Fediverse
The Fediverse is an ensemble of social platforms that can communicate with one another through federation. The majority of the network consists of self-hosted platforms that are free and open source. Architecturally, the system is comprised of independent nodes that all leverage a common protocol and method to communicate with one another.
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News
Pleroma is now a Mastodon Sponsor
Mastodon's biggest competitor now has a big spot on Mastodon's donations page?
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Guides
Getting Started with PeerTube
Tired of YouTube and want to try something new? Here's a guide to show you how to get going with…
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News
Prismo is a decentralized link-sharing app powered by ActivityPub
The fediverse might be getting its own Reddit-like platform soon!
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After YouTube video block, Blender Foundation begins testing their own PeerTube instance
A recent kerfluffle with YouTube has led one of the biggest open source projects for media and game development to…
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Interviews
Christine Lemmer Webber on MediaGoblin and ActivityPub
An in-depth interview with the creator of MediaGoblin, who also co-authored the ActivityPub specification.
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News
The-Federation.info reveals a new federation testing suite
It might seem like a small deal, but offering test integrations for federation is a huge step for all projects…
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News
PeerTube Releases v.1.0.0 Beta 1
PeerTube, the new open source alternative to YouTube, releases a substantial update in Beta 1.
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Pleroma, a lightweight social server written in Elixir, gains ActivityPub support
Pretty soon, Mastodon won't be the only microblogging platform to use ActivityPub
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News
Hiveway.io forks Mastodon and slaps a blockchain on top, for some reason
There's a new social network in town, except it looks strikingly familiar for some reason...
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Reviews
The Do-Everything System: An in-depth review of Hubzilla 3.0.
Is it a social network? Is it a groupware app? Is it a CMS? The answer is surprisingly complicated, but…
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