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2026-05-22 20:48:30 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-05-22
Servers
- Gush! v0.0.37
- Stegodon v1.8.5
- Iceshrimp.NET v2026.1.1-beta
- Iceshrimp v2026.5.1
- Hollo v0.9.0
- Mastodon v4.5.10
- PeerTube v8.1.6
- Sharkey v2025.4.7
- Hubzilla v11.2.1
- Friendica v2026.05
- Ktistec v3.3.9
- Smithereen v1.0.0
- Vernissage Server v1.38.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v8.3.0
- Misskey v2026.5.4
- tootik v0.22.2
- NeoDB v0.14.4
- Open beta testing for Lemmy 1.0.0
- Trunk & Tidbits, April 2026
- XMPP/ActivityPub Bridge: Chat between XMPP and the Fediverse
- Cookifed: A free and federated recipes management app and cooking social network
Clients
- Nicolium v0.3.0
- Fedilab v3.40.1
- Aria v1.5.1
- Blorp v1.14.0
- Impressia v3.2.0
- Holos v1.6.0
Tools and Plugins
- Analytodon: Analytics for Mastodon
For developers
- Fedify v2.2.3
- BotKit v0.4.2
Protocol
- Basic Profile for Social API Servers
- FEP-baf5: Administrator Collection
Articles
- the may 2026 fedi software vulnerability
- Never Lose a Toot Again: Full-Text Search for Your Mastodon Feed
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2026-05-15 20:40:05 UTC

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@nprofile…q8vn There is no mention of Fediverse or ActivityPub in the project description on GitHub and their website is not working for me (Cloudflare error).
As a general rule, if the developer does not prioritise the Fediverse, the app will not be included.

2026-05-15 19:34:07 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-05-15
Servers
- PieFed v1.6.23
- Hollo v0.8.3
- Ktistec v3.3.8
- Wafrn v2026.05.01
- snac v2.92
- Mitra v5.3.0
- Iceshrimp v2026.4.2
- Hollo v0.8.4
- Vernissage v1.37.0
- Bonfire v1.0.3
- Hometown v1.2.1
- tootik v0.22.1
- NeoDB v0.14.2
- NodeBB v4.11.3
- PieFed v1.6.23
- Wanderer v0.19.0
- Aktor: A headless, Mastodon-compatible ActivityPub server
Clients
- FediLab v3.40.0
- tooi v0.25.0
- Holos v1.5.6
- Phanpy changelog
- lemmy-tray: Read lemmy posts in system tray
Tools and Plugins
- FediFetcher v7.1.18
- slurp v1.1.1
For developers
- BotKit v0.4.1
Articles
- There Are a Million Fediverses. Some of Them Are Louder than Others
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2026-05-14 07:16:59 UTC

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@nprofile…h0ux @nprofile…qlvc Yes, tinmop is tracked. Last appearance was on Week in Fediverse 2026-03-20
#nevent1q…3tze

2026-05-08 19:34:45 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-05-08
Servers
- Vernissage v1.35.0
- Pleroma v2.10.2
- Funkwhale v2.0.2
- Betula v1.7.0
- Hollo v0.8.2
- Akkoma v2026.05
- Ktistec v3.3.7
- NodeBB v4.11.0
- Misskey v2026.5.1
- Ties v0.2.1
- PieFed v1.6.21
- Lemmy Development Update April 2026
Clients
- Nicolium v0.2.1
- Fedilab v3.39.0
- Pachli v3.6.1
- Mastodon for Android v2.12.0
- Coho v1.0
- PixelDroid v1.0.beta42
- Blorp v1.13.0
- Mitra Mini v0.4.0
- Holos v1.5.5
Tools and Plugins
- Fediverse Redirect v1.15.1
For developers
- APx v0.23.0
Articles
- Join the fediverse! zine
- A Bridge to Somewhere: How to Link Your Mastodon, Bluesky, or Other Federated Accounts
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2026-05-01 20:11:10 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-05-01
Servers
- Hollo v0.8.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v8.2.0
- NodeBB v4.11.0
- PieFed v1.6.20
- TinyAP v0.1.8
Clients
- Pachli v3.6.0
- tooi v0.24.0
- Tusker v2026.1
- Nicolium v0.2.0
- Jerboa v0.0.87
- PeerTube Mobile v2.1.2
- Mitra Mini v0.3.0
- Holos v1.5.2
For developers
- Fedify v2.2.0
Articles
- The Seven Deadly Fediverse UX Sins: A Redemption Report Card
- The Architecture of Autonomy and Freedom
- What would a LinkedIn alternative look like on the open web?
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2026-04-24 19:15:12 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-04-24
Servers
- Hollo v0.7.11
- Lemmy v0.19.18
- Wafrn 2026.04.02
- Ibis v0.3.2
- Ktistec v3.3.6
- ActivityPub for WordPress v8.1.0
- Gush v0.0.36
- Iceshrimp.NET v2026.1-beta
- Mitra v5.2.0
- tootik v0.22.0
- NeoDB v0.14.0
- Vernissage Server v1.34.0
- PieFed v1.6.19
- ActivityPub Bots v1.1.1
Clients
- Jerboa v0.0.86
- Holos v1.4.0
Protocol
- FEP-35b7: Fediverse Servers, Instances, and Tenants
- FEP-ae49: Semantic Routing for ActivityPub
Articles
- Copyright and DMCA Best Practices for Fediverse Operators
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2026-04-17 19:25:25 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-04-17
Servers
- Mastodon v4.5.9
- Stegodon v1.8.4
- NodeBB v4.10.3
- Lemmy Development Update March 2026
- Fedle: A daily word game played on the Fediverse
Clients
- Fedilab v3.38.0
- Blorp v1.12.4
Tools and Plugins
- Altbot v2.6
- bookwyrm.koplugin: A read-only BookWyrm plugin for KOReader
- threadcat: Converts a Mastodon thread to Markdown
For developers
- funfedidev schemas v0.1.1
- Mastodon.py v2.2.0
Protocol
- FEP-7b29: Federated Signup Requests
Articles
- FR#159 – Sovereign Tech Agency funds Mastodon
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2026-04-10 18:50:43 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-04-10
Servers
- PeerTube v8.1.5
- diaspora* v0.9.1.0
- Stegodon v1.8.3
- Mitra v5.1.0
- Catodon v26.4.0
- Gush! v0.0.35
- NeoDB v0.13.9
- flohmarkt v0.18.0
- Vernissage Server v.1.33.0
- NodeBB v4.10.2
- PieFed v1.6.18
- Wafrn v2026.04.01
- Designing Collections (Mastodon)
- Trunk & Tidbits, March 2026 (Mastodon)
Clients
- toot v0.52.0
- Coho v0.9
- Summit v1.81.2
- Pixelix v4.3.3
- Mitra Mini v0.2.0
- Holos v1.3.0
- Aria v1.4.9
- SmolFedi: A lightweight, no-JavaScript Fediverse client written in PHP
Tools and Plugins
- Enable Mastodon Apps v1.6.0 (WordPress plugin)
For developers
- Fedify v2.1.3
Protocol
- FEP-9f9f: Collections
Articles
- FR#158 – What is Mastodon for?
- Grassroots fediverse evolution
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2026-04-03 18:56:15 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-04-03
Servers
- TinyAP v0.1.7
- Iceshrimp v2026.4.1
- Gush! v0.0.34
- Ktistec v3.3.5
- Socialhome v0.23.0
- PeerTube v8.1.4
- Misskey v2026.3.2
- NeoDB v0.13.0
- PieFed v1.6.14
- Wafrn v2026.03.03
Clients
- nicolium v0.1.2
- Voyager v2.45.1
- Blorp v1.12.0
- Mitra Mini: A headless ActivityPub client that implements FEP-ae97 specification
Tools and Plugins
- Friends v4.0 (WordPress plugin)
For developers
- BotKit v0.4.0
Protocol
- FEP-1a11: Send Announces Containing Many Activities
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2026-03-27 20:17:49 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-03-27
Servers
- Vernissage Server v1.32.0
- snac v2.91
- Lemmy v0.19.17
- Mitra v5.0.0
- Gush! v0.0.33
- Mastodon v4.5.8
- Hubzilla v11.2.0
- Mobilizon v5.2.3
- NodeBB v4.10.1
- appy v0.5.0
- Madblog v1.3.0
- A Redesign for Profiles (Mastodon)
- TinyAP: Tiny ActivityPub Micro-blogging
- oeee-cafe: The federated and networked oekaki board
- ActivityPub bots: ActivityPub / Mastodon compatible instance to quickly create and deploy multiple bots
- ProFed: Federated professional network
Clients
- Holos v1.1.0
- Fedilab v3.37.2
- Pachli v3.5.0
- Mastodon for iOS v2026.02
- Summit v1.80.0
- Blorp v1.11.0
- Aria v1.4.8
- Announcing Nicolium v0.1.0
- Hackers' Pub Android
Tools and Plugins
- Poduptime v6.3.1
- Enable Mastodon Apps v1.5.0 (WordPress plugin)
For developers
- Fedify v2.1.0
- APx v0.22.0
- Federails v0.8.0
Articles
- Dipping a Toe into the Fediverse (Again)
- Can we have a more “social” media?
- Mastodon (Bluesky/X/Instagram) is not the right platform for posting long-form content (a blog is)
- FediMod FIRES on building better and decentralised social media applications
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2026-03-20 20:57:43 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-03-20
Servers
- Akkoma v2026.03
- Bonfire v1.0.2
- PeerTube v8.1.3
- Mitra v4.20.0
- NodeBB v4.10.0
- GoToSocial v0.21.2
- Funkwhale v2.0.0
- Ktistec v3.3.4
- ActivityPub for WordPress v8.0.2
- PeerTube v8.1.3
- ties v0.2.0
- Wafrn v2026.03.02
- PieFed v1.6.13
- Some updates to ActivityBot
- tags.pub: Global hashtag server
Clients
- Fedilab v3.37.1
- tinmop v0.9.9.141421356237309504
- tooi v0.23.0
- Holos v1.0.0
- Voyager v2.44.0
- Aria v1.4.6
Tools and Plugins
- mastodon-bookmark-rss: A small app to let you connect your mastodon bookmarks to your RSS reader
- smol overlays: Chat overlay and emoji wall for Owncast streamers
For developers
- activitypub-federation-rust v0.5.11
Protocol
- FEP-3ab2: ActivityPub Event Streaming API
- FEP-34ec: Notification Collection Endpoint
- FEP-db70: RemoveAll Collection Activity
- FEP-c07e: add product type to object
- FEP-c195: JSONPath Filtering for ActivityPub Collection Retrieval
- FEP-f011: Full-Text Search Query Syntax for ActivityPub
- FEP-a1d1: ActivityPub Patch
- FEP-c81b: Agent Social Attribution for ActivityPub
Articles
- Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse
- The Purpose of Protocols
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2026-03-06 20:21:36 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-03-06
Servers
- Hollo v0.7.5
- Lemmy v0.19.16
- Ktistec v3.3.2
- Stegodon v1.8.1
- GoToSocial v0.21.1
- ActivityPub for WordPress v8.0.0
- gathio v1.6.2
- Misskey v2026.3.0
- Castopod v1.15.5
- flohmarkt v0.16.1
- NodeBB v4.9.1
- PieFed v1.6.9
- Lemmy Development Update February 2026
- FediProfile: A linktree for the fediverse - ActivityPub enabled profiles
Clients
- Sengi v1.9.0
- Summit v1.79.1
- Blorp v1.10.8
Tools and Plugins
- Poduptime v6.3.0
- share.joinmastodon.org: Share widget for Mastodon
Protocol
- FEP-82f6: Actor statuses (Final comments)
Articles
- Gotosocial Reverse Proxy With Wireguard
- FR#156 – Share Where?
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2026-02-27 19:43:06 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-02-27
Servers
- Bookwyrm v0.8.5
- Gush! v0.0.31
- Hollo v0.7.4
- flohmarkt v0.16.0
- Mastodon v4.5.7
- Wafrn v2026.02.02
- GoToSocial v0.21.0
- Loops v1.0.0-beta.10
- Ktistec v3.3.1
- Mitra v4.19.0
- Stegodon v1.8.0
- Hometown v1.2.0
- gathio v1.6.1
- Castopod v1.15.5
- NodeBB v4.9.0
- PieFed v1.6.7
Clients
- Pachli v3.4.0
- tooi v0.22.0
- Summit v1.78.1
- Photon v2.3.0
- Blorp v1.10.3
- Phanpy changelog
Tools and Plugins
- Poduptime v6.2.1
- Fediverse invitation
For developers
- Fedify v2.0
Protocol
- FEP-a427: Server Domain Migration
- FEP-fc48: Generic ActivityPub server
Articles
- Self-Hosting Pixelfed: Federated Instagram Without the Algorithm
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2026-02-20 19:03:24 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2026-02-20
Servers
- snac v2.90
- Castopod v1.15.0
- Ktistec v3.3.0
- tootik v0.21.1
- Badgefed v0.1.1
- Gush! v0.0.30
- Wanderer v0.18.5
- PieFed v1.6.6
- Our technical direction (Mastodon)
Clients
- Sengi v1.8.0
- tooi v0.21.2
- Summit v1.77.0
- Aria v1.4.3
- Pixelix v4.3.2
Tools and Plugins
- feed2fedi v3.5.0
- PeerTube Browser: A video discovery project for the federated PeerTube network
Protocol
- FEP-34c1: Collection Filtering using TREE Hypermedia Vocabulary
Articles
- Where Does Community Live?
- Why MAEPs? What should they look like?
- how to not regret c2s
- Reimagining Fediverse Advocacy
- FR#154 – Search and Community
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2025-08-08 22:57:39 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-08-08
Servers
- PieFed v1.1
- Ghost v6.0
- Mastodon v4.4.3
- Hubzilla v10.4.2
- Hollo v0.6.6
- Ktistec v2.4.8
- NeoDB v0.11.8.1
- Wafrn v2025.08.0
- NodeBB v4.4.6
- kmyblue v19.4
- Lemmy Development Update July 2025
- Trunk & Tidbits, July 2025 (Mastodon)
- Bridging the gap (ActivityPub for WordPress)
- jekyll-activitypub: A plugin for Jekyll to generate an ActivityPub feed
Clients
- Tuba v0.10.0
- Photon v2.0.1
- Aria v1.3.5
Tools and Plugins
- Fediverse Redirect v1.15.0
- fedidevs.com: Discover amazing developers across the fediverse
For developers
- APx v0.15.0
- Fedify v1.8.1
- Botkit v0.2.2
- Fedialgo v1.0.4
Articles
- Reflections on the social web
- Navigating the UK Online Safety Act
- Mastodon Defence Command: The Scam Wave
- IWF Offers Fediverse a Way to Block CSAM
- Fediverse Report – #128
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2025-07-25 19:33:34 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-07-25
Servers
- tootik v0.18.0
- PeerTube v7.2.3
- Manyfold v0.119.0
- Mastodon v4.4.2
- ActivityPub for WordPress v7.1.0
- Wafrn v2025.7.2
- Vernissage Server v1.20.0
- kmyblue v19.3
Clients
- Mangane v1.16.3
- Smither v3.6.2
- Jerboa v0.0.80
- Voyager v2.39.2
- Blorp v1.9.5
- P2Play v0.9.2
- PeerTube Mobile v1.0.3
Tools and Plugins
- PeerTube livechat plugin v14.0.1
- Mastodon Bird UI v2.3.3
- Tangerine UI for Mastodon v2.4.4
- Fedinesia v3.4.0
For developers
- TootSDK v17.0.0
- Fedialgo v1.0.0
Articles
- How to Install and Set Up Castopod for Your Podcast
- The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess
- How To Improve Your Privacy and Security on Mastodon
- GoToSocial Adventures: migrate from Mastodon
- Fediverse Report – #126
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2025-07-04 22:45:10 UTC

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@nprofile…q3fg It was featured in the previous newsletter: https://mitra.social/objects/0197b339-bed8-6a86-c62f-2e922ee73efd

2025-07-04 21:09:53 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-07-04
Servers
- snac v2.79
- Mastodon v4.3.9
- Honk v1.5.2
- Activity-Relay v2.0.9
- Vernissage Server v1.18.0
- kmyblue v18.2
- Lemmy Development Update June 2025
- Mastodon 4.4 for Developers
- Forgejo monthly report - June 2025
- HTTP Signature Upgrades Coming Soon (ActivityPub for WordPress)
- Decodon: Media-focused fork of Mastodon that supports only private/followers-only accounts
Clients
- Pachli v2.14.0
- Voyager v2.37.0
- Blorp v1.8.2
- Tesseract v1.4.40
- pl-fe change summary
Tools and Plugins
- FIRES Server v0.3.3
For developers
- ActivityPods v2.2.0
- Fedialgo v0.79.5
Protocol
- FEP-c648: Blocked Collection (Final comments)
Articles
- Digital Belonging: Why Language and Locality Matter
- The State of Local-Only Fediverse Posts (WIP)
- Fediverse Report – #123
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2025-06-13 19:48:47 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-06-13
Servers
- Manyfold v0.112.0
- flohmarkt v0.10.0
- Lemmy v0.19.12
- ActivityPub for WordPress v6.0.2
- NodeBB v4.4.3
- Trunk & Tidbits, May 2025 (Mastodon)
- Our 2025 Roadmap: Building the Future of WordPress Federation (ActivityPub for WordPress)
Clients
- Pixelix v4.1.1
- Fread v1.4.2
- Aria v1.2.0
- Phanpy changelog
- Flutter application development: feedback (1/2) (PeerTube Mobile)
Tools and Plugins
- PeerTube livechat plugin v13.0.0
For developers
- Fedify v1.6.1
- megalodon v10.1.2
- Fedialgo v0.72.0
- macgirvin/http-message-signer: RFC 9421 signer and verifier class in PHP
- APx: Minimalistic ActivityPub toolkit written in Rust
- mastodon-openapi: A tool for generating OpenAPI schemas from Mastodon API documentation
Articles
- Backfilling Conversations: Two Major Approaches
- Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media
- I Posted to Mastodon 1 Mile Away from an Internet Connection
- Fediverse Report – #120
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2025-05-30 20:56:34 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-05-30
Servers
- Socialhome v0.21.0
- Sharkey v2025.4.2
- gathio v1.6.0
- Ibis v0.3.1
- NeoDB v0.11.7.3
- Platform update - May 2025 (Vernissage)
- PieFed development update May 2025 - Passkeys, Flair, Image hashing & much more
- Metabolizing mentions (Ghost)
- Tvmarks: a TV tracking site connected to the Fediverse
Clients
- Pachli v2.13.0
- Mangane v1.14.0
- Fread v1.4.0
Tools and Plugins
- FIRES Server v0.1.0
For developers
- Fedialgo v0.55.0
- ap-components: A collection of Web Components for showing ActivityPub objects in a browser
Articles
- Fediverse Report – #118
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2025-05-17 22:22:47 UTC

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@nprofile…ujdv I saw that post, but it doesn't include a list of changes.

2025-05-09 20:09:14 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-05-09
Servers
- Owncast v0.2.2
- Mastodon v4.3.8
- Mitra v4.2.0
- snac v2.76
- Misskey v2025.5.0
- NeoDB v0.11.6.7
- tootik v0.16.0
- kmyblue v18.1
- Vernissage Server v1.12.0
- Gush! v0.18.0
- May 2025: What’s In The Pipeline (Bandwagon.fm)
- Blocking users (Ghost)
- Trunk & Tidbits, April 2025 (Mastodon)
Clients
- Voyager v2.34.0
- Blorp v1.4.0
Tools and Plugins
- Lemmy Schedule v1.15.0
- Enable Mastodon Apps v1.4.6 (WordPress plugin)
- peertube_recomendation_algorythm: A browser extension that monitors the peertube videos your watch and stores them locally
For developers
- FediAlgo v0.30.5
Articles
- When decentralization can get too big!
- Town squares, backyards, better metaphors, and decentralised networks
- Il Fediverso a scuola: uno strumento didattico per la cittadinanza digitale
- Fediverse Report – #115
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2025-04-25 20:25:33 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-04-25
Servers
- GoToSocial v0.19.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v5.8.0
- NeoDB v0.11.6.0
- Vernissage Server v1.10.0
- NodeBB v4.2.2
- Custom usernames (Ghost)
Clients
- Fedilab v3.32.2
- Fread v1.3.1
- Voyager v2.31.0
- Blorp v1.1.0
- pl-fe changes summary
Tools and Plugins
- Fediphoto Lineage v7.5
- FediFetcher v7.1.16
- Enable Mastodon Apps v1.4.3 (WordPress plugin)
For developers
- BotKit v0.2.0
Protocol
- FEP-8a8e: A common approach to using the Event object type
- Activity Streams/Primer/Language mapping
- Activity Streams/Primer/Relationship type
Articles
- If I ran Mastodon
- How decentralized is the fediverse
- Fediverse Report – #113
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2025-04-04 19:59:14 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-04-04
Servers
- Mbin v1.8.1
- Betula v1.4.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v5.6.0
- Manyfold v0.106.0
- Mastodon v4.3.7
- Mitra v3.22.0
- NeoDB v0.11.5.6
- Hatsu v0.3.3
- kmyblue v17.4
- Gush! v0.0.15
- Vernissage Server v1.7.0
- Gone surfing (Ghost)
Clients
- Fedilab v3.31.2
- Pachli v2.11.0
- PleromaFE v2.8.0
- TootRain v2.1.1
- Voyager v2.28.0
- Aria v1.0.0
Tools and Plugins
- Fediplan v1.3.0
Protocol
- FEP-1042: Peer to Peer Fediverse Identities
- FEP-044f: Consent-respecting quote posts
Articles
- Open-source tools needed for the future of decentralized moderation
- Fediverse Report – #110
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2025-03-14 20:26:09 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-03-14
Servers
- Mitra v3.19.0
- Mastodon v4.3.6
- GoToSocial v0.18.2
- Pleroma v2.9.1
- tootik v0.15.4
- Misskey v2025.3.1
- Gancio v1.24.4
- NeoDB v0.11.5.1
- kmyblue v17.3
- NodeBB v4.1.1
- Vernissage Server v1.4.0
- Trunk & Tidbits, February 2025 (Mastodon)
- Actually, I take that back (Ghost)
- Gush! - A federated social media platform for sharing the things you love
- Forte: Nomadic fediverse server
- Merp Relay: Lightweight Fediverse message relay
Clients
- SubwayTooter v5.549
- Fedilab v3.30.1
- Mastodon for Android v2.9.5
- Impressia v3.1.0
- Voyager v2.25.0
- Phanpy changelog
Tools and Plugins
- PeerTube livechat plugin v12.0.3
For developers
- ActivityPods v2.1.0
- Granary v8.1
- Roboherd: A framework for building Fediverse bots
Protocol
- Activity Streams/Primer/Tombstone type
Articles
- Why Content Creators should consider the Fediverse
- Mastodon to GoToSocial Migration
- Fediverse Report #107
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2025-03-07 20:34:26 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-03-07
Servers
- Akkoma v2025.03
- Pleroma v2.9.0
- Sharkey v2025.2.2
- Manyfold v0.103.0
- Vernissage Server v1.3.0
- snac v2.73
- ActivityPub for WordPress v5.4.0
- Hometown v1.1.2
- Misskey v2025.3.0
- Gancio v1.24.0
- NeoDB v0.11.5
- Iceshrimp v2023.12.13
- Lemmy Development Update 2025-03-07
- Hackers' Pub Introduces Flexible Username Changes: Breaking the Fediverse Norm
- ActivityPub integration for Elgg
Clients
- Fedilab v3.30.0
- Tuba v0.9.2
- Pachli v2.10.1
- toot v0.48.0
- P2Play v0.9.0
- Pixelix v4.0.0
- Pixelfed (React Native) v1.0.4.1
- RaccoonForFriendica v0.4.2
- Tesseract v1.4.31
- Blorp: A cross platform web, iOS and Android client for Lemmy
For developers
- fediverse-pasture-inputs v0.1.13
- Mastodon.py v2.0.1
Articles
- Funkwhale Wants to Filter Out Far-Right Music
- PeerTube: the Fediverse’s decentralized video platform (part 1: first impressions)
- Fediverse Report #106
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2025-02-28 20:10:21 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-02-28
Servers
- GoToSocial v0.18.0
- Manyfold v0.102.0
- Hollo v0.5.4
- Mitra v3.18.0
- NodeBB v4.1.0
- Mastodon v4.3.4
- Misskey v2025.2.1
- ActivityPub for WordPress v5.3.0
- Castopod v1.13.4
- Ibis v0.2.4
- kmyblue v17.1
- PieFed development update Jan/Feb 2024
Clients
- Fedilab v3.29.1
- Pachli v2.10.0
- Voyager v2.24.3
- Interstellar v0.8.0
- RaccoonForFriendica v0.4.1
Tools and Plugins
- LemmySchedule v1.13.0
- Enable Mastodon Apps for WordPress v1.3.0
- slurp: A tool for exporting data from and importing data to Fediverse instances
- Identity Graph Explorer: Find out how identifiers on the Fediverse / Social Web are connected to one another
Protocol
- FEP-dd4b: Quote Posts
Articles
- Importing Pixelfed Posts to GoToSocial with Slurp
- FediMeteo: How a Tiny €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service for Thousands
- Fediverse Report #105
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2025-02-22 16:42:50 UTC

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@nprofile…3j0y @nprofile…3ram @nprofile…jnjk Does it support ActivityPub, or only Mastodon API?
Also, is it open source? This newsletter only tracks releases of free and open source software.

2025-02-21 19:32:43 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-02-21
Servers
- NodeBB v4.0.5
- Hollo v0.5.2
- Ibis v0.2.2
- Honk v1.4.2
- Mobilizon v5.1.2
- Lemmy Development Update 2025-02-21
- Hackers' Pub: ActivityPub-enabled social network for hackers
- FIRM: Federated Information Resource Manager
Clients
- TootRain v2.1.0
- Tinmop v0.9.9.14142135623730
- Dhaaga v0.16.2
- PixelDroid v1.0.beta40
- Alexandrite v0.8.20
Tools and Plugins
- Enable Mastodon Apps for WordPress v1.1.0
- Build Your Own Timeline Algorithm
For developers
- Mastodon.py v2.0.0
Protocol
- FEP-f228: Backfilling conversations
- FEP-f06f: Object observers
Articles
- Talk about the thing itself
- GoToSocial empowers you to have your own home on the Fediverse - with unique controls
- How to Launch Your Own Fediverse Community Server
- Fediverse Report – #104
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2025-02-07 19:30:33 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-02-07
Servers
- Hubzilla v10.0.8
- Hollo v0.4.6
- NodeBB v4.0.2
- Mitra v3.16.0
- snac v2.71
- Misskey v2025.2.0
- Ktistec v2.4.6
- ActivityPub for WordPress v5.0.0
- tootik v0.15.2
- NeoDB v0.11.4.5
- Breaking Changes in Lemmy 1.0
Clients
- Dhaaga v0.15.0
- Pixelix v3.4.0
- Pixelfed (React Native) v1.0.1.76
- Alexandrite v0.8.19
- Voyager v2.24.0
- Thunder v0.6.0
- Tesseract v1.4.30
Tools and Plugins
- LemmyLink: A cross-platform bridge bot that connects Reddit and specific Lemmy communities
For developers
- Fedify v1.4.0
- Bovine v0.5.18
- BotKit v0.1.0
Protocol
- FEP-a974: All Actor types should be followable
Articles
- A Fediverse app built on Solid
- Fediverse Report – #102
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2025-01-24 19:44:28 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2025-01-24
Servers
- Ktistec v2.4.5
- Manyfold v0.96.0
- Hollo v0.4.4
- NodeBB v4.0.0
- Hubzilla v10.0.7
- Smithereen v0.9
- μpub v0.5.0
- snac v2.69
- Mitra v3.15.0
- Owncast v0.2.1
- Gancio v1.22.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v4.7.3
- NeoDB v0.11.4
- Bandwagon.fm - Testing a New Search Engine
- Lemmy Development Update 2025-01-24
- WordPress - Improving Fediverse Engagement With the Reactions Block
Clients
- Dhaaga v0.14.0
- Pixelix v3.2.1
- Alexandrite v0.8.15
- Voyager v2.23.2
Tools and Plugins
- Bookface Light v4 (Friendica user stylesheet)
- Lemmy Federate: A tool to federate Lemmy/Mbin communities automatically between instances
For developers
- Fedify v1.3.4
- activitypub-federation-rust v0.6.2
- Federails v0.5.0
- ActivityPods - Our roadmap for 2025
Protocol
- FEP-9967: Polls
Articles
- snac2 - frontendin' alien toots
- Owncast Newsletter January 2025
- Comparison between Mastodon, Friendica, Hubzilla and (streams)
- The Challenge of Upward Momentum
- Pixelfed Smashes Kickstarter Campaign Goal on Day One
- Last Week in Fediverse – ep 100
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2023-12-22 19:38:27 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2023-12-22
Servers
- Pleroma v2.6.1
- Bovine v0.5.5
- Hubzilla v8.8.4
- Lemmy v0.19.1
- Honk v1.2.0
- Castopod v1.7.3
- tootik v0.5.2
- Iceshrimp v2023.12.1
- PeerTube stress tests: resilience lies in your peers!
- Owncast Newsletter, December 2023
- Prismic: A federated and open source social VR sandbox built using Bevy and ActivityPub
Clients
- IceCubesApp v1.9.18
- Mammoth v2.1
- Jerboa v0.55.0
- Tuba v0.6.0
- Pachli v2.1.1
- Voyager v1.32.4
- mlmym v0.0.34
- Shitter v3.5.2
- Alexandrite v0.8.12
Tools
- Feed2Fedi v1.0.0
- Pythörhead v0.20.0
- LemmySchedule v1.5.3
- ActivityPhp v0.7.0
- Poduptime v5.0.0
Articles
- 2023 in social media: the case for the fediverse
- Event Federation: It is all about the community
- Flipboard Begins to Federate
- The medium is the message— Threads isn't a win for the Fediverse
- Getting Tangled Up in Threads
- Untangling Threads
- A Better Mastodon Client
- Turn an RSS feed into a Mastodon bot
- Understanding ActivityPub Part 4: Threads
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2023-08-04 14:34:39 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2023-08-04
Servers
- Lemmy v0.18.3
- Mastodon v4.1.6
- lotide v0.13.1
- Owncast v0.1.1
- Castopod v1.5.2
- Pleroma v2.5.3
- tootik: A federated nanoblogging service with a Gemini frontend
Clients
- Fedilab v3.23.0
- Sengi v1.4.0
- Jerboa v0.0.42
- Mastodon for Android v2.0.2
- Mastodon Bird UI v1.7.0
- Shitter v3.3
- mlmym v0.0.24
- Liftoff v0.10.10
- Voyager v1.3.0
Tools
- Lemmy Account Settings Instance Migrator v0.2.0
- Mastopoet: The post screenshot tool for Mastodon
Protocol
- Activity Streams/Primer/Cardinality of properties
- ActivityPub/Primer/Copying addresses between Activity and object
Articles
- Mastodon is easy and fun except when it isn’t
- FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server Data is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users
- Preview domain blocks before moving to a new Mastodon instance
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2023-05-19 13:08:33 UTC

Week in Fediverse 2023-05-19
Servers
- Misskey v13.12.2
- snac v2.32
- Mitra v1.24.0
- Hometown v1.1.1 (Mastodon v4.0.4)
- Immers Server v5.1.0
- Hubzilla v8.4
Clients
- SubwayTooter v5.532
- Vernissage v1.9.1
- Fedistar v1.3.3
Protocol
- FEP-fffd: Proxy Objects (rewrite)
- FEP-4adb: Dereferencing identifiers with webfinger
Articles
- Trends in fediverse structure
- Yes, the fediverse will “win”
- The Best Mastodon Apps for 2023
- How to Use gomphotherium: A Complete Fediverse Client for Your Linux Terminal
- The Fediverse Report: The roundup – episode 18
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