IndieWeb on FediForum Connect

Bridgy Fed

Bridgy Fed is a decentralized social network bridge. It connects the fediverse, the web, and Bluesky. If you’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’ll be able to see you and your posts too. All interactions work both directions.

Emissary

Emissary is a programmable Fediverse server that can be customized to fit many different needs. The server itself provides many low-level features such as ActivityPub connectivity, online sales and subscriptions, media management, geolocation services, access controls, and more.

Additional applications can be installed on Emissary from a variety of sources. These lightweight packages are built with only HTML + JSON, and simply configure the various capabilities of the compiled Emissary server that runs them.

Emissary was first introduced by Ben Pate at FediForum in March 2024. There are currently several Emissary apps available, with more in the works:

The Emissary default app is a microblog, newsreader, and website builder
Bandwagon which serves indie musicians and bands
Atlas Maps, a social mapping server for local community reporting
Qwertylicious, subscription-based platform for long-form articles

The Bandwagon platform for musicians and bands is built on Emissary.

micro.blog

Easy blogging at your own domain name for short posts, full essays, photo blogs, and email newsletters, with a great community, cross-posting to other networks, and more.

What is Micro.blog?

Micro.blog is a unique platform that combines blog hosting with a social media-style timeline and community.

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.

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.

Micro.blog launched in 2017 with a Kickstarter campaign supported by 3000 backers.

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.

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

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

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.

Demo

November 2023

Read the book!

Manton Reece, the founder of micro.blog, has written a book called Indie Microblogging.

WordPress IndieWeb Plugins

A collection of WordPress plugins that connect your site to the IndieWeb, enabling cross-site conversations, authentication, publishing, and real-time notifications using open web standards.

IndieWeb Plugin

The IndieWeb plugin helps site owners establish their IndieWeb identity by extending user profiles with rel-me and h-card fields. It also serves as an installer for the other IndieWeb plugins listed below.

Install from WordPress.org
Available since 2014

Webmention Plugin

The Webmention plugin adds Webmention support to WordPress. Incoming webmentions are automatically added as comments to the original post, and outgoing webmentions are sent when a post is published or updated. It can be paired with the Semantic Linkbacks plugin for enhanced presentation of received webmentions.

Install from WordPress.org
Available since 2013

Micropub Plugin

The Micropub plugin adds a Micropub server endpoint to WordPress, allowing users to create, update, and delete posts using any Micropub client. It supports various post types including likes, replies, bookmarks, events, and RSVPs, as well as media uploads and syndication targets.

Install from WordPress.org
Available since 2016

IndieAuth Plugin

The IndieAuth plugin adds IndieAuth support to WordPress, enabling web sign-in and authorization for third-party apps like Micropub clients. It includes a built-in IndieAuth endpoint, token management UI, PKCE support, and client discovery.

Install from WordPress.org
Available since 2013

WebSub Plugin

The WebSub/PubSubHubbub plugin enables real-time notifications for WordPress sites. When content is published or updated, subscribers are instantly notified via the WebSub protocol (formerly PubSubHubbub). The plugin supports the PubSubHubbub v0.4 specification.

Install from WordPress.org
Available since 2011