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SSB Rooms

This is an informal registry of SSB Rooms. Please add your own Room if you start one!

What is a Room?

A Room is just like any other peer in the scuttlebutt network, that replicates feeds to other peers, except it also (generally):

A server to find and connect to other SSB peers – a meeting place.

  • A Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB) server for your community
  • Friends currently online can connect to each other, bridged by the room server
  • No developer skills required to set up your own room
  • Comes with a friendly web page interface

How does this compare to SSB pubs?

SSB Pubs are servers that hold copies of several SSB accounts, allowing you to sync with multiple friends, even if those friends are not currently online. Rooms are alternatives to Pubs that have an important difference: rooms do not store any user data, but instead allow currently online friends to connect to each other and synchronize their feeds.

The advantages are:

  • Discover accounts that share a common interest with you
  • Choose who you want to connect with (helps avoid a sudden influx of many strangers)
  • Openly available invites makes it easy to onboard people onto SSB
  • No concerns about hosting other people's data on the internet
  • The caveat is that you can only connect with accounts that are currently online in the same room. That said, you can still fetch the updates of an offline friend if another account online in the room also follows that offline friend.

Learn how to set up your own room: go-ssb-room or (deprecated) ssb-room

Public Rooms

787atxdotme
Austin-based Scuttlebutt Room
Visit https://www.inadequate.net/787atxssb.html
net:ssb-room.64-225-52-67.nip.io:8008~shs:uJXk9Aq2zRnIWUXipnDJkKsnLRzVoLGAY5SGaX3x1UY=:SSB+Room+PSK3TLYC2T86EHQCUHBUHASCASE18JBV24=

Lohn's Room
Lohn Public Scuttlebutt Room
NEW ADDRESS Visit https://ssb-room.lohn.in
net:ssb-room.lohn.in:8006~shs:4FiUoVBSr0Byo2njngIrqUDs2QJOEzALzysYIuqQ4zA=:SSB+Room+PSK3TLYC2T86EHQCUHBUHASCASE18JBV24=
Room maintainer short-id: @QlCTpvY7p9t

PicoRoom
@hendrikPeter's Public Scuttlebutt Room for tech, development and/or design interested butts
Visit https://picoroom.hendrikpeter.net
Room maintainer short-id: @Bp5Z5TQKv6E

ssb-room.j-serv.de
Public room to support connectivity of the Scuttleverse
Visit ssb-room.j-serv.de
Room maintainer: @+pY9goiTAmglEUMx+eXx2MpRExAY73C3RVGPy7QxrqQ=.ed25519

Techpriest Hub
Open invite room for people who want to try out SSB
Visit ssbroom.techpriesthub.xyz
Room maintainer: @zyLRN2EcOS1sj66bSr7OF3/RtLeiOIPQv44/qgZHRxE=.ed25519

Koto Co-op Room
Public room for anybody who is interested in contributing to achieve kinder and healthier sustainable world.
Visit https://room.kotocoop.org/
Room maintainer: @+FE4up8KDX4cSAoczOPcOsjV8o8w8Uws3qbX3wCF71M=.ed25519