The fediverse is made by and for the people who use it. This is a not-comprehensive and lightly opinionated list of actively maintained, multi-user fediverse software, and you can help.
Microblogs, mostly excluding forks of more active projects
Project | Language | Repo |
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Letterbook | C# | https://github.com/Letterbook/Letterbook |
Emissary | Golang | https://github.com/EmissarySocial/emissary |
GoToSocial | Golang | https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial |
Misskey | Typescript | https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey |
Bonfire | Elixir | https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bonfire-app |
Akkoma | Elixir | https://akkoma.dev/AkkomaGang/akkoma |
IceShrimp | C# | https://iceshrimp.dev/iceshrimp/Iceshrimp.NET |
Ocelot-Social | Typescript | https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social |
Forums, link aggregators, bulletin boards, and similar topic-oriented projects
Project | Language | Repo |
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NodeBB | Javascript | https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB |
Lemmy | Rust | https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy |
MBin | PHP | https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin |
Piefed | Python | https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi |
Long form blogging platforms
Project | Language | Repo |
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Write Freely | Golang | https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely |
Wordpress (plugin) | PHP | https://github.com/automattic/wordpress-activitypub |
Discourse (plugin) | Ruby | https://github.com/discourse/discourse-activity-pub |
Media-oriented projects, like photo blogs, image boards, podcasting, or streaming video
Project | Language | Repo |
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Pixelfed | PHP | https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed |
Owncast | Golang | https://github.com/owncast/owncast |
Peertube | Typescript | https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube |
Castopod | PHP | https://code.castopod.org/adaures/castopod |
Generic servers, libraries, and other reusable resources which aren't actually apps
Project | Language | Repo |
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ActivityPubSharp | C# | https://github.com/warriordog/ActivityPubSharp |
go-ap | Golang | https://github.com/go-ap |
Kbin is pretty much gone now. Mbin a fork of Kbin that is continuing - https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin
PieFed is another 'Forum' project, compatible with Lemmy, Mbin, Peertube and Mastodon - https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi