Hiro-Hosted Gaia Hub Decommissioning on May 31, 2025

Apps Storage (Gaia)
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We will decommission the Hiro-hosted Gaia Hub on May 31, 2025, to reinforce our commitment to decentralization and empower greater user autonomy.

If you’re currently using the Hiro-hosted Gaia Hub, it’s time to transition to a self-hosted Gaia instance. This change puts you in full control of your data and storage.

Need help getting started?

Check out the step-by-step guide here: How to Host Your Own Gaia.

What You Need to Do:

  • Before May 31, 2025: Migrate any data stored on the Hiro-hosted Gaia Hub to your self-hosted instance.
  • After May 31, 2025: Data on the Hiro-hosted Gaia Hub will no longer be accessible, make the switch early to avoid disruptions.

We’re here to support you through this transition. If you have any questions, connect with us on our Hiro Discord channels.

The Hiro Systems Team

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I’m the creator of Brace.to and Justnote. Can you help check if our users are still using Hiro-hosted Gaia Hub?

We have our Gaia Hub on 1 Apr 2024 at hub.stacksdrive.com. Our new users use it by default, but our users who created their accounts before that don’t.

For Brace.to, a Gaia Hub bucket always contains a “links” folder. For Justnote, a Gaia Hub bucket always contains a “notes” folder.

Thank you so much. :pray:

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#3

It looks like migration is not possible, gaia source is not updated. Not empowering greater user autonomy!

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#4

IMHO, updating hubUrl at the account level is impractical as there is no public Gaia hub now. Maybe there should be both an app and account levels for the hub URL.

I also want to avoid depending on an external wallet. It doesn’t work on mobile. One account per app might suit some apps (not defi or social apps where a wallet and BNS are essential). Calling a smart contract directly to get a hub URL might be good enough for a productivity app.

Last but not least, this won’t be a focus. This is not in the roadmap. It must be a community effort!

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