sharkey

Important Clarification: Sharkey's develop branch is affected by some of today's vulnerabilities, so instances running on development (pre-release) versions do need to update or apply mitigations!

We still haven't completed patches for the develop branch, but a candidate patch set is being tested as we speak. We'll push the changes as soon as they're done and confirmed to work!

#Sharkey #SharkeyDev

The time has come and I'm beyond excited 😁

We just opened registrations on catodon.rocks.

I know that Catodon created a lot of expectations when Firefish fell apart, and I'm sure many of you were disappointed to see it not going anywhere for a long time. This time I am doing it on my own, so things will happen the way they should have. And, although you can now check it out for youselves, I will say this: I firmly believe that it's better, on every level, than Firefish ever was. I was in both projects, I love them both, but Catodon combines the best features of Firefish and Sharkey, while also being very debloated, being much more comprehensible, and adding actually useful stuff - and I have more plans for the future.

I'd love to hear your feedback on the UX of Catodon, and see how we can improve it further! Let's create the fedi experience we deserve =)

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#Catodon #Fediverse #Firefish #Sharkey

RE: https://catodon.rocks/notes/ajo1s763f05z0002

Sakurajima.Social is a comfy, non-toxic, and inclusive Sharkey server for Anime/Manga/Japanese media fans and Anime/Japanese media content creators.

(This server is run by the same people as the Mastodon server Sakurajima.Moe)

https://sakurajima.social

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

#FeaturedServer #Anime #Manga #Japan #Japanese #Sharkey #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

I see catodon is back as a #sharkey fork and #fedicat platform detection is updated accordingly

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One of the things that have me seriously worried about AI lately is how easy it gets for bots to make Fediverse accounts - they can bypass bot protection guards at registration, as they can act more and more like humans. A mass influx of spambots could seriously bring servers to their knees and make the network unusable. So we need stronger moderation tools!

Our next release will not only have more moderation options per user, but you will be able to apply them to up to 100 accounts at once. I really hope fedi admins won't need to deal with something like that, but it's always better to be prepared to defend your community.

#catodon #misskey #sharkey #fediverse #fediAdmin

#Fedle received several fixes.
- Spanish now treats Ñ as its own letter, and its dictionary has been improved.
- It also fixes federation issues for #Misskey and #Sharkey.
- Announcements and results now have a dedicated tag per language, like #Fedle_es, #Fedle_en etc.

#Fedle is a daily word game on the #Fediverse.

More at https://fedle.fedilab.app

Sharkey is generally no longer actively maintained. Much like IceShrimp, which shifted its focus from IceShrimp-js to IceShrimp.net, Sharkey is effectively in "maintenance mode only." This means it still receives critical security updates and required patches, but it generally no longer tracks upstream Misskey development.

Sharkey's latest release: 2025.4.7

Misskey's latest release: 2026.9.0

I had to laugh when, back on January 13, 2026, they titled a release "2025.4.5 — We'll catch up, we promise." The release right before that had been 6 months earlier. In all the time since, they've only pushed out 2 security updates (2025.4.6 and 2025.4.7). They are now well over a year behind Misskey's development.

If anyone has the time and skills, I hope someone builds a script to migrate Sharkey sites back to Misskey. Since Sharkey is a fork of Misskey (as was FireFish), it should be possible and is a smart precaution.

#Sharkey #Misskey #FireFish #OpenSource #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Alright, we're looking for beta testers for Catodon's mobile app, as Google demands 12 testers having it installed (and ideally using it) for at least 14 days.

The app is nothing exciting tbh, it's a glorified TWA, which allows you to switch server. However, it might be interesting for some people because you don't need a Catodon account: If you select catodon.rocks, you can also use it with your Mastodon or Misskey or Sharkey account (basically with anything that uses the Mastodon, Misskey or ActivityPub API), as an app. You can get a taste of Catodon's UX this way, even though you'll be missing a lot of features. Or of course you can make a Catodon account if you don't have one yet.

So, if anyone is interested in installing our app and keeping it for at least a couple of weeks, please send me the email that you're logged into Google Play with, and I'll send you the links.

Thank you, and please repost this, so that we can find our testing group!

#catodon #mastodon #testing #misskey #sharkey

me either. #Columnly #Sharkey

https://columnly.social ✨

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