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ready for general use, we will post more detailed instructions.
## Notice
We currently run Diaspora with the [thin](http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/) as our webserver, behind [nginx](http://wiki.nginx.org/Main). Diaspora uses the asynchronous feature of [EventMachine](http://rubyeventmachine.com/)
Because our websocket server and message queue both work using the power of the [Reactor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactor_pattern) pattern. If you use mod_rails, mongrel, or another non-eventmachine based application server, federation and/or websockets may not work.
We currently run Diaspora with the [thin](http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/) as our webserver, behind [nginx](http://wiki.nginx.org/Main). Diaspora uses the asynchronous feature of [EventMachine](http://rubyeventmachine.com/) to send messages between seeds,
using the power of the [Reactor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactor_pattern) pattern. If you use mod_rails, mongrel, or another non-eventmachine based application server, federation and/or websockets may not work.
If you don't like thin, you can always try [Rainbows!](http://rainbows.rubyforge.org/)
We will try and fully support more webservers later, but that is what works for now.
