github superseriousbusiness/gotosocial v0.18.0-rc2
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pre-release5 days ago

Here's version 0.18.0-rc2 of GoToSocial.

Please read the migration notes carefully for instructions on how to upgrade to this version.

For instructions to update to this release candidate from versions < v0.18.0-rc1, see the v0.18.0-rc1 release candidate notes, but replace v0.18.0-rc1 with v0.18.0-rc2 throughout.

Migration notes

Upgrading

To upgrade to v0.18.0-rc2 from a previous release:

Binary/tar

  1. Stop GoToSocial.
  2. Back up your database! If you're running on SQLite, this is as simple as copying your sqlite.db file, eg., cp sqlite.db sqlite.db.backup.
  3. Download and untar the new release, including the web assets and html templates.
  4. Edit your config.yaml file if necessary (see below).
  5. Start GoToSocial.
  6. Wait patiently for any migrations to run, do not interrupt migrations or you could leave your db in a broken state and will have to restore from backup!
  7. Enjoy your updated instance.

Docker

  1. Stop GoToSocial.
  2. Back up your database! If you're running on SQLite, this is as simple as copying your sqlite.db file, eg., cp sqlite.db sqlite.db.backup.
  3. Pull the new docker container (superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:0.18.0-rc2 or superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:latest)
  4. Edit your config.yaml file or environment variables if necessary (see below).
  5. Start GoToSocial.
  6. Wait patiently for any migrations to run, do not interrupt migrations or you could leave your db in a broken state and will have to restore from backup!
  7. Enjoy your updated instance.

config.yaml

The configuration file has changed since the previous release candidate.

  • Added instance-allow-backdating-statuses.
  • Added accounts-registration-daily-limit.
  • Added accounts-registration-backlog-limit.

You can see a diff of the config file here: v0.18.0-rc1...v0.18.0-rc2#diff-c071e03510b2c57e193a44503fd9528a785f0f411497cc75841a9f8d0b1ac622

Database Migrations

No new migrations since v0.18.0-rc1.

Which release archive/container should I use?

GoToSocial releases binary builds for 64-bit Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD operating systems. We also release Docker builds for 64-bit Linux.

OS Architecture Support level Binary archive Docker
Linux x86-64/AMD64 (64-bit) 🟢 Full linux_amd64.tar.gz superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:0.18.0-rc2
Linux Armv8/ARM64 (64-bit) 🟢 Full linux_arm64.tar.gz superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:0.18.0-rc2
FreeBSD x86-64/AMD64 (64-bit) 🟢 Full freebsd_amd64.tar.gz Not provided
FreeBSD Armv8/ARM64 (64-bit) 🟢 Full freebsd_arm64.tar.gz Not provided
NetBSD x86-64/AMD64 (64-bit) 🟢 Full netbsd_amd64.tar.gz Not provided
NetBSD Armv8/ARM64 (64-bit) 🟢 Full netbsd_arm64.tar.gz Not provided

nowasm

For your convenience, we also provide UNSUPPORTED, EXPERIMENTAL BUILDS, created using the nowasm tag, in the downloads list below. There is no Docker build for nowasm.

GoToSocial releases built with nowasm use the Go-native, modernc version of SQLite instead of the WASM one, and will use on-system ffmpeg and ffprobe binaries for media processing.

Using a nowasm build is currently the only way to run GoToSocial on a 32-bit system.

For more information on running a nowasm build, see the nowasm documentation page.

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