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Hatsu「初」 by importantimport

Rust AGPL-3.0 SECURITY.md

Self-hosted & Fully-automated ActivityPub Bridge for Static Sites.

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Verdict 66/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 5 months ago

Self-host Hatsu「初」 on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

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Health score
66 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
245
7 forks

About Hatsu「初」

From the project's README at github.com/importantimport/hatsu. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[](.clippy.toml) [](LICENSE) [](https://matrix.to/#/#importantimport:matrix.org)

Self-hosted & Fully-automated ActivityPub Bridge for Static Sites.

[](https://codespaces.new/importantimport/hatsu?quickstart=1) About

Hatsu is a self-hosted bridge that interacts with Fediverse on behalf of your static site.

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
61
maturity
91
community
69
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
17

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 245 github.com/importantimport/hatsu
GitHub forks 7 github.com/importantimport/hatsu

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age2.8 yearssince Jul 2023
Last commit5 months agoDec 14, 2025
Releases shipped33last: 5 months ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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