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      <title>AltStore PAL</title>
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      <description>&lt;h2 id=&#34;the-worlds-first-federated-app-store&#34;&gt;The world&amp;rsquo;s first federated app store&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;discover-new-apps&#34;&gt;Discover New Apps&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AltStore is an app store designed for sideloading. Every app in AltStore gets a
beautifully generated store page with detailed information to make sideloading fun
and easy. Browse apps from trusted developers, or add additional &amp;ldquo;sources&amp;rdquo; to
further increase your options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;self-published-apps&#34;&gt;Self-Published Apps&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyone can distribute their apps with AltStore. All you need is to make a “source”,
which you can do by hosting a text file with basic information about your apps.
Users can then enter your source URL in AltStore and your apps will automatically appear.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follow the complete &lt;a href=&#34;https://faq.altstore.io/developers/distribute-with-altstore-pal&#34;&gt;AltStore guide&lt;/a&gt; to create your own source and start distributing your apps in minutes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;federated-apps&#34;&gt;Federated Apps&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Developers can automatically federate their apps, app updates, and news alerts to the AltStore ActivityPub server &lt;a href=&#34;https://explore.alt.store/&#34;&gt;explore.alt.store&lt;/a&gt; for better discoverability, which are then bridged to the ATmosphere via &lt;a href=&#34;https://fed.brid.gy&#34;&gt;Bridgy Fed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Users can view all likes on these from across the social web directly in AltStore, and connect their Mastodon or Bluesky accounts to like them in-app.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;demo&#34;&gt;Demo&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p style=&#34;text-align: right&#34;&gt;October 2025&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Bluesky</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-platforms/bluesky.app/</link>


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      <description>&lt;h2 id=&#34;welcome-to-the-social-internet&#34;&gt;Welcome to the &lt;em&gt;social internet&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bluesky is social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users,
unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Social media is too important to be controlled by a few corporations. We’re building
an open foundation for the social internet so that we can all shape its future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;your-timeline-your-choice&#34;&gt;Your timeline, your choice&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stay focused on your friend group, keep up-to-date on the latest news, or explore with
an algorithm that learns what you like. On Bluesky, there&amp;rsquo;s a feed for that.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;control-your-scroll&#34;&gt;Control your scroll&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use powerful moderation lists, content filters, and more to control what ends up in your
timeline. In the future, people and organizations will be able to use open tools to
contribute even more directly to moderation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;some-of-the-old-all-of-the-new&#34;&gt;Some of the old, all of the new&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Social media used to be fun. Be your unique self and create with your friends, all
while keeping tabs on what&amp;rsquo;s happening at a global scale.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;whats-next-is-being-built-today&#34;&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s next is being built today&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re building a foundation for connection that gives users a choice in their experience,
creators independence from platforms, and developers the freedom to build. The future is bright.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The public deserves a thriving online commons. We&amp;rsquo;re committed to building this space and
ensuring that your social network can never be bought by a single individual or organization.
L
Bluesky is an open network. With one account, you can access both an easy-to-use social
network and a shared identity across the entire social internet.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Bluesky Social</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-mobile-apps/bluesky/</link>


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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Bluesky is the social app built for better conversations. Find your people, follow what
you care about, and have fun online again — without ads or engagement traps.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;join-the-moment&#34;&gt;Join the moment&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See what people are talking about right now. From breaking news to big cultural moments,
jump into conversations as they unfold and be part of what&amp;rsquo;s happening.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;explore-feeds&#34;&gt;Explore feeds&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Choose from thousands of community-built feeds covering news, art, pets, science, fandom,
investing, culture, and everything in between. Stay updated with people you care about in
your Following feed, or dive into new perspectives and trends in Discover.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;control-your-scroll&#34;&gt;Control your scroll&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use powerful moderation tools and content filters to shape exactly what you see. Hide what
you don&amp;rsquo;t want, follow what you do, and decide who can interact with you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;jump-right-in&#34;&gt;Jump right in&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Starter Packs help you get going fast. Follow curated lists of interesting people with one
tap and start building your community instantly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;avoid-the-billionaires&#34;&gt;Avoid the billionaires&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The internet is too important to be controlled by a handful of powerful people. Bluesky is
building an open, community-driven foundation for the social internet. With one account,
you can use the Bluesky app and take your identity anywhere on the growing ecosystem of
apps built on the same protocol.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Bonfire</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-platforms-for-self-hosting/bonfire/</link>


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      <description>&lt;h1 id=&#34;bonfire&#34;&gt;Bonfire&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bonfire is a federated, open-source social platform designed to give communities real autonomy and participatory governance over their digital spaces. Bonfire Social 1.0 was released at the end of 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bonfire isn&amp;rsquo;t just another federated social app, it&amp;rsquo;s a modular framework for building digital spaces governed by communities. Bonfire Social is the first &amp;ldquo;flavour&amp;rdquo; to reach 1.0, and is a starting point for communities who want a space of their own, that&amp;rsquo;s locally governed and fully customisable, yet connected to the wider fediverse.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A flavour is a pre-configured bundle of extensions that defines which features are included, how they behave, and what defaults are in place. Besides Bonfire Social, other flavours like Open Science Network and Bonfire Community are already in development, and people can also create their own extensions and flavours.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From day one, Bonfire has been designed to go beyond microblogging. We see social networking as social infrastructure rather than just social media, and have experimented with extensions for coordinating tasks, exchanging resources, and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;features&#34;&gt;Features&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many features in Bonfire will feel familiar: feeds, profiles, following users, sharing posts, flagging or blocking content. Others might be new, like rich-text posts, fine-grained access control, and more:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;content-feeds--discussions&#34;&gt;Content, Feeds &amp;amp; Discussions&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Custom feeds&lt;/strong&gt;: Users can create their own custom feeds using a simple interface. No coding required. Filter and sort content by type, circle, date, engagement level, source instance, and more. Save presets and choose which ones appear in your sidebar and in what order.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Long-form publishing&lt;/strong&gt;: Read and write in-depth articles directly in Bonfire, with a rich text editor, title, and cover image support. Articles from federated blogging platforms appear seamlessly in your feed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Feed presets for different content types&lt;/strong&gt;: Dedicated feed presets for articles, events, and books, with sorting options like most liked or most replied.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Follow hashtags&lt;/strong&gt;: Discover and join conversations by following hashtags, bringing relevant posts into your feed without needing to follow specific people.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Replies in feeds&lt;/strong&gt;: Choose how replies display in your feed: show the parent post, the original thread starter, or just a label.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nested discussions&lt;/strong&gt;: Threaded conversations where replies can branch into focused sub-threads without losing context. Ideal for deep discussions, collaborative work, or following a conversation&amp;rsquo;s collective train of thought.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled posts&lt;/strong&gt;: Plan ahead and publish posts at a set time.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Configurable dashboard widgets&lt;/strong&gt;: Set up your homepage with widgets like trending links, recent articles, and suggested profiles, arranged by drag and drop.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RSS/Atom feeds&lt;/strong&gt;: Subscribe to Bonfire feeds via any RSS reader.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Full-text search&lt;/strong&gt; across posts, discussions, and profiles (users can opt out of indexing).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Translation&lt;/strong&gt;: Works in Chrome browser via local engine; with LibreTranslate and DeepL API integration available as well.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;people--privacy&#34;&gt;People &amp;amp; Privacy&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Circles&lt;/strong&gt;: A circle is simply a list of people. Bonfire includes default circles like &amp;ldquo;local users&amp;rdquo; or &amp;ldquo;people I follow,&amp;rdquo; and you can define your own. Circles are private by default but can be shared.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Boundaries&lt;/strong&gt;: Control who can see and interact with your content. For example, share a post with several circles but only allow replies from a specific one, or make a post public but invisible to specific people. Boundaries also interoperate with GoToSocial&amp;rsquo;s interaction controls and Mastodon&amp;rsquo;s quote authorisations.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Consent-based quoting&lt;/strong&gt;: Use boundaries to define who can quote your post, who must request first, or who cannot request at all. Give or withdraw consent at any time.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Multiple profiles&lt;/strong&gt;: One account can create multiple independent profiles, each with its own followers, content, and settings. Shared profiles can also be managed by multiple accounts, ideal for collectives or project teams.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Direct messages &amp;amp; private group discussions&lt;/strong&gt;: With the same nested thread features as regular posts.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Custom roles and permissions&lt;/strong&gt;: Distribute admin powers across community members.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Single sign-on&lt;/strong&gt;: Bonfire supports OpenID Connect and OAuth2 authentication, with tested integrations for ORCID, Zenodo, and more. Bonfire can also act as an SSO provider itself.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;customisation&#34;&gt;Customisation&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Themes&lt;/strong&gt;: Ships with 16 colourful themes, but you can go further: design your own colours, fonts, and layout styles.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extension management&lt;/strong&gt;: Extensions can be enabled or disabled by admins and by users. For example, you can disable likes or boosts if they don&amp;rsquo;t suit your needs.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Private by default&lt;/strong&gt;: New instances start as invite-only, giving admins control over membership from day one.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;federation-interoperability--data-portability&#34;&gt;Federation, Interoperability &amp;amp; Data Portability&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ActivityPub federation&lt;/strong&gt;: Bonfire federates with Mastodon, PeerTube, Mobilizon, and many more. Protocol bridges also connect to Bluesky.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Federation status dashboard&lt;/strong&gt;: Track outgoing and incoming federated activities, making it simpler to monitor federation health and troubleshoot issues.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comprehensive migration&lt;/strong&gt;: Export and import follows, blocks, circles/lists, bookmarks, likes, and boosts. A dedicated dashboard helps you follow the progress of data imports and migrations.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Post import&lt;/strong&gt;: Bring your posts (and optionally their replies) with you when moving to Bonfire. Imported posts keep their original dates and links and are added to your timeline in the right order.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community-curated blocklists&lt;/strong&gt;: Import blocklists to ease moderation.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;work-in-progress--up-next&#34;&gt;Work in progress / up next&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These are either partially shipped, are in active development, or are our immediate next priorities with existing collaborations and prototyping:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Federated Groups&lt;/strong&gt;: Groups are being co-designed with Princeton HCI, Knowledge Commons, Jacobin, and other pilot communities. Groups will have their own rules, roles, and shared moderation, and federate across Bonfire instances and other platforms.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;End-to-End Encryption&lt;/strong&gt;: Standards-based MLS encryption for DMs and group chats, developed with the Social Web Foundation and another ActivityPub platform to ensure interoperability.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Events &amp;amp; Calendars&lt;/strong&gt;: Being co-created with LAUTI, designed to interoperate with Mobilizon, Gancio, and others. Supports recurring/nested events, multi-language content, and linking events to groups and places.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Geosocial Extension&lt;/strong&gt;: Location-based activities (like events), with map views and location-based feeds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Polls&lt;/strong&gt;: Viewing and voting on remote polls works now; creating them locally is coming soon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mastodon-compatible API&lt;/strong&gt;: Will allow interaction with Bonfire through dozens of existing fediverse clients on mobile and desktop.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ActivityPub client-to-server (C2S) API&lt;/strong&gt;: Opening new possibilities for third-party app interaction.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Custom emoji support.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;future-goals&#34;&gt;Future goals&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These are longer-horizon items from our crowdfunding stretch goals, planned and with partners on board, but dependent on funding and further co-design:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Governance tools&lt;/strong&gt;: Consent-based proposals, discussion, and decision-making tools, from quick polls to deep deliberation. Designed with Princeton HCI and UXDI, informed by sociocracy and tools like Ukuvota and Loomio. Adaptable methods rather than one-size-fits-all voting, with transparent records and federation support.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shared moderation infrastructure&lt;/strong&gt;: Cross-instance, cross-platform safety tooling co-designed with IFTAS, the ActivityPub Trust &amp;amp; Safety Taskforce, FediMod FIRES, Newsmast, and the Trust &amp;amp; Safety Foundation. The goal is coordinated triage and response without losing local autonomy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mutual aid networks&lt;/strong&gt;: BuyNothing-style gifting with location-based offers/requests, resource matching, and interoperable accounting via ValueFlows. Co-designed with Mutual Aid Networks and Gifting with Integrity communities, with potential bridges to existing networks like TrashNothing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bluesky/ATproto interop &amp;amp; migration&lt;/strong&gt;: Deep interoperability between Bonfire and ATproto. Built with A New Social (BridgyFed/Bounce).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Living memory (community archives)&lt;/strong&gt;: Federated community archives linking stories, places, events, and media. Initiated by &amp;ldquo;O alta poveste,&amp;rdquo; building on their years of R&amp;amp;D to bring participatory grassroots history to the federated web, with privacy and consent controls for contributors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gaia&lt;/strong&gt;: Environmental sensor data, citizen science, and open datasets appearing in feeds as stories, visuals, and alerts. To be co-created with ecologists, artists, and sensor networks to turn environmental data into community dialogue and stewardship.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Collaboration infrastructure:&lt;/strong&gt; Building upon the ValueFlows vocabulary to bring peer-to-peer coordination tools into Bonfire. We&amp;rsquo;d like to use Bonfire to coordinate development, track work, resources, and shared inventories through federated task lists and Kanban boards.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;tech-stack&#34;&gt;Tech stack&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Built in Elixir on Erlang/OTP, Bonfire federates via ActivityPub and is licensed under the AGPL-3.0.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Backend language:&lt;/strong&gt; Bonfire is written in Elixir, running on Erlang/OTP, a functional programming language designed for building reliable systems. The entire stack (including the web frontend) is built with Elixir.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web framework &amp;amp; frontend:&lt;/strong&gt; We use the Phoenix web framework with LiveView and Surface for UI components and views.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Database:&lt;/strong&gt; Bonfire uses PostgreSQL for most data storage. We have a notable approach to primary keys: all Bonfire objects use a ULID as their primary key, and we use the Needle library to reference any object by its primary key without knowing what type it is beforehand. This allows things like following or liking many different types of objects (not just users or posts).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;APIs:&lt;/strong&gt; Some extensions use the Absinthe GraphQL library to expose an API. Bonfire leverages GraphQL for economic activities in particular (ValueFlows). We&amp;rsquo;re also building a Mastodon-compatible REST API and an ActivityPub client-to-server (C2S) API.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Federation:&lt;/strong&gt; We maintain a standalone ActivityPub library for Elixir, which other projects can use to implement federation. It&amp;rsquo;s a modular implementation with a layered architecture and adapter pattern, so it can be integrated into various Elixir applications while handling the complexities of federation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;License:&lt;/strong&gt; GNU Affero General Public License v3 (AGPL-3.0).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;extension-architecture&#34;&gt;Extension architecture&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The extension system is central to how Bonfire works. The code is broadly composed of namespaces, many of which are packaged as &amp;ldquo;extensions&amp;rdquo; living in separate git repositories and included in the app as dependencies. Each extension typically contains:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Data schemas and migrations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Context modules&lt;/strong&gt;: Core logic, often organised around an object type&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UI components and/or views&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LiveHandlers&lt;/strong&gt;: For handling frontend events in the backend&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Config templates&lt;/strong&gt;: Copied into an app flavour&amp;rsquo;s config&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Extensions can be enabled or disabled both by instance admins and by individual users. A &amp;ldquo;flavour&amp;rdquo; is essentially a curated bundle of extensions with specific defaults and config, so creating a new flavour means choosing which extensions to include and how they&amp;rsquo;re configured.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beyond extensions, we also build lower-level libraries extracted for general use outside Bonfire, like the ActivityPub library, the Needle/Pointers library for universal foreign keys, and various Elixir utilities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;relevant-links&#34;&gt;Relevant links&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://bonfirenetworks.org&#34;&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/user-guides.html&#34;&gt;User guides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org&#34;&gt;Docs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://mirror.cyberbits.eu/fosdem/2026/h2215/3QHALR-bonfire_building_modular_consentful_and_federated_social_networks.av1.webm&#34;&gt;Presentation at FOSDEM 2026&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://campground.bonfire.cafe&#34;&gt;Demo Instance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://matrix.to/#/%23bonfire-networks:matrix.org&#34;&gt;Matrix space&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Email: &lt;a href=&#34;mailto:team@bonfire.cafe&#34;&gt;team@bonfire.cafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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      <title>Bounce</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-services/bounce/</link>


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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bounce is an open social web migration tool. It lets you migrate your account from one decentralized social network to another, and still keep all of your followers, along with some of the people you follow.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;which-networks-are-supported&#34;&gt;Which networks are supported?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bounce currently supports migrating from Bluesky to Mastodon or Pixelfed, and from Mastodon to Bluesky. We hope to add support for Threads, micro.blog, and more in the future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;what-gets-migrated-exactly&#34;&gt;What gets migrated, exactly?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Right now, only your profile, followers, and some follows. The existing posts on the accounts you migrate from and to will stay the same; only new posts going forward will get bridged back to the old account.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We hope to add support for migrating posts, likes, blocks, and other data eventually!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;how-does-it-work&#34;&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When Bounce migrates you, it uses Bridgy Fed to bridge your new account back to your old network so that your followers there can still see you and your posts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For your follows, ie the people you follow, Bounce uses Bridgy Fed to detect which of them are already in your new network and following you over the bridge, and which are in your old network but are themselves bridged into the new one. It then reconnects all of those follows so that you still see and follow them after you migrate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Under the covers, Bounce uses each network&amp;rsquo;s built in support for account migration, eg ActivityPub&amp;rsquo;s Move activity for the fediverse, and AT Protocol&amp;rsquo;s account migration for Bluesky. Bounce migrates your old account into Bridgy Fed, so that it becomes a bridged version of your new account that&amp;rsquo;s fully owned and managed by Bridgy Fed.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Bridgy Fed</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-services/bridgy-fed/</link>


      <guid>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-services/bridgy-fed/</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Bridgy Fed is a decentralized social network bridge. It connects the fediverse, the web, and Bluesky. If you&amp;rsquo;re on one of these networks, you can use Bridgy Fed to follow people on other networks, see their posts, and reply and like and repost them. Likewise, they&amp;rsquo;ll be able to see you and your posts too. All interactions work both directions.&lt;/p&gt;
</description>
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    <item>
      <title>Eurosky</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-platforms/eurosky.tech/</link>


      <guid>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-platforms/eurosky.tech/</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Eurosky is your European home on the Atmosphere, a new world of social apps and services
that all work together. It&amp;rsquo;s the future of the web.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;how-it-works&#34;&gt;How it works&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;create-your-account&#34;&gt;Create your account&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sign up for a free Eurosky account in minutes. Hosted in Europe, under European law — no Big Tech required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;pick-your-apps&#34;&gt;Pick your apps&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Your account works across dozens of apps on the Atmosphere — Bluesky, Flashes, Tangled, and more. One login, everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;own-your-data&#34;&gt;Own your data&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Your content lives on your own Personal Data Server. Switch apps anytime, take your followers with you, and stay in control.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;our-vision-is-for-a-thriving-open-social-web-for-europe&#34;&gt;Our vision is for a thriving open social web for Europe&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We build shared digital infrastructure for a new generation of social apps — open, competitive, and built on European values. We&amp;rsquo;re here for the people who use these apps, and the builders who make them.&lt;/p&gt;
</description>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Fedica</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-services/fedica.com/</link>


      <guid>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-services/fedica.com/</guid>
      <description>&lt;h2 id=&#34;unparalleled-publishing&#34;&gt;Unparalleled publishing&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Schedule, and automate with unique capabilities across 13 platforms:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advanced scheduling capabilities:&lt;/strong&gt; schedule X threads, polls, tagged media &amp;amp; more&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Multi-platform automation:&lt;/strong&gt; Post to multiple platforms simultaneously with platform-specific customization&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Target different personas:&lt;/strong&gt; Optimize by the best time for different geographies&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Target different personas:&lt;/strong&gt; Optimize by the best time for different geographies&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Organized content calendar:&lt;/strong&gt; Save time with an organized content calendar and get inspired with live trending topics&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AI-powered messaging:&lt;/strong&gt; Optimize your messaging with AI for better engagement, clarity, tone, and grammar&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;demo&#34;&gt;Demo&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;iframe title=&#34;FediForum Demo: Fedica&#34;
src=&#34;https://spectra.video/videos/embed/39tnP6EMGZmMZXuT3taDTZ&#34;
allow=&#34;fullscreen&#34;
sandbox=&#34;allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-forms&#34;
style=&#34;width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16/9; border: 0px;&#34;&gt;
&lt;/iframe&gt;
&lt;p style=&#34;text-align: right&#34;&gt;September 2024&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;customer-quotes&#34;&gt;Customer quotes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’ve been really impressed with how responsive the team is and how easy Fedica makes managing
all of the social media when our resources are already stretched thin. The platform just works
&amp;ndash; saves me a lot of time and hassle.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Starr Brown, OWASP&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;platform-specific-services&#34;&gt;Platform-Specific Services&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;mastodon-services&#34;&gt;Mastodon Services&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;publishing&#34;&gt;Publishing:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Schedule Mastodon posts, threads, polls, and media with content warning labels&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Crosspost to Bluesky, Pixelfed, Threads, and LinkedIn simultaneously&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Content calendar and queues for organizing multi-platform strategy&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RSS integration to automatically share blog content&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;analytics&#34;&gt;Analytics:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Engagement dashboard with filterable analytics by topics and metrics&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Compare analytics with other platforms like Threads, Pixelfed, and Bluesky&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track reposts, likes, and replies to see what&amp;rsquo;s working&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;community-management&#34;&gt;Community Management:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Track who followed and unfollowed you with email briefs&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follower analysis with demographics, quality auditing, and engagement tracking&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Followers map for global insights into your impact&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Account search and sorting with advanced filtering options&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mastodon Sync: Integrate Mastodon with your Twitter followers and build a unified community across the fediverse&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;pixelfed-services&#34;&gt;Pixelfed Services&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;publishing-1&#34;&gt;Publishing:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Schedule posts, images, and videos&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cross-platform publishing to Pixelfed alongside Threads, Mastodon, Bluesky, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, and more&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Content pipelines to organize and automate content workflows&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RSS integration for automatic blog content sharing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;analytics-1&#34;&gt;Analytics:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Post performance analytics tracking reposts, likes, replies, mentions, and profile clicks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follower analytics monitoring growth, unfollowers, and engagement trends&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Content filtering by keywords, campaigns, topics, and hashtags&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Compare analytics with other platforms&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;community-analysis&#34;&gt;Community Analysis:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Compare follower overlap tool&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Filter &amp;amp; sort followers with comprehensive criteria&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Account post timeline analysis and follower list analysis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Audience demographics breakdown by age, gender, and occupation&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;bluesky-services&#34;&gt;Bluesky Services&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;publishing-2&#34;&gt;Publishing:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Schedule posts, threads, and videos&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cross-platform publishing to Bluesky alongside Mastodon, Pixelfed, Threads, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, and more&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Spread thread scheduling to publish over time rather than all at once&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Content labels support for NSFW warning labels (adult content, graphic media, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Alt text management for accessibility&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Auto link cards for website links&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;analytics-2&#34;&gt;Analytics:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Post performance analytics tracking reposts, likes, replies, mentions, and profile clicks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follower analytics monitoring growth, unfollowers, and engagement trends&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Content filtering by keywords, campaigns, topics, and hashtags&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Most engaged user list with gender, reach, engager post amount, and engager activity data&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;community-tools&#34;&gt;Community Tools:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Compare follower overlap tool&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Filter &amp;amp; sort followers with comprehensive criteria&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Account post timeline analysis and follower list analysis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Audience demographics breakdown by age, gender, and occupation&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;crossposting--multi-platform-publishing&#34;&gt;Crossposting &amp;amp; Multi-Platform Publishing:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Post to multiple platforms simultaneously from one calendar (Mastodon, Pixelfed, Bluesky, Threads, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, and more)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Platform-specific customization: tag people and customize your message per platform—each post is native on each network, not reposts&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Unified content calendar and advanced scheduling: threads, polls, tagged media; target different personas and optimize by best time for different geographies&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;peertube&#34;&gt;Peertube&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&#34;publishing-3&#34;&gt;Publishing:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Schedule videos&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cross-platform publishing to Peertube alongside Youtube, Tiktok and more&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
</description>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Ghost</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-platforms-for-self-hosting/ghost/</link>


      <guid>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-platforms-for-self-hosting/ghost/</guid>
      <description>&lt;h2 id=&#34;fiercely-independent-professional-publishing&#34;&gt;Fiercely independent, professional publishing&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ghost is the most popular open source, headless Node.js CMS
which already works with all the tools you know and love.&lt;/p&gt;
</description>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>ghost.org</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-platforms/ghost.org/</link>


      <guid>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-platforms/ghost.org/</guid>
      <description>&lt;div class=&#34;slide-in-img slide-in-img-right&#34;&gt;
 &lt;a href=&#34;https://ghost.org/&#34;&gt;
  &lt;img src=&#34;https://ghost.org/images/home/dashboard.webp&#34; alt=&#34;screenshot&#34;&gt;
 &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;turn-your-audience-into-a-business&#34;&gt;Turn your audience into a business&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ghost is a powerful app for professional publishers to create, share, and grow a business
around their content. It comes with modern tools to build a website, publish content, send
newsletters &amp;amp; offer paid subscriptions to members.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;slide-in-img slide-in-img-right&#34;&gt;
 &lt;a href=&#34;https://ghost.org/&#34;&gt;
  &lt;img src=&#34;https://ghost.org/images/home/themes.webp&#34; alt=&#34;screenshot&#34;&gt;
 &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;complete-control-over-your-website-and-branding&#34;&gt;Complete control over your website and branding&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Launch a custom website and tweak the design settings to perfectly match your brand and style.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Go even further with hundreds of custom themes in our marketplace, or build your own completely custom design from scratch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Your unique brand sits front and center, while Ghost runs things in the background.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;slide-in-img slide-in-img-right&#34;&gt;
 &lt;a href=&#34;https://ghost.org/&#34;&gt;
  &lt;img src=&#34;https://ghost.org/images/home/editor.webp&#34; alt=&#34;screenshot&#34;&gt;
 &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;publish-by-web--email-newsletter&#34;&gt;Publish by web &amp;amp; email newsletter&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An editor built from the ground-up for professionals. Calm by design, with advanced workflows
by default. No more suffering through clumsy toolbars or drag &amp;amp; oops. Immerse yourself
in the story with an interface that&amp;rsquo;s invisible until you need it, and powerful when you do.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;rich-media--dynamic-cards&#34;&gt;Rich media &amp;amp; dynamic cards&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Modern publishing requires more than just words. Expand your story with image galleries,
gifs, video, audio, products, info boxes, accordion toggles, downloadable files, bookmarks,
and so much more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;newsletters-built-in&#34;&gt;Newsletters built-in&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Deliver posts by email newsletter to your audience, so they&amp;rsquo;ll be in the loop whenever
something new goes live. Segment your audience and send multiple different newsletters based
on preference.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;transform-those-clicks-into-contacts&#34;&gt;Transform those clicks into contacts&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Until now, building an indie publication with memberships and subscriptions has been difficult
and complicated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ghost makes it easy, with native signup forms that turn anonymous views into logged-in members.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Allow people to sign up for free, or purchase a paid subscription to support your work
across monthly and yearly premium tiers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hello, new friends&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;slide-in-img slide-in-img-right&#34; style=&#34;width: 33%&#34;&gt;
 &lt;a href=&#34;https://ghost.org/&#34;&gt;
  &lt;img src=&#34;https://ghost.org/images/home/members.webp&#34; alt=&#34;screenshot&#34;&gt;
 &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;manage-your-memberships&#34;&gt;Manage your memberships.&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See who&amp;rsquo;s signing up, who&amp;rsquo;s paying, and what they&amp;rsquo;re reading, so you can get a better
understanding of your core audience.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;native-analytics&#34;&gt;Native analytics&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Understand what&amp;rsquo;s working. Detailed engagement analytics for your audience so you can understand
what content is getting the most attention, and who your biggest fans are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;offers--promotions&#34;&gt;Offers &amp;amp; promotions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Entice new subscribers with offers and promotions to grow your business. Run a 30% discount
for your first 100 subscribers, an 80%-off Black Friday sale, or a special promotion for a
live event.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;works-with-everything&#34;&gt;Works with everything&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Social, referral programs, push notifications, social sharing, payment gateways, A/B testing,
desktop editors, mobile apps, comments, recommendations. Yes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://ghost.org/integrations/&#34;&gt;Explore the integrations library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>graze.social</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-services/graze.social/</link>


      <guid>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-services/graze.social/</guid>
      <description>&lt;h2 id=&#34;powerful-editor&#34;&gt;Powerful Editor&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Easily build feeds with a visual editor and powerful logic&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;custom-nodes&#34;&gt;Custom Nodes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Build feed logic once, reuse everywhere&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;contrails&#34;&gt;Contrails&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Real-time filtered streams for developers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;private-feeds&#34;&gt;Private Feeds&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Subscriber-only content spaces with Patreon integration&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;people-first-advertising&#34;&gt;People-first Advertising&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Operators can connect directly with advertisers to discuss campaigns on Graze&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;feed-embeds&#34;&gt;Feed Embeds&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Drop your feed into any website with one line of code&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;give-perks-to-your-subscribers&#34;&gt;Give Perks to Your Subscribers&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;real-curator-success&#34;&gt;Real Curator Success&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Graze totally changed how I run my feeds. I finally have insight into usage, plus monetization
has let me donate over $500 to developers building on Bluesky. Graze is truly Bluesky/ATProto&amp;rsquo;s
first killer app.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Ændra, Verified News Feed Operator&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Graze gave us a way to experiment with our editorial approach and quickly learn what resonates
without relying on Twitter&amp;rsquo;s or Meta&amp;rsquo;s black box.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Addison Nugent, Audience Editor at SF Standard&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Graze cleanly organized the content we want to highlight into streamlined feeds, making it so much
easier for our fans to find music, and directly support artists. Even when we&amp;rsquo;re disorganized,
Graze stays on top of things.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;cite&gt;J. Edward Keyes, Senior Editorial Lead @ Bandcamp&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
</description>
    </item>

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      <title>micro.blog</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-platforms/micro.blog/</link>


      <guid>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-platforms/micro.blog/</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Easy &lt;strong&gt;blogging at your own domain name&lt;/strong&gt; for short posts, full essays, photo blogs,
and email newsletters, &lt;strong&gt;with a great community&lt;/strong&gt;, cross-posting to other networks, and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;what-is-microblog&#34;&gt;What is Micro.blog?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Micro.blog is a unique platform that combines blog hosting with a social media-style timeline and community.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It’s a paid hosting service for personal blogs that makes it easy to publish short or long posts. Use it for short thoughts, longer essays, photos, podcasts, what books you’re reading, links to news articles, and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It’s a community whose members share posts via a timeline that is a safe space for conversations, free from advertising, trolling, and abuse, with community guidelines that are enforced.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Micro.blog launched in 2017 with a Kickstarter campaign supported by 3000 backers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;a-social-web-timeline&#34;&gt;A social web timeline&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Micro.blog’s timeline shows posts from people you’re following. It’s always chronological. There are no trends, no ads, no boosts, and no extra clutter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Micro.blog doesn’t have like counts or follower counts. It’s not a popularity contest. Private bookmarks instead of public likes let you reference a post or blog about it later. This focus on posts also simplifies the timeline and encourages quick replies when you want to acknowledge someone’s post.
Cross-posting to Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, and more&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Micro.blog can automatically copy your blog posts to many popular services. Post to your blog first, where you have more control over your content, then let Micro.blog send a copy everywhere.
Start small, scale to anything&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Micro.blog has so many features, you can start small with short blog posts and then grow your web site with photos, podcasts, email newsletters, and custom pages. But don’t be overwhelmed! The features you don’t need won’t get in your way.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;demo&#34;&gt;Demo&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;iframe title=&#34;FediForum Demo: Fedica&#34;
        src=&#34;https://spectra.video/videos/embed/4wbFg65gsXEdWWRWTznMtT&#34;
        allow=&#34;fullscreen&#34;
        sandbox=&#34;allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-forms&#34;
        style=&#34;width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16/9; border: 0px;&#34;&gt;
&lt;/iframe&gt;
&lt;p style=&#34;text-align: right&#34;&gt;November 2023&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;read-the-book&#34;&gt;Read the book!&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.manton.org/&#34;&gt;Manton Reece&lt;/a&gt;, the founder of micro.blog, has written
a book called &lt;a href=&#34;https://book.micro.blog/&#34;&gt;Indie Microblogging&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Newsmast Foundation Ltd</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-providers/the-newsmast-foundation-limited/</link>


      <guid>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-providers/the-newsmast-foundation-limited/</guid>
      <description>&lt;h2 id=&#34;your-community-your-platform&#34;&gt;YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR PLATFORM.&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bring your people and content together in a safer, calmer, independent
space supported by an education charity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;apps-for-change&#34;&gt;APPS FOR CHANGE&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We help mission-driven organisations move their communities to a custom platform owned
and run by you. Bringing people together in safe, healthy, independent spaces with our
flexible, user-friendly apps.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/how-it-works/for-independent-newsrooms/&#34;&gt;Independent newsrooms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/how-it-works/for-content-creators-audiences/&#34;&gt;Content creators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/how-it-works/professional-networks/&#34;&gt;Professional networks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/how-it-works/for-hyper-local-communities/&#34;&gt;Hyper-local communities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;img&#34;&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;about-newsmast&#34;&gt;About Newsmast&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;rebuilding-digital-spaces&#34;&gt;Rebuilding digital spaces&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Newsmast Foundation helps mission-driven organisations create independent, ethical digital
spaces through simple, affordable community apps. We believe communities deserve online spaces
without ads, algorithms or data exploitation, spaces that reflect their values and support
genuine connection.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our goal is to make the open social web accessible to everyone, providing powerful tools
without technical complexity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;what-does-the-newsmast-foundation-do&#34;&gt;What does the Newsmast Foundation do?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We help organisations build digital community by:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Building safe, independent and affordable apps with built-in open-source social media,
allowing people to nurture ethical online community spaces&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Creating educational content that demystifies alternatives to Big Tech on the open social web&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;what-is-the-newsmast-foundation&#34;&gt;What is the Newsmast Foundation?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Newsmast Foundation is a UK registered charity (1205953), building and advocating for an
open, ethical social media ecosystem. Our work is guided by three interlinked pillars:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology – developing affordable, independent, no-code tools&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Advocacy – promoting awareness of the open social web as a public good&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Empowerment – helping organisations and communities own their networks and data&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our mission is to demonstrate that an open-source, independent model of social media is
not only viable, but better for society.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Skylight Social</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-mobile-apps/skylight-social/</link>


      <guid>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-mobile-apps/skylight-social/</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Skylight makes sharing short-form videos easy and empowering!
Showcase your creativity, discover new trends, and connect with your favorite creators.
With Skylight, you own your videos, your style, and your story.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;features&#34;&gt;Features&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Endless Scrolling: Dive into a feed of fresh and inspiring videos.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow Your Favorites: Stay connected with creators you love.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Engage and Share: Like and repost videos to spread the creativity.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;get-started-today&#34;&gt;Get Started Today&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download Skylight Social on the App Store and join a community of creators redefining self-expression.&lt;/p&gt;
</description>
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      <title>Surf</title>
      <link>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-mobile-apps/surf/</link>


      <guid>https://connect.fediforum.org/open-social-web-mobile-apps/surf/</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Surf, a browser for the open social web, gives people, publishers and creators a simple
way to search for the conversations they care about or create feeds to build community
around anything—from events to podcasts. Use Surf to see what people are saying on issues
of the day, trends or topics you care about.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;appstoreimages&#34;&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;img&#34;&gt;
 &lt;img src=&#34;https://connect.fediforum.org/assets/open-social-web-mobile-apps/surf/carousel-1.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;img&#34;&gt;
 &lt;img src=&#34;https://connect.fediforum.org/assets/open-social-web-mobile-apps/surf/carousel-2.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;img&#34;&gt;
 &lt;img src=&#34;https://connect.fediforum.org/assets/open-social-web-mobile-apps/surf/carousel-3.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;img&#34;&gt;
 &lt;img src=&#34;https://connect.fediforum.org/assets/open-social-web-mobile-apps/surf/carousel-4.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;img&#34;&gt;
 &lt;img src=&#34;https://connect.fediforum.org/assets/open-social-web-mobile-apps/surf/carousel-5.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;img&#34;&gt;
 &lt;img src=&#34;https://connect.fediforum.org/assets/open-social-web-mobile-apps/surf/carousel-6.png&#34; alt=&#34;&#34;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;create-surf-feeds-for-your-community&#34;&gt;Create Surf Feeds for Your Community&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;People, publishers, organizations and communities can design a custom feed for themselves
or others that share an interest. It takes just a few steps: Select +Create a Feed in the
Surf Sidebar, name your feed, add a community hashtag and add sources like social profiles
from Bluesky, Threads and Mastodon, YouTube channels, podcasts and RSS feeds. Your Surf
feed can be shared on the web, serving as a resource for others or a dedicated space for
conversations around any topic. Get started at &lt;a href=&#34;https://surf.social&#34;&gt;https://surf.social&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;unite-community-conversations&#34;&gt;Unite Community Conversations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bring together the conversations happening across Bluesky, Mastodon, and federated Threads
platforms by assigning a Community Hashtag to a Surf feed and posts from any of those
networks, that use the hashtag, will show up in your feed. Now it doesn’t matter what
platform your friends or fans like to use, you can see the whole community in one place.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here’s a great one: &lt;a href=&#34;https://allnet.surf.social/&#34;&gt;https://allnet.surf.social/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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