Sandymount

Your own SAND server in one command.

npx sandymount

What It Does

Sandymount bundles everything you need:

• Solid pod — Store your data with access control
• Nostr relay — Real-time messaging infrastructure
• Identity provider — Built-in authentication
• Git HTTP backend — Version control for your pod
• SolidOS UI — Browser-based data editor

Quick Start

# Run with defaults
npx sandymount

# Custom port
sandymount --port 3000

# Custom data directory
sandymount --root ./my-data

# Enable ActivityPub federation
sandymount --activitypub

CLI Options

Option	Description	Default
--port <n>	Port to listen on	5420
--root <path>	Data directory	./data
--no-nostr	Disable Nostr relay	enabled
--no-git	Disable Git backend	enabled
--no-idp	Disable identity provider	enabled
--no-mashlib	Disable SolidOS UI	enabled
--activitypub	Enable ActivityPub	disabled
--quiet	Suppress logs	verbose

What You Get

When you run sandymount, you'll see:

  ███████╗ █████╗ ███╗   ██╗██████╗
  ██╔════╝██╔══██╗████╗  ██║██╔══██╗
  ███████╗███████║██╔██╗ ██║██║  ██║
  ╚════██║██╔══██║██║╚██╗██║██║  ██║
  ███████║██║  ██║██║ ╚████║██████╔╝
  ╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚═════╝

  🏖️  Sandymount v0.0.17

  ┌────────────────────────────────────┐
  │  S  Solid        ✓ enabled         │
  │  A  ActivityPub  ○ --activitypub   │
  │  N  Nostr        ✓ enabled         │
  │  D  DID          ✓ enabled (IdP)   │
  └────────────────────────────────────┘

Built On

Sandymount wraps JSS (JavaScript Solid Server) with sensible defaults for the full SAND stack.

Links

• npm: sandymount
• GitHub: sandy-mount/sandymount
• Website: sandy-mount.com

Next Steps

• Your First Pod — Tutorial
• JSS — The underlying server
• Solid Protocol — How Solid works