autost is a cohost-compatible archive and blog engine, which i use right here on shuppy.org. for another autost blog, check out LotteMakesStuff dot PINK :D

your posts are now rebloggable, thanks to the microformats2 h-entry format! for the most consistent experience, be sure to set your [self_author] display_handle setting to a domain name.

you can now reblog posts with autost import. for example, to reblog Natalie’s post Reblogging posts with h-entry:

$ autost import https://nex-3.com/blog/reblogging-posts-with-h-entry/
2024-10-03T15:30:33.221087Z  INFO run_migrations: autost::migrations: hard linking attachments out of site/attachments
2024-10-03T15:30:33.411823Z  INFO autost::command::import: writing RelativePath { inner: "posts/imported/1.html", kind: Other }
2024-10-03T15:30:33.422458Z  INFO autost::command::import: click here to reply: http://[::1]:8420/posts/compose?reply_to=imported/1.html

you can now create attachments from local files with autost attach. for example:

$ autost attach ~/Downloads/atom{1,2}.png
2024-10-11T11:47:39.031943Z  INFO run_migrations: autost::migrations: hard linking attachments out of site/attachments
2024-10-11T11:47:39.137328Z  INFO autost::command::attach: created attachment: <attachments/d9c42006-07ca-4027-8abb-dfa670a7e637/atom1.png>
2024-10-11T11:47:39.137477Z  INFO autost::command::attach: created attachment: <attachments/887df41f-a1ce-4e66-8a9f-09ef1f6fedca/atom2.png>

warning: autost attach does not strip any exif data yet, so be careful not to leak your gps location in any photos you upload! use exiftool or a photo editor to check.

the atom output is also way better now! most importantly, threads with multiple posts are no longer an unreadable mess:

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note that your subscribers will need to convince their clients to redownload your posts, or unsubscribe and resubscribe, to see these effects on existing posts.

subscribe here for updates, or email me on autost@shuppy.org if you have any questions. enjoy :3