snac.daltux.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
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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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/01981f4f-eb29-ebec-8d45-b694b9c12520
🤖 ⛔ Este robô @awakari solicita permissão para acompanhar e raspar por #ActivityPub meu perfil, só porque eu defini essa necessidade de autorização prévia, mas suponho que já deve estar seguindo geral, por razões suspeitas. Acham que é caso de bloqueio?
A questão é para deliberação da comunidade Ayom e também para alerta geral. Não tenho certeza se acertei a etiqueta que @cadusilva costuma colocar nessas matérias.
🔄 CC @fediadminbr
I'm pretty sure we have a problem when one of the most notable voices in the community responds to a "well, you could hire folks to implement things for you" like this:
And folks wonder why I'm on burn out leave at the moment. Like, we really need to have a serious conversation about just how much free and unpaid labour we're all relying on here. If I can't pay my rent, then I can't contribute to open source, it's that fucking simple.
I should also note that I'm not the only frequent contributor to various fediverse projects who is struggling to make ends meet. I know of at least a half dozen other independent developers who do a tonne of work in standards and figuring stuff out for the fediverse who don't have stable income from well-paid jobs to rely upon.
So my comment wasn't me asking for money from someone, but rather, just saying that there's folks that have expertise in making changes, and they could be hired to make the changes you want to see in a reasonable manner.
We cannot rely on free labour to advance the fediverse. We live in a capitalist society, so folks need money to pay their rent, buy food and frankly exist.
i just read this post form @elena:
https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-218-trimming-edition/
does this mean #activitypub needs different accounts for different "activities" — like I can't upload a video on #peertube and use #mastodon with the same account?
ActivityPub for WordPress adopted my Starter Kits schema 🚀
Pixelfed: stay tuned!
https://activitypub.blog/2025/07/23/7-1-0-polishing-tables/
Esse é o espírito de uma rede descentralizada federada. Não precisamos ter conta em dito servidor para interagir com os perfis dele, né? Nem seria saudável, concordo.
What?!?!?! Dorsey wants to look into #ActivityPub - while pushing AI vibe coding, Nostr, Bitcoin/eCash, etc...
Where's the police?
I just want to say that I think no algorithm is the best method to social media, I love mastodon and activity pub, but i have zero addictive tendencies and love it! unlike insta and others that just keep your eyes glued. Anyway just sending love!
#mastodon #ActivityPub
Mastodon API: fixed a regression (introduced in previous version in the "boosts disappear in Tusky" fix) that interrupted timelines.
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
Added a server-wide Webmention hook; this way, if somebody out there (that supports Webmention) links to a user or post in this instance, a notification is sent (this is the complementary of what was implemented in version 2.76).
Fixed regression while sending email via pipe on OpenBSD.
Fixed Markdown parsing when the URL has parenthesis.
Always show the 'pending follow confirmations' section if there are any (even if the toggle is off).
If a metadata value is an account handler, it's also tried to be validated (rel="me" links).
Another search by URL tweak (this time for Pixelfed links).
Mastodon API: fixed a bug that made some boosts disappear after being shown in apps like Tusky, added followed hashtags maintenance, other minor changes.
Renamed command-line actions create_list
to list_create
and delete_list
to list_remove
.
The default favicon URL can be changed from the server configuration.
New command-line option export_posts
, to export all posts by a user in a JSON format compatible with the one generated by Mastodon.
The command-line options to send notes also allow an optional -r
argument, to set the URL of a Fediverse post this note is a reply to.
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
OK. What is going on here?
A bunch of people can see the posts sent out by @colours - but lots of people can't.
As far as I can see, Mastodon.social isn't sending me back an HTTP response when I send to a shared inbox. But other Mastodon-based servers happily accept it.
Here are the headers
https://gist.github.com/edent/1f41d1b2a50ab497e5d5f8d9e851caf1
Any help #ActivityPub friends?
Alrighty! Next silly #ActivityPub question.
Why can't Mastodon see my followers?
https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/list-of-followers-isnt-available-to-mastodon/4717
I *think* I've got this #ActivityPub syntax correct.
http://colours.bots.edent.tel/followers
That should be paginated followers, but I can't see the followers in any Mastodon client.
"At the heart of these alternative apps lies #theFediverse platform — a portmanteau of "federated" and "universe" that represents a radical reimagining of how social media can work. Unlike traditional platforms where users are locked into isolated ecosystems, the Fediverse operates as an interconnected network of independent servers that communicate with each other through a standard protocol called #ActivityPub."
✅ Só li ese post hoje e ele não está errado.
✅ Esse negócio de entrar num perfil e não ver os posts é muito comum aqui.
✅ Esse amadorismo dos administradores de instâncias acontece muito aqui no Brasil também.
✅ Falta de caixa de entrada para mensagens é mesmo um problema.
✅ A migração é realmente limitada. Também acho que deveria trazer o conteúdo.
___________________
⭕ Entendo a decepção, mas não acho que o administrador da instância esteja errado em limitar os bots. Creio que ele deveria ter escolhido uma instância própria para isso.
⭕ E minha experiência no Bluesky foi tão ruim que já exclui minha conta (agora só tenho um clone do Mastodon lá).
🔗 Original: https://v.cx/2025/04/mastodon-exit-interview
🔗 Traduzido: https://manualdousuario.net/mastodon-comentarios-problemas/
For today at #DevConf_CZ I highly recommend @Tobias 's talk "about:#Fediverse - An introduction to the decentralised social network" at 11:00 in room A112! Learn more about #activitypub , get a good overview about the concept of the fediverse and how @Mastodon @pixelfed @friendica @wordpress and other services work in a decentralised way.
‘#OpenSource And #Ethical’ #TikTok, #WhatsApp And #Instagram Alternatives Could Transform #SocialMedia
from #Forbes
ByEsat Dedezade, Contributor.
Esat Dedezade is U.K.-based journalist who covers Big Tech for Forbes
Jan 25, 2025, 12:23pm EST
[a very well-written article with a favorable yet realistic angle on the #Fediverse]
"At the heart of these alternative apps lies the Fediverse platform — a portmanteau of "federated" and "universe" that represents a radical reimagining of how social media can work. Unlike traditional platforms where users are locked into isolated ecosystems, the Fediverse operates as an interconnected network of independent servers that communicate with each other through a standard protocol called #ActivityPub."
#Pixelfed #PeerTube #Mastodon #Loops #Sup #FreeSoftware #SocialWeb #technology #news #press
"In addition to the way servers communicate with each other across the Fediverse, #ActivityPub also defines a “Client-to-Server” API.
This #API is mainly designed to allow apps and clients (such as mobile apps) to publish content to a Fediverse server.
In the future, this could open up interesting possibilities for #WordPress — for example, allowing WordPress to act as a bridge or proxy, making it easier to bring in and federate content from other tools or platforms."
https://activitypub.blog/2025/06/11/our-2025-roadmap-building-the-future-of-wordpress-federation/
In *theory* you should be able to follow this test user:
@你好@i18n.viii.fi
But I can't find any Fediverse software which actually supports non-ASCII usernames.
If you are able to see the user, its description, and its avatar - please send me a screenshot 🙂
Automattic 2025 Roadmap: Building the Future of WordPress Federation
https://activitypub.blog/2025/06/11/our-2025-roadmap-building-the-future-of-wordpress-federation/
#ActivityPub, #Fediverse, #Following, #Reader, #Roadmap, #WordPress
Hashtag following also allow URLs to RSS feeds of ActivityPub objects (like e.g. https://mastodon.social/tags/ThankYouTuesday).
Users can now configure a webhook to receive an HTTP POST for every notification. This can be useful for implementing bots that react to activities, like autorepliers, chatbots or interactive textual games (see snac(1)
for more information).
The number of pending follow confirmations is shown next to the "people" link.
Faster performance metrics (contributed by dandelions).
Improved lowercasing in hashtags (contributed by postscriptum).
A search-by-url tweak for implementations that return 200 for invalid webfinger queries (e.g. piefed).
Mastodon API: added follow confirmation endpoints, fixed collisions in attachment file names.
Fixed potential crashes in attachment uploads.
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
#Fediverse! I will be hosting an unconference of @badgefed - an microcredentials system decentralizing using #activitypub and #openbadges - in the @fediforum
I will be giving an attendee badge to everyone to stop and say hi, so, if you have not registered for this virtual conference on June 5-7 go to https://fediforum.org/ and do it if you can!
See you there!
@skarnio @uira @laurenshof.online
Não consigo curtir o #ATverso. Até tento.
Interessante que eu vi do Laurens foi a reflexão sobre o fato da importância do aspecto de #descentralização estar sendo relativizada entre bluskyers, diferentemente do que acontece com a turma do #ActivityPub.
De minha parte, prezo a possibilidade de inovação com baixo custo, algo que parece distante com o #Atproto.
From: https://mato.social/@josemurilo/114539728965583585
@josemurilo te mandei um telegram sobre ativarmos #ActivityPub no Mapas da Funarte, assim como vocês fizeram nos museus.
Me atualizando sobre as melhorias e inovações do #Activitypub no #Wordpress. Muita coisa interessante. Very good, @activitypub.blog and @pfefferle!