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Faircamp is a Free Bandcamp Alternative (wedistribute.org)
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There's a really cool open source alternative to Bandcamp that just came out. With some questions raised about Bandcamp's future, some musicians in the Fediverse are leaning into the new platform as a different approach to selling their music.

Faircamp is just a static site, and doesn't federate itself, but its adoption within the Fediverse suggests that people are at least thinking about alternative solutions.

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[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it is saying you would be the personal server and it builds the site for you. Being on the more creative side of computers, I don't think you understand how confusing that all reads. I appreciate you thinking I'm smarter than I am though, lol.

[–] deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fair point, I should probably clear that up. Static site generators typically work through a process that builds pages for you on the fly, based on what's in the folder. However, for it to be available on the Internet, you'd still need a server to run the program, so that you can generate those pages.

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I've never hosted my own sites, I've always used like a godaddy. TBF, I've never known you could.