Today is announcement day 🔥

Bonfire is shifting its centre of gravity: from social features to community tools. Four things ship today, and the whole story is here: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bo...

1. Bonfire for communities
Groups and topics, community rules, decision-making (from quick polls through structured consensus to weighted score voting, where an objection can count for more than an approval), events, shared organisation profiles, announcements.

A ready-to-use space you can then take apart: add what's missing, fork what almost fits, switch off what you don't need.

2. Our first Mosaic case study
Six months with Jacobin's German edition, building jacobin.social from the ground up: a home for 3,000+ readers, wired into their Ghost publication, in their language and their look and feel. Their readers crowdfunded the project, which included a reboot of the magazine and a new community space. Now every publisher can benefit. What one community funds, every community inherits. Details: bonfirenetworks.org/case-stu...

3. A deep Ghost integration
Keep publishing exactly as you do now, and Bonfire can become the home for everything that happens around the work: your archive imported, new articles followed, members and tiers synced, sign-in through Ghost, federated discussion under every piece. Details: bonfirenetworks.org/ghost/

4. The Telling
One script tag turns any web page into a federated conversation. Readers reply with an account they already have, on Bonfire, Mastodon, anywhere. The thread lives on your server, and you can take it with you. Details: bonfirenetworks.org/telling/

Being straight with you: this is a 1.0 beta. Groups work within a server and don't federate yet. We're designing that in the open with the W3C groups task force, because we'd rather it work across the whole fediverse than ship a dialect only Bonfire speaks.

Want to poke at it? Groups are live on the campground, our open test instance. Make an account and try it out: campground.bonfire.cafe

Finally, we've rebuilt the website to reflect the new direction: bonfirenetworks.org/

Now back to following up with crowdfunding backers to organise install parties, co-design workshops, and other rewards. Thank you for your patience 💛 #fediverse #ActivityPub

We are so proud of @dansup for being the only #ActivityPub developer to be accepted into the Sovereign Tech Standards cohort.

You've seen what he's done with Pixelfed, Loops, Fediverse.info and FediDB.

Just imagine what he can do for #ActivityPub standards work, having two major platforms that can steward and solve problems at scale and in the real world 🔥

https://www.sovereign.tech/news/meet-the-first-sovereign-tech-standards-cohort

Honored to be one of ten maintainers in the first @sovtechfund standards cohort.

I'll be representing #ActivityPub and the #fediverse at the w3c, bringing eight years of running Pixelfed and Loops at scale into the room where the spec gets written.

https://www.sovereign.tech/news/meet-the-first-sovereign-tech-standards-cohort

#SovereignTech

If there are any other #fediverse developers working on a TikTok like platform for the fediverse:

Maybe we can join forces and work together with Loops, and if not, lets keep in touch so we can work on #activitypub compatibility?

I'm already working closely with @stux on #Goldfish, which is shaping up to be a serious fedi TikTok contender!

#strongerTogether

If you've been wanting to move your activity history from Strava to FitPub but dreaded dealing with the export files, I made a small browser tool that does the heavy lifting.

Drop in your Strava export files, it decompresses the .fit.gz files, splits everything into correctly-sized ZIP batches, and hands them back for upload. No install, no server, runs entirely in your browser.

👉 🏃🏻‍♀️ https://vast-ch.github.io/strava-archive-to-fitpub-batch-import/

#FitPub #Strava #ActivityPub #Fediverse #OpenSource

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Screenshot of the app. Move your activity history from Strava to FitPub. This tool converts your Strava data export into correctly formatted, sized, and counted ZIP batches ready for import.

@liaizon #Bridgy is the incumbent on the #ActivityPub / #ATProto bridging front, and currently the only "production grade" system available to te general user, right ?

Week in Fediverse 2026-07-24

Servers

- WriteFreely v0.17.0
- Ktistec v3.9.0
- Vernissage Server v1.41.0
- GoToSocial v0.22.1
- Bookwyrm v0.9.1
- PeerTube v8.2.3
- Lemmy v0.19.20
- ties v0.3
- ActivityPub for WordPress v9.1.0
- NeoDB v0.17.2
- NodeBB v4.14.2
- PieFed v1.7.7
- FitPub v1.2.1
- ActivityForge: ForgeFed implementation in Rust

Clients

- PleromaFE v2.11.1
- Aria v1.5.9
- Pixelix v5.0.0
- Summit v1.83.0
- Jerboa v0.0.88
- Holos v1.15.0
- Rocinante v1.1.8

Tools and Plugins

- Superblock v3.1 (Hubzilla addon)
- Polls for ActivityPub v1.0.10 (WordPress plugin)

Protocol

- FEP-de8d: Emoji Catalogs

Articles

- I added ActivityPub to this blog

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019f71c0-52f2-7b60-a0f7-a9df07a6fd66

"artist-alley implements ArchivePub, an open federation protocol built on the ActivityPub data model with DAM-shaped extensions for asset sharing, workflow state, and brand workspaces."

"Content-addressed federation:
Every reference to asset bytes uses a content-addressed URI:
cas://<sha256>?content-type=image/png&size=12345"

https://artist-alley.org/docs/archivepub
#ActivityPub #fedidev #ArchivePub

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@wrzky/116840235559384861

UPDATE. Water's still off. 100/350 raised toward getting it back, $250 left. $718 remaining for July overall.
Thank you to everyone who's given and shared my plea so far.

https://ko-fi.com/wrzky/goal

Please help however you can. Boosting this also helps, more than you know. Thank you, thank you

@mutualaidspace @wrzky@wrzky.com @mutualaid@ovo.st @mutualaid@fedigroups.social @disability @edendestroyer @QuyetPawz @ellespeaks @frugalcoffee @nillerus @actuallyadhd @autistics

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #DisabilityCrowdfund #DisabilityMutualAid #EmergencyCrowdfund #healthcare #poverty #mentalhealth #feminism #politics #disability #activism #writer #DisabledWriters #fedihelp #activitypub #fediverse #socialmedia #neurodivergence #audhd #autism #chronicillness

#mastodonadmin #mastodonadmins #activitypub #killemail #mastodon

Is it possible to get an account without email ? Please help.

Or if on any other similar activity pub platform?

[Decentralized, federated platform for dog owners]

I haven’t been able to get this idea out of my head for a while now. 😩😁

Why are there centralized platforms for dog owners—but no open, decentralized alternative? 🤔

What if clubs, animal shelters, dog training schools, or local communities could run their own instances while still being interconnected, based on ActivityPub, similar to the Fediverse? 😃

Possible features could include:
🐶 Dog profiles
🚶 Walks & meetups
📍 Dog parks & local spots
⚠️ Poisoned bait and hazard alerts
🔎 Missing & found dogs

The focus would be on data sovereignty, local communities, and open standards instead of a centralized platform. 😉

Attached is a preliminary concept diagram to make the idea more tangible.

I’d be interested to know:
Would you use something like this, or even help build it? ⁉️ 🙄

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenSource #SelfHosting #Dogs #DogLovers #AnimalWelfare #Community #Idea

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Infographic in DIN A4 format titled “Dog Network – Decentralized. Local. For Dogs and Their Owners.” The infographic visualizes the concept of a decentralized dog platform based on ActivityPub. At the center, a network diagram connects several independent communities (e.g., animal shelters, dog training schools, local communities, or breed groups) that communicate with one another via a federated infrastructure. On the right, a smartphone app with a map view is shown as an example. Surrounding it are potential features: dog profiles, walks and meetups, warnings about hazards and poisoned bait, dog parks and local spots, missing or found dogs, as well as groups and discussion forums. Other sections explain data protection, data sovereignty, self-hosting, open-source technologies, and an optional, privacy-friendly meeting mode that uses intentionally imprecise location data. The design primarily uses shades of green and natural tones, featuring illustrations of dog owners, dogs, maps, and network symbols. The graphic serves as an initial concept sketch and does not represent a finished product or final design.

There are nice things in this "timeline", so let's find opportunities to be grateful!

#snac2 #fediAdmin #mentalHealth

🆕 blog! “Scattered thoughts on social geolocation”

I want to be able to share my location with my friends on social media. Twitter (RIP) had a way to attach an optional location to a post. Facebook still lets me check in to venues. But neither ActivityPub (Mastodon) nor AT Protocol (BlueSky) allow me …

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/scattered-thoughts-on-social-geolocation/
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#ActivityPub #BlueSky #fediverse #FourSquare #geolocation #json #openstandards #OpenStreetMap

Good morning Fedi friends,

I have been feeling a rising anxiety over the state of the open web and the fediverse - after seeing efforts by politicians all over the world (in Europe too!) to introduce age verification laws for social media.

My way of coping?

Teaching people how to self-host their own Fediverse profile (using the superb #GoToSocial) via #YunoHost.

Chapter 1 in this series is available here:

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-gotosocial-part-1-installation-and-set-up/

#resist #blog #ActivityPub #selfhosting

On traditional social media, leaving a platform means leaving your audience behind. The open social web promised something fundamentally better: true digital sovereignty and the right to exit.

However, migrating across the Fediverse today still leaves historical posts, media archives, and private threads stranded on your old server.

In our latest deep dive, we examine the World Wide Web Consortium's newly chartered Social Web Working Group (2026–2028) and the LOLA (Live Online Portability) specification—a protocol designed to bring full cryptographic state transfer and seamless account migration to ActivityPub.

We break down:
⚙️ The 4-phase LOLA workflow (Authenticated Data Export, Cryptographic Identity Binding, Outbox Re-indexing, and WebFinger Redirects)
📊 ActivityPub + LOLA vs. AT Protocol + PDS architecture comparison
🛡️ Why guaranteed exit rights are essential for digital creator business continuity

Read the full analysis: 🔗 https://opensocialbiz.com/articles/right-to-leave-w3c-lola-fediverse-account-migration

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #WebStandards

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Simplistic vector artwork showing data streams, cryptographic keys, and user nodes transferring across servers in an open social network layout.

Loops + Direct Messages

Shipping soon 🎉

#loops #directMessages #activityPub

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Loops Direct Messages feature

Summer is the worst season for animals. As the holidays get closer, shelters fill with pets left behind.

My cat and dog came from there. Haru (the cat) waited two years in a shelter, and our dog (Tanos) is one a relative could no longer keep. A black cat and a malinois, now sharing the same stairs.

Out of conviction, I built https://pawfed.org/how-it-works, a service working with #ActivityPub and #OSM.

It is not the perfect solution, but if you can help your local shelter, please do.

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Tanos, a tan Malinois, sits alert on a step while Haru, a small black cat, rests calmly on the step above, looking off to the side. Both are settled and at ease.

Week in Fediverse 2026-07-17

Servers

- flohmarkt v0.20.0
- Vernissage Server v1.40.0
- FitPub v1.2.0
- Wafrn v2026.07.02
- TinyAP v0.1.11
- NeoDB v0.16.5.0
- PieFed v1.7.6
- Catodon v26.7.0
- Trunk & Tidbits, June 2026 (Mastodon)
- matrix-appservice-activitypub: Turns your Matrix server into a fully functioning ActivityPub server
- Discord–Fediverse Bridge: A self-hosted bridge between Discord forum channels and ActivityPub community actors
- ~petersanchez/honk: Fork of honk

Clients

- PeerTube Mobile v2.2.0
- Photon v2.4.0
- Tesseract v1.5.5
- Aria v1.5.8
- Mitra Mini v0.5.0

Tools and Plugins

- Enable Mastodon Apps v1.6.1 (WordPress plugin)
- Polls for ActivityPub v1.0.9 (WordPress plugin)
- Telegram ↔️ Mastodon Bridge Bot: A Python bot that forwards text messages, photos, and albums from a Telegram chat to your Mastodon account

For developers

- @shootpub/activitypub-types: ActivityPub types package with support for FEP-2277 Activitypub core types (duck typing)

Articles

- The Long Tail of Work Left Until ActivityPub Has E2EE

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019f4de5-e808-73f3-96d7-1c4948c2a47a

Loops now supports enforcing AI, Ad and NSFW labels on videos from specific accounts (local + remote), with the ability to backfill the labels!

https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/commit/e2e72f4b874b97b4bb09ed7f6c5f609210fd261b

#loops #moderation #activitypub

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Loops Admin Dashboard Profile page, showing the Enable AI Auto-Label modal

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Loops Admin Dashboard Profile page

Preparing a new Loops release, possibly related to my upcoming FediCon talk!

I can't stop smiling. 😁

#Loops #FediCon #ActivityPub #W3C

#ActivityPub carries posts, follows, likes and so on, but not moderation. A ban stays trapped on the instance that issued it. So, for instance, an account banned for racism on one instance stays unknown to the next. Moderation is activity too, and it should travel like the rest: signed and verifiable. This is a real problem, and others have explored it already. I will look into what already exists and see what we could build on for #HolosSocial.

#fedi #askfedi
Is the #ActivityPub protocol any closer to having data portability?
And how about single ID usable in different apps?
And how about E2EE?

Thank you!

Hashtag following also allow URLs to RSS feeds of ActivityPub objects (like e.g. https://mastodon.social/tags/ThankYouTuesday).

Users can now configure a webhook to receive an HTTP POST for every notification. This can be useful for implementing bots that react to activities, like autorepliers, chatbots or interactive textual games (see snac(1) for more information).

The number of pending follow confirmations is shown next to the "people" link.

Faster performance metrics (contributed by dandelions).

Improved lowercasing in hashtags (contributed by postscriptum).

A search-by-url tweak for implementations that return 200 for invalid webfinger queries (e.g. piefed).

Mastodon API: added follow confirmation endpoints, fixed collisions in attachment file names.

Fixed potential crashes in attachment uploads.

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

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.

#snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse

Notifications are now shown in a more compact way (i.e. all reactions are shown just above your post, instead of repeating the post ad nauseam for every reaction).

New command-line option unmute to, well, no-longer-mute an actor.

The private timeline now includes an approximate mark between new posts and "already seen" ones.

Fixed a spurious 404 error in the instance root URL for some configurations.

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

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

#snacAnnounces

This release has been inspired by the song The Answers to the Questions by #Christabell and #DavidLynch.