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mk.absturztau.be — Sharkey, 50 GB drive per user
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- Free allowance
- 50000 MB = 50 GB per user drive; maxFileSize 262144000 bytes (250 MiB) per object.
- Verdict
- fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- per-object-capper-object-cap 250 MiB
- Evidence
- reported2 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | 50000 MB = 50 GB per user drive; maxFileSize 262144000 bytes (250 MiB) per object. unit GB; metered on unstated |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - per-object-cap (binding) per-object-cap 250 MiB source
per-object-cap 250 MiB; per-user 50 GB; request-rate: Sharkey enforces per-IP 429 on drive writes. |
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| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
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| Egress | Free, CDN-served, no meter. |
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| Per-object cap | per-object-cap 250 MiB (262144000 bytes) |
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| Retention | not stated |
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| Interface | rest rest |
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| Tooling | Sharkey/IceShark is Misskey-API-compatible: same POST /api/drive/files/create, same MiAuth. A single client works across Misskey, Sharkey, Firefish and Iceshrimp.NET. |
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| Composes with | Open registration (openRegistrations: true, 916 users). 50 GB x N accounts. Best tier-2 host of the family: bigger than most, still sane per-file. |
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| Reliability | 916-user German hobby instance, 1.7 M local posts — active and healthy, but single-operator. Sharkey 2025.5.2-dev, self-described non-stable branch. |
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| Parsed numbers | - has-free-tier 1
- per-object-cap 250 MiB
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Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
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| 2026-10-21 | mk.absturztau.be/api/meta | probe: POST -> 200, policies.driveCapacityMb=50000, maxFileSize=262144000, disableRegistration=false |
| 2026-10-21 | mk.absturztau.be/nodeinfo/2.1 | probe: GET -> 200, software sharkey 2025.5.2-dev+g8e80ed6771, openRegistrations=true, users.total=916, localPosts=1708820 |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "50000 MB = 50 GB per user drive; maxFileSize 262144000 bytes (250 MiB) per object.","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
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Unknown values 3
- per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read