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{{Infobox |title=Hubzilla |website=hubzilla.org |website2= |instance= |instance2= |mastohandle= |mastoinstance=}} | {{Infobox |title=Hubzilla |website=hubzilla.org |website2= |instance= |instance2= |mastohandle= |mastoinstance=}} | ||
Hubzilla is a very powerful "jack-of-all-trades" in the {{Internal | Hubzilla is a very powerful "jack-of-all-trades" in the {{Internal link |target=What is the Fediverse? |link-name=Fediverse}}, often described as a decentralised social content management system, but with social networking, microblogging and cloud features. | ||
It evolved from a Facebook alternative and still offers Facebook-like social networking. On top of that, it can be a replacement for services like Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage, Google Calendar, Google Contacts and many others. | It evolved from a Facebook alternative and still offers Facebook-like social networking. On top of that, it can be a replacement for services like Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage, Google Calendar, Google Contacts and many others. | ||
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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 | 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. | ||
Hubzilla's Web interface is extensively themeable, much like wholly different Web interfaces for {{Internal | 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 supported theme, Redbasic. It can be extensively configured, though. It also has a dark mode that can be activated manually or automatically. | ||
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]]. | ||
{{Internal | {{Internal link |target=What is Mastodon? |link-name=Mastodon}} apps don't work with Hubzilla. | ||
=== Nomenclature === | === Nomenclature === | ||
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A channel can have several roles. It can be your personal social networking identity and/or your personal cloud storage, it can be a soapbox, it can be a moderated public or private forum/discussion group etc. There are several pre-defined channel roles, and customising the channel role is possible, too. | A channel can have several roles. It can be your personal social networking identity and/or your personal cloud storage, it can be a soapbox, it can be a moderated public or private forum/discussion group etc. There are several pre-defined channel roles, and customising the channel role is possible, too. | ||
Also, channels aren't bound to one hub. They also make {{Internal | Also, channels aren't bound to one hub. They also make {{Internal link |target=What is nomadic identity? |link-name=nomadic identity}} possible: You can clone any of your channels across two or more hubs, and these clones always stay in sync. It basically gives you real-time backup. | ||
Channels can be exported in their entirety with an optional built-in "app", and they can be imported into accounts. This is not for moving channels which nomadic identity can handle much more easily and gracefully, but rather for local backups. | Channels can be exported in their entirety with an optional built-in "app", and they can be imported into accounts. This is not for moving channels which nomadic identity can handle much more easily and gracefully, but rather for local backups. | ||
Hubzilla supports single sign-on via {{Internal | Hubzilla supports single sign-on via {{Internal link |target=What is OpenWebAuth? |link-name=OpenWebAuth}}. If you're logged in, other instances with OpenWebAuth can recognise you and, for example, give you special permissions. OpenWebAuth even takes into account which one of your channels is currently active. | ||
=== Connections === | === Connections === | ||
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Connections are generally either only out-going or mutual. There are no followers without following back. That's because all connections have to be confirmed, either automatically or manually, and when they're confirmed, they're also followed back. | Connections are generally either only out-going or mutual. There are no followers without following back. That's because all connections have to be confirmed, either automatically or manually, and when they're confirmed, they're also followed back. | ||
Each connection can be configured extensively. It can be assigned a contact role which is a customisable set of permissions. It can be added to one or several privacy groups which are similar to Friendica groups, {{Internal | Each connection can be configured extensively. It can be assigned a contact role which is a customisable set of permissions. It can be added to one or several privacy groups which are similar to Friendica groups, {{Internal link |target=What is diaspora*? |link-name=diaspora*}} aspects, Google+ circles or Mastodon groups. It can be assigned a profile if multiple profiles are activated. It can be blocked, ignored, hidden or archived, and so forth. | ||
Hubzilla itself is not based on ActivityPub. Support for ActivityPub is established through an "app" named ''Pubcrawl'' which is optional for both hubs and channels. At hub level, it is on by default. On channel level, however, it has to be manually activated ("installed") before connections to Mastodon & Co. can be created. | Hubzilla itself is not based on ActivityPub. Support for ActivityPub is established through an "app" named ''Pubcrawl'' which is optional for both hubs and channels. At hub level, it is on by default. On channel level, however, it has to be manually activated ("installed") before connections to Mastodon & Co. can be created. | ||
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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 | 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 and (streams) |link-name=Alt-text is added by editing the BBcode}} and theoretically unlimited in length, too. | ||
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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== Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
* {{Internal | * {{Internal link |target=Hubzilla |link-name=Main article on Hubzilla}} | ||
{{Getting started links}} | {{Getting started links}} | ||