#Partnered Homeserver Operator Requirements

So you want to be an officially sanctioned public Continuwuity homeserver operator?

Thank you for your interest in the project! There's a few things we need from you first to make sure your homeserver meets our quality standards and that you are prepared to handle the additional workload introduced by operating a public chat service.

#Stuff you must have

if you don't do these things we will tell you to go away

• Your homeserver must be running an up-to-date version of Continuwuity
• You must have a CAPTCHA, external registration system, or apply-to-join system that provides one-time-use invite codes (we do not accept fully open nor static token registration)
• Your homeserver must have support details listed in /.well-known/matrix/support
• Your rules and guidelines must align with the project's own code of conduct.
• You must be reasonably responsive (i.e. don't leave us hanging for a week if we alert you to an issue on your server)
• Your homeserver's community rooms (if any) must be protected by a moderation bot subscribed to policy lists like the Community Moderation Effort (you can get one from https://asgard.chat if you don't want to run your own)

#Stuff we encourage you to have

not strictly required but we will consider your request more strongly if you have it

• You should have automated moderation tooling that can automatically suspend abusive users on your homeserver who are added to policy lists
• You should have multiple server administrators (increased bus factor)
• You should have a terms of service and privacy policy prominently available

#Stuff you get

• Prominent listing in our README!
• A gold star sticker
• Access to a low noise room for more direct communication with maintainers and collaboration with fellow operators
• Read-only access to the continuwuity internal ban list
• Early notice of upcoming releases

#Sound good?

To get started, ping a team member in our main chatroom and ask to be added to the list.