RE: https://mastodon.social/@bagder/116359048796181736

Could be potentially nice for fediverse server testing, as more implementations make the jump to final RFC 9421 HTTP signatures.

On the flip side, ever more complex curl invocations (here: Accept header plus signature fields plus key file, presumably) suggest use of more specialized CLI tools, such as provided by @fedify, or at least scripts/aliases.

Speaking of RFC 9421, which notable fediverse implementations can't handle it yet? Anyone keeping track?

#ActivityPub #FediDev #RFC9421

@fedify@hollo.social @julian@fietkau.social

excelent

@gabboman @fedify @julian I'm adding it to activitypub-bot this week. I'll send a link when it's up.

• Fedihacks chat
  
• Piefed chat
  
• Fediverse wiki
  
• Guide and tutorial
  

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca • !newcommunities@lemmy.world • !fedigrow@lemmy.zip • !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

Hi !

Welcome to our fedihack monthly thread ! I hope you are well :)

Here we will talk about features, ui, concept, wiki, communivation and improve our beloved software accross the web and app as :

• bug report
  
• news features where you want some help
  
• beautiful ui, graphic help
• accessibility improvement, tips
  
• a personal project where you seek a new team
  

Well, i hope we will find something fun to discuss and do together. :)

I’m starting a wikipedia page for Piefed. I’m not sure if we can pass the approval. u.u

• Piefed chat
  
• Fediverse wiki
  
• Guide and tutorial
  

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca • !newcommunities@lemmy.world • !fedigrow@lemmy.zip • !newcomers@piefed.zip

Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let’s share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :
- A new peertube channel
- An interesting mastodon account to follow
- Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
- An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
- A playlist from funkwhale
- A text that moved you

Let’s dig together ! 😁

I have found the perfect forgejo instance for my project, I need to make the project a bit easier to run for new users, then I’ll make a post about it here

https://git.gay/goofed/goofed

So I am on Blorp, and I do not understand what I am looking when the app opens the webbrowser to open this link. What am I looking at?

Takeaways:

• Added 3 software to the report: Catodon, NodeBB, WriteFreely
  
• All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Catodon, NodeBB, Peertube
  
• Positive Daily Growth (last ⁷⁄₇ Days): NodeBB
  
• Positive Daily Growth (last ⁶⁄₇ Days): Writefreely
  
• Weekly Growth (>10%, >500 MAU): NodeBB
  
• Weekly Growth (5-10%, >500 MAU): Writefreely, Bookwyrm
  
• Overall good week for the threadiverse (all 5 software gained MAU)
  
• Incorrect Mastodon server list caused a jump in then out of 40k and later 280k MAU (already reported to Fediverse-Observer dev and data became accurate Thursday)
  
• Without the Mastodon server list issue, the Fediverse would have a slightly positive overall week (+10k MAU, ~1%)
  

Monthly Active Users^[1]^:
| Software | Current | Yesterday[1D] | Last Week[7D] | Last Month[30D] | 3 Months Ago[90D] | 6 Months Ago[180D] | 1 Year Ago[365D] | All-Time Maximum |
| :——– | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: |
| Piefed | 5393 | 5377 | 5285 | 5416 | 1985 | 1791 | 369 | 6179 |
| Lemmy | 37399 | 37343 | 36803 | 37687 | 35319 | 37017 | 57206 | 72618 |
| Mbin | 758 | 755 | 740 | 793 | 706 | 794 | 919 | 3967 |
| Catodon | 106 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| NodeBB | 73395 | 73121 | 64148 | 51114 | 30337 | 32317 | 313 | 73395 |
| Threadiverse | 117051 | 116634 | 106976 | 95010 | 68347 | 71919 | 58807 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Mastodon | 720549 | 721443 | 761307 | 779476 | 694063 | 693121 | 874464 | 2737163 |
| Pixelfed | 105644 | 105576 | 106671 | 126962 | 96106 | 107786 | 127784 | 338813 |
| Peertube | 45026 | 45936 | 45477 | 41265 | 27072 | 23520 | 33291 | 45936 |
| Writefreely | 12594 | 12601 | 11465 | 8657 | 1286 | 3365 | 2730 | 14709 |
| Loops | 4465 | 4496 | 4769 | 6968 | 2343 | 1006 | 0 | 29821 |
| Bookwyrm | 1818 | 1826 | 1706 | 1529 | 3257 | 2787 | 9377 | 9429 |
| Friendica | 2485 | 2485 | 2502 | 2634 | 1343 | 1643 | 3399 | 4734 |
| Forgejo | 123 | 138 | 131 | 110 | 489 | 398 | 654 | 1168 |
| Funkwhale | 268 | 268 | 290 | 302 | 200 | 254 | 399 | 1114 |
| Flohmarkt | 33 | 33 | 26 | 31 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Fediverse | 1010056 | 1011436 | 1041320 | 1062944 | 894529 | 905799 | 1110905 | |

Difference^[1]^:
| Software | -1 Day[1D] | -1 Week[7D] | -1 Month[30D] | -3 Months[90D] | -6 Months[180D] | -1 Year[365D] | -All-Time Maximum |
| :——– | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: |
| Piefed | 16 | 108 | -23 | 3408 | 3602 | 5024 | -786 |
| Lemmy | 56 | 596 | -288 | 2080 | 382 | -19807 | -35219 |
| Mbin | 3 | 18 | -35 | 52 | -36 | -161 | -3209 |
| Catodon | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NodeBB | 274 | 9247 | 22281 | 43058 | 41078 | 73082 | 0 |
| Threadiverse | 417 | 10075 | 22041 | 48704 | 45132 | 58244 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| Mastodon | -894 | -40758 | -58927 | 26486 | 27428 | -153915 | -2016614 |
| Pixelfed | 68 | -1027 | -21318 | 9538 | -2142 | -22140 | -233169 |
| Peertube | -910 | -451 | 3761 | 17954 | 21506 | 11735 | -910 |
| Writefreely | -7 | 1129 | 3937 | 11308 | 9229 | 9864 | -2115 |
| Loops | -31 | -304 | -2503 | 2122 | 3459 | 0 | -25356 |
| Bookwyrm | -8 | 112 | 289 | -1439 | -969 | -7559 | -7611 |
| Friendica | 0 | -17 | -149 | 1142 | 842 | -914 | -2249 |
| Forgejo | -15 | -8 | 13 | -366 | -275 | -531 | -1045 |
| Funkwhale | 0 | -22 | -34 | 68 | 14 | -131 | -846 |
| Flohmarkt | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
| | | | | | | | |
| Fediverse | -1380 | -31264 | -52888 | 115527 | 104257 | -100849 | |

Change (%)^[1]^:
| Software | -1 Day[1D] | -1 Week[7D] | -1 Month[30D] | -3 Months[90D] | -6 Months[180D] | -1 Year[365D] | -All-Time Maximum |
| :——– | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: |
| Piefed | 0.3% | 2.0% | -0.4% | 171.7% | 201.1% | 1361.5% | -12.7% |
| Lemmy | 0.1% | 1.6% | -0.8% | 5.9% | 1.0% | -34.6% | -48.5% |
| Mbin | 0.4% | 2.4% | -4.4% | 7.4% | -4.5% | -17.5% | -80.9% |
| Catodon | 178.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| NodeBB | 0.4% | 14.4% | 43.6% | 141.9% | 127.1% | 23348.9% | 0.0% |
| Threadiverse | 0.4% | 9.4% | 23.2% | 71.3% | 62.8% | 99.0% | |
| | | | | | | | |
| Mastodon | -0.1% | -5.4% | -7.6% | 3.8% | 4.0% | -17.6% | -73.7% |
| Pixelfed | 0.1% | -1.0% | -16.8% | 9.9% | -2.0% | -17.3% | -68.8% |
| Peertube | -2.0% | -1.0% | 9.1% | 66.3% | 91.4% | 35.2% | -2.0% |
| Writefreely | -0.1% | 9.8% | 45.5% | 879.3% | 274.3% | 361.3% | -14.4% |
| Loops | -0.7% | -6.4% | -35.9% | 90.6% | 343.8% | 0.0% | -85.0% |
| Bookwyrm | -0.4% | 6.6% | 18.9% | -44.2% | -34.8% | -80.6% | -80.7% |
| Friendica | 0.0% | -0.7% | -5.7% | 85.0% | 51.2% | -26.9% | -47.5% |
| Forgejo | -10.9% | -6.1% | 11.8% | -74.8% | -69.1% | -81.2% | -89.5% |
| Funkwhale | 0.0% | -7.6% | -11.3% | 34.0% | 5.5% | -32.8% | -75.9% |
| Flohmarkt | 0.0% | 26.9% | 6.5% | 43.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -17.5% |
| | | | | | | | |
| Fediverse | -0.1% | -3.0% | -5.0% | 12.9% | 11.5% | -9.1% | |

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:
| Software | Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ | FediDB ^[2]^ |
| :——– | ——-: | ——-: |
| Piefed | 5393 | 5676 |
| Lemmy | 37399 | 48154 |
| Mbin | 758 | 1370 |
| Catodon | 106 | 0 |
| NodeBB | 73395 | 9474 |
| Threadiverse | 117051 | 64674 |
| | | |
| Mastodon | 720549 | 1000198 |
| Pixelfed | 105644 | 109780 |
| Peertube | 45026 | 41235 |
| Writefreely | 12594 | 13530 |
| Loops | 4465 | 4507 |
| Bookwyrm | 1818 | 4039 |
| Friendica | 2485 | 3214 |
| Forgejo | 123 | 1672 |
| Funkwhale | 268 | 755 |
| | | |
| Fediverse | 1010056 | 1243604 |

• Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB
  

Notes:

1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, Mbin, Catadon, and NodeBB. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [15], not the other [114] software tracked by Fediverse-Observer.
2. Fediverse-Observer provides daily MAU back to 20221130. FediDB only provides a current snapshot (snapshot within the last 15 minutes, no time series data) and only tracks some of the software [67].
3. FediDB seems to use unclear math to get there counts and overestimate the MAU on most software (see previous post, if interested in learning more).
   

Catodon is not a Threadiverse app. It’s a clone of Mastodon, forked from a clone of Misskey*

*hot take: a .Net rewrite transforms Iceshrimp from a Misskey fork to a Misskey clone

Catodon is apparently working on it. Catodon announcement post:

https://threadiverse.link/tarte.nuage-libre.fr/c/fediverse/p/274152/catodon-joining-the-threadiverse

Let’s party :3

I will purpose another songs in sign language and spread deaf culture around us 😊

Like this one :3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBxtH2U-gxE

@Kye There were two APconfs, 2019 and 2020. There have been quite a number of events since, (Berlin Fediverse Day, Fediform, etc) but yes, I do think it's true that the fediverse shouldn't underestimate the amount of energy is in the ATmosphere right now

@Kye@tech.lgbt

if people does things on ap, "woah cool"

if you do stuff in ap that deviates from what mastodon does (shit like invisible mentions or wafrn tags), people will start talking shit about you

Is nodeBB a generic old school PHP forum like phpBB ?

Added that one for now.

Nostalgia, they feel a bit more inherently organized, and slow Auster has an easier time dealing with linear boards.

@macfranc

Thank you very much. I'm still incredibly impressed by the quality of feedback I get here.

Do you have any links on the failed projects? It would be great to be able to learn more from them.

Also links about details on incompatibilities would be very helpful. I'll have to worry about Mastodon compatibility as much as possible. Simply because it is the silver back gorilla in the #Fediverse

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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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019d30f2-2656-7043-04d6-328ad9750e23

Meeting minutes from the last Social Web Working Group call, which covered topics like discovery, groups, trust and safety, and more.

https://github.com/w3c/socialwg/blob/main/meetings/2026/2026-04-03-CG-WG-joint.md

Reminder that the fediverse is a "group project" and really does take a village.

Care to join in and help?

#fediverse #ActivityPub #W3C #SocialWeb