You need to have some basic technical know-how, but there are some fediverse software projects that have requirements similar to Wordpress and thus can be run on cheap php only webhosting.
Hubzilla/Friendica/Zap and maybe Pixelfed fall in that general category.
Since your instance will federate with others anyways it is probably best to make registration limited to yourself and friends/family.
I’m asking this not for myself, but in case someone wanted to run an instance themselves and they’re not as tech savvy. but I guess they have to learn the basics still.
You need to have some basic technical know-how, but there are some fediverse software projects that have requirements similar to Wordpress and thus can be run on cheap php only webhosting.
Hubzilla/Friendica/Zap and maybe Pixelfed fall in that general category.
Since your instance will federate with others anyways it is probably best to make registration limited to yourself and friends/family.
I’m asking this not for myself, but in case someone wanted to run an instance themselves and they’re not as tech savvy. but I guess they have to learn the basics still.