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Cactus Comments – Blog Comments Powered by Your Own Matrix Server

How I integrated Cactus Comments – a decentralized, tracking-free commenting system built on my own Matrix server – into my Hugo blog, including the client build, appservice setup, and Catppuccin styling.

Self-Hosting Your Own Matrix Homeserver with Synapse – Take Back Control of Your Data

In this article, I set up my own Matrix homeserver using Synapse and Docker Compose. Alongside a brief introduction to the decentralized Matrix protocol, I walk through the complete installation with PostgreSQL, Traefik, and Cloudflare Tunnel.