I posted this as a comment in the wefwef community but thought it might also be relevant here. If anyone is interested in self hosting wefwef this is how I did it on macOS:
Start by installing Docker desktop
Open Terminal and type in:
docker pull ghcr.io/aeharding/wefwef:latest
Then, you need to use a Docker run command like below to get things started. In this example, I put my local IP in as “192.168.1.2” but you’ll need to adjust that value to whatever your machine’s IP is.
docker run --rm -d -p 192.168.1.2:5314:5314 -e "CUSTOM_LEMMY_SERVERS=lemmy.world,sh.itjust.works,lemmy.ml" ghcr.io/aeharding/wefwef:latest
At that point, I went to my iPhone, opened Safari and went to 192.168.1.2:5314 and boom, there’s wefwef. Install this as PWA and name it (local) or something to differentiate it from the normal wefwef and you’re good to go.
Disclaimer: I’m brand new to all of this so I’m sure this isn’t the best way. But it got me started, so I wanted to share.
FYI, this will only work when you are connected to your local network! If you want external access you can configure a VPN for external access (WireGuard) or do some port forwarding and register a domain name and use a reverse proxy (caddy) to serve the app.
Setting up something simple like Tailscale should also work to access local network stuff from different networks.
I’m also assuming that you are still running an Intel Mac, as wefwef for now doesn’t provide native ARM containers and you’ll have to build them yourself.
I don’t see them using --platform=linux/amd64 so I suspect you are correct, that they’re using an Intel Mac.
Use Tailscale vpn if you want access from outside your home network. It’s super easy to set up, all you do is install Tailscale on the server and client, and login.
What happens when a new update is available? Do we need to run the docker again? (Noob here :( )
You can simply replace the -p 192.168.1.2:5314:5314 with -p 5314:5314.
No need to specify the IP unless your device has multiple (active) network interface and you want to specify which one to use.
You are then able to access by going to localhost:5314.
Additionally, you can skip the docker pull step, when the image is missing the second command will lead to it being pulled automatically.
You should however use it if you want to pull in a newer version of the image.
