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Your private blog, away from social networks

A shared journal in a close circle powered by Haven, installed and maintained by DINAO. Your posts and photos stay on our French servers — no ads or trackers.

Hosted in FranceInvitation-only accessZero ads / trackersGDPR compliantUnverified image
Overview

What is Haven?

Haven is a minimalist blog engine designed to share your life privately with a close circle of friends and family, far from public social networks. The administrator manually creates accounts for authorized readers: there is no open registration, eliminating any risk of strangers intruding.

Each member has a Markdown editor with live preview to write their posts, and can follow other blogs via private RSS feeds and a built-in RSS reader. The app handles image, video, and audio media, and automatically resizes images to lighten page loads.

The focus is on simplicity and performance: no JavaScript frameworks, no ads or trackers. Built in Ruby on Rails and distributed under the MIT license, Haven deploys as a Docker container.

Compatible offers

Host Haven at DINAO

Resource tiers compatible with Haven prerequisites (minimum 1 vCPU / 512 Mo / 5 Go). Hosted in France, fully managed.

This application uses an unofficial/unverified image or requires custom resources. We review and deploy it upon request.

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Under the hood

Technical details

vCPU
1 vCPU
ideal : 2 vCPU
Memory
512 Mo
ideal : 2 Go
Disk
5 Go
ideal : 20 Go
Image : ghcr.io/bitvora/haven (inexistant) — build local depuis github.com/bitvora/haven Registry : GitHub (source uniquement) Services : haven Ports : 3355:3355
FAQ

You might be wondering…

Who can read my Haven blog?

Only people for whom you have created an account. No public registration is possible: your journal remains invisible to strangers.

Do I need to know how to code to publish?

No. The Markdown editor with live preview is enough to write and format your posts, add images, videos, or audio.

How do my loved ones follow my posts?

Each member has a private RSS feed and a built-in RSS reader to follow other people's blogs in the circle.

Is there advertising or tracking?

No. Haven is designed privacy-first: no ads, no trackers, no intrusive JS frameworks. Your data is never monetized.

Are my contents exportable?

Yes. Haven is open source (MIT) and your data remains yours: no proprietary lock-in, DINAO ensures export on request.