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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀- tilde.horse⠀

             A public-access Alpine Linux system
                

tilde.horse is a public-access UNIX system running Alpine Linux. Make yourself at home with your own web & gemini space, meet new friends on IRC, explore emailing, play terminal-based games with other users, and much more.

meet our horses

If you don't see yourself here, add an index.html in your ~/public_www directory.
This list is updated every 15 minutes.

• ~ape
• ~bullsworth
• ~gluee
• ~klasha
• ~localitguy
• ~nameless
• ~narcotic
• ~nira
• ~nthpyrodev
• ~plume
• ~sarmonsiill
• ~skittles
• ~tech9
• ~tsun

services hosted directly on the server

• forgejo
• goshared
• kineto
• molly-brown
• mail
• nginx
• soju
• sshtron (ssh tilde.horse -p 2022)
• yggdrasil (ygg.tilde.horse)
• ZNC

services hosted on separate VMs

• element-web
• matrix-synapse (contact admin to join)

compilers and interpreters

• cfunge
• clang20
• elixir
• erlang
• gcc15
• go
• guile
• lua5.1, lua5.2, lua5.3
• nodejs-lts
• openjdk17
• perl
• python3
• racket
• ruby3
• rust
• sbcl

gemini clients

• amfora
• gembro

IRC clients

• catgirl
• ircii
• irssi
• weechat

shells

• /bin/ash (default)
• /bin/bash
• /bin/zsh
• /usr/bin/fish
• /usr/lib/plan9/bin/rc

text editors

• helix
• nano
• neovim
• vi
• vim

games & extras

• cowsay
• lolcat
• netris
• ponysay

sticky

• Service upgrades
  2025-08-13
  

  ~horse was upgraded and now has a total of 3GB RAM and our file hosting service now has an upload limit of 50MB per file. Our host keys have also changed again, sorry!

news

• We now have a Matrix server!
  2025-02-04
  

  If you are a ~horse member and you would like an account, please contact nameless.

• Soju is now installed.
  2025-02-02
  

  Soju is now installed and available for all users. Login with your UNIX details.

• Host keys have been regenerated.
  2025-01-23
  

  Please make note of the new host key fingerprints here or at the bottom of this page.

• Gemini proxy is live.
  2025-01-22
  

  For ease of entry, there is now a Gemini proxy hosted at gemini.tilde.horse

• New services! Yay!
  2025-01-12
  

  A temporary file sharing server is now live at share.tilde.horse, along with a Forgejo instance at git.tilde.horse, exclusive to ~horse members.

• We finally have a Gemini capsule!
  2025-01-11
  

  After over a week of procrastination and confusion, all users now have a public_gemini directory in their home. Amfora is also installed now, so you can try it out.

• Happy new year!
  2025-01-01
  

  To start the year off strong, we are opening our gates! You may now sign up at the top of the page. In the coming days, all users will have a public_gemini directory in their home.

• Hello world!
  2024-12-19
  

  We are in now in testing phase. Keep your eyes peeled as we approach the production phase.