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==About==
==About==
[[ActivityPub]] (AP) is an internet federation protocol. It became the primary federation protocol for [[Mastodon]] starting with approximately version 2, which previously had been based on [[OStatus]].
[[ActivityPub]] (AP) is an internet federation protocol. It became the primary federation protocol for [[Mastodon]] starting with approximately version 2, which previously had been based on [[OStatus]].
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==Software==
==Software==
These primarily use AP:
These primarily use AP:
* [[Calckey]] [https://codeberg.org/calckey/calckey code]
** '''2023-01-06''' [https://www.reddit.com/r/fediverse/comments/1056uxy/if_youre_feeling_adventurous_try_out_a_calckey/ If you’re feeling adventurous, try out a CalcKey instance. Confusing at first, but way more features than Mastodon.]
* [[GoToSocial]]
* [[GoToSocial]]
* [[Mastodon]]
* [[Mastodon]]
* [[Misskey]]
* [[Pleroma]]
* [[Pleroma]]
* [[Akkoma]]
* [[Akkoma]]
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These support AP but primarily use another federation protocol:
These support AP but primarily use another federation protocol:
* [[Hubzilla]] is based on the Zot protocol
* [[Hubzilla]] is based on the Zot protocol
 
* [[Friendica]]
To check: [[Friendica]] might support AP.


==Links==
==Links==
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* [https://activitypub.rocks/ ActivityPub.rocks] - sort of a publicity site
* [https://activitypub.rocks/ ActivityPub.rocks] - sort of a publicity site
===History===
===History===
* '''2022-11-08''' [https://octodon.social/@cwebber/109307961236854695 Christine Lemmer-Webber on octodon.social]: {{fmt/quote|A lot of people contributed to ActivityPub, but I'm going to give a breakdown of the authors and what they did:}}
* '''2022-11-08''' [https://octodon.social/@cwebber/109307961236854695 Christine Lemmer-Webber on octodon.social] ([https://toot.cat/@cwebber@octodon.social/109307961633674240 toot.cat], [https://archive.ph/U2HCn archive.ph]): {{fmt/quote|A lot of people contributed to ActivityPub, but I'm going to give a breakdown of the authors and what they did:}}
{{links/news}}
===Commentary===
===Commentary===
* '''2022-11-24''' [https://weirder.earth/@noracodes/109399498546775802 weirder.earth/@noracodes] {{fmt/quote|it's great to see that we have so many ActivityPub server implementations in different languages/ecosystems:}} A short list follows; discussion in thread.
* '''2022-11-24''' [https://weirder.earth/@noracodes/109399498546775802 weirder.earth/@noracodes] {{fmt/quote|it's great to see that we have so many ActivityPub server implementations in different languages/ecosystems:}} A short list follows; discussion in thread.
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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<ref name=CLW1>'''2018-01-23''' [https://octodon.social/@cwebber/99399968315646770 toot] by [https://octodon.social/@cwebber/ Christopher Lemmer Webber]</ref>
<ref name=CLW1>'''2018-01-23''' [https://octodon.social/@cwebber/99399968315646770 toot] by [https://octodon.social/@cwebber/ Christine Lemmer Webber]</ref>
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About

ActivityPub (AP) is an internet federation protocol. It became the primary federation protocol for Mastodon starting with approximately version 2, which previously had been based on OStatus.

AP became a W3C recommendation on 2018-01-23, due in large part to the popularity of Mastodon<ref name=CLW1 />.

Software

These primarily use AP:

These support AP but primarily use another federation protocol:

Reference

History

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News

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Commentary

Code

Footnotes

<references> <ref name=CLW1>2018-01-23 toot by Christine Lemmer Webber</ref> </references>