Indiekit for Cloudron - IndieWeb Publishing Server

[rmdes]

• Title: Indiekit on Cloudron - Your own Indieweb powered blog on Cloudron

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• Main Page: https://getindiekit.com/
• Git: https://github.com/rmdes/indiekit-cloudron
• Licence: MIT
• Dockerfile: Yes
• Demo: https://rmendes.net

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• Summary:

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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

• https://getindiekit.com by Paul Robert Lloyd
• https://www.11ty.dev static site generator
• https://indieweb.org community

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• Notes: I have been using it as my daily blog engine for over a week now and I'm pretty happy with the result

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• Alternative to Wordpress

[rmdes]

@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

[rmdes]

Blog post on how to deploy this : https://rmendes.net/content/articles/2026-01-24-deploy-your-own-indieweb-site/

[robi]

@rmdes wow, brid.gy is cool and connecting it all seems like a good marketing start for any project.

Thank you for packaging!

[rmdes]

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

[micmc]

@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!

[rmdes]

@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

[timconsidine]

@rmdes magic, well done

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

[rmdes]

Yes definitely !

[timconsidine]

Funkwhale and Indict on CustomAppGateway