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Wildebeest - A cloudflare based Fediverse server (github.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/3045

Now this is interesting. A Fediverse platform developed by Cloudflare that inherently runs on Cloudflare without needing dedicated infrastructure.

The code is open source yet the platform itself is inherently proprietary. It's going to be very interesting how this unfolds given how unpopular Cloudflare is with many Fediverse admins

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[–] autumn@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

is it really half? and which three companies?

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Likely Hetzner, Netcup and OVH. Large relatively cheap VPS providers in Europe.

I remember reading an article some time ago about someone actually investigating that and there was also some large US hoster in the mix. but those few made up 80-90% of the fediverse instances.

Edit: found it: https://bitkeks.eu/blog/2020/03/underlying-problem-fediverse-decentralised-platforms.html

[–] autumn@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

ah, i misread your initial post. i thought you meant half of all users were hosted by a few instances. thanks for that article!