Hosting
Openbook is written in PHP with a MySQL database — the same stack offered by almost every web host. No VPS, no Docker, no Redis, no background workers, no Node.js in production.
Designed for minimal setups
- Works on typical shared hosting — the kind you already use for a website or blog
- Download setup-openbook.php, upload it to your folder, and follow the browser wizard
- The wizard fetches the official release (vendor/ included, SHA-256 verified) and sends you to /install
- No dedicated server, Kubernetes, or significant CPU/RAM — a small plan is enough to start
Minimal requirements
PHP, MySQL, cron. No Redis, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, or permanent worker processes.
Anyone with a domain and a basic PHP/MySQL hosting account can run their own Fediverse node.