A curated list of server applications with support for the ActivityPub protocol (Fediverse network) and related standards.
Emoji's for each entry provide additional information on project status:
Aardwolf: Facebook-like social network connecting communities across the web AGPL-3.0, Rust
Activity.next: A single actor ActivityPub server implemented in NextJS. MIT, Typescript
Akkoma (site, Fedi account): A community-driven fork of Pleroma with new features such as support for Misskey-flavored Markdown. AGPL-3.0, Elixir
Bonfire Social (site, Fedi account): Your plug & play federated social network. Tend to your digital life in community. AGPL-3.0, Elixir
Bugle: (site, Fedi account) A minimal ActivityPub server built with Laravel. Unknown, PHP
Convene (site, Fedi account): Secure, affordable, private digital spaces for work and play. PPL-3.0, Ruby
Decodon: A fork of Mastodon focusing on followers-only posting of media. Configurable circles to post to. AGPL-3.0, Ruby
Ecko (Fedi account): A fork of Mastodon to optimize toward community, that is making it as easy as possible to contribute. AGPL-3.0, Ruby
Emissary (site, Fedi account): A customizable, private space in the Fediverse where people can create, share, and collaborate. AGPL-3.0, Go
Enigmatick: Social networking platform (under development). -, Rust
Epicyon (site): ActivityPub server implementing S2S and C2S protocols, suitable for single board computers. Includes features such as moderation tools, post expiry, content warnings, and image descriptions AGPL-3.0, Python
Firefish (site, Fedi account): An actively developed, community-driven fork of Misskey with many quality of life improvements for users and admins alike AGPL-3.0, TypeScript
FlockingBird (site, Fedi account): social network for professionals (WIP)
FoundKey: A fork of Misskey with various bugfixes and improvements. AGPL-3.0, TypeScript
Friendica (site): Personal network that helps to keep in contact with friends. Interface and functionality include common features of a mainstream social network AGPL-3.0, PHP
GNU social (site): Microblogging server with multiple plugins AGPL-3.0, PHP
Goldfish Social (Fedi account): Alternative for Vine / TikTok (alpha). ActivityPub will come later! AGPL-3.0, PHP
groundpolis: A microblogging service forked from Misskey AGPL-3.0, TypeScript
Glitch-soc (site, Fedi account): A friendly fork of Mastodon, with the aim of providing additional features at the risk of potentially less stable software AGPL-3.0, Ruby
GoToSocial (Fedi account): A headless Mastodon-compatible Fediverse server project, written in Golang. AGPL-3.0, Go
Hometown (Fedi account): A fork of Mastodon that provides local posting and a wider range of content types AGPL-3.0, Ruby
Honk (Fedi account): ActivityPub server with minimal setup and support costs ISC, Go
im@stodon (site, Fedi account): A fork of Mastodon. Unlisted posts with tags are published on tags, a list of fav tags, image size restrictions and transcoding AGPL-3.0, Ruby
Kanzaki: A Mastodon-compatible, ActivityPub-speaking server in OCaml AGPL-3.0, OCaml
Kepi (Fedi account): A Django-based microblogging server, written in Python, which supports the Mastodon protocol. GPL-2.0, Python
Kibou: Lightweight social networking server that implements Mastodon's REST API. AGPL-3.0, Rust
Kitsune: An ActivityPub-speaking microblogging service. AGPL-3.0, Clojure
Kitsune: ActivityPub-federated microblogging. MIT, Rust
kmyblue (site, Fedi account): A fork of Mastodon for creators: emoji reactions, localposting, groups, misskey-like antennas, post self-destruction and more moderation options AGPL-3.0, Ruby
Ktistec (Fedi account, site): A single-user ActivityPub server with minimal dependencies, using SQLite, server AGPL-3.0, Crystal
Kroeg (site): Generic ActivityPub server, with a focus on microblogging style activities Unknown , Rust
lectrn (site): A social network for humans that is free, decentralized, open, and easy to use. AGPL-3.0, JavaScript
Little Forest (site, Fedi account): A fork of Mastodon with full Markdown, Quote and Local-Only Toots, Gitlab/hub sign-in, Google Translate, deeper support of Chinese and more theming. AGPL-3.0, Ruby
mammoth (Fedi account): A federated social media platform implementing the ActivityPub specification for client/server and server/server communications. AGPL-3.0, TypeScript
Mastodon (site): Epic microblogging network with many features and multiple interface layouts to choose from AGPL-3.0, Ruby
Mathtodon (site, Fedi account): A fork of Mastodon where you can post toots with beautiful mathematical formulae in TeX/LaTeX style AGPL-3.0, Ruby
microblog.pub (site): Self-hosted, single-user, ActivityPub powered microblog. AGPL-3.0, Python
MatticNote: ActivityPub compatible SNS that aims to be easy for everyone to use. AGPL-3.0, Go
microstatus: Lightweight Mastodon and GNU Social-compatible server implementation ISC, Rust
Misskey (site): Interplanetary microblogging platform. Provides many additional features like calendar, emoji reactions, polls, games, and many other widgets AGPL-3.0, JavaScript
netop: An ActivityPub Server in Scala. MIT, Scala
OCamlot: An ActivityPub server written in OCaml. AGPL-3.0, OCaml
Personal Reader for Drupal (Fedi account, site): A personal reader on your website which is installable as a PWA on your phone or tablet. GPL-2.0, PHP
Pinetta (Fedi account) - A decentralized, federated social pinboard in the style of Pinterest. (In development, see prototype AGPL-3.0, Python
Pothole: A lightweight federated microblogging server, designed to be simple & fast. AGPL-3.0-or-later, Nim
pub (Fedi account): A tiny ActivityPub host intended for a single actor, that implements Mastodon API for use with various clients. BSD3-Clause, Go
Pubblr: A federated blogging platform built on the ActivityPub protocol. MIT, Go
pubgate: Lightweight ActivityPub CMS. Implements both client-to-server (C2S) and server-to-server(S2S) APIs. Compatible with Mastodon, Pixelfed, Pleroma and microblog.pub. BSD-3-clause, Python
pump.io: Still considers adding ActivityPub.
Rebased: Fediverse backend written in Elixir (fork of Pleroma). Compatible with the Mastodon API. The recommended backend for Soapbox, also supports Pleroma-FE as a frontend.
Rustodon: Mastodon-compatible server AGPL-3.0, Rust
Scuttlebutt: currently working on a bridge between SSB and AP networks.
Seppo (site, Fedi account): A server-side, single-user, Fediverse-integrated microblog engine. Creating static assets published by webserver. GPL-3.0, OCaml
Shuttlecraft (site, Fedi account): A single user ActivityPub server to interact with the Fediverse and other indie web protocols like RSS. MIT, Javascript
Smalltown: A fork of Mastodon designed for civic communities looking to run their own social networks. AGPL-3.0, Ruby
Smithereen: VKontakte-like social network, with friends, walls, photo albums and groups Unlicense, Java
snac (Fedi account): A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance with minimal dependencies, multiuser, no database nor cookies needed, totally JavaScript-free MIT, C
Socialhome (site): Personal webpage with social networking functionality AGPL-3.0, Python
Spritely (site, Fedi account): Research space for a next-gen distributed social network written in Racket and consisting of multiple projects, by AP specification co-author Christine Lemmer Webber. Apache-2.0, Racket
Streams (Fedi account): Public domain federated communications server. Provides a feature rich ActivityPub and Nomad communication node. Public domain and others, PHP
Swanye (Fedi account): A tumblelog in the style of Tumblr. AGPL-3.0, Elixir
TakahΔ (site, Fedi account): An experimental Fediverse server for microblogging BSD-3-clause, Python
Tapir (Fedi account, site): A small, efficient Mastodon-compatible Fediverse server for single-user instances. Based on Deno. (Note: license discussion) Blue Oak, Typescript
Tavern (Fedi account): A minimalistic Activity Pub server. Think Mastodon, but smaller and with fewer features MIT, Go
Tootik: A federated nanoblogging service with a Gemini frontend. Apache-2.0, Go
Vagabond (site): A federated social network built with security and privacy in mind. GPL-3.0, Python
Yarn (site): A decentralised self-hosted microblogging platform that has a privacy-first focus. AGPL-3.0, Go
π» Dolphin: Lightweight ActivityPub Server optimized for single-user. A fork and sister project of Misskey AGPL-3.0, JavaScript
π» fed: Trying to be a basic twitter-like service that works with ActivityPub. Based on Go-Fed GPL-3.0, Go
π» GangGo - Developer has suspended development for the foreseeable future
π» Jejune - A work-in-progress ActivityPub server designed to use constructions which provide functional security and resilience ISC license, Python
π» Lumen-ap-server (Fedi account): ActivityPub server using Lumen framework MIT, PHP
π» Mistpark 2020 aka 'misty' - A webserver app that supports AP and Zot protocols, fork of Zap. (EOL, replaced by Streams. See #20) CC0-like, PHP
π» MrBotchi (Fedi account): A federated microblogging platform for single-user - not updated since June 2020 AGPL-3.0, Go
π» Osada - A full featured social network application. (EOL, replaced by Streams. See #20) CC0-like, PHP
π» Pylodon - Flask-based (Python) ActivityPub server , source code also on GitLab, no updates on either repo for about a year, nor on their Smilodon client app
π» Redmatrix 2020: A fediverse server. (EOL, replaced by Streams. See #20) CC0-like, PHP
π» Roadhouse: Next gen Fediverse server. (EOL, replaced by Streams. See #20) CC0-like, PHP
π» ShaarliGo: Self-reliantly posting on the #Fediverse with painless hosting and security in mind. GPL-3.0, Go
π» Smilodon (server by Tuxcraft) - abandoned by developer "I'm now working on Sminos and so this will probably be 100% abandoned. There's not much to salvage, its code is cancer." Sminos appears to have never got beyond the initial commits
π» Technopolis (site, Fedi account): A globally interconnected micro-blogging platform inspired by Misskey - not updated since December 2020 AGPL-3.0, Rust
π» tranquility: Small ActivityPub server written in Rust. (Archived, see issue) MIT, Rust
π» un chapeau: Server for the Mastodon protocol, implemented in Django. Latest commit - May 2019. AGPL-3.0, Python
π» Zap: A webserver app that supports AP and Zot protocols (EOL, replaced by Streams. See #20) CC0-like, PHP
Dinolog (Fedi account): Utterly simplified and lightweight blogging protocol. (AP support planned. See toot) Unknown, Go
Dokie.li (site): Article authoring and formating Apache-2.0, JavaScript
GoBlog (site, Fedi account): Simple blogging system written in Go MIT, Go
Hubzilla (site): CMS with a range of groupware tools available as plug-ins MIT, PHP
Known (site, Fedi account): A collaborative social publishing engine (Working on AP support, see this issue). Apache-2.0, PHP
Little Library: A digital give-a-book, take-a-book library for ebooks. AGPL-3.0, JavaScript
Read.as (site): Reading app by the devs of WriteFreely AGPL-3.0, Go
site: Minimalist blog that implements ActivityPub endpoints. MIT, Javascript
WordPress - listed as a project on the-federation.info. AP plug-in by @pfefferle@mastodon.social, that allows users on AP apps to follow WP blogs, and comment on them, from an AP app
WriteFreely (site, Fedi account): Blog software AGPL-3.0, Go
Yuforium (Fedi account): A federated community platform that focuses on federated communities so they are no longer constrained to a single entity. GPL-3.0, TypeScript
π» FediBlog (site): Fully customisable blog engine GPL-3.0, PHP
π» Lamia: Distributed blogging, polls, and status updates powered by activitypub, python, the gay agenda, and snake women. AGPL-3.0, Python
π» NoteIn: No commits since October 2018
π» Redaktor: AP-powered CMS; website suspended, no actual code repo
brutalinks (Fedi account): Link aggregator inspired by Reddit MIT, Go
ENiGMAΒ½: A modern BBS software with a nostalgic flair. (see: issue) BSD-2-Clause, Javascript
Flarum: Experimental plugin for Flarum forum software by @squeevee
Kbin (site) - Link aggregator and microblogging platform for Fediverse AGPL-3.0, PHP
Lobste.rs: Existing Reddit replacement adding AP support, AP issue still open
lotide: A federated forum / link aggregator. AGPL-3.0, Rust
MoonTree: Link aggregator, a work in progress MIT, Typescript
Postmarks: a single-user bookmarking website designed to live on the Fediverse MIT, Javascript
Smilodon: the server by Purism used in LibreOne, not the abandoned Tuxcraft server or Pylodon client; a complementary fork of Mastodon, focusing on opt-in public spaces AGPL-3.0, Ruby
vxwClub: Simple social groups compatible with ActivityPub. MIT, PHP
π» Anancus: By @tuxether, Link aggregator, discontinued?
π» Prismo (Fedi account): Link aggregator. Latest update - May 2019. AGPL-3.0, Ruby
Anfora (site): (formerly Zinat) Image sharing AGPL-3.0, Python
CastoPod Host (site, Fedi account): An open-source hosting platform made for podcasters who want engage and interact with their audience. AGPL-3.0, PHP
Catcast D (Fedi account): A federated video live streaming platform Unknown, TypeScript
FChannel: A libre, self-hostable, federated, imageboard platform that utilizes ActivityPub. AGPL-3.0, Go
Librecast LIVE (Fedi account, site): Live Streaming Video Platform with Multicast GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only, JavaScript
Minipub (site): Minimal ActivityPub server for posting federated podcast comments MIT, TypeScript
Owncast (site, Fedi account): Owncast is a self-hosted live video and web chat server for use with existing popular broadcasting software. MIT, Go
PeerTube (Fedi account, site): Video-hosting site using WebTorrent AGPL-3.0, TypeScript
PixelFed (site, Fedi account): Photo Sharing. For Everyone. A free and ethical photo sharing platform. AGPL-3.0, PHP
Podverse (Fedi account, site): Web app for the Podverse podcast clip sharing system. AGPL-3.0, TypeScript
snap.as (Fedi account, site): Snap.as is a minimalist tool for publishing and sharing your photos on the web. (Not really started yet)
π» Acorde - federated social music platform. Almost a year has passed since the initial commit
π» Fontina - proposed as a photo-sharing social media network. GH repo has gone read-only, and now says "dead project"
π» Marmota: Streaming service like Spotify. No commits - since March 2019
π» Pubcast (site): Podcasting platform that allows people to listen to podcasts in a new way. Latest commit - March 2019. MPL-2.0, Go
π» PeerPx: Social network for photographers (alternative to 500px / Flickr); Latest commit - October 2018
π» reel2bits (site): Music and podcast hosting, AGPL-3.0, Python
π» Soundstorm: The Federated Social Audio Platform. (Currently inactive, see issue) GPL-3.0, Python
Gancio (site): Shared agenda for local communities; demo site AGPL-3.0, JavaScript
Gath: Public events with no registration required, an instance connected with the friend.camp Mastodon instance is up at: http://events.friend.camp GPL-3.0, JavaScript
GetTogether - Still considering adding AP support
Mobilizon (site, Fedi account): Aims to be more than a Meetup clone AGPL-3.0, Elixir
The Occasion Octopus (site, Fedi account): A federated network ofOpen Data for discovering interesting events AGPL-3.0, PHP
Friendica (see above) has an events engine that federates events over AP and is looking to test interop with other AP events apps. NextCloud federated events are in the works but this may or may not be AP-compatible.
π» FedEvent: A prototype for federating event information
Artist Hub (site): Part of Creative Passport NGI0-funded project for providing a verified digital ID for Music Makers (very early stage of development) AGPL-3.0, TypeScript
NextCloud-Social (site): Social networking app for NextCloud AGPL-3.0, PHP
MoodleNet: Social client for Moodle LMS (Learning Management System) aimed at helping teachers collaboratively collate and curate sets of OER (Open Educational Resources)
π» Calendar-social - was definitely planning to implement AP. Missing, presumed discontinued
bopwiki (Fedi account): An experimental 'microwiki implementation' / 'mini CMS' with ActivityPub support. GPL-3.0, Common Lisp
Chatter Net: Chatter Net is a modern decentralized semantic web built atop self-sovereign identity. MIT, Rust
CPub: a semantic web server, implements a Linked Data Platform (LDP), uses RDF Turtle as serialization format, part of the openEngiadina project AGPL-3.0, Elixir
Inventaire (site, Fedi account): A libre collaborative resource mapper powered by open-knowledge, starting with books. (Considers AP integration, see Github issue) AGPL-3.0, JavaScript
OLKi (site, Fedi account): A self-hosted linguistic corpora exchange platform that aims to be a simple gateway to the Fediverse for scientific interaction AGPL-3.0, Python
Openki (site): An interactive p2p web-platform to provide barrier-free access to education for everyone. (not federated yet, see AP feature request) AGPL-3.0, JavaScript
SemApps (site): A collaborative, generic knowledge management system. Aims to ease data storage and filtering. Apache-2.0, JavaScript
SkoHub (site): Creates a publication / subscription infrastructure for Open Educational Resources. It allows to follow specific subjects and to be notified when new content about that subject is published. Apache-2.0, JavaScript
XWiki (site, Fedi account): An advanced open source Enterprise Wiki (via the ActivityPub Extension). LGPL 2.1, Java
Bookwyrm (site, Fedi account): A federated alternative to Goodreads (non-OSS license) ANTI-CAPITALIST SOFTWARE LICENSE v1.4, Python
FediMovies: Lively federated movies reviews platform. AGPL-3.0, Rust
π» exlibris: A social network dedicated to tracking and discussing what you're reading, based on go-fed (development stalled, see this toot). Latest commit - October 2020 MIT, Go
π» Readlebee ( Fedi account): An attempt to create a viable Goodreads alternative, book reading progress, lists, reviews, comments (Project looking for new Maintainers) AGPL-3.0, JavaScript
Dharma: A federated community-building platform for Eve Online corporations. AGPL-3.0, Go
Guild Website: Federating guild website using GuildWars2 API MIT, Go
castling.club (site, Fedi account): Challenge someone to a game of chess using toots. An ActivityPub server with a single hardcoded King service actor that acts as a chess arbiter. MIT, TypeScript
Wolfgame (Fedi account): Wolfgame is a lot like Mafia. Once started the game simulates day/night cycle and allows players to vote for who might be a werewolf during the day. MIT, Python
π» FediQuest (site): A federated alternative to traditionally centralized question & answer platforms, such as Quora/StackOverflow. GPL-3.0, Go
ForgeFlux (site, Fedi account): API-space software forge federation. Will implement ForgeFed external to the forges, using the forge's HTTP APIs. AGPL-3.0, Python
ForgeFriends (site, Fedi account): An online service to federate forges. MIT, Go
Gitea (site): A community managed lightweight code hosting solution. (In progress. For status, see: go-gitea/#18240, gitea/#3) MIT, Go
Git Social: A federated self-hosted git repository management tool GPL-3.0, Rust
Ruisseau: Federated Git platform (still in early stages of development). -, Rust
Vervis (Fedi account): Eventually-decentralized project hosting and management platform. Reference implementation for ForgeFed protocol extension. AGPL-3.0, Haskell
π» Distbin (site): Post bin. Latest commit - September 2019. Apache-2.0, TypeScript
apevents (Fedi account) - Event management system that allows event creation and coordination across Fediverse MIT, Rust
AP-Groups (site, Fedi account): Group actors as bot/relay. MIT, TypeScript
Fediplan (site, Fedi account): A way to safely schedule messages with Mastodon and Pleroma. GPL-3.0, PHP
Group actor (Fedi account): Groups work with any software that implements Mastodon client API; has moderation, admin announcements, test server MIT, Rust
Guppe (site): By @datatitian, adds "groups" support as group-type actors GPL-3.0, JavaScript
Mastodon Bot Autoresponder (Fedi account): a bot that implements group functionality in Mastodon. MIT, Python
tootgroup.py: Emulate group accounts on Mastodon. GPL-3.0, Python
activitypub-core: An attempt to build a spec-compliant ActivityPub server in Node.js. MIT, TypeScript
Alovoa (site): Free and open-source dating platform that respects your privacy (considering AP support, see issue) AGPL-3.0, Java
bovine_herd: A bovine powered ActivityPub server, which interoperates with the rest of the FediVerse. MIT, Python
Communecter (site): Manage cities as a connected citizen, produce openCityData, manage organizations, projects, events openly, an open societal approach (intends to add AP support, see this issue) Apache-2.0, PHP
Corteza (site): "Digital Work Platform for Humanity" an open-source, low-code federated platform for building cloud-based business apps with CRM capabilities Apache-2.0, Go
ENiGMAΒ½ BBS (site): A modern BBS software with a nostalgic flair! (In progress, see PR) BSD-2-Clause, Javascript
FairSync (site): Develops and collects best practices to synchronize maps and events and to federate messengers and identities. (Funded with NGI0, implementing ActivityStreams, but AP support not clear, currently unlicensed) Unknown, Java
FitTrackee (Fedi account): A simple self-hosted workout / activity tracker. (Still considering AP support, see issue) AGPL-3.0, Python
fossilphant (Fedi account): a static-site generator for Mastodon archives. MIT, Javascript
hvxahv-platform (site: A multifunctional decentralized social network implementation. MIT, Go
Immers Space (Fedi account): The decent(ralized) metaverse. AGPL-3.0, JavaScript
Inbox (site): An application built for a diploma thesis to showcase work with Linked Data Notifications, Activity Streams and ActivityPub, using Solid pod as data provider. (See also Solid forum discussion. No license, see issue) Unknown, TypeScript
Life Server (site): A decentralized personal data framework inspired by MIT's Solid Project (AP support planned, see Roadmap), MIT, JavaScript
Ocelot Social: Free and open-source social network for active citizenship. MIT, JavaScript
retrospring (site, Fedi account): Q&A based social network. Ask questions, give answers and learn more about your friends. (AP support planned. See: Github issue) AGPL-3.0, Ruby
Smartlike (site, Fedi account): A free non-profit decentralized donation processor with a focus on freedom, privacy and efficiency. AGPL-3.0, Rust
Transit Fedilerts ([site])(https://transit.alerts.social/)): ActivityPub-compliant server for distributing transit service alerts. ISC, Typescript
Vocata: A vocabulary-agnostic ActivityPub server. Vocata does not limit what types of content can be handled by it, and how it is presented to users. LGPL-3.0-or-later, Python
π» Agora: Home page, POC to use ActivityPub on top of the Solid Platform. - developed by @spoggy@mstdn.fr. Latest commit - June 2020
π» Indienet - homepage - abandoned in favour of Tincan development
π» Numa - built on Ethereum blockchain but intended to federate with AP. No commits since April 2018. No reply on issue about AP compatibility testing from May 8. Homepage now a spam site
π» Pantheon: Platform for building communities. No commits - since September 2019
Aside from project homepages and issue trackers, and comments made on the fediverse, the SocialWG has a list of projects they hoped would implement ActivityPub and links to issues where it's discussed. Also, there is an implementation report on ActivityPub.rocks. @Mayel from Social.coop created a web spreadsheet of AP apps and their characteristics. More projects using AP are profiled on We Distribute by Sean Tilley and his team. There are boards for discussing a range of AP implementations on the SocialHub forum. Alternative.to has a list of AP servers and client apps. The ActivityPub tag on GH is also a way to discover projects experimenting with AP.
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