Week in Fediverse 2024-01-05

Servers

- Hubzilla v8.8.5
- Castopod v1.7.4
- Sharkey v2023.12.0
- tootik v0.5.12
- Hatsu: Self-hosted & Fully-automated ActivityPub Bridge for Static Sites

Clients

- toot v0.41.1
- IceCubesApp v1.10.15
- PixelDroid v1.0.beta26
- Photon v1.25.0
- Shitter v3.5.3
- mlmym v0.0.36
- Thunder v0.2.7
- Voyager v1.32.7

Tools

- activitypub-federation-rust v0.5.0
- StreetPass v2023.22
- Fediverse Redirect v1.12.0
- Fediseer: Service provides that an REST API which can be used to retrieve various information about Fediverse instances, particularly focused on detecting and countering bad actors

Protocol

- ActivityPub/Primer/Add activity
- ActivityPub/Primer/Remove activity
- FEP-2c59: Discovery of a Webfinger address from an ActivityPub actor
- Informal spec for an encrypted chat message prototype

Articles

- Fediverse Rankings: Top 20 Sites Will Boast Over 300 Million Active Users By Year's End

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Week in Fediverse 2023-12-29

Servers

- Friendica v2023.12
- tootik v0.5.8
- Mitra v2.6.0
- lotide v0.14.1
- Misskey v2023.12.0

Clients

- Fedilab v3.26.0
- toot v0.40.0
- Tusky v24.1
- Tuba v0.6.1
- IceCubesApp v1.10.6
- PixelDroid v1.0.beta25
- mlmym v0.0.35
- Voyager v1.32.6

Tools

- PeerTube livechat plugin v8.0.4
- MOP3 v1.2.2
- StreetPass v2023.21
- Fediverse Redirect v1.11.0

Protocol

- FEP-7502: Limiting visibility to authenticated actors

Articles

- Big Fedi, Small Fedi
- Account portability in the social web
- Developing FeatherPub: Protocol Compatibility Research
- The Path to Decentralized Identity in ActivityPub

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Week in Fediverse 2023-12-22

Servers

- Pleroma v2.6.1
- Bovine v0.5.5
- Hubzilla v8.8.4
- Lemmy v0.19.1
- Honk v1.2.0
- Castopod v1.7.3
- tootik v0.5.2
- Iceshrimp v2023.12.1
- PeerTube stress tests: resilience lies in your peers!
- Owncast Newsletter, December 2023
- Prismic: A federated and open source social VR sandbox built using Bevy and ActivityPub

Clients

- IceCubesApp v1.9.18
- Mammoth v2.1
- Jerboa v0.55.0
- Tuba v0.6.0
- Pachli v2.1.1
- Voyager v1.32.4
- mlmym v0.0.34
- Shitter v3.5.2
- Alexandrite v0.8.12

Tools

- Feed2Fedi v1.0.0
- Pythörhead v0.20.0
- LemmySchedule v1.5.3
- ActivityPhp v0.7.0
- Poduptime v5.0.0

Articles

- 2023 in social media: the case for the fediverse
- Event Federation: It is all about the community
- Flipboard Begins to Federate
- The medium is the message— Threads isn't a win for the Fediverse
- Getting Tangled Up in Threads
- Untangling Threads
- A Better Mastodon Client
- Turn an RSS feed into a Mastodon bot
- Understanding ActivityPub Part 4: Threads

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Week in Fediverse 2023-12-15

Servers

- Funkwhale v1.4.0
- Mitra v2.5.0
- GoToSocial v0.13.0
- Lemmy v0.19.0
- PeerTube v6.0.2
- Castopod v1.7.2
- Mbin v1.2.1
- Iceshrimp v2023.12.0
- Mobile App, redesign, new dev, promotion... let’s build a bright future for PeerTube!

Clients

- Funkwhale for Android v0.3.0
- IceCubesApp v1.9.15
- Jerboa v0.0.51
- Voyager v1.31.0
- Vernissage v2.0.4
- Photon v1.24.0
- TootRain v1.9.0
- Lemoa v0.5.0
- Pachli v2.1.0

Tools

- KES: Add-on manager and scripting framework for kbin

Articles

- Meta/Threads Interoperating in the Fediverse Data Dialogue Meeting yesterday
- Threads Begins Testing Federation
- Tumblr’s ‘fediverse’ integration is still being worked on, says owner and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg
- Get Out of the Nest! Drivers of social influence in the Twitter migration to Mastodon
- Implementing Federation, Part I
- Last Week in Fediverse – ep 47

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Week in Fediverse 2023-12-08

Servers

- ActivityPub for WordPress v1.3.0
- Mastodon v4.2.3
- Hubzilla v8.8.2
- streams v2023.12.07
- Mobilizon v4.0.0
- Immers Space v6.0.1

Clients

- Tusky v24.0
- AndStatus v61.00
- Husky v1.5.3
- IceCubesApp v1.9.13
- Voyager v1.29.0

Tools

- Fediverse Redirect v1.9.1

Protocol

- FEP-ef61: Portable Objects

Articles

- Five Years Later, Mobilizon “Reaches Maturity”
- Bridging Nostr and the fediverse
- Introducing Mammoth 2: The easiest way quit Twitter/X for good and join Mastodon
- Designing Mastodon’s reply safety features
- Last Week in the Fediverse: Episode 46

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Week in Fediverse 2023-12-01

Servers

- Hubzilla v8.8.0
- Bovine v0.5.4
- Castopod v1.7.0
- PeerTube v6.0
- Mbin v1.2.0
- Sharkey v2023.11.2
- Iceshrimp v2023.11.4
- Happy Birthday Funkwhale!
- Funkwhale 1.4.0 feature highlight

Clients

- SubwayTooter v5.542
- IceCubesApp v1.9.10
- TootRain v1.8.0
- Voyager v1.27.0
- Mastodon for iOS v2023.16
- Photon v1.23.3

Tools

- Fediverse Redirect v1.9.0
- Lemmy Tagginator: A script that attempts to tag all posts from specific communities

Articles

- Two fediverses, one network
- Looking at NLnet’s Latest Grant Round
- Debunking the Top 10 Myths About Mastodon

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Week in Fediverse 2023-11-24

Servers

- ActivityPub for WordPress v1.2.0
- bovine v0.5.3
- snac v2.43
- Owncast v0.1.2
- Iceshrimp v2023.11.3
- tootik v0.5.0
- Improving the quality of conversations on Mastodon
- The road to ActivityPods 2.0

Clients

- Husky v1.5.2
- toot v0.39.0
- IceCubesApp v1.9.9
- Thunder v0.2.6
- Voyager v1.25.0
- Pachli v2.0.0
- Shitter v3.5

Tools

- PeerTube livechat plugin v8.0.3

Protocol

- SocialCG Special Topic Call: AP Errata - Fri Nov 17, 2023
- ActivityPub/Primer/Announce activity

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Week in Fediverse 2023-11-17

Servers

- Bovine v0.5.2
- Takahē v0.10.0
- Funkwhale v1.3.4
- Mitra v2.4.0
- Misskey v2023.11.1
- Gancio v1.7.0
- Mbin v1.1.0
- Iceshrimp v2023.11.2
- tootik v0.4.5

Clients

- Elk v0.10.3
- toot v0.38.2
- IceCubesApp v1.9.7
- Thunder v0.2.5
- TootRain v1.7.6
- Mastodon Bird UI v1.8.3
- Photon v1.21.0
- Mastodon for iOS v2023.14
- ap: A command-line client for the ActivityPub protocol

Tools

- PeerTube livechat plugin v8.0.3
- Sandcastles: A fediverse testing sandbox

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Week in Fediverse 2023-11-10

Servers

- Mbin v1.0.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v1.1.0
- Mitra v2.3.0
- GoToSocial v0.12.2
- Misskey v2023.11.0
- Iceshrimp v2023.11.1
- Pleroma: Separating Frontend and Backend versions

Clients

- Voyager v1.23.0
- Pachli v1.4.0
- Shitter v3.4.6
- Mastodon for iOS. Year One.

Tools

- verify.funfedi.dev: Verify your Fediverse Actor
- http-signed-fetch: Easy to use module for signing HTTP requests for ActivityPub using the Fetch API in Node.js

Protocol

- FEP-03c1: Actors without acct-URI
- ActivityPub/Primer/Testing

Articles

- Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future
- Alternative timelines in Mastodon
- Last Week in Fediverse – ep 42

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Week in Fediverse 2023-11-03

Servers

- Pleroma v2.6.0
- Smithereen v0.6 (Github)
- tootik v0.4.4
- Illuminant: An ActivityPub server with an NNTP interface
- Join-Lemmy Redesign and Funding Drive

Clients

- Husky v1.5.0
- Jerboa v0.0.50
- IceCubesApp v1.9.6
- Vernissage v2.0.0
- Voyager v1.19.0
- Mastodon Bird UI v1.8.0

Tools

- StreetPass v2023.20

Articles

- Fediparty update, October 2023
- How to increase the number of Mastodon poll options
- Making a fediverse post audio wall
- Last Week in Fediverse – ep 41

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Week in Fediverse 2023-10-27

Servers

- Mitra v2.2.0
- GoToSocial v0.12.0
- Seppo v0.3
- lotide v0.14.0
- Bovine v0.5.1
- ActivityPub for WordPress v1.0.10
- Misskey v2023.10.2
- Immers Space v6.0.0
- tootik v0.4.3
- Iceshrimp v2023.11
- Vidzy: The federated alternative to TikTok

Clients

- Mastodon for Android v2.2.0
- IceCubesApp v1.9.5
- Voyager v1.17.0
- Shitter v3.4.5
- Alexandrite v0.8.11
- Pachli v1.3.0

Tools

- Lemmy Schedule v1.5.1

Protocol

- JSON Schema definitions for Fediverse protocols and specifications

Articles

- The Distributed Press Social Inbox - How does it work?
- Alt Text Health Check image accessibility report 1
- Last Week in Fediverse – ep 40

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Week in Fediverse 2023-10-20

Servers

- streams v2023-10-19
- snac v2.42
- tootik v0.3.0

Clients

- SubwayTooter v5.541
- IceCubesApp v1.9.2
- Vernissage v1.13.0
- Voyager v1.15.5
- Shitter v3.4.4
- Alexandrite v0.8.10
- Photon v1.20.4

Tools

- Fediverse Redirect v1.8.0
- Lemmy Schedule v1.4.0

Protocol

- FEP-2677: Identifying the Application Actor
- SocialCG/ActivityPub/Authentication Authorization

Articles

- ActivityPub, the Non-Standard Standard
- Audon provides fantastic virtual talk spaces for Mastodon
- Firefish Could Be the Next Big Thing

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Week in Fediverse 2023-10-13

Servers

- streams v2023.10.10
- Bookwyrm v0.6.6
- Mitra v2.1.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v1.0.7
- Misskey v2023.10.0
- tootik v0.2.0
- Fedipage: ActivityPub for Static Sites

Clients

- Husky v1.4.6
- Jerboa v0.0.49
- Vernissage v1.12.0
- TootRain v1.7.5
- Voyager v1.14.0
- mlmym v0.0.30
- Photon v1.18.0

Tools

- Lemmy Instance Assistant v1.2.6
- Fediverse Redirect v1.7.1
- Mastopoet v1.0.3
- Fun Fediverse Development

Articles

- ActivityPub, the SocialCG, and the social web
- A Brief Introduction of ActivityPub: The Future of Social Networks
- Simple Mastodon Bot Generator
- Engage a Wider Audience With ActivityPub on WordPress.com

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Week in Fediverse 2023-10-06

Servers

- streams v2023-10-04
- Mitra v2.0.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v1.0.2
- Gancio v1.6.15
- Iceshrimp v2023.10.04
- Mastodon: Annual Report 2022
- idkfa: the activitypub everything app proxy

Clients

- Elk v0.10.2
- Whalebird v5.1.0
- Mastodon for Android v2.1.6
- IceCubesApp v1.8.5
- Voyager v1.12.0
- Moshidon v2.1.4
- Pachli v1.2.2
- Photon v1.17.0
- Mastodon Bird UI v1.7.9
- Shitter v3.4.3
- mlmym v0.0.29
- TootRain 1.7.3

Tools

- Lemmy Schedule v1.3.0
- Fediverse Redirect v1.7.0
- Lemmy Migrate v1.1.1
- Flair: An augmentation for Lemmy that adds user flair support to the backend

Protocol

- FEP-37f2: a policy for calls for consensus on SWICG group decisions
- ActivityPub/Primer/Out-of-order activities

Articles

- Tumblr To Fediverse: The Rent Is Too Damn High!
- Mark Zuckerberg on Threads and ActivityPub
- Mastodon Featured Profiles
- Last Week in Fediverse – episode 37

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Week in Fediverse 2023-09-29

Servers

- ActivityPub for WordPress v1.0.1
- WriteFreely v0.14.0
- Misskey v2023.9.0
- Lemmy v0.18.5
- Castopod v1.6.5

Clients

- Mastodon for Android v2.1.4
- IceCubesApp v1.8.4
- Jerboa v0.0.48
- Vernissage v1.11.0
- TootRain v1.7.2
- Photon v1.14.0
- Pachli v1.2
- Mastodon Bird UI v1.7.8
- Alexandrite v0.8.8

Tools

- PeerTube Livechat Plugin v8.0.0
- Fediverse Redirect v1.6.0
- activitypub-testsuite: Server-independent, fully-automated test suite primary focused on ActivityPub server compliance testing

Articles

- Community Spotlight: Casey Kolderup, creator of Postmarks, has joined the W3C’s Social Web Community Group!
- FediForum September 2023
- Last Week in Fediverse – episode 36

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Week in Fediverse 2023-09-22

Servers

- Mastodon v4.1.8
- Mastodon v4.2.0 (announcement)
- Hometown v1.1.1
- Mitra v1.36.0
- bovine v0.4.0
- Castopod v1.6.4
- The Road to Bonfire 1.0
- castling.club: Challenge someone to a game of chess using toots!

Clients

- Pachli v1.1
- Jerboa v0.0.47
- Mastodon for Android v2.1.0
- IceCubesApp v1.8.0
- Kimis v1.16
- Tuba v0.5.0
- Thunder v0.2.4
- Shitter v3.4.2
- Photon v1.9.0

Tools

- Media Proxy for Misskey v0.0.23
- Granary v6.1
- Fossilphant: A static site generator for Mastodon archives

Protocol

- FEP-d8c2: OAuth 2.0 Profile for the ActivityPub API
- FEP-7628: Move actor
- FEP-07d7: A Custom URL Scheme and Web-Based Protocol Handlers for Linking to ActivityPub Resources
- ActivityPub Minimal Core (AP Core)
- SWICG Community Meeting September 22nd, 2023 (meeting minutes)

Articles

- How to Follow WordPress Blogs From Anywhere on the Fediverse
- How to Connect Your WordPress Blog to the Fediverse
- Last Week in Fediverse – episode 35

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Week in Fediverse 2023-09-15

Servers

- Funkwhale v1.3.3
- Castopod v1.6.1
- Mitra v1.35.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v1.0.0
- ActivityPods v1.4.0
- LibRate: Libre media rating website for the fediverse

Clients

- SubwayTooter v5.540
- Mastodon for Android v2.0.4
- Voyager v1.11.3
- Photon v1.6.0
- Mastodon Bird UI v1.7.4
- MissLI v1.8.0

Tools

- Fediverse Redirect v1.5.2

Protocol

- SocialCG 12 September 2023 Meeting: Extension policy (meeting minutes)
- SocialCG 13 September 2023 Meeting: Data Portability (meeting minutes)
- FEP-dc88: Formatting Mathematics

Articles

- Group Convergence
- With Postmarks, social bookmarking is back — but this time it’s built on the fediverse
- WordPress blogs can now be followed in the fediverse, including Mastodon
- Last Week in Fediverse – episode 34

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Week in Fediverse 2023-09-08

Servers

- Funkwhale v1.3.2
- Pleroma v2.5.5
- Mobilizon v3.2.0
- Postmarks: A single-user bookmarking website designed to live on the Fediverse

Clients

- Jerboa v0.0.46
- Photon v1.4.0
- Alexandrite v0.8.4
- Mastodon Bird UI v1.7.3
- mlmym v0.0.28

Tools

- Fediverse Redirect v1.5.0
- Lemmy Instance Assistant v1.2.5
- SofaPub: A minimally functional ActivityPub Server
- lemmy-automoderator: An AutoMod bot for Lemmy

Protocol

- FEP-5feb: Search indexing consent for actors
- FEP-67ff: FEDERATION.md
- The Fedi Links Project: The web+ap URI
- The Fedi Links Project: Fallback Protocol Handlers

Articles

- Last Week in Fediverse – episode 33

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Week in Fediverse 2023-09-01

Servers

- Castopod v1.6.0
- Hubzilla v8.6.2
- snac v2.41
- Honk v1.1.0
- Mitra v1.34.0
- PeerTube v5.2.1
- Pixels: Create collaborative pixel art using ActivityPub

Clients

- Fedilab v3.24.1
- Husky v1.4.5
- IceCubesApp v1.7.6
- Photon v1.2.0
- Mastodon Bird UI v1.7.2

Tools

- peertube-plugin-lightning v5.0.1
- Fediverse Redirect v1.4.3
- lemmy-safety: A script that goes through a lemmy images in storage and tries to prevent illegal or unethical content

Articles

- Transitioning /r/rust to the Threadiverse
- Deep Dive - Firefish Groups
- Threads’ New Terms & Conditions Affects the Fediverse
- Pixelfed Groups Are Coming to the Fediverse “Very Soon”
- Mastodon’s Next Major Release Enables Full-Text Search
- A Simple Guide to Mastodon (And the Fediverse)
- Last Week in the Fediverse – episode 32

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Week in Fediverse 2023-08-25

Servers

- GoToSocial v0.11.1
- Pixelfed v0.11.9
- Bookwyrm v0.6.5

Clients

- Sengi v1.6.0
- Mastodon for Android v2.0.3
- IceCubesApp v1.7.5
- Jerboa v0.0.45
- Tokodon v23.08.0
- Voyager v1.11.2
- Lemoa v0.4.0
- Photon v1.0.0
- Alexandrite v0.8.3
- Shitter v3.4

Tools

- Lemmy Defed-Investigator: A website to check who has blocked / defederated your instance on Lemmy
- Fediverse Redirect: Deep linking proxy for Mastodon and Lemmy on Android

Protocol

- ActivityPub/Primer/Like activity

Articles

- Sup is a New Messaging App by the Creator of Pixelfed
- How I blog on the ActivityPub (Mastodon, etc.) network
- The multiple meanings of fediverse
- Last Week in the Fediverse – episode 31

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