🎉 Development for Mastodon compatible #ActivityPub polls in #WordPress is starting. This project is receiving funding from the latest round of the NGI Zero Commons Fund. #ngi0 #NLnet
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Excited to share that I've joined #OSSCA (Open Source Software Contribution Academy) as a mentor for the @fedify project!
OSSCA is a national program run by South Korea's NIPA (National IT Industry Promotion Agency) through their Open Source Software Support Center, aimed at fostering the next generation of open source contributors.
We're currently in the process of selecting around 20 mentees who will start contributing to #Fedify once the selection is complete. I've been busy preparing good first issues to help them get started on their open source journey.
Looking forward to working with these new contributors and seeing what amazing things we can build together!
There’s some really exciting stuff in the pipeline for the #WordPress #ActivityPub integration. A big one is proper following support directly from the integration itself.
I’m hopeful that maybe this means I won’t have to rely on the Friends plugin for handling following soon? Friends is by no means bad, but native functionality makes things so much easier to test.
https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/pull/1930
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Week in Fediverse 2025-06-27
Servers
- PieFed v1.0.0
- Manyfold v0.115.0
- Mitra v4.5.1
- tootik v0.17.0
- Gancio v1.27.0
- Gush! v0.0.20
- Vernissage Server v1.17.0
- wanderer: A decentralized, self-hosted trail database
Clients
- Smither v3.6
- Thunder v0.7.3
- Blorp v1.8.1
- Aria v1.2.4
Tools and Plugins
For developers
- Fedify v1.7.0
- Fedialgo v0.78.0
Protocol
- FEP-b06c: ActivityPoll
- FEP-b2b8: Long-form Text (Final comments)
Articles
- Verified Media Accounts in the Fediverse
- The Seven Deadly Fediverse UX Sins Part 2: The Road To Redemption
- Mitigating the "7 Deadly Fediverse UX Sins"
- Friendica: the Swiss Army knife of the Fediverse
- Fediverse Report – #122
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Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/01978f30-5295-cb5b-38cc-a151f08fd9f1
The #Forgejo monthly report was published ✨
Forgejo v12.0 branch was cut on 25 June, for a planned release on 17 July. Forgejo v11.0.2 was released on 18 June, addressing several bugs. Forgejo Runner v6.4.0 introduced offline caching support.
The minimum required Git version has been bumped and the search has been improved.
There is strong enthusiasm for translating Forgejo.
User following with #ActivityPub has progressed and a new #NLnet grant has been accepted.
New: Fediverse Report #108
This week's news:
- Ghost's (@index) connection to the #fediverse is now availabe in public beta for Ghost Pro users, with both an #ActivityPub connection to send long-form posts into the fediverse, and a reader app to read/comment/interact with the fediverse
- @anewsocial , the organisation that manages the bridge between the fediverse and #bluesky shared their upcoming plans
Haven't turned on Federation yet, but my Bonfire instance is looking good. My second install of Bonfire. I can tell you two things: Installation was much easier this time, and performance is much better.
One note, Bonfire recommends a hungry 8 GB of memory to run, but with that amount, it runs nicely so far. I'll keep you updated, hoping to turn federation on by next weekend. (This will be an invite only instance for brave individuals that want to assist with testing)
Will the last small site turn off the lights?
The UK Online Safety Act imposes the same duties and penalties on blogs, forums and fedi instances as huge platforms.
Many small, safely moderated sites will shut down or block UK users.
Crushing competition is the last thing we need for a safer Internet!
Act now before 17 March ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp
#fediverse #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #mastodon #activitypub #ukpolitics #ukpol #netplurality
I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.74 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. It includes a lot of web UI translations by lovely people and a bit of minor tweaks and fixes:
Added Spanish (default, Argentina and Uruguay) translation (contributed by gnemmi).
Added Czech translation (contributed by pmjv).
Added Brazilian Portuguese translation (contributed by daltux).
Added Finnish translation (contributed by inz).
Added French translation (contributed by Popolon).
Added Russian translation (contributed by sn4il).
Added Chinese translation (contributed by mistivia).
Added German translation (contributed by zen and Menel).
Added Greek translation (contributed by uhuru).
Added Italian translation (contributed by anzu).
Mastodon API: added support for /api/v1/custom_emojis (contributed by violette).
Improved Undo+Follow logic (contributed by rozenglass).
Reverted (temporarily) the Markdown code that converted text between underscores to italics, because it was causing more problems that what it was worth.
Fixed bug in bookmark CSV import.
Don't indent Twitter-like "threads" (i.e. chains of short posts from the same author that are self-replies).
https://comam.es/what-is-snac
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
#snacAnnounces
Added Spanish (default, Argentina and Uruguay) translation (contributed by gnemmi).
Added Czech translation (contributed by pmjv).
Added Brazilian Portuguese translation (contributed by daltux).
Added Finnish translation (contributed by inz).
Added French translation (contributed by Popolon).
Added Russian translation (contributed by sn4il).
Added Chinese translation (contributed by mistivia).
Added German translation (contributed by zen and Menel).
Added Greek translation (contributed by uhuru).
Added Italian translation (contributed by anzu).
Mastodon API: added support for /api/v1/custom_emojis (contributed by violette).
Improved Undo+Follow logic (contributed by rozenglass).
Reverted (temporarily) the Markdown code that converted text between underscores to italics, because it was causing more problems that what it was worth.
Fixed bug in bookmark CSV import.
Don't indent Twitter-like "threads" (i.e. chains of short posts from the same author that are self-replies).
https://comam.es/what-is-snac
If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/
#snacAnnounces
PieFed is seeing a surge in new users as a prominent Lemmy server retires, lemm.ee
I always gush about @ZLabe and his account, because for one thing it makes the data he works with more accessible (via #ActivityPub), but secondly because the #infographics he stares are very informative - and consistent.
Are there any other #science, #edutainment and #infographic accounts on the #fediverse that has similar consistent and qualify of posts? Think content that is fairly easily digestible during a scroll.
We're looking for the accounts that #TeachTheFediverse.
Just installed the fedify CLI tool on my Mac. Very useful tool for AP developers and tinkerers alike.
You can ask to to look up an AP object and it returns the response. Cool!
`fedify lookup https://spark.box464.social/pub/actors/spark464`
Thanks, @fedify
#Fedify has moved to a monorepo structure with unified versioning across all packages (@fedify/fedify, @fedify/cli, database adapters & framework integrations).
All packages now release together, making dependency management much simpler!
Week in Fediverse 2025-07-04
Servers
- snac v2.79
- Mastodon v4.3.9
- Honk v1.5.2
- Activity-Relay v2.0.9
- Vernissage Server v1.18.0
- kmyblue v18.2
- Lemmy Development Update June 2025
- Mastodon 4.4 for Developers
- Forgejo monthly report - June 2025
- HTTP Signature Upgrades Coming Soon (ActivityPub for WordPress)
- Decodon: Media-focused fork of Mastodon that supports only private/followers-only accounts
Clients
- Pachli v2.14.0
- Voyager v2.37.0
- Blorp v1.8.2
- Tesseract v1.4.40
- pl-fe change summary
Tools and Plugins
For developers
- ActivityPods v2.2.0
- Fedialgo v0.79.5
Protocol
- FEP-c648: Blocked Collection (Final comments)
Articles
- Digital Belonging: Why Language and Locality Matter
- The State of Local-Only Fediverse Posts (WIP)
- Fediverse Report – #123
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0197b339-bed8-6a86-c62f-2e922ee73efd
I just discovered why some of my followers from larger #Mastodon instances (like mastodon.social) would mysteriously unfollow me after a while!
Turns out Mastodon implements the FEP-8fcf specification (Followers collection synchronization across servers), but it expected all followers to be in a single page collection. When followers were split across multiple pages, it would only see the first page and incorrectly remove all followers from subsequent pages!
This explains so much about the strange behavior I've been seeing with #Hollo and other #Fedify-based servers over the past few months. Some people would follow me from large instances, then mysteriously unfollow later without any action on their part.
Thankfully this fix has been marked for backporting, so it should appear in an upcoming patch release rather than waiting for the next major version. Great news for all of us building on #ActivityPub!
This is why I love open source—we can identify, understand, and fix these kinds of interoperability issues together. 😊
Week in Fediverse 2025-08-01
Servers
- Mbin v1.8.3
- Manyfold v0.120.0
- Hubzilla v10.4.1
- ActivityPub for WordPress v7.2.0
- Sharkey v2025.4.4
- snac v2.81
- Mitra v4.7.0
- NeoDB v0.11.8.0
- NodeBB v4.4.5
Clients
- Fedilab v3.34.0
- toot v0.49.0
- Mangane v1.16.9
- Pachli v2.15.0
- PeerTube Mobile v1.0.4
- P2Play v0.9.3
- Aria v1.3.0
- Blorp v1.9.9
Tools and Plugins
- fediverse.ooo: Generic Fediverse redirect service
For developers
- fediverse-pasture-inputs v0.1.5
Articles
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Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/01984313-9820-11b7-06e3-a78721777ed0
FEP-9098: Custom emojis has been published.
I am looking for experts/#developers who are familiar with #ActivityPub and who might be willing to chat with me.
I have started talking with parts of my network (mainly in D and NL), about how we could make the #Fediverse more interesting for content providers and main stream media. This also means attracting ordinary users to join and to find fair and simple ways to support content providers (without #paywalls).
I have some ideas, but now need more expertise and a deeper look under the hood.
I've made a @newsmast channel for Fediverse development updates. It only contains official platform accounts to keep the feed focused.
Hint - create a new Mastodon List called "Fediverse Platforms", then check the "Hide from Home/Following timelines" option. Add @fedidevs to the list.
Now you have your own personal feed of Fedi Dev news you can check on when you're ready!
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Week in Fediverse 2025-07-11
Servers
- Mastodon v4.4.0
- Manyfold v0.117.0
- snac v2.80
- Hollo v0.6.4
- ActivityPub for WordPress v7.0.0
- tootik v0.17.1
- NeoDB v0.11.7.4
- kmyblue v19.0
- wanderer v0.17.2
Clients
- TootRain v2.2.1
- Smither v3.6.1
- Voyager v2.38.0
- Tesseract v1.4.41
Tools and Plugins
- Mastodon Bird UI v2.3.0
- Tangerine UI for Mastodon v2.4
- FBI: Fediverse Block Inspector
Protocol
Articles
- Taking Your Posts With You: Upon the closing of Oliphant.Social
- ActivityPub Client API: A Way Forward
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0197d746-3ac7-6c66-4dc4-0a32e427d84c
Week in Fediverse 2025-04-04
Servers
- Mbin v1.8.1
- Betula v1.4.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v5.6.0
- Manyfold v0.106.0
- Mastodon v4.3.7
- Mitra v3.22.0
- NeoDB v0.11.5.6
- Hatsu v0.3.3
- kmyblue v17.4
- Gush! v0.0.15
- Vernissage Server v1.7.0
- Gone surfing (Ghost)
Clients
- Fedilab v3.31.2
- Pachli v2.11.0
- PleromaFE v2.8.0
- TootRain v2.1.1
- Voyager v2.28.0
- Aria v1.0.0
Tools and Plugins
Protocol
- FEP-1042: Peer to Peer Fediverse Identities
- FEP-044f: Consent-respecting quote posts
Articles
- Open-source tools needed for the future of decentralized moderation
- Fediverse Report – #110
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Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0195de2c-e094-1ed3-e7fa-aad28ef161cb
大家好啊，又经过了好几个月的开发，#Fread 终于支持了 #Bluesky 平台🚀🚀🚀！
目前 Fread 已经支持了 #Mastodon ，#RSS 以及 Bluesky，大家可以更新到最新版 1.3.0 体验。
当然本次大升级除了对 Bluesky 的支持之外还有很多对 UI/UX 的优化。
未来一段时间会支持同实例多账号登录，同时将一条帖子发布到多个账号。
@board @board@2-5.cc @worldboard @worldboard@2-5.cc
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zhangke.fread
📣 Exciting news! Fedify CLI is now available via Homebrew!
If you're using #Homebrew on macOS or #Linuxbrew on Linux, you can now install our CLI toolchain with a simple command:
brew install fedify
This makes it even easier to get started with building your federated server app. Try it out and let us know what you think!
<p>Hey, all! I’m seeking some help testing an application I whipped up for the Geosocial task force of the W3C Social Web Community Group. It’s called <a href="https://checkin.swf.pub/" rel="nofollow">https://checkin.swf.pub/</a> , and it’s a barebones checkin service, similar to Swarm, but implemented as a pure Web client. You can watch the application in action.</p>
<p><a href="https://videopress.com/v/zCMu0OeZ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true" rel="nofollow">https://videopress.com/v/zCMu0OeZ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true</a></p>
<p>It logs into your account on an ActivityPub server using OAuth 2.0. It […]</p>
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Loops is built for the people, but we haven't forgot the admins.
We've added some pretty innovative features, like Pages that allow you to add/edit/publish rich pages and optionally add them to the main sidebar nav or footer and limit visibility to guests, users or both.
I appreciate your patience while we prepare Loops for you, and you'll soon see, it was worth the wait 🚀