<![CDATA[Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server]]>
  • Title: Indiekit on Cloudron - Your own Indieweb powered blog on Cloudron
    • Summary:

    Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server

    Repository: https://github.com/rmdes/indiekit-cloudron

    Overview

    A Cloudron-packaged https://getindiekit.com deployment that combines an IndieWeb publishing server with an Eleventy static site generator. This package lets you own your content on your domain while still
    syndicating to social networks.

    Live Example: https://rmendes.net

    What is Indiekit?

    Indiekit is a Node.js server that implements IndieWeb standards - Micropub for posting, IndieAuth for authentication, and webmentions for cross-site interactions. Think of it as a self-hosted publishing
    backend that works with any Micropub client (Quill, Indigenous, iA Writer, etc.).

    Architecture

    nginx (port 3000) → Static files from Eleventy
    → Proxy /admin, /micropub to Indiekit (port 8080)

    Eleventy (watcher) → Rebuilds site when content changes
    Indiekit → Handles Micropub, auth, syndication
    MongoDB → Stores sessions, statistics

    Features

    IndieWeb Standards:

    • Micropub - Post from any compatible client
    • IndieAuth - Sign in with your domain
    • Webmentions - Display likes, replies, reposts from other sites
    • Microformats2 - Proper h-entry, h-card, h-feed markup
    • POSSE - Syndicate to Mastodon and Bluesky via Bridgy

    Post Types: Articles, notes, photos, bookmarks, likes, replies, reposts, events, RSVPs, jams, audio, video

    Theme (indiekit-eleventy-theme):

    • Responsive design with dark mode
    • Tailwind CSS styling
    • RSS and JSON feeds
    • Image optimization
    • Social embeds (YouTube, Mastodon, Bluesky)
    • Reply context display with h-cite microformats

    Custom Indiekit Plugins

    I've developed four endpoint plugins that extend Indiekit with activity displays. All are published to npm under @rmdes/:
    ┌─────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
    │ Plugin │ npm │ Description │
    ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
    │ indiekit-endpoint-github │ https://www.npmjs.com/package/@rmdes/indiekit-endpoint-github │ Display GitHub commits, stars, PRs, issues, and featured repositories │
    ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
    │ indiekit-endpoint-funkwhale │ https://www.npmjs.com/package/@rmdes/indiekit-endpoint-funkwhale │ Funkwhale listening history, favorites, now playing, and statistics │
    ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
    │ indiekit-endpoint-lastfm │ https://www.npmjs.com/package/@rmdes/indiekit-endpoint-lastfm │ Last.fm scrobbles, loved tracks, now playing, and listening stats │
    ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
    │ indiekit-endpoint-youtube │ https://www.npmjs.com/package/@rmdes/indiekit-endpoint-youtube │ YouTube channel videos, live streaming status, upcoming streams │
    └─────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
    Each plugin provides:

    • Admin dashboard views in Indiekit's UI
    • Public JSON API endpoints for static site integration
    • Background sync to MongoDB
    • Smart caching to respect API rate limits

    Related Repositories
    ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┐
    │ Repository │ Description │
    ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
    │ https://github.com/rmdes/indiekit-cloudron │ Main Cloudron package │
    ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
    │ https://github.com/rmdes/indiekit-eleventy-theme │ Eleventy theme (submodule) │
    ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
    │ https://github.com/rmdes/indiekit-endpoint-github │ GitHub activity plugin │
    ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
    │ https://github.com/rmdes/indiekit-endpoint-funkwhale │ Funkwhale plugin │
    ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
    │ https://github.com/rmdes/indiekit-endpoint-lastfm │ Last.fm plugin │
    ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
    │ https://github.com/rmdes/indiekit-endpoint-youtube │ YouTube plugin │
    └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────┘
    Installation

    git clone https://github.com/rmdes/indiekit-cloudron.git
    cd indiekit-cloudron
    cloudron build
    cloudron install --app yourdomain.com

    Then configure /app/data/config/env.sh with your API tokens.

    Credits

    • Notes: I have been using it as my daily blog engine for over a week now and I'm pretty happy with the result
    • Alternative to Wordpress
    ]]>    https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/14942/indiekit-for-cloudron-indieweb-publishing-serverRSS for NodeTue, 14 Jul 2026 04:04:06 GMTSat, 24 Jan 2026 17:20:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server on Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:46:46 GMT]]>Thanks I will try on another cloudron, just to confirm all is well 🙂

    ]]>    https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119993https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119993Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:46:46 GMT    <![CDATA[Reply to Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server on Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:17:39 GMT]]>Funkwhale and Indiekit on CustomAppGateway

    Screenshot 2026-02-09 at 17.13.16.png

    ]]>    https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119959https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119959Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:17:39 GMT    <![CDATA[Reply to Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server on Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:05:38 GMT]]>Yes definitely !

    ]]>    https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119952https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119952Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:05:38 GMT    <![CDATA[Reply to Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server on Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:42:30 GMT]]>@rmdes magic, well done

    would you like it added to the CustomAppGateway catalogue ? (see other forum message about funkwhale)

    ]]>    https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119936https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119936Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:42:30 GMT    <![CDATA[Reply to Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server on Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:53:56 GMT]]>@timconsidine I also made this cloudron app, this weekend I cleaned the theme sub module so that anyone installing it have a clean experience without remains from my own implementation, its currently powering my website https://rmendes.net

    ]]>    https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119925https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119925Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:53:56 GMT    <![CDATA[Reply to Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server on Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:56:07 GMT]]>@rmdes said in Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server:

    Hey, thanks ! Just to clarify : Brid.gy works with it, but its not mandatory, you can simply cross post to bluesky/mastodon and have reactions to these syndicated posts fetched back to your own blog using webmentions

    All this is Amazing work mate!
    Plus, you care to bring much attentions while sharing freely, that tells much about you.

    Thank you so much for sharing!
    Cheers! 😎

    ]]>    https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119186https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119186Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:56:07 GMT    <![CDATA[Reply to Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server on Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:03:04 GMT]]>Hey, thanks ! Just to clarify : Brid.gy works with it, but its not mandatory, you can simply cross post to bluesky/mastodon and have reactions to these syndicated posts fetched back to your own blog using webmentions

    ]]>    https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119167https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119167Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:03:04 GMT    <![CDATA[Reply to Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server on Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:16:57 GMT]]>@rmdes wow, brid.gy is cool and connecting it all seems like a good marketing start for any project.

    Thank you for packaging!

    ]]>    https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119099https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119099Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:16:57 GMT    <![CDATA[Reply to Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server on Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:22:32 GMT]]>Blog post on how to deploy this : https://rmendes.net/content/articles/2026-01-24-deploy-your-own-indieweb-site/

    ]]>    https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119098https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119098Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:22:32 GMT    <![CDATA[Reply to Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server on Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:37:45 GMT]]>@girish this is my first ever cloudron package, I don't know exactly what's the procedure to include this in the store but I would love to see this package available for anyone 🙂

    ]]>    https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119092https://forum.cloudron.io/post/119092Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:37:45 GMT