Question about adding a platform to the Fediverse (ActivityPub help)
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I’m posting on behalf of another user on Reddit,u/TasmanianHorse, who’s exploring the possibility of integrating their platform (Echo, Pinterest alternative) into the Fediverse using ActivityPub.
I recommended the Fediverse to them earlier on,
and they’re interested in making their platform interoperable with existing services (like Mastodon, Lemmy, Peertube, Pixelfed, Loops, etc.), but are still in the early stages and looking for guidance.
Some of the questions that they had:
- What are the main challenges when implementing ActivityPub from scratch?
- Are there recommended libraries, frameworks, or starter projects to build on?
- How difficult is it to ensure compatibility with multiple Fediverse platforms?
- Any common pitfalls or things to avoid early on?
- Are there best practices for moderation, federation control, or scalability?
If anyone here has experience developing for the Fediverse or has worked with ActivityPub, your insights would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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I’m posting on behalf of another user on Reddit,u/TasmanianHorse, who’s exploring the possibility of integrating their platform (Echo, Pinterest alternative) into the Fediverse using ActivityPub.
I recommended the Fediverse to them earlier on,
and they’re interested in making their platform interoperable with existing services (like Mastodon, Lemmy, Peertube, Pixelfed, Loops, etc.), but are still in the early stages and looking for guidance.
Some of the questions that they had:
- What are the main challenges when implementing ActivityPub from scratch?
- Are there recommended libraries, frameworks, or starter projects to build on?
- How difficult is it to ensure compatibility with multiple Fediverse platforms?
- Any common pitfalls or things to avoid early on?
- Are there best practices for moderation, federation control, or scalability?
If anyone here has experience developing for the Fediverse or has worked with ActivityPub, your insights would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
I can only comment on tooling: fedify is very good, easy to get in and powerful enough for any usecase
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I’m posting on behalf of another user on Reddit,u/TasmanianHorse, who’s exploring the possibility of integrating their platform (Echo, Pinterest alternative) into the Fediverse using ActivityPub.
I recommended the Fediverse to them earlier on,
and they’re interested in making their platform interoperable with existing services (like Mastodon, Lemmy, Peertube, Pixelfed, Loops, etc.), but are still in the early stages and looking for guidance.
Some of the questions that they had:
- What are the main challenges when implementing ActivityPub from scratch?
- Are there recommended libraries, frameworks, or starter projects to build on?
- How difficult is it to ensure compatibility with multiple Fediverse platforms?
- Any common pitfalls or things to avoid early on?
- Are there best practices for moderation, federation control, or scalability?
If anyone here has experience developing for the Fediverse or has worked with ActivityPub, your insights would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Im no Dev, so I can't answer any of this.
But there is an active matrix group with LOTS of devs you can talk to: https://matrix.to/#/%23fediverse-developer-network:matrix.org
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I’m posting on behalf of another user on Reddit,u/TasmanianHorse, who’s exploring the possibility of integrating their platform (Echo, Pinterest alternative) into the Fediverse using ActivityPub.
I recommended the Fediverse to them earlier on,
and they’re interested in making their platform interoperable with existing services (like Mastodon, Lemmy, Peertube, Pixelfed, Loops, etc.), but are still in the early stages and looking for guidance.
Some of the questions that they had:
- What are the main challenges when implementing ActivityPub from scratch?
- Are there recommended libraries, frameworks, or starter projects to build on?
- How difficult is it to ensure compatibility with multiple Fediverse platforms?
- Any common pitfalls or things to avoid early on?
- Are there best practices for moderation, federation control, or scalability?
If anyone here has experience developing for the Fediverse or has worked with ActivityPub, your insights would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
For a fediverse based technical support hub, have them post to @technical-discussion
More than happy to help. Fedify is good, but they might not be using js 🙂
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For a fediverse based technical support hub, have them post to @technical-discussion
More than happy to help. Fedify is good, but they might not be using js 🙂
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Im no Dev, so I can't answer any of this.
But there is an active matrix group with LOTS of devs you can talk to: https://matrix.to/#/%23fediverse-developer-network:matrix.org
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I can only comment on tooling: fedify is very good, easy to get in and powerful enough for any usecase
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I’m posting on behalf of another user on Reddit,u/TasmanianHorse, who’s exploring the possibility of integrating their platform (Echo, Pinterest alternative) into the Fediverse using ActivityPub.
I recommended the Fediverse to them earlier on,
and they’re interested in making their platform interoperable with existing services (like Mastodon, Lemmy, Peertube, Pixelfed, Loops, etc.), but are still in the early stages and looking for guidance.Some of the questions that they had:
What are the main challenges when implementing ActivityPub from scratch? Are there recommended libraries, frameworks, or starter projects to build on? How difficult is it to ensure compatibility with multiple Fediverse platforms? Any common pitfalls or things to avoid early on? Are there best practices for moderation, federation control, or scalability?If anyone here has experience developing for the Fediverse or has worked with ActivityPub, your insights would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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Thanks for sharing, that's quite exciting. I'm assuming BlueSky users can post to Lemmy instances (like other threadiverse) instances by mentioning the group actor?
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Last I heard the Forkiverse instance has over 2k members! All the power to them :smile:
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The host Search Engine, PJ Vogt, and the host of Hard Fork, Kevin Roose, discussed their thoughts about a “new kind of Internet” possible with the Fediverse. They also talked about the challenges of the somewhat technical barrier to entry.
I especially liked them sharing their perspectives; the Fediverse seems to simultaneously be a recreation of a pre-shittified Internet and something new altogether.
They even created their own live Mastodon server to see how that would go: https://theforkiverse.com/explore They ended up testing OpenAI’s Operator to do the heavy lifting of coding, but did make the realization they did not know how their own user verification works or how to change it.
I am just elated that there is talk in the “mainstream” of the Fediverse. I’m hopeful that some attention such as this can help raise awareness and pique some curiosities.
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Why? was there high demand to talk with ICE supporters?
