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Some things won't work.</small></noscript><header class="hero-header" style="background:#211d1f url(/en/post/fediverse-in-2020/banner.jpg) 50% 50% no-repeat;background-size:cover"><div class="heading"><h1>Fediverse in 2020</h1><h4 class="subheading"></h4><small>02.01.21</small> <strong class="author">Author(s): <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://mastodon.xyz/@lightone">@lostinlight <span class="hero-icon"><svg role="img"><use xlink:href="#icon-mastodon"></use></svg></span></a><i>,</i></strong></div></header><article class="contents"><p><strong>Happy 2021, fedizens!</strong></p><p>One more year in Fediverse passed. Lets have a look at what we have achieved in 2020.</p><h3 id="Fediverse-in-numbers">Fediverse in numbers</h3><p>The number of servers grew from 5.027 last year to ~5.900 by the end of 2020. Thats <span class="u-emphasize">about 900</span> new instances.</p><p>The number of registered users, on the other hand, has decreased and by the end of the year remains slightly above 4.000.000. This may be due to the fact that several large servers went down during the year, and because some administrators periodically remove long inactive accounts to free up space for newcomers.</p><p>Whatever the reason, we may rejoice that more small instances keep appearing. Thats what Fediverse is supposed to be doing decentralizing!</p><p>Seven networks growing most rapidly in <em>online</em> server numbers in 2020 were:</p><p><a href="/en/peertube">PeerTube</a> 🎉 +320 servers</p><p><a href="/en/mastodon">Mastodon</a> 🎉 +237 servers</p><p><a href="/en/pleroma">Pleroma</a> 🎉 +224 servers</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely">WriteFreely</a> 🎉 +74 servers</p><p><a href="/en/misskey">Misskey</a> 🎉 +58 servers</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://framagit.org/framasoft/mobilizon">Mobilizon</a> 🎉 +45 servers</p><p><a href="/en/pixelfed">Pixelfed</a> 🎉 +40 servers</p><p><em>Note: these numbers are an approximation based on statistics voluntarily provided by server administrators. Servers go offline / online every hour, every day, so the numbers reflect only part of Fediverse at the time this article was published.</em></p><p><img src="/en/post/fediverse-in-2020/cosmos-2020.jpg" alt="Fediverse project logos in space with cats and UFOs"> <small class="u-block u-center"><span class="u-emphasize">Credits:</span> picture is based on an image from Pixabay.com</small></p><h3 id="Fediverse-in-projects">Fediverse in projects</h3><p>At least <span class="u-emphasize">16 new projects</span> joined Fediverse in 2020!</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://gitlab.com/bonfire-ecosystem/activitypub">Bonfire</a> a plug &amp; play federated social network based on CommonsPub</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/mouse-reeve/bookwyrm">Bookwyrm</a> social reading and reviewing, a federated alternative to GoodReads</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/theoccasionoctopus/theoccasionoctopus-server">The Occasion Octopus</a> a federated network of Open Data for discovering interesting events</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://framagit.org/synalp/olki/olki">OLKi</a> linguistic corpora exchange platform, a simple gateway to Fediverse for scientific interaction</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/immers-space/immers">Immers Space</a> a virtual reality metaverse platform powered by Mozilla Hubs and ActivityPub-Express</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://git.sr.ht/~vpzom/lotide">Lotide</a> a federated forum / link aggregator</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://gitlab.com/ngerakines/tavern">Tavern</a> a minimalistic ActivityPub server</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/learn-awesome/learn">Learn Awesome</a> a review aggregation site generalized to all learning resources organized by topics, formats and difficulty</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://gitlab.com/openengiadina">OpenEngiadina</a> a knowledge base and a social network using ActivityPub and the Semantic Web</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/lowercasename/gathio">Gathio</a> self-destructing, shareable, no-registration event pages</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/assemblee-virtuelle/semapps">SemApps</a> a collaborative, generic knowledge management system for easing data storage and filtering</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/flockingbird/roost">FlockingBird</a> network for professionals, a LinkedIn alternative</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/hbz/skohub-pubsub">SkoHub</a> a publication / subscription infrastructure for Open Educational Resources; allows to follow specific subjects and be notified when new content is published</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://gitlab.com/Alamantus/Readlebee">Reedlebee</a> a viable Goodreads alternative; book reading progress, lists, reviews, comments, and more</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://git.lubar.me/ben/guild-website">LubarGW2</a> federating guild website using GuildWars2 API</p><p>🌟 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-activitypub">XWiki Extension</a> an implementation of the ActivityPub for XWiki</p><p>→ For a full list of Fediverse projects in development see <a href="https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a> page.</p><h4 id="Related-new-projects">Related new projects:</h4><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://sepiasearch.org">SepiaSearch</a> search engine for PeerTube</p><h3 id="Fediverse-2020-timeline">Fediverse 2020 timeline</h3><p><code>January 6:</code> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/grishka/Smithereen">Smithereen</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://mastodon.social/@grishka/103438618708499923">open sources</a> its codebase</p><p><code>January 23:</code> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://notabug.org/peers/forgefed">ForgeFed</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://floss.social/@forgefed/103533724144234293">gets funded</a> by NGI Zero Discovery Fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Comissions Next Generation Internet program</p><p><code>January 30:</code> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://dev.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale/funkwhale">Funkwhale</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://governance.funkwhale.audio/d/QyEBOaV6/status-of-our-nlnet-funding">receives funding</a> from NGI Zero (NLnet)</p><p><code>February:</code> Simon Urli <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://forum.xwiki.org/t/new-application-activitypub/6186">announces</a> plans to add ActivityPub to XWiki, an open-source Wiki platform; receives funding from NGI Zero (NLNet)</p><p><code>March:</code> Pleroma introduces federated emoji reactions in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://pleroma.social/blog/2020/03/08/releasing-pleroma-2-0-0">its 2.0 release</a></p><p><code>March:</code> Friendica <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/friendica/friendica/releases/tag/2020.03">adds</a> custom profile fields, support for ActivityPub relays, and starts federating with Funkwhale</p><p><code>April:</code> The French ministry deploys about 35 PeerTube instances, creating a vast platform of educational videos without tracking and advertisements</p><p><code>April 7:</code> New project OpenEngiadina <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://chaos.social/@pukkamustard/103956215440029088">joins the scene</a>. The project was supported by NGI Zero (NLnet)</p><p><code>May:</code> Mastodons creator <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/104276611260547358">announces</a> that some progress has been made on adding end-to-end encryption for direct messages in Mastodon. By the end of 2020, this is a work in progress</p><p><code>May 16:</code> PixelDroid, an Android client for Pixelfed, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://fosstodon.org/@PixelDroid/104179203678066343">prepares</a> for an alpha release</p><p><code>May 18:</code> Fediverse 🐣 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://mastodon.xyz/@lightone/104188129431867733">celebrates its 12 birthday</a></p><p><code>June 23:</code> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy">Lemmy</a> project <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://lemmy.ml/post/35293">is funded</a> by NGI Zero (NLnet)</p><p><code>July 23:</code> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://masto.host">Masto.host</a>, the biggest provider for Mastodon, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://mastodon.social/@mastohost/104564561004649620">experiences a major DDoS attack</a></p><p><code>August:</code> Google <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/104763960269049818">threatens</a> to remove several popular Fediverse apps from Google Play on the pretext that servers in Fediverse engage in hate speech and users can be exposed to it via these apps. Fedilab, a popular multi-purpose Fediverse app, receives Google warning too. This brings a wave of rage from users who blame Google for double standards and demand to also ban Twitter apps and Chrome, as all of them expose users to hate speech. Heated discussions on HackerNews, Reddit and other tech outlets follow</p><p><code>August 28:</code> Pleroma introduces ActivityPub chats <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://pleroma.social/blog/2020/08/28/releasing-pleroma-2-1-0">in 2.1.0 release</a></p><p><code>September 09:</code> Funkwhale releases <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://dev.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale/funkwhale/-/tags/1.0">first stable version</a></p><p><code>September 15:</code> Mario Vavti, <a href="/en/hubzilla">Hubzilla</a> core developer, achieves a grant from NGIZero (NLnet)</p><p><code>September 22:</code> Framasoft <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://framapiaf.org/@Framasoft/104907393254321391">introduces</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://sepiasearch.org">SepiaSearch</a> - a search engine to help discover videos and channels on PeerTube</p><p><code>September 30:</code> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/pixelcatapp/Pixelcat">Pixelcat</a>, Android client for Pixelfed, Mastodon and Pleroma, gets traction</p><p><code>October:</code> 👍 Debian <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://bits.debian.org/2020/10/debian-donation-peertube.html">donates</a> 10.000 Euros to fund free and decentralized live-streaming in PeerTube</p><p><code>October 2-5th:</code> A conference about the present and future of ActivityPub takes place in Barcelona. 💡 Watch the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://conf.tube/video-channels/apconf_channel/videos">talks</a></p><p><code>October 3:</code> SepiaSearch is now <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/searx/searx/pull/2227#event-3836474770">integrated in Searx</a></p><p><code>October 20:</code> Lemmy starts federating via ActivityPub</p><p><code>October 27:</code> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://framablog.org/2020/10/27/mobilizon-your-events-your-groups-your-data">Mobilizon</a> stable version 1.0 and a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://framablog.org/2020/10/27/photo-novel-guided-tour-of-mobilizon">guided tour</a> of the project are released</p><p><code>November:</code> Streaming <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/pull/3250">is coming</a> to PeerTube, a feature awaited by many</p><p><code>November 18:</code> Funkwhale is <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://blog.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale-is-looking-for-new-maintainers.html">looking for new maintainers</a></p><p><code>December 25:</code> Socialhome project <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://jasonrobinson.me/content/9db6bef7-e001-4de1-960a-6a24b59e5609">adds</a> alpha support for Matrix</p><p><code>December:</code> An ActivityPub conference happens during rC3, 💡 watch the talk about <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://media.ccc.de/v/rc3-520410-funkwhale_and_the_importance_of_decentralized_podcasting">Funkwhale</a>.</p><p>Is any important 2020 event missing? Feel free to suggest it in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/issues">issues</a> or send a suggestion in a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow noreferrer" href="https://mastodon.xyz/@lightone">direct message</a>.</p><p><em>Fediverse is mostly run by volunteers who spend their own money to keep the network going. If you enjoy being on Fediverse, please, consider sponsoring your own local server or donating to Fedi project you most often use.</em></p></article></div></main><script>const host="fediverse.party";host!=window.location.host&&"www."+host!=window.location.host||"https:"==window.location.protocol||(window.location.protocol="https")</script><script src="/js/main.min.js"></script></body></html>