**Some updates from the [Gaza Archive project](https://archive.gaza.onl)**.
As announced a couple of days ago, I am currently working on a service that periodically scrapes new public activity from [Gaza Verified](https://gaza-verified.org) accounts and creates a permanent local backup.
This is needed because we are not sure if some instance admins will keep being tolerant towards voices from #Palestine on their platforms (as confirmed by some recent incidents), and since their words and images are priceless first-hand reports of a #genocide that many are trying to hide and erase I think it's quite important to preserve them regardless of the pressure applied on individual instance admins.
The project is still a lot WIP, the scrapers and the cron are now working fine but a Web UI is still missing.
I have also registered https://archive.gaza.onl as an official public archive. Right now it's still a UI-less barebone thing running on `python -m http.server`, but it'll look better soon, I promise.
You can already download the full database of the accounts (including their profiles and their posts), as well as explore the media they uploaded under `/media`, indexed by username.
I also invite as many self-hosting enthusiasts as possible to run a copy of this service if possible. I don't want to be the single point of failure in historic preservation. The project is open-source and the source code is available [here](https://git.platypush.tech/blacklight/gaza-archive) under GPLv3 license.
Running it is as simple as a `docker compose up` in the repo root. It'll automatically populate the database and the media index under `./data`.
A lot more work is needed (like a nicer Web UI, indexing of hashtag and profile fields, and search features), but at least the first priority has now been checked (all the data is safe in at least one backup location).
Palestine (npub1tvn…zqvw) Aral Balkan (npub1p09…m5vl) Joy (npub1nv8…za59)
Fabio Manganiello
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2025-09-26 11:03:51 CEST
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