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Hi i just wanted to know if it is possible to host instance completely without renting anything.

if you have a video on it can you please share it here?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You don't need a static IP to have a domain name, and you don't always need to pay for a domain name either.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You don't need a static IP to have a domain name

That's why I said or. You need a static address of some kind for Lemmy; be it just an IP or a domain name. I haven't seen domain names given away for free since I was in high school; where would you get one now?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Cloudflare has a free tier for domains, although they're a little sketch. But they also support DDNS, so which updates the IP that your domain points to when it changes