The Mastodon team is planning to release a universal "share" button.

[reiver@mastodon.social]

The Mastodon team is planning to release a universal "share" button.

(It wasn't clear to me if this was just for Mastodon servers — or if it would work with non-Mastodon servers, too. It was mentioned briefly from the audience.)

#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Mastodon

[andypiper@macaw.social]

@reiver we have a Share (on Mastodon) button used in our blog at the moment - we should get it released as an open source component, and then it could be used as a basis for other things if desired.

[julian@fietkau.social]

@andypiper @reiver I've been fantasizing about a snippet library for validating and canonicalizing a fediverse (AP+WebFinger) handle. Drop in a handle/profile link/AP ID, receive full handle + web link if the input is resolvable.

Target audience would be sites that don't have full fediverse integration, but want to give people a way to link to their fediverse profile. I've seen handle vs. username vs. ID vs. URL cause confusion.

Should be <50 LOC in most languages. And let's make it CC-0.

[liaizon@social.wake.st]

@julian @andypiper @reiver theres also @stefan's fediverse share button that's very nice https://fediverse-share-button.stefanbohacek.com

[andypiper@macaw.social]

@liaizon @julian @reiver @stefan yes! I've used that one.

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

@liaizon Thank you for the shout-out!

Still need to get back to finishing the WordPress version.

@julian @andypiper @reiver