Specifications for Fediverse Auxiliary Service Providers
Are there any other guides to Mastodon and the Fediverse?
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
The many branches of the Fediverse
As more and more people are asking me about Mastodon I felt a need for a picture to point at, showcasing how the software known as Mastodon fits into the much larger concept of the Fediverse. I made this infographic to help myself and others explain the many different use-
It’s Not Just Mastodon
2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment: Moderation Across the Social Web The Fediverse is more than Mastodon, and moderation is bigger than any one platform. Last year, we heard from moderators on Mastodo…
ihateblueb/snowdrop
Compose Multiplatform client for Mastodon API compatable Fediverse software
Holos Discover - Search the Fediverse
A privacy-respecting search engine for Mastodon, Pleroma, Misskey and the Fediverse.
Fediverse
The Fediverse is a collection of social networking services that can communicate with each other using a common protocol. Users of different websites can send and receive status updates, multimedia files and other data across the network. The term Fediverse is a portmanteau of federation and universe.
How to discover hashtags to follow on Mastodon and the wider Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
Developer Documentation for ActivityPub & Fediverse | SocialDocs
The comprehensive developer resource for building with ActivityPub, Mastodon, and the Fediverse. Guides, specs, API reference, and tools.
Fedify
Fedify is a TypeScript library for building federated server apps powered by ActivityPub and other standards, so-called fediverse.
FOSDEM 2026 - How to level up the fediverse
The fediverse isn't done! Or, at least, that's the opinions of ActivityPub co-authors Christine Lemmer-Webber and Jessica Tallon! Discover how we could improve the fediverse with ActivityPub-compatible improvements to add more robust and secure communication/cooperation patterns, decentralized storage and identity, etc! Plus: how Spritely is starting to apply its technology towards exactly this goal, bringing Spritely's next-generation internet tech to the fediverse!
Fediverse projects - Join the Fediverse
Fediverse projects are the different software parts of the Fediverse. Many of them are replacements for better-known social media platforms.
specs-background/quote-posts/quote-posts-research-and-goals.md at main · mastodon/specs-background
A place to store background documentation and research that informs specifications and FEPs - mastodon/specs-background
Mastodon 4.5 for Developers
Mastodon 4.5 contains several technical changes that developers will want to learn about.
So uh, apparently $288/year is not enough to run a Mastodon service for ~3 users, and this is a known issue (masto.host/mastodon-content-retention-se…) with no solution (github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions…!
