もしかしたらご存じないかもしれませんが、Fedifyには DiscordとMatrixのコミュニティがあります。ここでは、サポートを受けたり、機能について議論したり、ActivityPubやフェデレーテッドソーシャルネットワークについて話し合うことができます。
お好みのコミュニティにご参加ください。どちらのチャンネルでも、Fedifyやフェデレーション関連のトピックについて活発な議論が行われています。
혹시 모르고 계셨다면, Fedify는 Discord와 Matrix 커뮤니티를 운영하고 있습니다. 이곳에서 도움을 받거나, 기능에 대해 논의하거나, ActivityPub와 연합 소셜 네트워크에 대해 대화를 나눌 수 있습니다.
여러분의 선호도에 따라 어느 커뮤니티든 참여해 주세요. 두 채널 모두 Fedify와 연합 관련 주제에 대한 활발한 논의가 이루어지고 있습니다.
In case you weren't aware, #Fedify has both #Discord and #Matrix communities where you can get help, discuss features, or just chat about #ActivityPub and federated social networks.
Feel free to join either community based on your preference. Both channels have active discussions about Fedify and federation topics.
»Ditch the #DIY Drama: Why Use #Fedify Instead of Building #ActivityPub from Scratch?« https://hackers.pub/@hongminhee/2025/why-use-fedify?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News
Fetching remote #ActivityPub objects or actors often involves handling #WebFinger lookups, content negotiation, and then parsing potentially untyped JSON.
With #Fedify, it's much simpler: use Context.lookupObject(). Pass it a URI (e.g., https://instance.tld/users/alice) or a handle (e.g., @alice@instance.tld), and Fedify handles the lookup and content negotiation automatically.
The real power comes from the return value: a type-safe Activity Vocabulary object, not just raw JSON. This allows you to confidently access properties and methods directly. For example, you can safely traverse account moves using .getSuccessor() like this:
let actor = await ctx.lookupObject("@alice@instance.tld");
while (isActor(actor)) {
const successor = await actor.getSuccessor();
if (successor == null) break;
actor = successor;
}
// actor now holds the latest account after moves
This is readily available in handlers where the Context object is provided (like actor dispatchers or inbox listeners).
Focus on your app's logic, not protocol boilerplate!
Learn more: https://fedify.dev/manual/context#looking-up-remote-objects
Exciting news! Fedify CLI is now available via Homebrew!
If you're using #Homebrew on macOS or #Linuxbrew on Linux, you can now install our CLI toolchain with a simple command:
brew install fedify
This makes it even easier to get started with building your federated server app. Try it out and let us know what you think!
We're incredibly honored to announce that #Ghost (@index) has become a formal sponsor of Fedify through Open Collective!
This is a significant milestone for our project, and we're deeply grateful to @johnonolan and the entire Ghost team for their support and recognition of our work in the #ActivityPub ecosystem.
Ghost's social web integration built on #Fedify is a perfect example of how open standards can connect different publishing platforms in the fediverse. Their backing over the past months has been invaluable, and this formal sponsorship will help ensure Fedify remains sustainable as we continue to develop and improve the framework.
If you're building with ActivityPub or interested in federated applications, please consider joining Ghost in supporting open source development through our Open Collective:
https://opencollective.com/fedify
Every contribution, no matter the size, helps us maintain and enhance the tools that make the fediverse more accessible to developers. Thank you for being part of this journey with us! 
:ghost:
I received a heartwarming #testimonial about #Fedify today!
@bgl shared in the FediDev KR Discord server:
I had trouble finding good resources explaining ActivityPub, but after reading through the Fedify docs from start to finish, I feel like I've actually digested it.
They also posted on their Hackers' Pub:
If you want to learn ActivityPub efficiently, just read the Fedify docs from beginning to end.
This makes all the documentation work worthwhile. Glad our docs are helping people understand not just Fedify, but #ActivityPub itself.
We're excited to announce the release of Fedify 1.5.0! This version brings several significant improvements to performance, configurability, and developer experience. Let's dive into what's new:
Two-Stage Fan-out Architecture for Efficient Activity Delivery
#Fedify now implements a smart fan-out mechanism for delivering activities to large audiences. This change is particularly valuable for accounts with many followers. When sending activities to many recipients, Fedify now creates a single consolidated message containing the activity payload and recipient list, which a background worker then processes to re-enqueue individual delivery tasks.
This architectural improvement delivers several benefits: Context.sendActivity() returns almost instantly even with thousands of recipients, memory consumption is dramatically reduced by avoiding payload duplication, UI responsiveness improves since web requests complete quickly, and the system maintains reliability with independent retry logic for each delivery.
For specific requirements, we've added a new fanout option with three settings:
// Configuring fan-out behavior
await ctx.sendActivity(
{ identifier: "alice" },
recipients,
activity,
{ fanout: "auto" } // Default: automatic based on recipient count
// Other options: "skip" (never use fan-out) or "force" (always use fan-out)
);
Canonical Origin Support for Multi-Domain Setups
You can now explicitly configure a canonical origin for your server, which is especially useful for multi-domain setups. This feature allows you to set different domains for WebFinger handles and #ActivityPub URIs, configured through the new origin option in createFederation(). This enhancement prevents unexpected URL construction when requests bypass proxies and improves security by ensuring consistent domain usage.
const federation = createFederation({
// Use example.com for handles but ap.example.com for ActivityPub URIs
origin: {
handleHost: "example.com",
webOrigin: "https://ap.example.com",
},
// Other options...
});
Optional Followers Collection Synchronization
Followers collection synchronization (FEP-8fcf) is now opt-in rather than automatic. This feature must now be explicitly enabled through the syncCollection option, giving developers more control over when to include followers collection digests. This change improves network efficiency by reducing unnecessary synchronization traffic.
await ctx.sendActivity(
{ identifier: sender },
"followers",
activity,
{
preferSharedInbox: true,
syncCollection: true, // Explicitly enable collection synchronization
}
);
Enhanced Key Format Compatibility
Key format support has been expanded for better interoperability. Fedify now accepts PEM-PKCS#1 format in addition to PEM-SPKI for RSA public keys. We've added importPkcs1() and importPem() functions for additional flexibility, which improves compatibility with a wider range of ActivityPub implementations.
Improved Key Selection Logic
The key selection process is now more intelligent. The fetchKey() function can now select the public key of an actor if keyId has no fragment and the actor has only one public key. This enhancement simplifies key handling in common scenarios and provides better compatibility with implementations that don't specify fragment identifiers.
New Authorization Options
Authorization handling has been enhanced with new options for the RequestContext.getSignedKey() and getSignedKeyOwner() methods. This provides more flexible control over authentication and authorization flows. We've deprecated older parameter-based approaches in favor of the more flexible method-based approach.
Efficient Bulk Message Queueing
Message queue performance is improved with bulk operations. We've added an optional enqueueMany() method to the MessageQueue interface, enabling efficient queueing of multiple messages in a single operation. This reduces overhead when processing batches of activities. All our message queue implementations have been updated to support this new operation:
If you're using any of these packages, make sure to update them alongside Fedify to take advantage of the more efficient bulk message queueing.
CLI Improvements
The Fedify command-line tools have been enhanced with an improved web interface for the fedify inbox command. We've added the Fedify logo with the cute dinosaur at the top of the page and made it easier to copy the fediverse handle of the ephemeral actor. We've also fixed issues with the web interface when installed via deno install from JSR.
Additional Improvements and Bug Fixes
For the complete list of changes, please refer to the changelog.
To update to Fedify 1.5.0, run:
# For Deno
deno add jsr:@fedify/fedify@1.5.0
# For npm
npm add @fedify/fedify@1.5.0
# For Bun
bun add @fedify/fedify@1.5.0
Thank you to all contributors who helped make this release possible!
I just discovered why some of my followers from larger #Mastodon instances (like mastodon.social) would mysteriously unfollow me after a while!
Turns out Mastodon implements the FEP-8fcf specification (Followers collection synchronization across servers), but it expected all followers to be in a single page collection. When followers were split across multiple pages, it would only see the first page and incorrectly remove all followers from subsequent pages!
This explains so much about the strange behavior I've been seeing with #Hollo and other #Fedify-based servers over the past few months. Some people would follow me from large instances, then mysteriously unfollow later without any action on their part.
Thankfully this fix has been marked for backporting, so it should appear in an upcoming patch release rather than waiting for the next major version. Great news for all of us building on #ActivityPub!
This is why I love open source—we can identify, understand, and fix these kinds of interoperability issues together. 
Coming soon in #Fedify 1.5.0: Smart fan-out for efficient activity delivery!
After getting feedback about our queue design, we're excited to introduce a significant improvement for accounts with large follower counts.
As we discussed in our previous post, Fedify currently creates separate queue messages for each recipient. While this approach offers excellent reliability and individual retry capabilities, it causes performance issues when sending activities to thousands of followers.
Our solution? A new two-stage “fan-out” approach:
Context.sendActivity(), we'll now enqueue just one consolidated message containing your activity payload and recipient listThe benefits are substantial:
Context.sendActivity() returns almost instantly, even for massive follower countsFor developers with specific needs, we're adding a fanout option with three settings:
"auto" (default): Uses fanout for large recipient lists, direct delivery for small ones"skip": Bypasses fanout when you need different payload per recipient"force": Always uses fanout even with few recipients// Example with custom fanout setting
await ctx.sendActivity(
{ identifier: "alice" },
recipients,
activity,
{ fanout: "skip" } // Directly enqueues individual messages
);
This change represents months of performance testing and should make Fedify work beautifully even for extremely popular accounts!
For more details, check out our docs.
What other #performance optimizations would you like to see in future Fedify releases?
We've been working on adding custom background task support to #Fedify as planned for version 1.5.0. After diving deeper into implementation, we've realized this is a more substantial undertaking than initially anticipated.
The feature would require significant API changes that would be too disruptive for a minor version update. Therefore, we've decided to postpone this feature to Fedify 2.0.0.
This allows us to:
We believe this decision will result in a more stable and well-designed feature that better serves your needs. However, some smaller improvements from our work that don't require API changes will still be included in Fedify 1.5.0 or subsequent minor updates.
We appreciate your understanding and continued support.
If you have specific use cases or requirements for background task support, please share them in our GitHub issue. Your input will help shape this feature for 2.0.0.
Patch releases for #Fedify versions 1.0.21, 1.1.18, 1.2.18, 1.3.14, and 1.4.7 are now available. These updates address two important bugs across all supported release lines:
acct: URIs with port numbers in the host. Thanks to @revathskumar for reporting and debugging the bug!base-url parameter of followers collections.We recommend all users upgrade to these latest patch versions for improved stability and federation compatibility.
![Released on March 20, 2025.
Fixed a bug of WebFinger handler where it had failed to match acct: URIs with a host having a port number. [#218, #219 by Revath S Kumar]
Fixed a server error thrown...](https://media.social.cologne/cache/preview_cards/images/017/542/566/original/a879b3cb6e2cb883.png "Released on March 20, 2025.
Fixed a bug of WebFinger handler where it had failed to match acct: URIs with a host having a port number. [#218, #219 by Revath S Kumar]
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이番에 @lqez 님의 《우리의 코드를 찾아서》에 出演하여 #페디버스, #ActivityPub, #Fedify, #Hollo에 關해 이야기를 나눴습니다. Fedify와 Hollo의 開發 祕話 같은 게 궁금하시다면 한 番 보셔도 재밌을지도 모르겠습니다. ㅎㅎㅎ
Is the world in need of a federated Craigslist/Kleinanzeigen platform? I am currently thinking about a project to dig into #fediverse development and learning #golang or stay with #deno and using #fedify.
EDIT: There is already something like that on the fediverse! It's called Flohmarkt. Thanks for the comments mentioning that!
https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt
Got an interesting question today about #Fedify's outgoing #queue design!
Some users noticed we create separate queue messages for each recipient inbox rather than queuing a single message and handling the splitting later. There's a good reason for this approach.
In the #fediverse, server response times vary dramatically—some respond quickly, others slowly, and some might be temporarily down. If we processed deliveries in a single task, the entire batch would be held up by the slowest server in the group.
By creating individual queue items for each recipient:
It's a classic trade-off: we generate more queue messages, but gain better resilience and user experience in return.
This is particularly important in federated networks where server behavior is unpredictable and outside our control. We'd rather optimize for making sure your posts reach their destinations as quickly as possible!
What other aspects of Fedify's design would you like to hear about? Let us know!
Fedify는 새로운 후원 파트너를 찾고 있습니다!
Fedify란?
Fedify는 #ActivityPub 기반 연합형 서버 프레임워크로, 개발자들이 분산형 소셜 네트워크인 #연합우주(#fediverse)에 애플리케이션을 쉽게 통합할 수 있도록 돕습니다. 복잡한 ActivityPub 프로토콜 구현을 단순화하여 개발 시간을 크게 단축시킵니다. MIT 라이선스 하에 제공되는 오픈 소스 프로젝트입니다.
Fedify를 활용하는 프로젝트들
다양한 프로젝트들이 이미 Fedify를 활용하고 있습니다:
Fedify가 제공하는 가치
가능한 협력 모델
Fedify와 협력했을 때의 이점
관심이 있으신가요?
ActivityPub 구현을 고려 중이시거나, Fedify 프로젝트와 협력하고 싶으시다면 연락 주세요:
귀사의 요구사항과 목표에 맞는 맞춤형 협력 방안을 함께 모색하겠습니다.
Fedify is looking for new partnership opportunities!
What is Fedify?
#Fedify is an #ActivityPub-based federated server framework that helps developers easily integrate their applications with the #fediverse, a decentralized social network. It simplifies the complex implementation of the ActivityPub protocol, significantly reducing development time. Fedify is an open-source project available under the MIT license.
Projects using Fedify
Various projects are already leveraging Fedify:
Value provided by Fedify
Potential collaboration models
Benefits of collaborating with Fedify
Interested?
If you're considering implementing ActivityPub or wish to collaborate with the Fedify project, please get in touch:
We're excited to explore customized collaboration opportunities that align with your requirements and goals.
If you answered “No”, which installation method do you prefer?
Your feedback helps us prioritize distribution channels! Thanks for contributing to the Fedify ecosystem.
