activitypub

I was feeling inspired after listening to this podcast. https://flipboard.video/w/sQCNmXx332xi3Y3dVVjd37 So I decided to have a go at visualising “What a Social Web Browser could look like in the near future” This is my 2nd Mock up. This time I have added a few notes.
- 
Ignoring the design, what other features/services do you think should be integrated the Social Web in the coming years?
#ActivityPub #Mastodon #Fediverse #PixelFed #PeerTube
@mike

My first post on @pixelfed — it’s awesome to see it pop up in my #Mastodon feed, it feels like magic.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the #Fediverse and #ActivityPub
✨🌳✨

🔗 https://pixelfed.social/p/elenarossini/716551270199376476

#thefutureisfederated #tech

There’s an extremely interesting upstream development for the #ActivityPub #Wordpress plugin that might allow site admins to post status updates through the “Enable Mastodon Apps” plugin.

If it ends up getting merged, we might be able to use this to post out microblogging updates from @news, further integrating our publication into the #Fediverse in new and interesting ways.

(Image Credit: Matt Weibe)

https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/pull/788#issuecomment-2192321163

Just read an email newsletter from @newsmast about their upcoming Patchwork platform. It’s a plugin system to extend existing fediverse platforms.

One of their upcoming plugins will be local only posts. It’s a nice feature I used on Firefish, allowing nonfederated community discussions. Looking forward to it!

https://newsmast.social/@newsmast/112807985173916786

#Fediverse #FediNews #ActivityPub #FediDev

Excited to share that Fedify CLI is now available on Scoop for #Windows users! You can easily install it with scoop install fedify. One more way to get started with #ActivityPub development!

https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Main/pull/6371

#Fedify #fedidev #Scoop

Hah! I knew it. I knew the fediverse would pop up as I explore Gemini. Adding this to my collection of platforms to try.

https://github.com/dimkr/tootik/releases/tag/0.15.3

#Gemini #Gopher #HomeLab #ActivityPub #Fediverse

Looking for a side project to do over the holidays? Why not create your own #ActivityPub server with #Fedify?

https://fedify.dev/tutorial/microblog

We'd like to introduce the #Fedify project family—a set of related tools that make building #ActivityPub applications more accessible:

@Fedify

@Fedify (@fedify) is a #TypeScript library for building federated server applications powered by ActivityPub and other #fediverse standards. It provides type-safe objects for Activity Vocabulary, WebFinger client/server, HTTP Signatures, and more—eliminating boilerplate code so you can focus on your application logic.

@Hollo

@Hollo (@hollo) is a single-user microblogging server powered by Fedify. While designed for individual users, it's fully federated through ActivityPub, allowing interaction with users across the fediverse. #Hollo implements Mastodon-compatible APIs, making it compatible with most Mastodon clients without needing its own web interface.

Hollo also serves as our testing ground for bleeding-edge Fedify features before they're officially released.

@BotKit

@BotKit (@botkit) is our newest family member—a framework specifically designed for creating ActivityPub bots. Unlike traditional Mastodon bots, #BotKit creates standalone ActivityPub servers that aren't constrained by platform-specific limitations (like character counts).

BotKit's API is intentionally simple—you can create a complete bot in a single TypeScript file!

All three projects are open source and hosted under the @fedify-dev GitHub organization. While they serve different purposes, they share common goals: making ActivityPub development more accessible and expanding the fediverse ecosystem.

If you're interested in trying any of these projects or contributing to their development, check out:

Fedify: https://fedify.dev/
Hollo: https://docs.hollo.social/
BotKit: https://botkit.fedify.dev/

#fedidev

Strangely on a Sunday morning, I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.67 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

The search box also accepts post URLs; the post is requested and, if it's found, can be interacted with (liked, boosted, replied to, etc.).

IP addresses for failed logins are tracked and throttled to mitigate brute force attacks (see snac(8) for more information).

Fixed a bug regarding repeated attachments when editing a post.

Mastodon API: Improved timeline pagination in some clients (details: an HTTP Link header has been added), fixed missing audio attachments, fixed an incorrect value for the bot field in newly created accounts, fixed a crash, implemented markers (contributed by nowster).

When running in server mode, the pidfile is locked to avoid concurrent running of the same server instance.

Added documentation and some tweaks to enable static compilation with musl (contributed by Shamar).

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/

#snacAnnounces

In the northern half we'll celebrate #SolInvictus by listening to the song One Perfect Sunrise by #Orbital.

I'm looking for your opinions from the developers of the fediverse.

A common HTML web page can contain related links via the <link> tag. I would like to do the same for Activity Streams objects, for example:

{ "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "id": "https://writings.hongminhee.org/ap/2024/12/a-year-with-the-fediverse.json", "type": "Article", "name": "A year with the fediverse", "content": "2024 was truly a year where I was deeply immersed in the fediverse. …", "url": "https://writings.hongminhee.org/2024/12/a-year-with-the-fediverse/", "attachment": [ { "type": "Link", "rel": "alternate", "hreflang": "ko", "href": "https://writings.hongminhee.org/2024/12/a-year-with-the-fediverse/index.ko-hang-kr.html", "mediaType": "text/html" }, { "type": "Link", "rel": "alternate", "hreflang": "ja", "href": "https://writings.hongminhee.org/2024/12/a-year-with-the-fediverse/index.ja.html", "mediaType": "text/html" } ]}

Do you think this makes sense, and would it be appropriate to put Link objects in the attachment?

#fedidev #ActivityPub #ActivityStreams

Week in Fediverse 2025-02-14

Servers

- Mbin v1.8.0
- snac v2.72
- Lemmy v0.19.9
- flohmarkt v0.8.0
- GoToSocial v0.17.4
- Hollo v0.5.0
- Manyfold v0.100.0
- Mitra v3.17.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v5.2.0
- Pleroma ActivityRelay v0.3.4
- NeoDB v0.11.4.7
- tootik v0.15.3
- kmyblue v17.0
- Trunk & Tidbits, January 2025
- Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon

Clients

- Mangane v1.13.6
- Thunder v0.6.1
- Fediboat: Mastodon TUI client with a Newsboat-like interface

Tools and Plugins

- Event Bridge for ActivityPub v1.0.0 (WordPress plugin)
- Enable Mastodon Apps for WordPress v1.0.0
- LemmyWebhook v0.19.0
- Mastodon – Simplified Federation v2.2.1
- Utsukta Hub themes: A collection of custom themes developed for Hubzilla

For developers

- BotKit v0.1.1
- TootSDK v13.0.0
- apsig: Signature implementation used in ActivityPub (python)

Protocol

- FEP-efda: Followable objects

Articles

- Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes
- Last Week in Fediverse #103

-----

#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0194e1e4-74a9-17c1-c347-9674b1a3f9c9

FediDB + Threads

https://fedidb.org/popular-fediverse-accounts

Just added preliminary support for Threads to FediDB!

Still working with the Threads team on stats (not sure if they can provide them yet)

#fediDB #threads #activityPub #fediverse

Week in Fediverse 2024-12-27

Servers

- Hubzilla v10.0.0
- snac v2.67
- tootik v0.14.0
- activity-pub-relay v0.8.0
- Mastodon: Annual Report 2023
- μpub: micro social network, federated

Clients

- Tusky v27.0
- Tuba v0.9.1
- Pixelix v3.0.0
- Voyager v2.22.0
- Tesseract v1.4.21

Tools and Plugins

- FediAM v0.2
- Threativore v0.7.0
- Posty: This is How You Take Your Posts With You

For developers

- Bovine v0.5.15

Articles

- botsin.space postmortem
- How much does the fediverse cost?
- Building a Better Social Web
- Surf is a “Social Browser” App From Flipboard

-----

#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0193e565-a77c-3eb7-5957-9d3d3367f05d

I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.48 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

A new instance page, that shows all posts by users in the same instance (like the public instance timeline, but interactive). This will help building communities.

Follower-only replies to unknown users are not shown in timelines.

Added verification of metadata links: if the linked page contains a link back to the snac user with a rel="me" attribute, it's marked as verified.

Added a new server-level configuration parameter: min_account_age. If this value (in seconds) is set in server.json, any activity coming from accounts that were created newer than that will be discarded. This can be used to mitigate spam.

Added a profile-page relation to links in webfinger responses (contributed by khm).

Fixed some regressions and a crash.

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/grunfink

This release has been inspired by the album The Sudbury Inn by #Deleyaman.

#snacAnnounces

今日的 #ActivityPub 学习。

得知了 #Soapbox 这一软体：

https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox
https://soapbox.pub/blog/soapbox-fe-v1.3-cryptocurrency-release
https://kwaa.dev/pleroma

得知了#Phanpy 这一毛象前端。

现在，在尝试为自己的实例开启Meilisearch。

#WordPress #ActivityPub 插件3.0.0更新
新增：“回复上下文”支持，现在可以通过WordPress帖子回复Fediversive上的帖子

https://cn.wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/#developers

Good morning Fedi friends!!!

2/3 of my network is probably asleep at the moment (and so is my toddler, ha!) but I just wanted to share with you that I FINALLY GOT THE ACTIVITYPUB PLUGIN TO WORK WITH MY WORDPRESS SITE!!!!! I can federate the posts of elenarossini.com YAAAAAAY 🥳 🥳 🥳

Special thanks to @pfefferle and @oblomov for their help. I'm SO EXCITEEEEEED

I'll share more later! If you're reading this, you can follow my site @ele

🔗 :
https://mastodon.social/@ele@elenarossini.com/112879626581993077

#activitypub #wordpress #blog

Hollo 0.4.0 released! #Hollo is a single-user federated microblogging software which is #ActivityPub-enabled and powered by #Fedify.

The key changes of this release include:

Hollo is now powered by Node.js 23+ instead of Bun for more efficient memory usage.

Added an experimental feature flag TIMELINE_INBOXES to store all posts visible to your timeline in the database, rather than filtering them in real-time as they are displayed. This is useful for relatively larger instances with many incoming posts, but as of now it may have several bugs. It is expected to be the default behavior in the future after it is stabilized.

Now you can import and export your data from the administration dashboard in CSV format: follows, lists, accounts you muted, accounts you blocked, and bookmarks.

You can now make your profile discoverable.

The profile page now shows an account's cover image if it has one.

Many bug fixes.

For the details, see also the full changelog.

You can upgrade to Hollo 0.4.0 using the following ways:

To Railway users: Just redeploy the Hollo service!

To Docker users: Switch your Hollo image to ghcr.io/dahlia/hollo:0.4.0 or simply latest!

To manual installers:

Install Node.js 23 or higher.

Install pnpm.

Fetch the stable branch and switch over to it.

Run pnpm install.

Run pnpm run prod to start the Hollo server.

I'm currently brainstorming a framework for creating fediverse bots called #BotKit, based on #Fedify. It's less flexible than Fedify, but the goal is to make it possible to create simple fediverse bots with much less code. What do you think?

#fedidev #ActivityPub

I rather like the recent addition of likes/reposts on Federated wordpress blogs.

Before this add, you couldn't directly see how many likes/reblogs you had in the web interface. You had to dig. Now you don't, and it's quite nice.

#wordpress #ActivityPub #plugin #SelfHosted #blog

Dear friends of #BSDCafe and the #Fediverse,
since December 2023, snac.bsd.cafe has been operational, initially in an experimental phase but has proven to be stable and reliable.

Thus, Snac2 is now available as a service of BSD Cafe. It is considered one of the best and most comprehensive "lightweight" implementations of #ActivityPub, offering one of the best ways to interact with the Fediverse without the need for the extensive dependencies and components of Mastodon.

It is now possible to request an account on the snac2 instance of BSD Cafe. There isn't an automatic sign-up process (snac2 does not provide one, as it wasn't designed to create large communities).

For information and details, I suggest reading the relevant page on our Wiki: https://wiki.bsd.cafe/snac.bsd.cafe

Have a great week!

#OpenSource #TechCommunity #DecentralizedSocialMedia #snac #snac2

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.6 👩‍🚀

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 1: #Mastodon ↔️ #Pixelfed )

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-1-mastodon-pixelfed-2/

with shout-outs to @phanpy @tapbots @ivory @Tusky @dansup

✨ and special thanks to @evan @cwebber for your work on #ActivityPub, the magic protocol that is making all this possible ✨

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #RebelAlliance

對於 #POSSE 如何與 #ActivityPub 連結的部分很感興趣

RE: https://threads.net/ap/users/17841465773036934/post/17878933134104791/

Today, we're beginning to federate a selection of publishers based in Germany and the U.K. We've also introduced @FlipboardDE, a new profile for the Mastodon community in Germany. In the first test, we are partnering with 21 publishers to federate their profiles and Magazines. Follow the profile to see all the stories they are posting on Flipboard, or topically curated Magazines to get coverage on specific areas of interest. Here's a blogpost that explains more.

https://flipboard.medium.com/flipboard-begins-federation-in-europe-b7e2ba3651d3

#Flipboard #ActivityPub #Federation #Fediverse #Germany #Deutschland #UnitedKingdom #News #Tech #Culture #Art #Politics #MastodonMigration #Mastodon #OpenSocialWeb

Im letzten Dezember haben wir damit begonnen, Flipboard für das Fediverse zu öffnen. Heute machen wir einen weiteren wichtigen Schritt in diese Richtung, indem wir unsere Testphase ausweiten: Die ersten Publisher aus Deutschland sind nun für das gesamte Fediverse zugänglich.

Mehr Infos dazu findet ihr auf unserem Blog:
https://de-de.about.flipboard.com/flipboard-zieht-ins-fediverse

#ActivityPub #Flipboard #Federation #Fediverse @Flipboard