An alternative front-end for GitHub
hckrnws (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Hacker News
Hyperpipe (AD: A) - Another alternative front-end for YouTube Music
Invidious (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for YouTube
Laboratory (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for GitLab and GitLabCE
LibMedium (AD: A) - Another alternative front-end for Medium
Librarian (AD: A) - An alternative front-end for LBRY/Odysee
Libreddit (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Reddit
LibremDB (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for IMDb
LibreX (AD: A) - A meta search engine for Google and popular torrent sites
Nitter (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Twitter
Piped (AD: A) - An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design
ProxiTok (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for TikTok
Quetre (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Quora
Rimgo (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Imgur
RSS-Bridge (AD: A) - The RSS feed for websites missing it
Rural Dictionary (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Urban Dictionary
Scribe (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Medium
SearXNG (AD: A/B) - A metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services
SimpleAmazon (AD: A) - A Simple Web Interface for Amazon
SimpleerTube (AD: A) - A Simple Web Interface for PeerTube
SimplyTranslate (AD: A/B) - Minimal and private translations w/ many engines
Suds (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Snopes.com
Teddit (AD: A) - Another alternative front-end for Reddit
Whoogle (AD: A) - An alternative front-end for Google Search
Wikiless (AD: A/B) - An alternative front-end for Wikipedia

E-Mail:

Modoboa (Reg Needed) - Modoboa E-mail
Roundcube (AD: A/B) - Browser-based multilingual IMAP client
SimpleLogin (On Request) - Free anonymous e-mail service

Other:

LibreTranslate (AD: A) - Offline capable and easy to setup translation API
PGP Suite - A simple and easy-to-use client-side PGP tool
v.Nu (AD: A) - Helps you catch unintended mistakes in your HTML, CSS, and SVG

Community

You can join our community on most major free software chat programs:

We make use of bridging so you can chat with us regardless of what chat program you use

Main Chat:

Off-Topic Chat:

Abuse Report:

Matrix
XMPP

What computers do ~vern servers run on?

~vern has many servers running in different ways. You can find a list of them and their uses at /sysinfo.