fediverse

After three months and 1.6k posts later on snac, I'm super happy. Main things that I like about running snac for my Fediverse presence:

• Light on resources. I can run this on a potato if I wanted and it would run great (I'm not, but I could.)
• Backups are easy. Tar up the directory. Done.
• Migrations are easy. Install nginx, build snac, untar backup. Done.
• Quirky web interface. It takes a little to get used to it, but it is very functional and it's got character. I thought I would use Phanpy with it more, but I'm not. I enjoy the snac web interface.
• Works (mostly) with Mastodon clients.
• No crazy caching of photos, avatars and other media. This is a really big deal because my disk usage is so much lower than when I ran Mastodon.
• No database. NO DATABASE. So good.
• Fast. snac is really fast doing everything. It's nice.
• @grunfink is awesome. Friendly and responsive.

#fediverse #snac #snac2 #snacadmin #mastodon #phanpysocial #selfhost #selfhosted

CrowdBucks is:

🛠 100% open source
🧩 Fediverse-native
💡 Self-hostable
🛡 Privacy-conscious

👉 https://crowdbucks.fund
Try it. Improve it. Fork it. Make it yours.

And yes — we use Crowdbucks to fund Crowdbucks →
https://crowdbucks.fund/@crowdbucks@mastodon.social

#CrowdBucks #Fediverse

Happy 9th anniversary to the first Mastodon post!

Via https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/110985808809440467

#mastodon #fediverse #anniversary #OTD #OnThisDay

A hypothetical about chat control and #HolosSocial

Say a law one day required client-side scanning. The relay only ever sees encrypted data, so a scan would catch nothing. To read content, it must run in the client, before encryption. A closed client could add it silently in an update. An open one cannot: the code is public, anyone can recompile without it.

Would an open source #E2EE messenger on the #Fediverse like Holos be breaking the law if it did nothing? I am not sure. Your opinion?

I am creating a #ActivityPub minimalistic implementation of a badge system similar to Credly, built using #dotnet and leveraging the #Fediverse

I have issued a first badge, the idea is to decentralize the verification systems, and allow organizations to self-certify. It is incredible that organizations like Microsoft or Non-Profits pay thousands of dollars to companies like Pearson to just provide "verified" badges. Similar to mastodons installed in social-dot-something, thinkg of badges<dot> mozilla<dot>com , certifications<dot>myschooldistrict<dot>com. Or even a podcast emitting a badge for its guests, with the verification in the domain.

ActivityPub already offers a secure way to sign artifacts and interact between actors. The fediverse already have people with profiles, a social graph as @mike says, ready to use. Think of how LetsEncrypt disrupted that market of few actors selling certificates for websites.

I have a functional poc,
@fediverse is not a mastodon, pledora or blog, it is an actor in a badge system, but you can follow it in Mastodon. Its badges will show in #mastodon but they are not notes or articles. If you want to learn more, follow me, I will be sharing the progress here. Or follow the github project here: https://github.com/tryvocalcat/activitypub-badges

Who wants a badge of early adopter?

New instance, new #introduction !

Hi #fediverse ! We’re the European Southern Observatory, and we design, build and operate ground-based telescopes.

One of them is our Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in #Chile. It will have a 39 m mirror, and its rotating enclosure will weigh 6100 tonnes, or about 700 mastodons!

We’re looking forward to chatting with all of you about #astronomy

And many thanks to @sebinthestars for running our former instance!

📷 ESO/G. Vecchia

Remember when “social media” was “social networking”?

What changed? That second word: media. It’s all about capturing your attention and selling you stuff.

Humans are social and want to connect with one another. That’s what makes the #fediverse special to me - authentic connection. We haven’t forgotten the social part.

EDIT: You can purchase these items and have them shipped to the U.S.

I honestly can't believe I keep finding more fediverse merchandise. First up. Funkwhale!

This is confirmed as the official store for the platform. Of note, I think the mug is cool, and then a tote bag and beanie - haven't seen that at other places! No stickers...

https://funkwhale.myspreadshop.de/

#FediMerch #Fediverse

Arabi.gay is a Glitch Mastodon server for Arabs, people from the SWANA region or Arabic speakers (including all dialects) who are LGBTQIA+. Anyone over 18 is welcome to join.

https://arabi.gay

You can find out more at https://arabi.gay/about or contact the admin account @ishraaf

#FeaturedServer #Arabic #Arab #LGBTQIA #Gay #SWANA #SouthWestAsia #NorthAfrica #العربية #GlitchMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

As part of an ongoing effort with We Distribute and #Fediverse advocacy, I’m looking at connecting with other journalists currently writing about the Fediverse, Nostr, Bluesky, and other efforts to build a decentralized social Web.

I think it may be possible, even beneficial, to create a newswire service spanning our different sites and publications, to help keep everyone reporting on this growing space on the same page.

wanderer - #Strava meets the #Fediverse. A self-hosted trail database built on #ActivityPub. "Save your adventures!"

https://wanderer.to/
https://github.com/flomp/wanderer

Dads.cool and cooler.mom are Hometown Mastodon servers for parents of all kinds, including biological and non-biological parents, foster parents, adoptive parents and people of all gender identities:

https://dads.cool

https://cooler.mom

You can find out more at https://dads.cool/about and https://cooler.mom/about or contact the admins @alex & @sydney

#FeaturedServer #Parenting #Parents #Kids #Children #Families #Hometown #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Today I'm celebrating a personal milestone: 3 MONTHS of #selfhosting thanks to the magic of #YunoHost.

I'm posting a quick message because I need to leave home in 5 minutes to pick up my little one from nursery school. But I didn't want to let this anniversary pass without my acknowledgement.

Thank you @yunohost team for changing my life in the best possible way and empowering me to self-host my own #Fediverse instances.

I hope I'll be able to give back one day and help you out on your amazing mission ❤️

Want to try out Bonfire? There's an install party going on right now - get help from the devs as you setup your own instance!

https://mobilizon.libretic.fr/events/c0c0b536-5216-412b-a277-1dadead06997

#Bonfire #Fediverse

Rail.chat is a Mastodon server for anyone interested in passenger and freight trains, their connection to transit and other non-car options, and their benefit to society:

https://rail.chat

You can find out more at https://rail.chat/about or contact the admin @conductor

cc @trains

#FeaturedServer #Trains #Rail #Railways #Railroads #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

I started working on #fedicat two years(!) ago just to play around with making a UI that I want, and now I'm spending all my time on it because I'm fascinated by the creative diversity in #fediverse platforms

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/delightful-fediverse-experience

In exciting #FediForumFriday news that technically was last Friday but it was so close to the wire I'm sharing anyway, @fediforum got their keynotes and demos uploaded along with the notes from June's #FediForum so you can go and check out all the amazing things that happened there for free: https://fediforum.org/2025-06/ .

#Fediverse
https://fediforum.org/2025-06/

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

- FIRES Server v0.3.0

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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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/01978f30-5295-cb5b-38cc-a151f08fd9f1

@SabiLewSounds & fam are #disabled, #BIPOC, #homeless

$686 Hotel by tomorrow 03/18 at 11AM ET

$936 All Needs

https://PayPal.me/SabiLewSounds
https://Ko-fi.com/SabiLewSounds

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #SabiLewSounds #SupportDisabledArtists #WeKeepUsSafe #CommunityCares #CollectiveCare #IndigenousMutualAid #Mastodon #Fediverse #Boost #Indigenous #Disability #MentalHealth

@MutualAidVisibility @MutualAidNet @mutualaid @disability
@smote @mutualaid@kolektiva.social

I've just updated my #Snac instance to version 2.79 👍 🎉
You don't know Snac? But you should: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
A simple, minimalistic and well documented #ActivityPub instance server written in C, no database needed, totally JavaScript-free, no cookies either, not much bullshit.

#snac2 #fediverse

BigShoulders.city is a Hometown Mastodon server for Chicagoans, current, former and future. All sexualities, gender identities, races, levels of mobility and ages are welcome. A community of friends and neighbors across the Windy City.

https://bigshoulders.city

Find out more at https://bigshoulders.city/about or contact the admins @moderation & @alex

#FeaturedServer #Chicago #Illinois #Chicagoan #Chicagoans #Hometown #HometownMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

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

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-108/

Happy Caturday Mastodon Friends

At the summer cottage, Halla gets the top bunk all to herself

#caturday #summer #cottage #weekendvibes
#photography #cats #finland #fediverse #fujifilm

Toot.Kiwi is a brand new Mastodon server for anyone with connections to Wellington / Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Pōneke in New Zealand / Aotearoa:

https://toot.kiwi

You can find out more at https://toot.kiwi/about or contact the admin @fancypants

cc @aotearoa

#FeaturedServer #NewZealand #Aotearoa #Wellington #TeWhanganuiaTara #Pōneke #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Ghost’s @johnonolan and WordPress’s @pfefferle want to help blogs and long content thrive on the open social web. Meet “the longformers,” who chatted to @mike for the latest edition of Dot Social.

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/john-onolan-and-matthias-pfefferle/

#DotSocial #Ghost #WordPress #Fediverse #FederatedMedia #ActivityPub #Federation