Weblinks

This is a collection of links for the Fediverse and Fediverse projects.

Fediverse

General

• Join Fediverse Wiki this wiki
• Fediverse info the bespoke Fediverse guide
• jointhefediverse.net is a neat intro to the Fediverse
• Fediverse Party Info on many Fediverse Projects
• SocialHub the forum for fedizens
• Wikipedia article on the Fediverse
• FediDB Dashboard about the Fediverse and single instances
• Delightful Fediverse apps - an almost complete list of Fediverse software

Guides

• fedi.tips
• The Fediverse: the distributed social network
• Guide to the Fediverse
• Fedi Guide

Deutsch

• Fediverse – So geht gutes Social Media
• Das Fediverse
• Das Fediverse – die bessere Social-Media-Welt?
• Fediverse Erkundungstour
• Yet another Fediverse FAQ

Instance pickers & lists

• fedi.garden filter and find instances
• Fediverse Observer - find Instances based on different filters
• fediverse.pary (Themed Servers)
• The Federation lists all Instances (low maintenance)
• Green Fediverse finds Eco-friendly Instances
• Instances Social to find an Instance to join

Deutsch

• Deutschsprachige Mastodon Instanzen

Discover the Fediverse

• fedi.directory lists of people to follow
• FediSearch Passes search within Fediverse to search engines
• Fediverse People Directory Find users with common interests and help others finding your profile
• WhomToFollow Find people to follow based on who your mutuals follow

Deutsch

• Mastodir An overview of Fediverse profiles

News articles

• The Verge 2024-02-07: The Fediverse, explained

Deutsch

• Giga 2024-02-12: Was ist ein Fediverse?
• Heise 2022-12-02: So funktioniert die Kommunikation im dezentralen Netzwerk

Blogs, Podcasts & co.

Deutsch

• Ückück und das Fediverse (Kolumne)
• Ückück und das Fediverse (Podcast)

Mastodon

Official

• Website
• Wikipedia
• Official Instances: mastodon.social & mastodon.online
• Instances list
• Repo
• Documentation
• API Documentation

Guides

• What is Mastodon? (video)
• Spread Mastodon
• Getting started with Mastodon
• Guide To Mastodon
• Mastodon: friendly Microblogging
• Kat's Mastodon Quickstart for Twitter users

Deutsch

• Mastodon Guide Leitfaden
• Mastodon: Das Social Media Netzwerk erklärt
• Mastodon: Das bessere Twitter
• Was du als Twitterer über Mastodon wissen solltest
• Eine kleine Mastodon Anleitung
• Fediverse first, twitter second!
• Mastodon: Microblogging in freundlicher Atmosphäre
• Mast-O-Help Ratgeber

Tools

• MastoVue Peek into any public Mastodon Timeline or search for Hashtags
• MastoMetrics Analytics about your Mastodon-account plus search engine for your own posts
• Mastodon Analytics Stat-Dashboard
• MastoWall Live-Timeline viewer for multiple hashtags on an instance
• Followgraph Follow people who the people you follow follow
• Tootfinder Opt-in global Mastodon full text search
• Quintessence Shows top links people you follow tooted about
• Top Mastodon Posts Shows most interacted-with posts of any Mastodon account
• Federike Helps add users to lists
• Mastodon List Manager Helps maintain lists of users

News articles

Deutsch

• 2022-05-04: Ist Mastodon das bessere Twitter? - Taz
• 2022-11-01: So legt man einen Account bei der Twitter-Alternative Mastodon an - Der Standard
• 2023-07-18: Threads bringt Mastodon zum beben - ORF.at

Curated list of Mastodon accounts

• Mastodon
• Eugen Rochko, creator of Mastodon
• FediTips - Tips on using the Fediverse
• FediFollows - Follow recommendations
• FediVideos - Video recommendations
• other Fediverse projects (and their creators) on Mastodon:
  • Pixelfed (Daniel Supernault)
  • Funkwhale
  • Mobilizon (Framasoft)
  • Lemmy
  • BookWyrm

Misskey

Official

• Official Website

Lists of Instances

• Fediverse Observer
  
• the federation

Unofficial

• Comparison of Misskey Forks (Misskey, FoundKey, Firefish, Iceshrimp, Sharkey, Catodon)

Pleroma

Official

• Official Website

Lists of Instances

• Fediverse Observer
• the federation

Guides

• What is Pleroma?
• The Big Pleroma and Fediverse FAQ

Friendica

Official

• Official website
• Official instance list
• Wiki
• Directory of Friendica groups
• Directory of news on Friendica
• Directory of organisations on Friendica
• Friendica repository
• Friendica add-ons repository

Third-party instance lists

• The Federation
• Fediverse Observer
• FediDB

Unofficial test groups

• Friendica Test Group

(streams)

Official

• Streams repository
• Streams add-ons repository

Unofficial public channels

• Streams support channel
• Streams Users Tea Garden (only works with Hubzilla and (streams), ActivityPub is turned off)

Hubzilla

Official

• Official website
• User guide
• Framagit project group
  • Hubzilla core repository
  • Hubzilla add-ons repository
  • Hubzilla themes repository
  • Hubzilla widgets repository

Instance lists

• The Federation
• Fediverse Observer
• FediDB

Unofficial public channels

• Hubzilla Support Forum
• Hubzilla Users Support
• Hubzilla | Contribute

Unofficial help

• Hubzilla help being completely rewritten

WriteFreely

Official

• Website
• Official instance; may require payment
• Instances List
• Repo
• Documentation
• Forum
• Finance

Guides

• Writers Guide

Lemmy

Official

• Website
• Instance
• Instances list
• Code
• Documentation
• Mastodon Account
• Donate:
  • Liberapay
  • Patreon
  • Open Collective

Tools

• Lemmy Explorer Cross-instance aggregator for communities
• sub.rehab Find replacements for Subreddits on Lemmy, /kbin or other networks

Test communities

• Test community on lemmy.ml
• German test community on feddit.de

Pixelfed

Official

• Website
• Instance
• Instances List
• Mastodon Account
• Repository
• Documentation
• Donate: Patreon, Liberapay, Open Collective

Curated List of Pixelfed Accounts

• Pixelfed
• dansup, creator of Pixelfed

PeerTube

Official

• Website
• Wikipedia article
• Instance
• Instances list
• Repository
• Documentation
• Forum
• Donate

Guides

• What is Peertube? (Video)

Funkwhale

Official

• Website
• Instance
• Instances List
• Repository
• Documentation
• Mastodon account
• Forum
• Donate