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.

  • @Opacity9850English
    4•1 year ago

    What happens when a new update is available? Do we need to run the docker again? (Noob here :( )

    • @ShnogEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      If you’re using the tag latest then you would need to re-pull the image and restart your docker container.

      • @Opacity9850English
        0•1 year ago

        All this stuff is really hard to grasp for me :( I have deployed a portainer stack of 4 apps (plex setup) and i get updates for Plex every once in a while… The only issue is that i have no idea how i got it to work but im sure that if i try updating it wont work :( im very unlucky when it comes to technical stuffs and life lmao.