History of the Fediverse

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Year New software New protocol Websites non-Fediverse news Other
2008 OStatus
2009
2010
2011
2012
  • Red (forked from Friendica; later re-named Red Matrix)
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019 Gab forked Mastodon
2020
2021 Truth Social forked Mastodon
2022
  • Elon Musk buys Twitter and there is a mass exodus to the Fediverse
  • Tumblr and Flickr announce plans to join the Fediverse
  • 2022-12-31: End of life for the Zotlabs projects Osada, Zap, Redmatrix 2020, Misty and Roadhouse
2023 release of Threads
2024 Threads connects to Fediverse
2025