Notices tagged with federation

Another small step in Forgejo federation.

Getting Forgejo and mastodon services to talk had some unexpected pitfalls.
Mastodon only federates on port 443 for example, that means Forgejo needs to be able to listen on a privileged port even for testing. You can imagine the troubles setting up our e2e tests properly.

This is finally behind us and were now aiming to integrate the test into the automated test suite (with a lot of work already done by @famfo)

#mastodon #forgejo #federation

Today's AWS debacle is the perfect example of the reason why in the last few years I started to be less enthusiastic about Signal, and more oriented to federated or even P2P solutions like XMPP and Jami. I wrote about it already:

https://gagliardoni.net/#im_battle_2025

Signal was down for few hours today, after an aoutage that affected AWS:

https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith/115405436746725236

Let's ignore for a second the blind reliance on AWS or any other cloud provider. In a decentralized system, this would not have happened, or at least it would have not impacted so many users.

Yes, I am a cryptographer myself, I know that Signal's encryption is the best. But encryption is not everything. Availability issues, geopolitical troubles, risk of enshittification, limitations on users' freedom to use and control the software lead to a lack of trust, even in a supersecure solution. And I say that with honest admiration for the folks at Signal, who are doing a great job.

May they prove me wrong over and over again.

#signal #im #aws #amazon #privacy #security #digitalsovereignty #selfhosting #fediverse #federation #p2p #enshittification #xmpp #jami #politics #opensource #freesoftware #libre

It’s not finished. It’s not perfect. But it’s real. 🥹

Loops is now open, built in public, and growing every day — laying the groundwork for a future where you can build your own TikTok.

A future where governments can’t censor you. Where corporations can’t control the conversation. Where the social web belongs to the people again.

This is how it starts. ✊

https://joinloops.org/

#loops #tikTok #activityPub #freedom #federation

Nuestro servidor de Loops, (Loops.one) ya federa con el Fediverso desde la última actualización. 🎉🎉

Podéis buscar vuestros perfiles (por ejemplo el mío es @trankten@loops.one) y los posts directamente desde cualquier software compatible con ActivityPub. :onepiece_luffy:

💡¡Algunas cosas aún están en pruebas y podrían no funcionar correctamente, así que por favor, cualquier bug no dudéis en avisar!

:Loops: Welcome to Loops. Welcome to Fedi..Loops 😎

⛓️💥 https://loops.one

• Trankten :tkz:

#loops #activitypub #federation #fediverse

Loops has two federation modes, Open which is default, and another called Lockdown.

With Lockdown, you have to define allowed servers, allowing for greater control over your federation experience ✨

#loops #safety #federation #lockdownMode

Ever heard of an arm wrestling federation? These 2 are training for the first-of-its kind league

#QuebecChampions #ArmWrestling #Federation #Montreal #ExhibitionMatches

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6934682?cmp=rss

XSF Announcement

If you are interested in becoming an #XSF member your next opportunity is by 23rd November 2025.

We also have elections coming for the next phase for XSF #Board or XSF #Council. Applications are accepted by 2nd November 2025.

Read more here: https://xmpp.org/2025/10/the-xmpp-newsletter-september-2025/#xsf-announcements

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging

Fall #FediForum has wrapped, but if you want to catch up on everything that happened, follow
@tchambers's feed, created with Surf, here:

https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jvprse7ptd6b9gccy3m9g547

#SurfFeeds #FediForum #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Federation #OpenSocial

Today we have #ActivityPub, which provides real and actual #Federation, but is overly complex and difficult to implement, and we have ATProto, which promises Federation, but delivers central control and is even more complex and difficult to implement.

See this discussion (you'll need to scroll down a bit to find my contribution):

> https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/115335451897410462

Dave Winer would love the point I was making there…

[contd]

#Fedi #protocols #programming #WTF

Loops is federating with Mastodon and Pixelfed 🥳

I'm still doing some tests, and will be pushing the ActivityPub PR shortly ✨

#loops #activitypub #federation #mastodon #pixelfed

I was able to finish the Loops shared inbox handler and add support for `Flag` activities.

Thanks to phpstan, Loops will soon ship solid federation support with coverage for the most popular activities.

I can't wait to ship and tag v1.0.0-beta.1 🚀

#loops #activityPub #federation #tikTok

Thanks to Pixelfed, I've made Loops a lot easier to install & manage.

Loops also handles comment threading, mentions, notifications and like/share/reply counters much better.

The upcoming federation PR is my biggest ever, and will bring full ActivityPub federation to Loops 😍

#loops #tiktok #activityPub #reels #federation

I've been busy wrapping up the final parts of Loops ActivityPub federation!

We will ship with two modes (Open and Lockdown), the latter allowing you to restrict federation with allowed instances only (and enforced via AuthorizedFetch)

You can also disable Federation support

I'll have a better ETA this weekend after some more testing ✨

Thanks to phpstan, this may even ship this weekend 🚀

#loops #tiktok #activityPub #federation

So close…

#loops #federation

#Forgejo federation can't come fast enough for you? Have you ever wished to help out, but specifications are too scary and you don't know where to start?

In that case, I have the perfect task for you (yes, you!): https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/9282

#ForgeFed #federation #Codeberg

I'm making great progress with ActivityPub federation + @loops

Let's gooooo 🚀

#loops #activityPub #federation #tikTok

The XMPP Network Graph at https://xmppnetwork.goodbytes.im shows how chat servers connect across the open #XMPP #federation. I'm occasionally checking the number of dots (servers) and lines (connections between servers). For the first time that I've noticed, that connection count is over 10,000!

The graphing engine is having a hard time rendering all of that. 😅

Tech journalists treat Mastodon like a corporate competitor, not a protocol. They’re so conditioned by the “5 corps in a trench coat” internet, they can’t grasp a decentralized web. The fediverse breaks their brain. 😆

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/mastodon-says-it-doesnt-have-the-means-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws/

#mastodon #federation #technology

Hi, everybody. I just switched my Mastodon instance from `social.kalvin.my` to `mastodon.kalvin.my`, reinstalled Mastodon because of federation issues and performance with the `threads.net` Fediverse server. I hope this is my last personal single-user Mastodon instance.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Threads #Federation #SelfHosting #KalvinMy #SingleUserInstance #OpenWeb #Decentralization #TechLife #PersonalDomain #DigitalIdentity #AdminLife

Anybody visting #froscon at this weekend?

If interested in #Forgejo #federation I will show what is going on:

https://programm.froscon.org/froscon2025/talk/71b947bc-46fe-415e-b7e8-50ad3c05d597/