FediForum Connect

FediForum Connect

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Connecting you to projects and organizations who are committed to making you successful on the Open Social Web.

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Currently there are two: * the new Restack program from NLNet * the Fediverse Multimedia Grants announced last week at #FediForum by the Social Web Foundation and the Interledger Foundation. Check them out at connect.fediforum.org/funding

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Funding opportunities on the Open Social WebKnow of a funding opportunity that isn’t listed here? Tell us about it! Social Web Foundation and Interledger Foundation Fediverse Multimedia Grants Software developers and publishers partner to ...
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Piefed is your ad-free forum for real community. Connected to the the rest of the open social web through open protocols, so your community is not an island. Curated by FediForum Connect.

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Piefed: Your ad-free forum for real communityFederated, open-source, ad-free, and fully under your control. Build or join a community that reflects your values — no algorithms, no corporate overlords, no attention economy. No ads, no tracking, no addictive algorithms — your feed is built by you. Join our server at piefed.social or host your own for full control. Self-host or pick an instance aligned with your values. Federated freedom. Posts on one server can be seen, shared, and discussed by users on any other server, too. Everything runs on open standards (ActivityPub), creating a diverse and billionaire-resistant ecosystem.
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Sill lets you find top news from the people you trust, anywhere on the open social web. It won the Excellence Award at the Open Social Awards 2026. Curated by FediForum Connect.

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | sill.social: Top news shared by the people you trustSmart Link Aggregation Automatically collect and rank links shared across your social networks based on popularity within your trusted circle. Trending Links See what’s trending across the open social web in real-time. Open to everyone, not just people with Sill accounts. Bookmarks Save links to your bookmarks for easy access and organization. Custom Lists & Feeds Track links from your favorite custom lists and feeds on Bluesky or Mastodon. Daily Digest Get a daily curated email or RSS feed of the most popular links from your network, delivered at your preferred time.
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Streamplace is the video layer for decentralized social networks. It was recognized with an Honorable Mention at the Open Social Awards 2026. Curated by FediForum Connect.

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | stream.place: The video layer for decentralized social networksWhat is Streamplace? Streamplace is the video layer for decentralized social networks. We’re building open-source infrastructure around bringing high-quality video experiences to the AT Protocol, designed around user sovereignty and content authenticity. Open source single-binary node software Get up and running with one command. No complex configuration or deep video expertise required. Perfect for hackers and builders. User sovereignty by design All video content is cryptographically signed by creators and respects their consent preferences. Built on the same public key infrastructure as decentralized social networks.
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Lemmy: A decentralised discussion platform for communities. Curated by FediForum Connect, which connects you to the projects and organizations that make you successful on the Open Social Web.

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Lemmy: A decentralised discussion platform for communities.Lemmy is a discussion platform that is truly free. You choose which communities to be a part of and which posts to see. You can use extensive blocking and filtering tools to sort and curate your feed. You are in control and not a corporation, so there is no tracking, advertising nor secret algorithms. And you can follow the development in the open, or get your own ideas included. Upvotes and Threaded Comments Posts can be upvoted or downvoted. The most interesting ones rise to the top. You can choose between different sort options. Threaded let you follow discussions easily. All the important features from Reddit are available.
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Leaflet: read and publish on the Atmosphere — social blogs, one-off posts, and more. Curated by FediForum Connect, which connects you to the projects and organizations that make you successful on the Open Social Web.

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | leaflet.pub: Read and publish on the Atmosphere — social blogs, one-off posts, and moreLeaflet is a fun, flexible, social publishing tool. Delightful publishing to connect with your community, whether you’re writing a blog, newsletter, or secret third thing. Powerful Publishing Tools Easily write, manage posts, and track subscriptions Reach your readers Send updates via Email, Bluesky, and the Atmosphere Leverage a social ecosystem with millions of users Express yourself Free custom themes and custom domains Features include: fast web app rich block editor comments checklists footnotes subpages canvas shareable view and edit links social quotes custom themes custom domains
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Mastodon GmbH is now offering a fully-managed hosted Mastodon service for large organizations. Run your social presence under your own brand! Curated by FediForum Connect, which connects you to the project and organizations that make you successful on the Open Social Web.

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Fully-managed Mastodon service: Your own Mastodon server hosted by the team who built itAll-in-One Managed Service Tailored for large organisations We handle everything - from infrastructure, security, backups, updates, moderation, legal takedowns. Perfect for organisations that want fast access to their own Mastodon server with guaranteed compliance and low resource investment. Including Hosting, Moderation and Support Single Service Designed for organisations that want to stay in control You stay in control. You can decide which services you want to run yourself, and where to get support from Mastodon.
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FediHost makes it quick, easy, and affordable to have your own Fediverse server with no technical knowledge required. Curated by FediForum Connect.

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | FediHost: All your fediverse hosting under one accountFediHost makes it quick, easy, and affordable to get on the Fediverse with no technical knowledge required. Get started for just $4/month with a 7-day risk-free trial. Tutorials & Blog Extensive documentation and guides are available to help you understand and navigate the Fediverse. Check out the FediHost Blog and video tutorials to get started. Manage Multiple Services FediHost provides one interface to manage all your Fediverse instances letting you share resources across instances so you save as you grow.
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Emissary is a programmable Fediverse server that can be customized to fit many different needs. For example, Bandwagon for musicians, Atlas Maps for community mapping, and Qwertylicious, a subscription platform for long posts were built on it. Curated by FediForum Connect.

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Emissary: The Social Web ToolkitEmissary 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.
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Bonfire is a federated, modular, open-source social platform designed to give communities real autonomy and participatory governance over their digital spaces. Have a community, need a digital space for it? Check out Bonfire. Curated by FediForum Connect.

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Bonfire: Building blocks for communitiesBonfire 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. Bonfire isn’t just another federated social app, it’s a modular framework for building digital spaces governed by communities. Bonfire Social is the first “flavour” to reach 1.0, and is a starting point for communities who want a space of their own, that’s locally governed and fully customisable, yet connected to the wider fediverse.
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NodeBB: A better forum platform for the modern web. And because it supports open social protocols, people can follow discussions from all over the social web. connect.fediforum.or... Curated by FediForum Connect. #nodebb #forum #fediverse #activitypub

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | NodeBB: A better forum platform for the modern web.NodeBB is next generation community forum software. It’s powerful, mobile-ready and easy to use. Looking for a way to engage your followers, away from the noise and chaos of today’s “social” sites? NodeBB takes the spirit and energy of the great online forum communities of old, and empowers it with powerful, mobile-ready and easy to use software. Establish your own platform for real conversations. Start today!
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Surf: The browser for the open social web. It gives people, publishers and creators a simple way to search for the conversations they care about or create feeds to build community around anything. connect.fediforum.or... Curated by FediForum Connect. #surf #feeds #fediverse #atmosphere

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Surf: The browser for the open social webSurf, 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. Create Surf Feeds for Your Community 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 https://surf.social.
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Loops dot Video: Short videos. Your community. Your rules. The flagship instance of the open-source, federated alternative to commercial short-video platforms. connect.fediforum.or... Curated by FediForum Connect. #loops #video #fediverse

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | loops.video: Short videos. Your community. Your rules.Loops was built on a simple but radical idea: short-form video should serve people, not exploit them. Loops.video is the flagship instance of Loops — an open-source, federated alternative to commercial short-video platforms, created by the team behind Pixelfed". We built Loops because we believe the era of handing your creativity over to algorithms designed to extract attention and sell ads should be over. Your videos, your audience, your community — none of that should belong to a corporation.
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Write As: Type words, put them on the internet. Write As is the easiest way to share your writing on the web. connect.fediforum.or... Curated by FediForum Connect #WriteAs #Fediverse #Blogging

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | write.as: Type words, put them on the internetAbout Write.as is the easiest way to share your writing on the web. Create a journal, newsletter, space for your thoughts. Reach people with your ideas, and form new connections. Keep loved ones in the loop, free from social media. Write.as is a simple, modern, and ad-free web pub­lish­ing platform. No distractions The editor only gives you what you need to write, and auto­ma­ti­cally saves while you type. Start a minimal blog No comments, spam, likes, or dis­trac­tions — just your words in your own digital space.
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Bounce: Switch platforms, keep your people. Bounce is an open social web migration tool. It lets you migrate your account from one decentralized social network to another. connect.fediforum.or... Curated by FediForum Connect. #Bounce #ActivityPub #ATProtocol #Fediverse #ATmosphere

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Bounce: Switch platforms, keep your peopleBounce 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. Which networks are supported? 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. What gets migrated, exactly? 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.
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Bluesky Social: Social that's actually social! Bluesky is the social app built for better conversations. connect.fediforum.or... Curated by FediForum Connect. #Bluesky #ATmosphere

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Bluesky Social: Social that's actually socialBluesky 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. Join the moment 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’s happening. Explore feeds 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.
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WordPress ActivityPub plugin is a free, open-source plugin that connects WordPress to the Fediverse connect.fediforum.or... Curated by FediForum Connect. #WordPress #Fediverse

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | WordPress ActivityPub plugin: Free, open-source plugin that connects WordPress to the FediverseThe ActivityPub plugin adds ActivityPub support to WordPress, the open source publishing platform that powers over 43% of websites. Once installed, any WordPress site can join the Fediverse directly from its own domain. With the plugin enabled, each site gets a site-wide federated profile and each author gets an individual federated profile. This lets people follow either a publication or a specific author from ActivityPub-compatible platforms. The plugin also includes dedicated blocks for showing Fediverse followers, reactions, and follow buttons in your site layout. Site owners can keep using familiar WordPress workflows, themes, and plugins while participating in open social networking.
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AltStore PAL is an alternative marketplace for apps that push the boundaries of iOS. And it publishes to the open social web. connect.fediforum.or... Curated by FediForum Connect. #appstore #ATmosphere #Fediverse

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | AltStore PAL: An alternative marketplace for apps that push the boundaries of iOSThe world’s first federated app store Discover New Apps 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 “sources” to further increase your options. Self-Published Apps 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.
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Honoring the winners of last weekend's first Open Social Awards, which were announced at the Public Spaces conference in Amsterdam Friday night. We now have a dedicated page for them on FediForum Connect: connect.fediforum.or... Check them out!

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Open Social Awards 2026Awarded in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 5, 2026, at the Public Spaces Conference. Organized by New_ Public, PublicSpaces and Waag Futurelab, with jury members Audrey Tang, Johannes Ernst, Melanie Bartos, Mike Masnick, Robin Berjon and Laurens Hof and supported by Bluesky PBC and ZDF.
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Pixelfed Social is an open social web platform for decentralized photo sharing, and the flagship instance of open-source platform Pixelfed. connect.fediforum.or... Curated by FediForum Connect. #Pixelfed #Fediverse #Photos

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | pixelfed.social: Decentralized photo sharing social media powered by PixelfedExplore + Share beautiful photos and videos. A fresh take on photo sharing. Get inspired with beautiful photos captured by people around the world. Ad-free and privacy friendly Open source and decentralized Chronological feeds Features A few of our most popular features. Albums Share multiple photos to create an album post Comments Express yourself with threaded comments Direct Messages Engage in private conversations with DMs Filters Apply that perfect filter to your photos Likes Show your appreciation by giving that post a like Stories Share an ephemeral moment that disappears after 24h
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Eurosky is your European home on the ATmosphere, a new world of social apps and services that all work together. It’s the future of the web. connect.fediforum.or... Curated by FediForum Connect. #Eurosky #ATProtocol #ATmosphere

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Eurosky: Your portal to the AtmosphereEurosky is your European home on the Atmosphere, a new world of social apps and services that all work together. It’s the future of the web. How it works Create your account Sign up for a free Eurosky account in minutes. Hosted in Europe, under European law — no Big Tech required. Pick your apps Your account works across dozens of apps on the Atmosphere — Bluesky, Flashes, Tangled, and more. One login, everywhere.
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We ran a well-attended session on FediForum Connect at #FediForum. The session notes below do not entirely give it justice, but discussion was good, and feedback positive. People generally agree it should be easier for mission-align organizations to join the open social web. fediforum.org/2026-0...

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Of course there is Mastodon Social, the flagship server of the Mastodon platform. It is operated by the Mastodon development team itself, and the largest server in the #ActivityPub #Fediverse.

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | mastodon.social: Flagship server of the Mastodon microblogging platformSocial networking that’s not for sale. Mastodon.social is the original server instance of the Mastodon open source software (OSS), created and maintained by Mastodon GmbH. The team runs this server to provide a safe landing place for anyone, especially for newcomers to the social web, and as a reference implementation of the Mastodon software. Mastodon.social takes a strong stance against content and speech that does harm. Mastodon.social is the largest Mastodon server, and the largest ActivityPub server as well.
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Ghost: Turn your audience into a business. Ghost is a powerful app for professional publishers to create, share, grow a business around their content. It comes with modern tools to build a website, publish content, send newsletters & offer paid subscriptions. connect.fediforum.org/open-social-...

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | ghost.org: Turn your audience into a businessTurn your audience into a business 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, publis...
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Bandwagon is a #Fediverse server for #musicians and #bands, where you can #sell your music directly to fans, or #stream it for free. You can create an account on a site like connect.fediforum.or... or self-host under your own brand like

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | bandwagon.fm: Flagship server of the Bandwagon music platformBandwagon.fm is a Fediverse server for musicians and bands, where you can sell your music directly to fans, or stream it for free. You can also post events, such as tour dates, along with general news updates for your followers. Bandwagon.fm runs the self-hostable Bandwagon platform.
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Bridgy Fed is one of the underappreciated but load-bearing parts of the open social web: you don't need to choose any more whether to create an account in the #ActivityPub-based #Fediverse (like #Mastodon) or the #ATprotocol-based #ATmosphere (like #Bluesky).

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Bridgy Fed makes it as if it were all one network. So you can focus on what you want to say to your followers, and listen to their responses, not the technical plumbing. More info:

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Bridgy Fed: Bridging the new social internetBridgy 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.
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Fedica is a powerful social media management tool that integrates with over a dozen social networks including Mastodon and Bluesky and has many happy customers. More details at FediForum Connect:

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Fedica: Build a thriving social media community using deep insightsUnparalleled publishing Schedule, and automate with unique capabilities across 13 platforms: Advanced scheduling capabilities: schedule X threads, polls, tagged media & more Multi-platform automation: Post to multiple platforms simultaneously with platform-specific customization Target different personas: Optimize by the best time for different geographies Organized content calendar: Save time with an organized content calendar and get inspired with live trending topics AI-powered messaging: Optimize your messaging with AI for better engagement, clarity, tone, and grammar

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FediForum Connect looks like a cool site covering open social web applications (both atproto and ActivityPub from the looks of it). connect.fediforum.org

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Curated product and service directory for the Open Social WebProduct and service listings for the Open Social Web supporting decentralized protocols such as ActivityPub and ATProtocol
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We are proud to announce .... FediForum Connect! It's a new, curated website that will hopefully make it easier for mission-aligned organizations, communities and creators to join the Open Social Web. What does this mean? Read our blog post: fediforum.org/news/2...

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Several new projects have been suggested already for FediForum Connect in the few hours that it has been online. There is a "Suggest a listing" button on connect.fediforum.org. Feel free to use it to propose your favorite projects / products / services.

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Curated product and service directory for the Open Social WebProduct and service listings for the Open Social Web supporting decentralized protocols such as ActivityPub and ATProtocol
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Welcome to FediForum Connect. On this account, we will mostly post updates to product and service listings on connect.fediforum.org. If you want to know what's new on the Open Social Web that is relevant for organizations, communities and creators, follow this account.

connect.fediforum.orgFediForum Connect | Curated product and service directory for the Open Social WebProduct and service listings for the Open Social Web supporting decentralized protocols such as ActivityPub and ATProtocol

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We are proud to announce .... FediForum Connect! It's a new, curated website that will hopefully make it easier for mission-aligned organizations, communities and creators to join the Open Social Web. What does this mean? Read our blog post: fediforum.org/news/2...

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