Fediverse Foundation
The Fediverse Foundation is a non-commercial club ("Verein") based in Vienna, Austria, but operating worldwide, with the goal to promote and partially fund the Fediverse.
It hosts a few Fediverse instances on a server in Vienna that runs on 100% green energy, collects donations and tries to get funding.
The Fediverse Foundation will also create promotional material for the Fediverse and appear at fares and other events.
Contact
Website: fediverse.foundation (not set up yet - right now redirects here)
e-Mail: support@fediverse.foundation
Fediverse: @foundation@fediverse.foundation (not set up yet)
History
The Fediverse Foundation was officially founded on April 14th, 2023 by:
- PaulaToThePeople (chairwoman)
- Michael (chairwoman's proxy)
- Mark (cashier)
- David (data protection officer & admin)
- Dennis (admin)
- Helmut (admin)
- David (admin)
The team was later joined by:
- Paul
- Gabi
- Karin
Events
On June 3rd and 4th 2023 the Fediverse Foundation was at the Südwind Straßenfest in Vienna to promote the Fediverse.
Instances and websites hosted by the Fediverse Foundation
Project | url | Software | monthly active users |
---|---|---|---|
ClimateJusticeSocial | climatejustice.social | Mastodon | 1800 |
WienRocks | wien.rocks | Mastodon | 1100 |
ClimateJusticeRocks | climatejustice.rocks | Mastodon | 342 |
FediAT | fedi.at | Mastodon | 165 |
TyrolSocial | tyrol.social | Mastodon | 143 |
ClimateJusticeGlobal | climatejustice.global | Mastodon | 100 |
MtG.garden | mtg.garden | Mastodon | 18 |
JoinFediverseWiki | joinfediverse.wiki | MediaWiki | 12 |
social.fairphone.community | social.fairphone.community | Mastodon | 6 |
indiepop.band | indiepop.band | Mastodon | 3 |
Climatescienc.es | climatescienc.es | Mastodon | 2 |
MentalCamp | mental.camp | Pixelfed |
Finances
Currently the hosting of the instances costs 410€ a month, which Paula is paying out of her pocket, while she gets a few donations every now and then. Soon the Foundation will officially start collecting donations which will hopefully cover the costs.