A shared Unix server (a “tilde community”) where users get a home directory, SSH access, and a space on the small web.

ssh you@tilde.town

See SSH: tilde.town for full config.

See tilde.town Tools for TTBP, Botany, Prosaic, Bink, BBJ, IRC, Alpine.

rsync -avz tilde.town:~ ./town/      # pull home directory to local
rsync -avz ./town/ tilde.town:~      # push local changes up

Exclude .ssh, mail spools, and .DS_Store from any mirror script.

• tilde.pink: NetBSD tilde; Gemini, Gopher, neomutt, tilde.chat IRC
• tilde.club: the server that started the 2014 wave
• SDF: the Super Dimension Fortress; public-access Unix since 1987
• cosmic.voyage: pubnix built around a shared sci-fi story
• envs.net: minimalist Debian tilde with a long service list
• tilde.green: 2022 tilde focused on creativity and wildness
• rw.rs: experimental open-source tilde, 199X aesthetic

• The Tildeverse: the member network, shared IRC, shared services
• Pubnix History: CTSS to BBSes to pubnixes to the 2014 revival
• Joining a Tilde: pick a server, make an SSH key, stay safe
• Glossary: plain-language definitions for tilde jargon

• A Tilde Account: what an account includes and where hosts differ
• Commands: per-host launchers and connecting
• Tilde Apps: weechat, irssi, alpine, mutt, mail, micro, byobu
• Town Square: town's world-writable communal directory
• Keeping a Tilde Account Active: daily and weekly routine
• Publishing on a Pubnix: public_html, permissions, rsync deploys

• tilde.town Tools
• The Tildeverse
• SDF
• Gopher
• Gemini
• Dotfiles
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