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A terminal community for people who think before they post.
We are tired of social media.
We are tired of algorithms deciding what we think.
We are tired of ads dressed as content and content designed as ads.
We are tired of the refresh, the notification, the streak, the like.
We are tired of conversations that last three minutes and mean nothing.We think.
We evaluate.
We change our minds slowly and for good reasons.
We write things down. We read things carefully.
We have a voice that beats to its own drum.We are not anti-technology. We built this server.
We are anti-capture. Anti-manipulation. Anti-noise.We are the holdouts.
Offgrid Holdout is a small, deliberate community that lives in the terminal. We discuss ideas, maintain commonplace files, share writing, and dig into the questions worth digging into — slowly, on our own terms.
The community runs over SSH and Gemini. There is no app to download, no account to create on a third-party platform, and no algorithm between you and the conversation.
Access is by application. Not because we're exclusive, but because a community is only as good as the people in it. We read every application ourselves.
Web (you're here). You can read the community's public writing at:
Gemini. Install a Gemini browser, then visit
gemini://offgridholdout.org
apt install amfora or brew install amfora)SSH (joining). To join, you need an SSH key pair and an approved application. Here's how:
SSH keys are how Offgrid Holdout knows who you are — no passwords, no accounts on third-party platforms. Your key is your identity.
On macOS, Linux, or Windows (Terminal / PowerShell), run:
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your-chosen-username"
This creates two files, usually in ~/.ssh/:
id_ed25519 — your private key. Keep this on your machine. Never share it.id_ed25519.pub — your public key. This is what you submit with your application.To view your public key, run:
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
It will look something like:
ssh-ed25519 AAAA... your-chosen-username
Copy the whole line — that's what goes in the application.
Once approved, you connect with:
ssh -p 2222 username@offgridholdout.org
To avoid typing the port every time, add this to ~/.ssh/config:
Host offgridholdout.org
Port 2222