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<div class="lede">For federated networks, distributed web, mesh networks and federated social media</div>
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<div class="lede">For distributed, federated and mesh networks and social media</div>
  
 
==Mastodon instances==
 
==Mastodon instances==
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Hcommons-social.png|[https://hcommons.social/@hello Hcommons.social] is "a microblogging network supporting scholars and practitioners across the humanities and around the world." Affiliated with [https://hcommons.org/ Knowledge Commons]. [https://hcommons.social/@schopie1/109433158593057679]|link=https://hcommons.social/@hello
 
Hcommons-social.png|[https://hcommons.social/@hello Hcommons.social] is "a microblogging network supporting scholars and practitioners across the humanities and around the world." Affiliated with [https://hcommons.org/ Knowledge Commons]. [https://hcommons.social/@schopie1/109433158593057679]|link=https://hcommons.social/@hello
  
Social.coop.png|[https://social.coop/explore Social.coop], "a Fediverse instance for people interested in cooperative and collective projects. ... Arose out of the [http://buytwitter.org/ buytwitter.org] campaign." [https://wiki.social.coop/How-to-make-the-fediverse-your-own.html About]. [https://www.loomio.com/socialcoop Loomio]. [https://opencollective.com/socialcoop OC].|link=https://social.coop/explore
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Social.coop.png|[https://social.coop/explore Social.coop], "a Fediverse instance for people interested in cooperative and collective projects. ... Arose out of the [http://buytwitter.org/ buytwitter.org] campaign." [https://wiki.social.coop/How-to-make-the-fediverse-your-own.html About], [https://wiki.social.coop/wiki/Social.coop]. [https://wiki.social.coop/ Wiki]. [https://www.loomio.com/socialcoop Loomio]. [https://opencollective.com/socialcoop OC].|link=https://social.coop/explore
  
 
Mastodon.Art.png|[https://mastodon.art/explore Mastodon.ART], "friendly home on the fediverse for all things creative, all on a platform that is community-owned and ad-free. NO CRYPTOART / NFTs ALLOWED."|link=https://mastodon.art/explore
 
Mastodon.Art.png|[https://mastodon.art/explore Mastodon.ART], "friendly home on the fediverse for all things creative, all on a platform that is community-owned and ad-free. NO CRYPTOART / NFTs ALLOWED."|link=https://mastodon.art/explore
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* [[Mastodon|Monoskop pages linked to Mastodon accounts]]
 
* [[Mastodon|Monoskop pages linked to Mastodon accounts]]
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* [https://fedi.garden/ Fedi.garden], a small curated selection of Fediverse servers which have promised to meet certain standards of reliability and responsible moderation.
  
 
* [https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/wiki/Collectively-owned-instances Collectively owned instances]
 
* [https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/wiki/Collectively-owned-instances Collectively owned instances]
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* [https://fedidevs.com/s/NDg3/ Feminist Tech], people and organisations on Mastodon prioritising feminist perspectives, women’s rights and movement building in the use of information and communications technology.
  
 
* [https://communitywiki.org/trunk Trunk: follow people based on topic], also available in [https://trunk-mastodon.nl/ Dutch], [https://trunkesp.chilemasto.casa/ Spanish], [https://trunk.whidou.fr/ French]
 
* [https://communitywiki.org/trunk Trunk: follow people based on topic], also available in [https://trunk-mastodon.nl/ Dutch], [https://trunkesp.chilemasto.casa/ Spanish], [https://trunk.whidou.fr/ French]
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* [https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers/ Thematic list of Mastodon instances on Fediverse.party]
 
* [https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers/ Thematic list of Mastodon instances on Fediverse.party]
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==Software==
 
==Software==
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* [https://gath.io/ Gathio], self-destructing, shareable, no-registration event pages (ActivityPub), *2019. [https://friend.camp/@darius/103398661253205349 Toot].
 
* [https://gath.io/ Gathio], self-destructing, shareable, no-registration event pages (ActivityPub), *2019. [https://friend.camp/@darius/103398661253205349 Toot].
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* [https://a.gup.pe/ Guppe], brings social groups to the fediverse.
  
 
* [https://hubzilla.org Hubzilla], communication platform, formerly RedMatrix (Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora, OStatus), *2015. [https://medium.com/we-distribute/the-do-everything-system-an-in-depth-review-of-hubzilla-3-0-692204177d4e Review].
 
* [https://hubzilla.org Hubzilla], communication platform, formerly RedMatrix (Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora, OStatus), *2015. [https://medium.com/we-distribute/the-do-everything-system-an-in-depth-review-of-hubzilla-3-0-692204177d4e Review].
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* [[File:lemmy_logo.png|50px]] [https://join-lemmy.org/ Lemmy], forums and link aggregation (ActivityPub). <code>[https://join-lemmy.org/instances Instances]</code>. [https://lemmy.ml/communities Lemmy.ml communities]. [https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/index.html Docs].
 
* [[File:lemmy_logo.png|50px]] [https://join-lemmy.org/ Lemmy], forums and link aggregation (ActivityPub). <code>[https://join-lemmy.org/instances Instances]</code>. [https://lemmy.ml/communities Lemmy.ml communities]. [https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/index.html Docs].
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* [https://loops.video/ Loops], short video sharing platform, *2024. In the process of implementing ActivityPub. Made by [https://pixelfed.social/loops Pixelfed].
  
 
* [[File:mastodon_logo.svg|50px]] [https://joinmastodon.org/ Mastodon], self-hosted social networking service (ActivityPub), *2016. <code>[[#Mastodon_instances|Instances]]</code>. Fork: [https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown Hometown]. [https://social.coop/@pdbowman/109445870755777847 How to mastodon].
 
* [[File:mastodon_logo.svg|50px]] [https://joinmastodon.org/ Mastodon], self-hosted social networking service (ActivityPub), *2016. <code>[[#Mastodon_instances|Instances]]</code>. Fork: [https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown Hometown]. [https://social.coop/@pdbowman/109445870755777847 How to mastodon].
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* [https://joinmobilizon.org/ Mobilizon], tool for finding, creating and organizing events, *2018.
 
* [https://joinmobilizon.org/ Mobilizon], tool for finding, creating and organizing events, *2018.
  
* [[File:peertube_logo.svg|50px]] [https://joinpeertube.org/ PeerTube], federated video platform powered by ActivityPub and WebTorrent, *2018. <code>Instances</code>: [https://tv.lumbung.space/ lumbung.space], [https://tube.systerserver.net/ Systerserver], [https://fediverse.tv/ Fediverse.tv], [https://video.rhizome.org/ Rhizome], [https://video.publicspaces.net/ PublicSpaces], [https://joinpeertube.org/instances more].
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* [[File:peertube_logo.svg|50px]] [https://joinpeertube.org/ PeerTube], federated video platform powered by ActivityPub and WebTorrent, *2018. [https://www.apc.org/node/40437 Interview] (2024). <code>Instances</code>: [https://conf.tube/ ConfTube], [https://fair.tube/ Fairtube], [https://fediverse.tv/ Fediverse.tv], [https://tv.lumbung.space/ lumbung.space], [https://video.infosec.exchange/ Infosec.Exchange], [https://makertube.net/ MakerTube], [https://video.publicspaces.net/ PublicSpaces], [https://video.rhizome.org/ Rhizome], [https://videos.scanlines.xyz/videos/overview scanlines.xyz], [https://tube.systerserver.net/ Systerserver], [https://tilvids.com/ TILvids], [https://urbanists.video/ urbanists.video], [https://joinpeertube.org/instances more], [https://beeldengeluid.github.io/extending-peertube/2025/01/27/peertube-in-practice.html], [https://fedi.tips/how-to-publish-videos-and-audio-on-peertube/].
  
 
* [[File:piefed_logo.png|50px]] [https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi PieFed], federated discussion and link aggregation platform, Lemmy clone. [https://piefed.social/ Instance].
 
* [[File:piefed_logo.png|50px]] [https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi PieFed], federated discussion and link aggregation platform, Lemmy clone. [https://piefed.social/ Instance].
  
* [[File:pixelfed_logo.png|50px]] [https://pixelfed.org/ PixelFed], image sharing platform (ActivityPub), *2018. <code>[https://pixelfed.org/servers Servers]</code>
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* [[File:pixelfed_logo.png|50px]] [https://pixelfed.org/ Pixelfed], image sharing platform (ActivityPub), *2018. <code>[https://pixelfed.org/servers Servers]</code>
  
 
* [https://pleroma.social/ Pleroma], social networking software (ActivityPub), *2019. See also Akkoma.
 
* [https://pleroma.social/ Pleroma], social networking software (ActivityPub), *2019. See also Akkoma.
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[[Image:A_Traversal_Network_of_Feminist_Servers_2023.png|thumb|350px|link=https://systerserver.net/ATNOFS/|[https://systerserver.net/ATNOFS/ A Traversal Network of Feminist Servers], 2023]]
 
[[Image:A_Traversal_Network_of_Feminist_Servers_2023.png|thumb|350px|link=https://systerserver.net/ATNOFS/|[https://systerserver.net/ATNOFS/ A Traversal Network of Feminist Servers], 2023]]
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=7496 Unlike Us Reader: Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives]'', eds. [[Geert Lovink]] and Miriam Rasch, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (INC Reader #3), February 2013, 386 pp. [https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/02/07/asm-scholarship-history.html]
  
 
*{{a|feministserver}}[https://etherdump.constantvzw.org/p/feministserver.diff.html "A feminist server ...."], May 2014 ff; rev. as [https://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org/Summit_afterlife.xhtml "A Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01"], in ''Are You Being Served? (Notebooks)'': "Feminist Server Summit afterlife", Brussels: Constant, May 2014; reposted as [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2014/06/03/version-0-1-a-feminist-server-constantvzw/ "(version 0.1) A feminist server ...."], ''THF! transhackfeminist!'', June 2014. See also [http://www.newcriticals.com/exquisite-corpse/page-8 Snelting 2015], [[#transfeministservers|"Trans*feminist servers..."]]. [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2014/06/03/version-0-1-a-feminist-server-constantvzw/]  
 
*{{a|feministserver}}[https://etherdump.constantvzw.org/p/feministserver.diff.html "A feminist server ...."], May 2014 ff; rev. as [https://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org/Summit_afterlife.xhtml "A Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01"], in ''Are You Being Served? (Notebooks)'': "Feminist Server Summit afterlife", Brussels: Constant, May 2014; reposted as [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2014/06/03/version-0-1-a-feminist-server-constantvzw/ "(version 0.1) A feminist server ...."], ''THF! transhackfeminist!'', June 2014. See also [http://www.newcriticals.com/exquisite-corpse/page-8 Snelting 2015], [[#transfeministservers|"Trans*feminist servers..."]]. [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2014/06/03/version-0-1-a-feminist-server-constantvzw/]  
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* Robert W. Gehl, [http://twentysix.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-190-building-a-better-twitter-a-study-of-the-twitter-alternatives-gnu-social-quitter-rstat-us-and-twister/ "Building a Better Twitter: A Study of the Twitter Alternatives GNU social, Quitter, rstat.us, and Twister Free to read"], ''Fibreculture Journal'' 26: "Entanglements: Activism and Technology", Open Humanities Press, December 2015.
 
* Robert W. Gehl, [http://twentysix.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-190-building-a-better-twitter-a-study-of-the-twitter-alternatives-gnu-social-quitter-rstat-us-and-twister/ "Building a Better Twitter: A Study of the Twitter Alternatives GNU social, Quitter, rstat.us, and Twister Free to read"], ''Fibreculture Journal'' 26: "Entanglements: Activism and Technology", Open Humanities Press, December 2015.
  
* hbsc & friends, [https://homebrewserver.club/have-you-considered-the-alternative.html "Have You Considered the Alternative?"], ''HomebrewServer.Club'', 9 March 2017. Discusses XMPP federation.
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* [https://ilu.servus.at/category/09-special-issue-xmpp.html ''Pervasive Labour Union'' 9: "XMPP"], ed.  [[homebrewserver.club]], Rotterdam, 2016.
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** hbsc & friends, [https://homebrewserver.club/have-you-considered-the-alternative.html "Have You Considered the Alternative?"].
  
 
* Eugen Rochko, [http://web.archive.org/web/20170407041536/https://medium.com/@Gargron/welcome-to-mastodon-111d9227e56a "Welcome to Mastodon"], ''Medium'', 31 March 2017. [https://au.pcmag.com/social-media/47343/what-is-mastodon-and-will-it-kill-twitter]
 
* Eugen Rochko, [http://web.archive.org/web/20170407041536/https://medium.com/@Gargron/welcome-to-mastodon-111d9227e56a "Welcome to Mastodon"], ''Medium'', 31 March 2017. [https://au.pcmag.com/social-media/47343/what-is-mastodon-and-will-it-kill-twitter]
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* Emma Tosch, Luis Garcia, Cynthia Li, Chris Martens, [https://doi.org/10.56553/popets-2024-0138 "Privacy Policies on the Fediverse: A Case Study of Mastodon Instances"], ''Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies'' 4, Jun 2024, pp 700-733.
 
* Emma Tosch, Luis Garcia, Cynthia Li, Chris Martens, [https://doi.org/10.56553/popets-2024-0138 "Privacy Policies on the Fediverse: A Case Study of Mastodon Instances"], ''Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies'' 4, Jun 2024, pp 700-733.
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* Roel Roscam Abbing, Cade Diehm, Benjamin Royer, [https://newdesigncongress.org/en/note/2024/spheres-of-identity/ "Spheres of Identity"], ''New Design Congress'', 6 Aug 2024. [https://post.lurk.org/@rra/112919036985780228 Toot].
  
 
* Erin Kissane, [[Darius Kazemi]], ''[https://fediverse-governance.github.io/ Findings Report: Governance on Fediverse Microblogging Servers]'', 20 Aug 2024, 116 pp, [https://fediverse-governance.github.io/images/fediverse-governance.pdf PDF]. [https://write.as/fediversalist-papers/releasing-our-findings Blog post]. [https://mas.to/@kissane/112995103849505526 Toot], [https://friend.camp/@darius/112995133173053671 Toot].
 
* Erin Kissane, [[Darius Kazemi]], ''[https://fediverse-governance.github.io/ Findings Report: Governance on Fediverse Microblogging Servers]'', 20 Aug 2024, 116 pp, [https://fediverse-governance.github.io/images/fediverse-governance.pdf PDF]. [https://write.as/fediversalist-papers/releasing-our-findings Blog post]. [https://mas.to/@kissane/112995103849505526 Toot], [https://friend.camp/@darius/112995133173053671 Toot].
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* [https://sursiendo.org/2024/08/todas-hacemos-del-fediverso-una-red-mas-conectada/ "Todas hacemos del Fediverso una red más conectada"], ''Sursiendo'', 27 Aug 2024. {{es}}
  
 
* [https://symbol.fediverse.info/ "A symbol for the ⁂ fediverse"], Aug 2024. [https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/108974105137722178 Toot], [https://typo.social/@FediverseSymbol/113005945049360750 Toot]. [https://codeberg.org/fediverse-symbol/fediverse-symbol Git]. {{multi}}
 
* [https://symbol.fediverse.info/ "A symbol for the ⁂ fediverse"], Aug 2024. [https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/108974105137722178 Toot], [https://typo.social/@FediverseSymbol/113005945049360750 Toot]. [https://codeberg.org/fediverse-symbol/fediverse-symbol Git]. {{multi}}
  
* Robert W. Gehl, ''Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Ethical Social Media'', Oxford University Press, forthcoming. [https://fossacademic.tech/2024/02/11/Move-Slowy-Preview.html] [https://aoir.social/@rwg/113002656985822018]
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* Christine Lemmer-Webber, [https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/ "How decentralized is Bluesky really?"], ''DustyCloud.org'', 22 Nov 2024. [https://social.coop/@cwebber/113527462572885698 Thread].
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* Nathalie Van Raemdonck, [https://www.sampol.be/2024/11/iedereen-naar-bluesky "Iedereen naar BlueSky?"], ''Samenleving & Politiek'', 22 Nov 2024. {{nl}}
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** [https://www.brussels-school.be/research/publications/power-consolidation-bluesky-and-fragmentation-public-discourse-sky-more-blue "Power consolidation on Bluesky and fragmentation of public discourse"], ''brussels-school.be'', 22 Nov 2024. [https://aoir.social/@eilah_tan/113532596169726542 Toot].
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* Thomas Struett, Aram Sinnreich, Patricia Aufderheide, Robert W. Gehl, [https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/22254/4864 "Can This Platform Survive? Governance Challenges for the Fediverse"], ''International Journal of Communication'' 18, Dec 2024.
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* [[LURK]], [https://txt.lurk.org/on-not-scaling-lurk/ "On not scaling LURK: a tale of maintenance, federation, and governance"], 15 Jan 2025. [https://post.lurk.org/@lurk/113833310869962944 Toot].
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* Robert Gehl, [https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/02/07/asm-scholarship-history.html "A Brief History of Alternative Social Media Scholarship"], ''AltSocialMedia.net'', 7 Feb 2025. [https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/bib.html Bibliography]. [https://sciences.social/@altsocialmedianet/113966479193019233 Toot].
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* Robert W. Gehl, ''Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media'', Oxford University Press, Oct 2025, 240 pp. [https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com Book website]. [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/move-slowly-and-build-bridges-9780197776681 Publisher]. [https://fossacademic.tech/2024/02/11/Move-Slowy-Preview.html] [https://aoir.social/@rwg/113002656985822018]
  
 
''See also'' <code>VIDEO</code> ''recordings and websites of [[#Events|events]].''
 
''See also'' <code>VIDEO</code> ''recordings and websites of [[#Events|events]].''
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* [https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike], multiple locations. Convened by [[Anarchaserver]], [[Constant]], [[esc]], [[Varia]], [[Systerserver]], [[TITiPI]], a.o. [https://etherdump.vvvvvvaria.org/publish/8m-activities.raw.html Events]. [https://post.lurk.org/tags/digitaldepletionstrike Mastodon feed], [https://post.lurk.org/tags/CounterCloudActionDay]. [https://systerserver.town/@digitaldepletion Mastodon account]. [https://boucan.domainepublic.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/8m.lists.constantvzw.org/ List].
 
* [https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike], multiple locations. Convened by [[Anarchaserver]], [[Constant]], [[esc]], [[Varia]], [[Systerserver]], [[TITiPI]], a.o. [https://etherdump.vvvvvvaria.org/publish/8m-activities.raw.html Events]. [https://post.lurk.org/tags/digitaldepletionstrike Mastodon feed], [https://post.lurk.org/tags/CounterCloudActionDay]. [https://systerserver.town/@digitaldepletion Mastodon account]. [https://boucan.domainepublic.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/8m.lists.constantvzw.org/ List].
  
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=== Limassol ===
 
 
* [https://indieweb.org/2012/UK IndieWebCampUK], The Skiff, Brighton, UK, 9 Sep 2012. [https://indieweb.org/2013/UK IndieWebCampUK], Lighthouse, Brighton, 7-8 Sep 2013. [https://indieweb.org/2014/UK IndieWebCampUK], Clearleft, Brighton, UK, 6-7 Sep 2014. [https://indieweb.org/2015/Brighton IndieWebCamp Brighton 2015], 68 Middle Street, Brighton, 11-12 Jul 2015. [https://indieweb.org/2016/Brighton IndieWebCamp Brighton 2016], 68 Middle Street, Brighton, 24-25 Sep 2016. [https://indieweb.org/2019/Brighton IndieWebCamp Brighton 2019], 68 Middle Street, Brighton, 19-20 Oct 2019.
 
  
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* [https://networkcultures.org/unlikeus/past-events/1-cyprus/ Unlike Us 1], Limassol, 23 Nov 2011.
  
* [https://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/Federated_Social_Web_Summit_2012 Federated Social Web Summit 2012], Say Media, San Francisco, 26 Oct 2012. Organised by W3C Federated Social Web Community Group.
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=== Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Antwerp ===
  
* [https://indieweb.org/2014/SF IndieWebCampSF 2014], Embassy Network, San Francisco, 7-8 Mar 2014. [https://indieweb.org/2015/SF IndieWebCampSF 2015], Mozilla SF, San Francisco, 3 Dec 2015. [https://indieweb.org/2018/SF IndieWebCamp SF / Decentralized Web Hackers Day 2018], Mozilla SF, San Francisco, 31 Jul 2018. [https://indieweb.org/2019/SF IndieWebCampSF 2019], Mozilla SF, San Francisco, 7-8 Dec 2019.
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* [https://networkcultures.org/unlikeus/past-events/2-amsterdam/ Unlike Us 2], TrouwAmsterdam, Amsterdam, 8-10 Mar 2012. The second event on ‘alternatives in social media’, where artists, designers, scholars, activists and programmers gather.  
  
*{{a|GETD2}}GETDecentralized! (GET-D), The Red Victorian, 1665 Haight St, San Francisco, 31 Mar-2 Apr 2015. "An evening of conversation, celebration and community-building around new ideas in decentralization." Organised by Joachim Lohkamp. Attended by about fifty participants, incl. [https://archive.org/details/getdconference-brewsterkahle Brewster Kahle] from the Internet Archive. <code>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YgOYjOGZuQ VIDEO]</code> [http://get-d.net/announcing-getd-in-spring-2015/] [https://getdweb.net/origin-story/]
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* (De)centralized Practice, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, 19 Mar 2013. Seminar with [[Diana McCarty]], [[Reni Hofmüller]], [[Seda Gürses]], and [[Femke Snelting]]. [https://constantvzw.org/site/IMG/pdf/jaarverslag_2013.pdf#page=8] [https://etherdump.constantvzw.org/p/feministserver.diff.html]
  
* [https://2016.decentralizedweb.net Decentralized Web Summit], [[Internet Archive]], San Francisco, 7-9 Jun 2016. Attended by about 350 participants, incl. 80 participants in the [https://2016.decentralizedweb.net/builders-day/ Builders Day]. Juan Benet demonstrates a fully decentralized web site; Karissa McKelvey presents a browser-based implementation of the DAT protocol. [https://decentralizedweb.net/ Decentralized Web Summit 2018: Global Visions / Working Code], Internet Archive, San Francisco, 31 Jul-2 Aug 2018. Attended by over 1,000 participants. Incl. the [https://www.decentralizedweb.net/creative-track/ Creative Track], co-organized by [[Mindy Seu]] and [[Sam Hart]]. [https://2019.dwebcamp.org/ DWeb Camp 2019], Pescadaro, CA, 18-21 Jul 2019. Attended by 450 participants. [https://reading.supply/post/432f6903-c7cd-4cb0-a894-c09155a8ca8b Interview]. [https://blog.archive.org/2019/07/31/remembering-the-first-dweb-camp-july-2019/ Report]. [https://medium.com/decentralized-web/transforming-ourselves-to-transform-our-networks-f4511a3d7483]. [https://dwebcamp.org/ DWeb Camp 2022], Camp Navarro, California, 24-28 Aug 2022.
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* [https://networkcultures.org/unlikeus/past-events/3-amsterdam/ Unlike Us 3], TrouwAmsterdam and Studio HvA / MediaLAB, Amsterdam, 22-23 Mar 2013. Last edition of the conference.
 
 
=== Rotterdam, Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam ===
 
 
 
* (De)centralized Practice, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, 19 Mar 2013. Seminar with [[Diana McCarty]], [[Reni Hofmüller]], [[Seda Gürses]], and [[Femke Snelting]]. [https://constantvzw.org/site/IMG/pdf/jaarverslag_2013.pdf#page=8] [https://etherdump.constantvzw.org/p/feministserver.diff.html]
 
  
 
* [http://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org Are You Being Served?], 14th edition of the meeting days [[Verbindingen/Jonctions]], dedicated to the feminist review of mesh, cloud, autonomous, and DIY servers, [[Constant]], Brussels, 12-15 Dec 2013.  
 
* [http://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org Are You Being Served?], 14th edition of the meeting days [[Verbindingen/Jonctions]], dedicated to the feminist review of mesh, cloud, autonomous, and DIY servers, [[Constant]], Brussels, 12-15 Dec 2013.  
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* [https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike], multiple locations. Convened by [[Anarchaserver]], [[Constant]], [[esc]], [[Varia]], [[Systerserver]], [[TITiPI]], a.o. [https://etherdump.vvvvvvaria.org/publish/8m-activities.raw.html Events]. [https://post.lurk.org/tags/digitaldepletionstrike Mastodon feed], [https://post.lurk.org/tags/CounterCloudActionDay]. [https://systerserver.town/@digitaldepletion Mastodon account]. [https://vvvvvvaria.org/logs/digitaldepletionstrike/ Images]. [https://boucan.domainepublic.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/8m.lists.constantvzw.org/ List]. [https://varia.zone/en/8M-strike.html] [https://titipi.org/?projects/strike]
 
* [https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike], multiple locations. Convened by [[Anarchaserver]], [[Constant]], [[esc]], [[Varia]], [[Systerserver]], [[TITiPI]], a.o. [https://etherdump.vvvvvvaria.org/publish/8m-activities.raw.html Events]. [https://post.lurk.org/tags/digitaldepletionstrike Mastodon feed], [https://post.lurk.org/tags/CounterCloudActionDay]. [https://systerserver.town/@digitaldepletion Mastodon account]. [https://vvvvvvaria.org/logs/digitaldepletionstrike/ Images]. [https://boucan.domainepublic.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/8m.lists.constantvzw.org/ List]. [https://varia.zone/en/8M-strike.html] [https://titipi.org/?projects/strike]
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* [https://indieweb.org/2012/UK IndieWebCampUK], The Skiff, Brighton, UK, 9 Sep 2012. [https://indieweb.org/2013/UK IndieWebCampUK], Lighthouse, Brighton, 7-8 Sep 2013. [https://indieweb.org/2014/UK IndieWebCampUK], Clearleft, Brighton, UK, 6-7 Sep 2014. [https://indieweb.org/2015/Brighton IndieWebCamp Brighton 2015], 68 Middle Street, Brighton, 11-12 Jul 2015. [https://indieweb.org/2016/Brighton IndieWebCamp Brighton 2016], 68 Middle Street, Brighton, 24-25 Sep 2016. [https://indieweb.org/2019/Brighton IndieWebCamp Brighton 2019], 68 Middle Street, Brighton, 19-20 Oct 2019.
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* [https://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/Federated_Social_Web_Summit_2012 Federated Social Web Summit 2012], Say Media, San Francisco, 26 Oct 2012. Organised by W3C Federated Social Web Community Group.
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* [https://indieweb.org/2014/SF IndieWebCampSF 2014], Embassy Network, San Francisco, 7-8 Mar 2014. [https://indieweb.org/2015/SF IndieWebCampSF 2015], Mozilla SF, San Francisco, 3 Dec 2015. [https://indieweb.org/2018/SF IndieWebCamp SF / Decentralized Web Hackers Day 2018], Mozilla SF, San Francisco, 31 Jul 2018. [https://indieweb.org/2019/SF IndieWebCampSF 2019], Mozilla SF, San Francisco, 7-8 Dec 2019.
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*{{a|GETD2}}GETDecentralized! (GET-D), The Red Victorian, 1665 Haight St, San Francisco, 31 Mar-2 Apr 2015. "An evening of conversation, celebration and community-building around new ideas in decentralization." Organised by Joachim Lohkamp. Attended by about fifty participants, incl. [https://archive.org/details/getdconference-brewsterkahle Brewster Kahle] from the Internet Archive. <code>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YgOYjOGZuQ VIDEO]</code> [http://get-d.net/announcing-getd-in-spring-2015/] [https://getdweb.net/origin-story/]
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* [https://2016.decentralizedweb.net Decentralized Web Summit], [[Internet Archive]], San Francisco, 7-9 Jun 2016. Attended by about 350 participants, incl. 80 participants in the [https://2016.decentralizedweb.net/builders-day/ Builders Day]. Juan Benet demonstrates a fully decentralized web site; Karissa McKelvey presents a browser-based implementation of the DAT protocol. [https://decentralizedweb.net/ Decentralized Web Summit 2018: Global Visions / Working Code], Internet Archive, San Francisco, 31 Jul-2 Aug 2018. Attended by over 1,000 participants. Incl. the [https://www.decentralizedweb.net/creative-track/ Creative Track], co-organized by [[Mindy Seu]] and [[Sam Hart]]. [https://2019.dwebcamp.org/ DWeb Camp 2019], Pescadaro, CA, 18-21 Jul 2019. Attended by 450 participants. [https://reading.supply/post/432f6903-c7cd-4cb0-a894-c09155a8ca8b Interview]. [https://blog.archive.org/2019/07/31/remembering-the-first-dweb-camp-july-2019/ Report]. [https://medium.com/decentralized-web/transforming-ourselves-to-transform-our-networks-f4511a3d7483]. [https://dwebcamp.org/ DWeb Camp 2022], Camp Navarro, California, 24-28 Aug 2022.
  
 
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* [https://decentsocial.net/ DecentSocial 2023], online, 11 Feb 2023. An unconference for the builders of the decentralized social web. [https://social.coop/@DecentSocial Toots].
 
* [https://decentsocial.net/ DecentSocial 2023], online, 11 Feb 2023. An unconference for the builders of the decentralized social web. [https://social.coop/@DecentSocial Toots].
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* [https://fediforum.org/ FediForum], online, 28-30 Mar 2023; 19-21 Sep 2023; 18-20 Mar 2024; 12-14 Sep 2024; 5-7 Jun 2025. An unconference for thinkers and doers who build the new Open Social Web.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:54, 24 July 2025

For distributed, federated and mesh networks and social media

Mastodon instances[edit]

  • Fedi.garden, a small curated selection of Fediverse servers which have promised to meet certain standards of reliability and responsible moderation.
  • Feminist Tech, people and organisations on Mastodon prioritising feminist perspectives, women’s rights and movement building in the use of information and communications technology.

Software[edit]

  • Akkoma, microblogging server software (ActivityPub). Fork of Pleroma.
  • Beaker, experimental peer-to-peer Web browser (Hypercore), *2016.
  • Bookwyrm logo.png Bookwyrm, federated platform for reading and reviewing (Activitypub), *2021. Instances
  • Castopod logo.png Castopod, podcast self-hosting with Fediverse interaction.
  • Conversations, open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android, *2014.
  • Delta Chat, chat app that sends messages via e-mails, encrypted if possible, with Autocrypt
  • Diaspora, self-hosted social networking service (diaspora), *2010.
  • Distributed Press, open source publishing tool for the World Wide Web and DWeb; automates publishing and hosting content to the WWW that it seeds to Hypercore and IPFS, *2021.
  • dokieli, clientside editor for decentralised article publishing, annotations and social interactions (Solid, Linked Data, ActivityPub), *2015. Paper. #semanticweb #linkeddata
  • Epicyon, federated social network suitable for low power systems.
  • Friendica, decentralized social network, formerly Mistpark (diaspora, OStatus, pump.io, ActivityPub), *2010.
  • Funkwhale logo.svg Funkwhale, decentralised audio platform (ActivityPub), *2019.
  • Gathio, self-destructing, shareable, no-registration event pages (ActivityPub), *2019. Toot.
  • Guppe, brings social groups to the fediverse.
  • Hubzilla, communication platform, formerly RedMatrix (Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora, OStatus), *2015. Review.
  • IPFS, protocol and p2p network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system, *2015.
  • Loops, short video sharing platform, *2024. In the process of implementing ActivityPub. Made by Pixelfed.
  • Misskey, decentralized microblogging service (ActivityPub), *2014.
  • Mobilizon, tool for finding, creating and organizing events, *2018.
  • Piefed logo.png PieFed, federated discussion and link aggregation platform, Lemmy clone. Instance.
  • Pleroma, social networking software (ActivityPub), *2019. See also Akkoma.
  • Scuttlebutt, decentralised secure gossip platform (gossip protocol), *2018. [13]
  • Socialhome, federated personal profile with social networking functionality (ActivityPub, diaspora), *2016.
  • WriteFreely, open source platform for building a writing space on the web (ActivityPub).
  • YaCy, distributed search engine, *2016.

Protocols: ActivityPub (W3C recommendation, *2018), Solid (*2016), Hypercore (formerly Dat Protocol), Zot (evolved from DFRN, *2015), Matrix (*2014), Pump.io (evolved from OStatus, *2011), Diaspora (*2010), OStatus (formerly OpenMicroBlogging, *2008), XMPP (formerly Jabber, *1999).

More projects and context: Fediverse.party, Wikipedia.

Note: Matrix, Solid, IPFS, Hypercore and YaCy have a distributed architecture, but may not be part of the Fediverse in the strict sense because they are not compatible with any of its integral protocols such as ActivityPub, Zot, Diaspora, and OStatus, although a server running ActivityPub could theoretically be bridged to, for example, Matrix and vice versa. cf.

Resources, art projects[edit]

Publications[edit]

  • Relearn, "A Feminist Net/work How-to", in Portable Relearn Archive, July 2014. Material from the 2014 edition of Relearn, held at Variable, a collectively run F/LOSS Arts Lab in Brussels.
  • Compost, eds. Mai Sutton et al., March 2021 ff. Magazine about the digital commons.
  • Free Fediverse: Essays, ed. Ophiocephalic, June 2023 ff. Thinkpieces on the Meta crisis and on how to save and protect the fediverse from capitalist enclosure.
  • Robert W. Gehl, Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media, Oxford University Press, Oct 2025, 240 pp. Book website. Publisher. [27] [28]

See also VIDEO recordings and websites of events.

Events[edit]

Portland, OR[edit]

Berlin[edit]

  • Federated Social Web Europe, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin, 3-5 Jun 2011. Open event on Social Web interoperability, standards and privacy. Supported and co-organised by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and by the EU FP7 PrimeLife project. The local organization was done under the label “d-cent” and by the independent institute PerGlobal.
  • Radical Networks conference, Spektrum, Berlin, 19-21 Oct 2018. Organised by Sarah Grant and Erica Kermani. Fourth edition.

Limassol[edit]

Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Antwerp[edit]

  • Unlike Us 2, TrouwAmsterdam, Amsterdam, 8-10 Mar 2012. The second event on ‘alternatives in social media’, where artists, designers, scholars, activists and programmers gather.
  • Unlike Us 3, TrouwAmsterdam and Studio HvA / MediaLAB, Amsterdam, 22-23 Mar 2013. Last edition of the conference.
  • Public Spaces, conference, Amsterdam, 17-18 May 2022. Organised by a coalition of public organizations in the Netherlands that aims to promote a healthier online environment. Mastodon. Castopod (podcasts). VIDEO

Brighton[edit]

Bay Area[edit]

  • GETDecentralized! (GET-D), The Red Victorian, 1665 Haight St, San Francisco, 31 Mar-2 Apr 2015. "An evening of conversation, celebration and community-building around new ideas in decentralization." Organised by Joachim Lohkamp. Attended by about fifty participants, incl. Brewster Kahle from the Internet Archive. VIDEO [39] [40]

Los Angeles[edit]

New York and East Coast[edit]

  • Radical Networks, conference, Integrated Digital Media at Magnet NYU, Brooklyn, NY, 24-25 Oct 2015. Organised by Sarah Grant, Erica Kermani, and Amelia Marzec, in partnership with Eyebeam. Radical Networks, conference, Chem Creative, Brooklyn, NY, 4-6 Nov 2016. Organised by Sarah Grant, Erica Kermani, and Amelia Marzec, in partnership with Eyebeam. Exhibition photographs. Radical Networks, conference, Chem Creative, Brooklyn, NY, 19-22 Oct 2017. Organised by Sarah Grant and Erica Kermani. Radical Networks conference, Prime Produce, New York, 18-20 Oct 2019. VIDEO

Linz, Graz[edit]

Barcelona[edit]

London[edit]

Toronto[edit]

online (only)[edit]

  • Dat Conference 2020, online, 30-31 Jul 2020. Virtual peer to peer event about local-first tech and meetup space for those interested in the decentralized web.
  • DecentSocial 2023, online, 11 Feb 2023. An unconference for the builders of the decentralized social web. Toots.
  • FediForum, online, 28-30 Mar 2023; 19-21 Sep 2023; 18-20 Mar 2024; 12-14 Sep 2024; 5-7 Jun 2025. An unconference for thinkers and doers who build the new Open Social Web.

Prague[edit]

Basque[edit]

  • THX, Ozaraine, Basque country, 10-20 Jul 2022.

Philly[edit]

more[edit]