Pretty neat to see @fitpub featured in this week's Self-Hosted Weekly on selfh.st!

It's a project I worked on - an ActivityPub-based platform for sharing fitness activities.

Feels especially relevant right now with Strava paywalling parts of their API and pushing people toward more open alternatives.

Check it out: https://fitpub.social/
Full digest: https://selfh.st/weekly/2026-06-05/

#SelfHosted #ActivityPub #Fitness #FOSS #Mastodon

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Strava (hosted fitness tracking) announced they're paywalling API access, which is impacting self-hosted projects that rely on it for independent data syncing (consider this new ActivityPub alternative (FitHub) or Endurain if you've been impacted)

So the federation is working on my #Wanderer instance, and you can actually follow me there from any #ActivityPub instance: @yehor@wanderer.glitchy.social

The issue was actually in my #Mastodon instance: https://mastodon.glitchy.social/@yehor/116713584141417614

#Fediverse #homelab #selfhosted #selfhosting #selfhost

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Yehor 🇺🇦 » 🌐 2026-06-08
@yehor@mastodon.glitchy.social

Wrote my first server announcement. Because yesterday, after updating my #Mastodon instance to 4.5.11, I didn't realise the Sidekiq died.

I spotted an unusual server load and temperature 24 hours later, found out that it was a Mastodon LXC, and realised there had been nothing processed by Sidekiq for 24 hours already.

I'm not sure about the reasons, because I didn't find anything useful in the logs. I definitely need better monitoring for #GlitchySocial.

#selfhost #homelab #selfhosted

Letztens lief der Link von #snac2 an mir vorbei. Eine in C geschriebene #ActivityPub Instanz die genau das tut was sie soll: Deine Daten auf Deinem Server halten, klein und sparsam. Für #OpenBSD, #FreeBSD, #Linux.Kein SIgnup, limitiertes, funktionelles Design (hello 90s), kein #Javascript, aber alle Möglichkeiten und komplette Doku in Manpages, Unterset von #markdown, fast beliebige Textlänge und ein anpassbares style.css. Zum selbstkompilieren.

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

#worthatry #AlterSack

A sneak peak of another #activitypub project I'm working on - a different way of social bookmarking. Coming soon!

#fediverse #fedidev #ruby

🚀 BizzFed.de ist im Early Access!
Ich baue ein föderiertes berufliches Netzwerk auf Basis von ActivityPub – berufliches Networking im Fediverse, ohne zentrale Plattform und ohne Datenkraken.
Aktuell geht es um eins: das Konzept gemeinsam evaluieren. Ich suche neugierige Tester:innen, die mitdenken, ausprobieren und ehrliches Feedback geben.
Lust, Teil der frühen Phase zu sein? Registriert euch!

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #BizzFed #Networking

You, the people, and NLnet, have funded a fully open TikTok alternative with web and mobile clients, ActivityPub federation and an opt-out For You feed algorithm that is privacy friendly.

Anyone can start their own Loops community, and we're working on an official hosting service to help fund development.

Join 🚀: https://joinloops.org/join-the-beta

Roadmap ✨: https://joinloops.org/roadmap

Donate 🙏: https://joinloops.org/donate

Source 🤖: http://github.com/joinloops

#Loops #TikTok #ActivityPub

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.

You know what's pretty cool?

@rabble, the developer of https://divine.video sent a pull request to Loops to improve federation between Divine and Loops.

This is the magic of the open social web.

Collaboration and connection, no matter where you are.

You love to see it ❤️

https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/commit/fdb5cffd28e24e14221690331d63b41d561ebc5b

#Loops #Divine #ActivityPub #Collaboration

Week in Fediverse 2026-06-05

Servers

- Mastodon v4.5.11
- Hollo v0.9.3
- Wafrn v2026.06.01
- Ktistec v3.4.1
- tootik v0.23.1
- NeoDB v0.15.2
- wanderer v0.19.2
- Lemmy Development Update May 2026
- FitPub: A self-hosted fitness tracking platform for the Fediverse
- Harmony: Discord-style servers and chat with ActivityPub
- Menuverse: A federated menu system for canteens and institutions
- LAUTI: A calendar software where one can publish events, groups and places

Clients

- Pachli v3.7.0
- Elk v1.0.0
- Fedilab v3.41.0
- tooi v0.26.0
- Pixelix v4.4.0
- Aria v1.5.3
- Tesseract v1.5.0
- Interstellar v0.11.4
- Holos v1.8.0
- P2Play v0.10.1

For developers

- APx v0.25.0

Protocol

- FEP-bebd: Follow Invites

Articles

- Prikbord: Federated calendar for events in Rotterdam
- small details in my mastodon client that i wanted more people to notice
- From simple afterthought to over-engineered software
- FR#165 – Fediverse News May 2026

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019e7560-82be-7521-bbb4-2ca61a0d5ad8

The next step in our #activitypub implementation is ready! This brings a simple instance actor object along with #webfinger support for it and a #nodeinfo endpoint.

We highly appreciate reviews from any #fedidev 🙏

codeberg.org/Klasse-Methode/...

We are really greatfull for @nlnet@social.nlnet.nl to fund this work and for @linos@graz.social for being such a great mentor!

FediStation is Live.
Your WordPress blog just got a direct line to the Fediverse.
Share to #Mastodon, #Bluesky, #Flipboard, #Threads and #Lemmy
One click, no account needed for your readers.
Free & Yours. 👉https://fediboard.com
#WordPress #Fediverse #OpenWeb #ActivityPub #FediStation #FediBoard

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fedistation logo and wp

Paths and Patches explores: Connected community spaces. https://www.blog-pat.ch/connected-community-spaces/ #fediverse #ActivityPub #ATProto

Servers currently using Starling:
https://starling.fediverse.observer/list

#Starling #PHP #fediverse #ActivityPub #ATProtocol

[ActivityPub: El Protocolo que Impulsa el Fediverso]
@jorge is presenting at Commit Conf in Madrid, Spain in a few days (June 5th)
https://koliseo.com/commit/2026/agenda/1?selected=JNIEz5zgefpMwrJMRpl7
#fediverso #activitypub #fediverse

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a screenshot of the description of the talk from the commit conf website

Self-Hosting an ActivityPub Video Podcast Is Surprisingly Affordable

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Imagine this.

You want to launch your own video podcast.

A new episode every week.
Each episode is 1 hour long.
Full HD (1080p), 60 fps video.

What would it cost to host it yourself?

Before I ran the numbers, I assumed it would be expensive — maybe even impractical.

I was wrong.

The reality is surprisingly affordable.

Here is why.

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#ActivityPub #FediDev #HomeLab #SelfHost #SelfHosting

A reminder to #ActivityPub developers and advocates: applications for the NLNet Open Social Fund close on June 1st (#BrookeVibberDay) at noon CEST. You should apply; you are doing important work and we need you to keep doing it.

https://nlnet.nl/opensocial/

I have seen the @Codeberg people say they don't want to be the only code-forge.

I.e., they don't wan to replace GitHub. They want there to be many code-forges out there, including them.

I agree with this goal.

But — I think until we (at least) have federated pull-requests, this is less likely to happen.

And, I do know that there is an effort to add ActivityPub support to Forgejo, Gitea, and others.

https://forgefed.org

I think ForgeFed is important for this goal

#ActivityPub #Codeberg

Building #HolosSocial is by far my most ambitious project. It might only attract a niche of users, though at first it could seem strange to run an #ActivityPub server on a device.
But Holos' purpose is more than that: helping everyone have their own identity, host their media, and not depend on a server admin. Make everything accessible with views depending on your mood. One app, one identity, with all that the fediverse can offer.
That's the beginning, the way is still long but not unreachable.

Week in Fediverse 2026-05-29

Servers

- PeerTube v8.2.0
- Bookwyrm v0.8.6
- Gush! v0.0.38
- Hollo v0.9.2
- Mitra v5.4.0
- Ktistec v3.4.0
- Loops v1.0.0-beta.12
- tootik v0.23.0
- NeoDB v0.15.0
- NodeBB v4.12.0
- Catodon v26.5.0
- TinyAP v0.1.9

Clients

- Fedilab v3.40.2
- Nicolium v0.3.1
- Coho v1.2
- Interstellar v0.11.3
- Aria v1.5.2
- Loops Mobile App v1.0.2.2
- Mitra Mini v0.4.1

Tools and Plugins

- Event Bridge for ActivityPub v1.3.0 (WordPress plugin)
- hugo-ap-comments: Embed Mastodon / Fediverse replies as a comment section on your static Hugo site

Articles

- Stop Posting to Platforms — Turn Your Website into a Fediverse Node

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019e5172-5f2e-7441-bf3a-2dbcf61dcd64

Run your own decentralized social platform on shared hosting or a tiny VPS WITHOUT Redis, PostgreSQL, or complex infrastructure.

What it makes so special to me? It looks awesome, comes with a great admin web interface and does not require a VPS instance where it can also be operated on a cheap shared hosting systems. By the given requirements, it also easily runs on a #RaspberryPI and all kind of systems, including #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #Illumos and more!

This all makes it perfect to everyone and even beginners to run their own instance. With relay support (e.g., fedi-relay.gyptazy.com) it even can consume and post content over non-directly connected instances in the #fediworld!

Kudos to the author of Starling: @df@s.dfaria.eu

More information:
GitHub project: https://github.com/dfaria-eu/Starling
My blog post: https://gyptazy.com/blog/starling-simple-fediverse-server/

#fedi #fediwall #opensource #decentralized #social #socialmedia #alternatives #mastodon

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Starling as a Fediverse/ActivityPub Server

Most people know about messages, photos and videos on the #Fediverse. But the #ActivityPub protocol actually defines several object types, each one distinct and more or less compatible across apps:

- Note: short post (Mastodon)
- Article / Page: long text or shared link (WriteFreely, Lemmy)
- Image (Pixelfed)
- Video (PeerTube)
- Audio (Funkwhale)
- Event with date and place (Mobilizon)

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#Fedilab #HolosSocial

Multi-device support is progressing well for #HolosSocial. The tricky part: each device runs its own #ActivityPub server, with its own local data, signing its own activities. Keeping several servers in sync both ways, without duplicating everything, without losing actions on the way, and without two of them handling the same activity at the same time, was the main problem to solve. It also had to stay reliable when a device goes offline for hours or days.
(1/3)

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.