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No, ActivityPub is a push protocol. Other instances send data to your instance via HTTPS and only HTTPS. So you need at minimum a public domain and web server with TLS enabled.
Some people use Cloudflare tunnels to avoid opening ports or just get a cheap VPS to forward the traffic home without exposing the home IP.
Why not HTTP :c
Plain HTTP should be considered obsolete. Also it makes impersonating websites harder (but not impossible)
Additionally, HTTPS if very easy to set up nowadays and the certificates are free^1^.
^1^: Assuming you have a public domain name, but for ActivityPub that's already a requirement due to the push nature of the protocol.
You can get Let's Encrypt certificates for DuckDNS, so you don't even need to own anything.