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The official account for the Fedicat fediverse iOS client available on TestFlight. I try to include other fediverse stuff to keep it interesting.
the website: https://fedicat.com/
daily builds on tesflight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/b6GatWTY
some code on codeberg: https://codeberg.org/technicat/fedicat
me, myself, and I: https://technicat.com/
Joined: 2026-04-16 05:05:56
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@FediGarden@social.growyourown.services (2026-07-13 02:30:58)
ClimateJustice.social is a Mastodon server for climate justice activists and those concerned about global warming and the current environmental crisis.
This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters.
:Fediverse: https://climatejustice.social
You can find out more at https://climatejustice.social/about or contact the admin account @PaulaToThePeople
#FeaturedServer #Climate #ClimateCrisis #Environment #ClimateJustice #Green #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
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@bouncepaw@feed.bouncepaw.com (2026-07-12 22:51:25)
Betula Logo Devlog
Designed the new Betula logo. It might seem simple at first, but quite a lot of effort went into it. There are many images in the article, including procedurally generated birch trunk patterns, bent paper stripes, and several Krita and Inkscape screenshots.
#betula_mentioned, #en
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@vernissage@mastodon.social (2026-07-12 19:23:23)
#Vernissage 1.40.0 is now available! 🎉
This release adds:
- Language support for articles
- An expanded database column for longer attachment descriptions
- Grouped like, boost, and follow notifications
- Italian language support
Thank you for contributing translations, reporting issues, and sharing suggestions. Special thanks also to everyone supporting Vernissage financially! 💚😊
https://github.com/VernissageApp/VernissageServer/releases/tag/v1.40.0
fedicat@fedicat@pc.cafe (2026-07-12 22:48:36)
now has an unmaintained clients section
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/delightful-fediverse-clients
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@stefan@stefanbohacek.online (2026-07-12 22:05:03)
@scottsthoughts @scott I run my server on DigitalOcean, but if I were to start again, I'd probably just go with https://masto.host.
Some other options I know about: https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/lessons-learned-from-running-a-single-person-mastodon-instance/#hosting
Hope this helps, and good luck!
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@scottsthoughts@better.boston (2026-07-12 21:39:40)
@scott if anyone has advice on how to get a new server off the ground, I'm all ears! Article links especially appreciated
#fediverse #fediadmin #mastodon
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@silverpill@mitra.social (2026-07-12 15:44:46)
Updating FEP-ef61: Portable Objects: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/pulls/883
I added a section about key management. This part of nomadic identity was often misunderstood - some people thought that secret keys need to be managed by servers, and that servers could impersonate users.
No, there are 3 options:
- Server-side signing: secret keys are managed by a server (gateway). Activities are generated and immediately signed by a server.
- Delegated signing: secret keys are managed by a separate service. Activities are generated by a server, which calls a signing service and then adds integrity proofs to activities.
- Client-side signing: secret keys are managed by a client. Activities are generated and signed by a client, which communicates with a server via FEP-ae97 API.
Server-side signing is easier to implement, but client-side signing was the goal from the beginning - and this is what I am trying to do with Mitra Mini
#fep_ef61 #NomadicIdentity
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@apps@toot.fedilab.app (2026-07-12 07:59:05)
Working on open source apps is a big challenge. Everything is made possible through your bug reports, your feedback, and also your financial contributions, which is for me the hardest part to talk about. They cover the server costs, and they also help me in my daily life.
If you appreciate my work and can help me on #Liberapay or #Kofi, here are the links. Thank you for your support.
Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/tom79
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/tom79
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@Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de (2026-07-12 05:54:18)
If you are looking for a low-traffic way to stay up to date about changes to our services: We created https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/changelog/ to document significant changes to our services in one place. You can "watch" issues that are important to you, to get targeted notifications.
We also use our second account https://social.anoxinon.de/@codebergstatus to keep you up to date about downtime and incidents.
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@mkljczk@pl.fediverse.pl (2026-07-12 04:36:57)
i sometimes want to add some more complex rules for filtering, warning etc. on nicolium, for example option to set a warning asking you might want to use other account when the post contains given hashtag or keyword but i don’t think anyone would use it
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@HolosSocial@mastodon.social (2026-07-12 03:35:24)
#HolosSocial 1.14.0 is now available on #TestFlight and #AltStore PAL for #iOS
AltStore PAL: https://altstore.io/source/files.fedilab.app/altstore/pal.json?app=social.holos.app&version=1.14.0
TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/cpjNYF7k
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@jo@gts.zzncx.top (2026-07-11 15:15:16)
I have just performed SQLite's VACUUM and GoToSocial's database sqlite analyze. My GoToSocial instance's DB size has been reduced from around 18GiB to around 7GiB. The new post pruning feature in GoToSocial v0.22.0 works :ablobcatgooglytenor:
I did this on my laptop of course. If I did this in my cheap VPS instance it would take hours and hours.
#GoToSocial
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@thoralf@gruene.social (2026-07-11 19:36:48)
There are some fundamental changes to the #Phandroid repository, which affects all existing users:
The jump to 2.0.0 fixes some basic (organizational) errors I committed while creating the test version (e.g. correcting a wrong application ID, etc.)
This is a disruptive change and requires manual interaction due to the fact that Obtainium will refuse to update to 2.0.0 and beyond.
The exact steps are outlined at https://codeberg.org/umrath/Phandroid#readme
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@terrakok@androiddev.social (2026-07-11 22:28:37)
https://pixelix.pages.dev
#pixelix in web! 🫣🤩
#Pixelfed #compose #multiplatform
A first prototype. After the login you have to close a browser tab and reopen it again.
(better in a mobile device, because the app has still a mobile first design)
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@FediverseSymbol@typo.social (2026-07-12 03:07:21)
We spotted a wild @tommi running free at @dweb
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fedicat@fedicat@pc.cafe (2026-07-12 03:08:58)
@hongminhee Yeah, and it seems to me the Mastodon API has evolved with a willful ignorance of what other platforms have added, e.g. when they added a quote post field they clobbered the quote post extension already added by other platforms.
Reply to @hongminhee@hollo.social
fedicat@fedicat@pc.cafe (2026-07-12 01:20:44)
@hongminhee Several platforms have extensions or variations of the mastodon api that I try to accommodate, but it depends how well they're documented (gotosocial, mitra, pleroma, akkoma) or if it's not too hard to glean from the source (neodb, pixelfed) and, not least important, if I have a test account to try them out.
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@hongminhee@hollo.social (2026-07-11 22:47:14)
The more I work on Hollo, the more its Mastodon-compatible API feels like a straitjacket. I chose it for a practical reason: people could use existing clients, and I wouldn't have to build a frontend too. I still think that was the right call at the time.
The problem is that clients can only expose what Mastodon's API represents. I keep coming up with ideas, then asking whether the API has anywhere to put them. If it doesn't, I have no way to get the feature in front of users.
ActivityPub API (so-called “C2S”) might be the eventual answer, but it doesn't help much today. I don't know of any clients Hollo users could realistically use with it, and adoption is still limited.
So I keep coming back to the idea that Hollo will need a frontend of its own. I'd keep the Mastodon API for existing apps. I'm not especially eager to take on a whole frontend, but I don't see another way to try ideas that don't fit Mastodon's model.
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services (2026-07-12 00:57:25)
Are you writing a website link in your Mastodon post or profile? If so, remember to include https:// at the beginning so that people can click it!
example.com is written without https:// at the beginning and is just a piece of unclickable text.
https://example.com is written with https:// at the beginning and can be clicked to open its website.
#FediTips #Mastodon
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@FediVideo@social.growyourown.services (2026-07-11 22:57:23)
Premodernist is a historian making excellent in-depth videos on a wide range of historical topics, periods and locations. You can follow at:
➡️ @premodernist
(Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server is following them yet. If you follow, the videos will start showing up on your server too.)
#FeaturedPeerTube #History #Historians #AncientHistory #MedievalHistory #ModernHistory #PeerTube
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@Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de (2026-07-11 14:48:15)
As we have gotten a number of inquiries due to confusions about this: Following our annual member assembly, we have indeed sent out emails for voting on its proposals. But only to those who have an active e. V. membership. If you are a ‘supporting’ member of Codeberg e. V., you do not have active voting rights.
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@harrymccracken@mastodon.social (2026-07-11 10:32:20)
We might all have forgotten about this book sometime in 2025 if Meta wasn’t giving it all this free publicity. https://www.wired.com/story/metas-pursuit-of-the-careless-people-author-is-relentless-and-self-defeating/
fedicat@fedicat@pc.cafe (2026-07-11 12:07:11)
profiles of moved accounts now show the moved-to account, tap to see it
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@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services (2026-07-11 08:07:38)
#Tennessee USA accounts to follow:
LOCAL NEWS
@index@ksgazette.com - Kingston Springs independent local news
SPORT
@news - Nashville soccer news site
@index@blog.dinkville.com - Nashville pickleball blog
TECH
@bsidesknoxville - Cybersecurity conference in Knoxville
EDUCATION
@chalkbeat-tennessee-Chalkbeat - Schools news in Memphis-Shelby and statewide Tennessee
🧵 Thread page 1 of 3
#Nashville #Knoxville #Memphis #TN #Tenn
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@weekinfediverse@mitra.social (2026-07-11 06:19:00)
Week in Fediverse 2026-07-10
Servers
- Betula v1.8.1
- Stegodon v1.8.6
- Ktistec v3.8.0
- Mitra v5.7.0
- Ibis v0.3.3
- Gathio v1.6.3
- NodeBB v4.14.0
- Wanderer v0.20.0
- Wafrn v2026.07.01
- Gush! v0.0.40
- PieFed v1.7.5
- Harmony v1.4.0
Clients
- Mastodon for iOS v2026.05
- tooi v0.27.0
- Voyager v2.47.4
- Aria v1.5.7
- Holos v1.14.0
- Rocinante v1.1.0
- chan-fe: Imageboard-style frontend for Mitra and Mastodon-compatible fediverse APIs
Tools and Plugins
- tag-federation.online: How Widely Do Hashtags Federate?
- Fedigraph: A dashboard for exploring the fediverse
For developers
- BotKit v0.5.0
Protocol
- FEP-4772: Representing bookmarks
- FEP-521b: Switch the default in FEP-521a to be 76171% cooler
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019f29a4-78da-7a53-805d-72c8e43916c2
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@FediGarden@social.growyourown.services (2026-07-11 06:52:18)
Flipping.rocks is a Mastodon server for people who appreciate arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, fungi etc and who are open to helping other people appreciate them.
This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters.
:Fediverse: https://flipping.rocks
You can find out more at https://flipping.rocks/about or contact the admin account @a
#FeaturedServer #Arthropods #Amphibians #Reptiles #Fungi #Nature #HometownMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
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@apps@toot.fedilab.app (2026-07-11 06:17:50)
#HolosSocial relay is confirmed to be very stable. I will officially tag it soon so admins can run their own relay with a script to easily install it on their VPS.
Using Holos with a custom domain and a cloud for media allows you to own your portable identity on the #Fediverse. Relays become only an infrastructure for it. Your device runs the #ActivityPub server and works as smoothly as any other app. Micro-blogging, media, and video, all from a single account. Switch with a simple tap.
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@ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (2026-07-11 03:56:51)
Warm up the fire! We're LIVE!
Café & Canvas: Painting the Fediverse Together - Grant - E95
#owncast #streaming #interview #fediverse #fedi #people #show #firesidefedi #FsF
https://stream.firesidefedi.live
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@HolosSocial@mastodon.social (2026-07-11 02:40:06)
There are three ways to install #HolosSocial on #iOS:
- #TestFlight: join the beta here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/cpjNYF7k
- #AltStore PAL (EU only): open AltStore PAL and find Holos listed inside the app.
- Classic AltStore: use the AltStore link on the website. Do not open it in a browser, as it will only show the raw file. AltStore must open it.
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@_elena@mastodon.social (2026-07-10 22:24:46)
@renchap I promise it doesn't bother me that much, it just makes me sad about the health of the network... And the mental load of admins who have to deal with this non-sense.
I see the fediverse as this organic garden with genuine connections, so seeing weeds spring up makes me feel instantly protective of this space. If it makes sense?
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