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With its immense wealth of features, Hubzilla is not exactly for Fediverse novices. It doesn't look or feel like any of the several microblogging projects in the Fediverse, nor does it mimic the look and feel of any one particular commercial platform. | With its immense wealth of features, Hubzilla is not exactly for Fediverse novices. It doesn't look or feel like any of the several microblogging projects in the Fediverse, nor does it mimic the look and feel of any one particular commercial platform. | ||
The most similar Fediverse project comes from {{Internal link |target=What is (streams)? |link-name=the Streams repository}}, followed by {{Internal link |target=What is Friendica? |link-name=Friendica}}, also because Hubzilla was forked from a Friendica fork. None of them offers quite as many features as Hubzilla, though. | The most similar Fediverse project comes from {{Internal link |target=What is (streams)? |link-name=the Streams repository}}, followed by {{Internal link |target=What is Forte? |link-name=Forte}} and {{Internal link |target=What is Friendica? |link-name=Friendica}}, also because Hubzilla was forked from a Friendica fork. None of them offers quite as many features as Hubzilla, though. | ||
Hubzilla's Web interface is extensively themeable, much like wholly different Web interfaces for {{Internal link |target=What is Mastodon? |link-name=Mastodon}}, but as of now, there is only one | Hubzilla's Web interface is extensively themeable, much like wholly different Web interfaces for {{Internal link |target=What is Mastodon? |link-name=Mastodon}}, but as of now, there is only one official theme, Redbasic. It can be extensively configured, though. It also has a dark mode that can be activated manually. | ||
There is only one mobile app that works with Hubzilla: The third-party app Nomad is only available for Android and only from F-Droid or as an APK download. Also, it has not been maintained since October 2019. There is no Hubzilla app on the Google Play Store, and there is no Hubzilla app for iOS at all. See also under [[#External links|external links]]. | There is only one mobile app that works with Hubzilla: The third-party app Nomad is only available for Android and only from F-Droid or as an APK download. Also, it has not been maintained since October 2019. There is no Hubzilla app on the Google Play Store, and there is no Hubzilla app for iOS at all. See also under [[#External links|external links]]. | ||
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=== Accounts === | === Accounts === | ||
On Hubzilla, your account is neither your identity nor where your posts and other data are stored. For this, Hubzilla has {{Internal link |target=What are channels on Hubzilla | On Hubzilla, your account is neither your identity nor where your posts and other data are stored. For this, Hubzilla has {{Internal link |target=What are channels on Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte? |link-name=channels}}. When you create a Hubzilla account, you're also asked to create a first channel. | ||
You can add more channels on the same account anytime. This way, you can have multiple fully separate identities with only one login for them all. Each channel acts like a fully separate account on most other projects. Connections, posts, uploaded files, everything is individual per channel. | You can add more channels on the same account anytime. This way, you can have multiple fully separate identities with only one login for them all. Each channel acts like a fully separate account on most other projects. Connections, posts, uploaded files, everything is individual per channel. | ||
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Hubzilla has very extensive text formatting capabilities. It uses BBcode as its internal markup language for posts and comments. Specific expansions of Hubzilla's BBcode implementation can even make a post or a comment appear differently, depending on the on-looker, especially in conjunction with OpenWebAuth. | Hubzilla has very extensive text formatting capabilities. It uses BBcode as its internal markup language for posts and comments. Specific expansions of Hubzilla's BBcode implementation can even make a post or a comment appear differently, depending on the on-looker, especially in conjunction with OpenWebAuth. | ||
The handling of images and other media is a lot different from Mastodon and other micro-blogging projects. They aren't uploaded and attached to posts. Instead, they're first uploaded to the managed file space which is part of each channel. Then they are embedded into posts or, with a trick, comments as links to the uploaded files. {{Internal link |target=How to add alt-text to images on Hubzilla | The handling of images and other media is a lot different from Mastodon and other micro-blogging projects. They aren't uploaded and attached to posts. Instead, they're first uploaded to the managed file space which is part of each channel. Then they are embedded into posts or, with a trick, comments as links to the uploaded files. {{Internal link |target=How to add alt-text to images on Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte |link-name=Alt-text is added by editing the BBcode}} and theoretically unlimited in length, too, but it should not exceed 1,500 characters when ActivityPub is activated. | ||
The number of images and other media that can be added to posts is practically unlimited again. Also, they can be placed anywhere in a post. However, Mastodon will convert only the last four to file attachments, move them from within the post to below it, reverse their order and completely discard the others if there are more than four. | The number of images and other media that can be added to posts is practically unlimited again. Also, they can be placed anywhere in a post. However, Mastodon will convert only the last four to file attachments, move them from within the post to below it, reverse their order and completely discard the others if there are more than four. | ||
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On March 3rd, 2024, Hubzilla 9 introduced repeating, a feature like "retweeting" on Twitter/X, "reblogging" on Tumblr or "boosting" on Mastodon, i.e. forwarding posts as they are. | On March 3rd, 2024, Hubzilla 9 introduced repeating, a feature like "retweeting" on Twitter/X, "reblogging" on Tumblr or "boosting" on Mastodon, i.e. forwarding posts as they are. | ||
Also, posts and comments can be "shared" by referencing them in a new post or comment. It's basically the same as a "quote-tweet", but without copying the original post into the editor. | Also, posts and comments can be "shared" by referencing them in a new post or comment. It's basically the same as a "quote-tweet", but without copying the original post into the editor. It works by first inserting a reference code to the original post or comment into the post draft. Upon sending the post, this reference code is replaced with a dumb copy of the original post or comment, mentioning the author and giving a link to the original. | ||
It is possible to share multiple posts/comments in one new post/comment. | It is possible to share multiple posts/comments in one new post/comment. | ||