diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/build-alpine.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/build-alpine.yml
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--- a/.forgejo/workflows/build-alpine.yml
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@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-on: 
-  - workflow-dispatch
-  - push
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: alpine:edge
-
-    steps:
-      - name: set up dependencies
-        run: |
-          apk update 
-          apk upgrade 
-          apk add nodejs git alpine-sdk
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        name: checkout the alpine dir  
-        with: 
-          sparse-checkout: "alpine/"
-
-      # - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      #   name: checkout the rest in the alpine dir
-      #   with:
-      #     path: 'alpine/continuwuity'
-      - name: set up user 
-        run: adduser -DG abuild ci 
-
-      - name: set up keys
-        run: |
-          pwd
-          mkdir ~/.abuild 
-          echo "${{ secrets.abuild_privkey }}" > ~/.abuild/ci@continuwuity.rsa
-          echo "${{ secrets.abuild_pubkey }}" > ~/.abuild/ci@continuwuity.rsa.pub 
-          echo $HOME
-          echo 'PACKAGER_PRIVKEY="/root/.abuild/ci@continuwuity.rsa"' > ~/.abuild/abuild.conf 
-          ls ~/.abuild
-
-      - name: go go gadget abuild 
-        run: |
-          cd alpine 
-          # modify the APKBUILD to use the current branch instead of the release
-          # note that it seems to require the repo to be public (as you'll get 
-          # a 404 even if the token is provided)
-          export ARCHIVE_URL="${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/archive/${{ github.ref_name }}.tar.gz"
-          echo $ARCHIVE_URL
-          sed -i '/^source=/c\source="'"$ARCHIVE_URL" APKBUILD 
-          abuild -F checksum
-          abuild -Fr
diff --git a/alpine/APKBUILD b/alpine/APKBUILD
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--- a/alpine/APKBUILD
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-# Contributor: magmaus3 <maia@magmaus3.eu.org>
-# Maintainer: magmaus3 <maia@magmaus3.eu.org>
-pkgname=continuwuity
-
-# abuild doesn't like the format of v0.5.0-rc.5, so i had to change it 
-# see https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Package_policies
-pkgver=0.5.0_rc5
-pkgrel=0
-pkgdesc="a continuwuation of a very cool, featureful fork of conduit"
-url="https://continuwuity.org/"
-arch="all"
-license="Apache-2.0"
-depends="liburing"
-
-# cargo version on alpine v3.21 is too old to use the 2024 edition
-# i recommend either building everything on edge, or adding
-# the edge repo as a tag
-makedepends="cargo liburing-dev clang-dev linux-headers"
-checkdepends=""
-install="$pkgname.pre-install"
-subpackages="$pkgname-openrc"
-source="https://forgejo.ellis.link/continuwuation/continuwuity/archive/v0.5.0-rc.5.tar.gz
-continuwuity.initd
-continuwuity.confd
-"
-builddir="$srcdir/continuwuity"
-options="net !check"
-
-prepare() {
-	default_prepare
-	cd $srcdir/continuwuity
-
-    # add the default database path to the config (commented out)
-    cat conduwuit-example.toml \
-        | sed '/#database_path/ s:$: "/var/lib/continuwuity":' \
-        > "$srcdir"/continuwuity.toml
-
-	cargo fetch --target="$CTARGET" --locked
-}
-
-build() {
-	cargo build --frozen --release --all-features
-}
-
-check() {
-	# TODO: make sure the tests work
-	#cargo test --frozen
-    return
-}
-
-package() {
-	cd $srcdir	
-	install -Dm755 continuwuity/target/release/conduwuit "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/continuwuity
-	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/continuwuity.toml -t "$pkgdir"/etc/continuwuity
-	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/continuwuity.initd "$pkgdir"/etc/init.d/continuwuity
-	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/continuwuity.confd "$pkgdir"/etc/conf.d/continuwuity
-}
-
-sha512sums="
-66f6da5e98b6f7bb8c1082500101d5c87b1b79955c139b44c6ef5123919fb05feb0dffc669a3af1bc8d571ddb9f3576660f08dc10a6b19eab6db9e391175436a  v0.5.0-rc.5.tar.gz
-0482674be24740496d70da256d4121c5a5e3b749f2445d2bbe0e8991f1449de052724f8427da21a6f55574bc53eac9ca1e47e5012b4c13049b2b39044734d80d  continuwuity.initd
-38e2576278b450d16ba804dd8f4a128f18cd793e6c3ce55aedee1e186905755b31ee23baaa6586b1ab0e25a1f29bf1ea86bfaae4185b0cb1a29203726a199426  continuwuity.confd
-"
diff --git a/alpine/README.md b/alpine/README.md
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-# building
-
-1. [set up your build
-   environment](https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Include:Setup_your_system_and_account_for_building_packages)
-   
-2. run `abuild` (or `abuild -K` if you want to keep the source directory to make
-   rebuilding faster)
diff --git a/alpine/continuwuity.confd b/alpine/continuwuity.confd
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--- a/alpine/continuwuity.confd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-supervisor=supervise-daemon
-export CONTINUWUITY_CONFIG=/etc/continuwuity/continuwuity.toml
-
diff --git a/alpine/continuwuity.initd b/alpine/continuwuity.initd
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--- a/alpine/continuwuity.initd
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@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-
-command="/usr/bin/continuwuity"
-command_user="continuwuity:continuwuity"
-command_args="--config ${CONTINUWUITY_CONFIG=/etc/continuwuity/continuwuity.toml}"
-command_background=true
-pidfile="/run/$RC_SVCNAME.pid"
-
-output_log="/var/log/continuwuity.log"
-error_log="/var/log/continuwuity.log"
-
-depend() {
-	need net
-}
-
-start_pre() {
-	checkpath -d -m 0755 -o "$command_user" /var/lib/continuwuity
-	checkpath -f -m 0644 -o "$command_user" "$output_log"
-}
diff --git a/alpine/continuwuity.pre-install b/alpine/continuwuity.pre-install
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--- a/alpine/continuwuity.pre-install
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-addgroup -S continuwuity 2>/dev/null
-adduser -S -D -H -h /var/lib/continuwuity -s /sbin/nologin -G continuwuity -g continuwuity continuwuity 2>/dev/null
-exit 0