A new release of TootSDK - 20.1.0 📣

https://github.com/TootSDK/TootSDK/releases/tag/20.1.0

What's changed:

- Make TootResponse Sendable when its decoded data is sendable @dale_price

Community contributions are greatly appreciated 🙌

#iOSDev #Swift #TootSDK #Fediverse

Einen wundervollen #Donnerstag Euch allen. #Hund Jimmy und ich schicken Nieselregengrüße aus dem Remstal ins #Fediverse.

Because of recent, er, discussions, let repeat me it once more time for those in the back:

Being an ally to a marginalized group means to LISTEN, first and foremost. Do NOT propose solutions in advance of actual data. People from marginalized groups have almost certainly thought about their marginalization in oppressive spaces (which, yes, can include the #Fediverse ) longer and harder than you have, and thus your proposed solution is likely something that they have already discussed at length.

So listen to them. And when they are done talking, your reaction should not be:

"Here is how to fix your problems!"

but

"How can I help?"

I just heard at @fediforum that @altstore is getting #Fediverse integration. When is @fdroidorg getting news and comments via #ActivityPub?

#FediForum

pillbug is a cohost-inspired client for GoToSocial and other Mastodon API-compatible ActivityPub servers. https://pillbug.vivl.im/about #GoToSocial #Fediverse #ActivityPub

This is some rad shit.

Go #Fediverse ! (and alternative app stores!)

https://www.theverge.com/news/795173/altstore-alternative-ios-iphone-app-store-more-countries-fediverse-social-web

Alt...

Testut also says that AltStore is making a big push into the fediverse by using the ActivityPub protocol to "federate apps, app updates, and news alerts from AltStore to the open social web." Here's how that will work, according to Testut: Each AltStore source will receive its own ActivityPub account, which can then be followed by any other open social web account. You'll be able to like, boost, and reply to everything, and most importantly all these interactions will appear natively in AltStore. In other words, you'll be able to comment on an app on Mastodon, like a news update on Threads, then open AltStore and view all these same interactions in-app. The AltStore team is working with Mastodon gGmbH to "manage a custom Mastodon server on our behalf" (it's available in beta now) and with the non-profit A New Social to support Bluesky using the Bridgy Fed tool. The fediverse features will come to AltStore PAL in "the next few months," Testut says.

It’s kind of a special day. Me and my alts are celebrating 7 years on fedi. 🎈🎂

I created my very first mastodon account on 08/10/2018 and it’s been quite the adventure.

#fediverse #fediversary

I chatted with @evan about the good old days of the #fediverse ☺️

https://openchannels.fm/how-decentralized-social-platforms-grew-from-identica-to-modern-day-mastodon/

#ostatus #activitypub #statusnet #identica #openmicroblogging #wordpress

DJs.social is a Mastodon server for DJs of any kind, be it in the club, radio, mobile sound-systems, livestreaming etc.

https://djs.social

You can find out more at https://djs.social/about or contact the admin @luka

#FeaturedServer #DJs #DJ #DiscJockey #Clubbing #Radio #SoundSystem #Livestreaming #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Our friends at AltStore are joining the Fediverse! Along with their alternative app store for iOS, this is one more way they’re supporting a more open web and app ecosystem - missions we believe in.

We’re grateful for their work and for their generous sponsorship of our timeline app, Iconfactory Tapestry. Go check them out! https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/115333247692356677

#AltStore #Fediverse #OpenWeb #Dev

Just finished listening to @pfefferle interview @evan about the long and arduous history of the #fediverse from OpenMicroblogging and OStatus through to the present day
https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/10/07/evan-prodromou-on-openchannels-fm #podcasts

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/issues/89#issuecomment-7587883

#DNS #FEP #ActivityPub #Fediverse

"We believe that these kinds of user-generated, curated collections could help people to find their tribe more quickly when they join the Fediverse.

At the same time, envisioning a similar feature that prioritises user consent, and works across a constellation of independent servers, is no small feat."

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/our-ideas-about-packs/

#mastodon #fediverse #StarterPacks

Evan Prodromou on OpenChannels.FM

A quick note that Evan is interviewed by WordPress social networking lead Matthias Pfefferle on the OpenChannels.FM podcast about the history of the Fediverse and where we’re going next. How Decentralized Social Platforms Grew from Identica to Modern-Day Mastodon covers a 15+-year period as the Fediverse was born and developed. The shownotes alone are extremely detailed and a great resource.

Your timeline is what you want it to be on fedi. You build it. You MOLD it, like a piece of clay. It takes time. It takes effort. You'll have to mute sometimes. You likely will have to block. Don't give up.

It's worth it. Art. Code. Gaming. Books. Pot Belly Pigs. Death Metal. Whatever your interest, you can find a community here, I promise. Smaller, perhaps, but more connected.

You might even have a real conversation with a human being. Give it a try!

#Fediverse

Datasci.social is a Mastodon server for researchers & practitioners in human-centric data science, including network science, social data science, computational social science, geospatial data science etc.

https://datasci.social

You can find out more at https://datasci.social/about or contact the admin @mszll

#FeaturedServer #DataScience #DataSci #NetworkScience #SocialDataScience #Geospatial #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Okay, this Sora 2 shit is WILD!🤣

#Sora2 #AI #OpenAI #Fediverse #Fedi #AIart #AIvideo

Mountains.social is a Mastodon server focusing on hiking, mountaineering, climbing, backpacking and the outdoors.

This server has a post size of up to 2362 characters.

https://mountains.social

You can find out more at https://mountains.social/about or contact the admin @bergmeister

#FeaturedServer #Mountains #Climbing #Mountaineering #Hiking #Backpacking #Outdoors #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

NodeBB v4.6.0 is out:

https://community.nodebb.org/topic/19025/nodebb-v4.6.0-topic-templating-ap-fixes-scss-updates-and-more

#NodeBB #Fediverse #ActivityPub

People about BlueSky: "BlueSky is such a great safe space!"

BlueSky when bigots join and get reported: "BUT, WAFFLES!!!"

🙄and lots of Fedi devs are still working on BlueSky stuff. REALLY shows their colors.

We see you passively agreeing with bigotry. Don't forget that.

#Fedi #Fediverse #BlueSky #SocialMedia #Bigotry

If we were to do a regular online Fediverse meeting —

(Maybe once a month.)

WHAT DAYS OF THE WEEK WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTEND?

A regular (online) meeting for Fediverse developers, for those who care about the Fediverse as a social movement, and for those who care about the success of the Fediverse.

Sunday?
Monday?
Tuesday?
Wednesday?
Thursday?
Friday?
Saturday?

(You can pick more than one day)

PLEASE REPLY WITH YOUR ANSWER.

#ActivityPub #FediDev #FediUX #Fediverse #FediverseUX #SocialWeb

Ohai.social is a fast, secure and up-to-date general Mastodon server where everyone is welcome.

https://ohai.social

You can find out more at https://ohai.social/about or contact the admin account @ohai

#FeaturedServer #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Kzoo.to is a community Mastodon server for the Kalamazoo area in Michigan, USA:

https://kzoo.to

You can find out more at https://kzoo.to/about or contact the admin @notsle

#FeaturedServer #Kalamazoo #Michigan #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Week in Fediverse 2025-10-03

Servers

- flohmarkt v0.12.1
- Gush! v0.0.23
- NodeBB v4.6.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v7.5.0
- Ktistec v2.4.15
- Hollo v0.6.12
- tootik v0.19.6
- NeoDB v0.12.3
- Vernissage Server v1.23.0
- PieFed v1.2.3
- September 2025 (Bandwagon)
- ONI news for September (Oni)
- Bonfire Social 1.0rc3
- ActivityBot: A Simple ActivityPub Bot Server in a Single PHP File

Clients

- Fedilab v3.35.1
- Pachli v3.0.0

For developers

- ActivityPub Fuzzer: Emulates known Fediverse software, helping solve the problem where developers have to manually test compatibility with other projects

Articles

- Getting started with Mastodon's Quote Posts - technical implementation details for servers
- Fediverse Report – #136

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019987c8-484d-f913-d511-5e8329f9741f

I'm trying to decide how much of "quote posts" I want to support in Ktistec. On one hand, it's not trivial functionality, and I really do question how much extra value someone's comments on someone else's post will add to the Fediverse. On the other hand, I dunno... assuming Mastodon limits abuse by enforcing quoting rules, Ktistec could probably just follow along and display quoted posts. Is there any value in just that?

#ktistec #activitypub #fediverse

Check out the new @bonfire Social release candidate. What a wonderful well-designed experience, and superb release notes!

https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-social-1-0rc3/

🎉 Congratulations to the #Bonfire team @ivan and @mayel for making it this far, through all that tireless hard work. And also to @nlnet and @ngi for supporting this important project. Future of social networking in the making.

To #ActivityPub developers, have a look at those great #fediverse #Interoperability docs:

https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/federation-interoperability.html

A new release of TootSDK - 20.0.0 📣

https://github.com/TootSDK/TootSDK/releases/tag/20.0.0

What's changed:

- Update lint rules, use swift format instead of swift-format @konstantin

Community contributions are greatly appreciated 🙌

#iOSDev #Swift #TootSDK #Fediverse

A new release of TootSDK - 19.5.0 📣

https://github.com/TootSDK/TootSDK/releases/tag/19.5.0

What's changed:

- add public init for PagedResult for better testability by @omich

Community contributions are greatly appreciated 🙌

#iOSDev #Swift #TootSDK #Fediverse

Question for the #fediverse - what’s the best open hardware or otherwise non android/iOS phone out there right now?

This is amazing news! Fedify has received a substantial grant for further development, including portability for fediverse objects and enhanced dev kits for ActivityPub. 🎉🎉🎉

https://hollo.social/@fedify/0199a579-adb3-7bf5-a8ea-970c8fa91f09

#ActivityPub #Fediverse #Fedify

Toot.wales is a Mastodon social network for Wales and the Welsh, at home and abroad! Y rhwydwaith cymdeithasol annibynnol i Gymru, wedi’i bweru gan Mastodon!

This server has been online since 2018.

https://toot.wales

You can find out more at https://toot.wales/about or contact the admin account @teamtoot

#FeaturedServer #Wales #Welsh #Cymru #Cymry #Cymraeg #Cymreig #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Fediverse Report 136 - This week's #fediverse news

- @newsmast takes a new direction with a white-label app for news organisations that also offers fediverse integration
- a paper by @inquiline on targeted harassment on Mastodon
- #ActivityPub Fuzzer is a new tool that helps devs with interoperability
- WordPress blog posts now can be quote posted!

Read at: https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-136-2/

FediForum is coming up. It's an unconference, so the agenda is set by the attendees, but we do know that it will be unmissable, featuring a keynote from @ben and sessions from people like @quillmatiq, @j12t and more. Here's the schedule, plus some of what's on the cards.

https://fediforum.org/2025-10/

#FediForum #Fediverse #OpenSocial #ActivityPub #Developers #Conference #UnConference

Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaaberg and @patel.riyen who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @jan @fritjof @erikkemp @sknob @severin @clabru @tarcisiosurdi @hongminhee @danielcasanueva @ainali @nacly

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12t and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohost) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

#TheFutureIsFederated

Just a little bit frustrating to read people saying "the Fediverse should have starter packs" when I've spent the last four+ years hand-curating recommended accounts to follow on @FediFollows and https://fedi.directory

I'm not the only person doing this kind of initiative, the Trunk directory (https://communitywiki.org/trunk) was the first, and the Fediverse.info directory by @dansup (https://fediverse.info/explore/people) is an automated way for people to add themselves to suggested lists.

We already have these things on the Fedi, people just need to ask around and discover them, and let their friends know about them.

#Fediverse

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 91

This week's news:
- @loops has launched and is now available for everyone!
- @radiofreefedi will shut down early next year
- Bridgy Fed talks about potential governance directions

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-91/