Epicyon is an ActivityPub server for people who are tired of Big Tech social media and want something simpler which they can self host on minimal hardware. Connect with friends instead of getting mired in horrible and irrelevant business models.

Key features:

• Open standards: HTML, CSS, ActivityPub S2S and C2S, RSS, CalDAV.
• Supports common web browsers and shell browsers.
• Will not drain your mobile or laptop battery.
• Customisable themes. It doesn't have to look bland.
• Does not require much RAM, either on server or client.
• Suitable for installation on single board computers.
• No timeline algorithms.
• No javascript.
• No database. Data stored as ordinary files.
• No fashionable web frameworks. "Boring by design".
• No blockchain or AI garbage.
• Written in Python, with few dependencies.
• Can also federate on Tor, i2p, and yggdrasil.
• AGPL license, which Big Tech hates.

An Internet of People, Not Corporate Manipulation

Ever feel like corporate social media is leaving you stressed and angry? Tired of adverts and bizarre agendas which you have no interest in? On the open web there is no pressure to perform for an algorithm or play to an audience. Experience the astonishingly novel concept of just hanging out with friends.

Small Tech Design

Epicyon is written in Python with a HTML+CSS web interface and uses no javascript which makes display in a web browser very lightweight. It can run as a Progressive Web App on mobile.

Be the change. Install today!

For installation details see the INSTALL file