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Public Interest Social Networks Bonfire is built by communities, for communities—rooted in autonomy, mutual care, and collective power. Co-create your tools […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ indieweb.social/@bonfire, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
Originally published on Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy blog, this article by @s0hw@hci.social and @andresmh@hci.social reflects on a semester of collaboration with Bonfire. Together, we explored how Governance Cards could help communities describe how they organise and […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
We’re delighted to share that our talk: “Sovereignty Is More Than a Server: Public Digital Commons with Bonfire” has been accepted for the Open Source Conference Luxembourg 🎉 ! We’re looking forward to discussing why digital sovereignty requires more than […] [Original post on bonfire.cafe]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026
Shared infrastructure is how the #Fediverse can grow without recreating enshittified platform silos. We’re excited to share that Bonfire is working with Mastodon on two critical areas of Fediverse infrastructure: remote media storage and automated content detection. Built around open Fediverse […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
We’re gathering around a fire 🔥 **Around the Bonfire** is our new newsletter: a digest of releases, community stories, collaborations, and everything else taking shape around Bonfire. We’ll send it when there’s a new release, but never more than once a month […] [Original post on bonfire.cafe]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
In solidarity with #AutisticiInventati. Please join us in signing the open letter and send it to your representatives: inventati.org/campaign/open_... A/I's mission has always been clear, and for more than twenty years it has inspired generations of hackers and activists in Italy and around […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
Bonfire Social 1.0.7 is out 🔥 It includes a new default UI, reworked discussions, faster and more flexible feeds, better mobile navigation, and fixes across federation, accessibility, publishing and admin tools. We’re also sharing our bikemap for what’s next: public federated groups, better […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
Turn your #Ghost publication into a thriving community with Bonfire. Automatically import all your Ghost articles into dedicated Bonfire groups and topics while preserving the membership tiers you’ve already set up. Readers can sign in to your Bonfire instance with their Ghost account, then […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
Here's another neat Bonfire feature: organisation profiles. You can create a shared profile for your co-op, collective, project, or any other organisation or team, and invite trusted people to manage it with you. Each team member signs in with their usual […] [Original post on bonfire.cafe]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
A tiny Bonfire feature that we’ve grown quite fond of 🌱 Instance admins can define their own set of default avatars, which are randomly assigned to people who haven’t uploaded a profile picture yet. It sounds like a very small thing and technically, it is […] [Original post on bonfire.cafe]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
What should digital infrastructure for open science look like, and more importantly, who should shape it? Universities and scholarly communities are starting to explore new directions together. This includes a living lab at Warwick, governance research with Princeton HCI and experiments with […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
We’re delighted that the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation is following Bonfire’s evolution with such interest. The EEF supports the #Erlang, #Elixir, and wider #BEAM community, which is the ecosystem behind the technology Bonfire is built with. The foundation plans to deploy Bonfire and explore how […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
Bonfire Social 1.0.5 is out! 🔥 **Archipelago mode** means instead of open federation (connect to everyone, then play whack-a-mole blocking bad actors), you can now choose to **federate** _***only***_ **with a hand-picked allow-list of trusted people or servers**. Communities can link up into an […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026
🔥 The Bonfire Social 1.0.5 release candidate is out! This one brings archipelago mode (opt-in, allow-list federation for tightly-knit communities and networks), a more lightweight search backend (see changelog for migration steps), broadcasting announcements, another embeddable widget […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026
We just released Bonfire Social 1.0.3 🔥 with dozens of bug fixes and UX improvements, plus: * Federated comments embeddable on any web page. * Deep Ghost integration: SSO, membership tier sync, and automatic article import. * New dashboard widgets: spotlight, polls closing soon, top […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026
Our @fediforum@mastodon.social demo is up! 🔥 We showed off Bonfire Mosaic and our ongoing work on federated groups and new publisher tools we’ve been co-designing with jacobin.de, including federated discussion threads that can be embedded on their existing website. Built on our modular […]
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Mayel @mayel.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026
Today at #FediForum we'll have a discussion with some of the co-authors of the academic paper Governing Together: Toward Infrastructure for Community-Run Social Media. There's no better time to read this paper! bonfire.cafe/post/01KQDCWGK0...
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Mayel @mayel.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026
The paper Governing Together: Toward Infrastructure for Community-Run Social Media by @s0hw@hci.social @andresmh@hci.social and colleagues at hci.princeton.edu (which we will discuss at #FediForum today) takes on a tension at the heart of decentralised social media. The fediverse promises to […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026
On Saturday May 9th in Rome, as part of the Nina Festival, we're hosting a workshop to _think with_ Bonfire, exploring and co-designing federated digital spaces for caring for our communities. Together with @reclaimthetech@mastodon.uno, Zero81, Scift Lab and […] [Original post on bonfire.cafe]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026
We just **released Bonfire 1.0.2** , an update focused on giving you a more stable and reliable experience. We're also heads-down working with **several communities who are setting up their own Bonfire servers**. Plus updates on **end to end encryption** and **federated groups**. More details […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026
If you're in Amsterdam this Saturday join us for reading of _**Ada& Zangemann**_ by @kirschner@mastodon.social & Sandra Brandstätter in English and in Dutch, followed by a conversation about **Free Software maintenance as care work** , together with @mayel from […] [Original post on bonfire.cafe]
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2026
FYI today's talk was moved 10 minutes earlier to 17:10 CET
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Bonfire @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2026
🚄 The Bonfire team is rolling into Brussels for FOSDEM 2026! Come find us at one of Europe’s biggest free software gatherings, with over 8,000 people, dozens of devrooms, and all things open source. We’re giving two talks this weekend (and both will be livestreamed at the links below, so you […]
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Erin Kissane @kissane.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2025
Happy holidays, fediverse! I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2025
RE: socialwebfoundation.org/2025/12/19/… Big news for the #Fediverse! End-to-end encryption is coming to #ActivityPub. @swf with support from @sovtechfund is coordinating two interoperable implementations. Bonfire is proud to be one of […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/12/2025
RE: indieweb.social/@bonfire/1157187319… Final 10 minutes!
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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/12/2025
⏳ Just a few hours left! 🔥 We're in the final stretch of the Bonfire crowdfund. Help unlock new features for community-run spaces in the #fediverse! Every share or contribution makes a real difference. Support or boost before time runs out […]
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Andrea Mancianti @antimanciand.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/12/2025
Today the funding campain for this great project ends. If succesful it will enable a long roadmap of tools for a truly open and participative web. Chip in if you can! www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfi… @bonfire
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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/12/2025
Oops almost forget to support @bonfire on Indiegogo. Today is the last day 😱 Hurry! 👇 www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfi… ✅ DONE #Indiegogo #OpenSocialWeb #SocialMedia
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Anders Thoresson @anders.thoresson.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/12/2025
39 hours to go for @bonfire 's crowdfunding campaign. Help build decentralized communitites. Back it! #fediverse #decentralize www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfi…
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@firesidefedi@btfree.social @firesidefedi.social.firesidefedi.live.ap.brid.gy · 12/12/2025
2 DAYS LEFT! Help @bonfire hit their first #stretchgoal and let's keep #funding #open #web #development www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfi… #bonfire #fedi #fediverse #foss
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Boris Mann @boris.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/12/2025
Congrats! The @bonfire team hit their initial “maintenance” goal. The next unlock is working on federated groups. Help fund their campaign! indieweb.social/@bonfire/1156681188…
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Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️ Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in. Read about why this matters and how it can empower communities: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-community-matters-groups-as-the-next-step-for-the-fediverse/ Support the campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=tBIbwXI4dU25KvW4HBM0hQ #Fediverse #FederatedGroups #CommunitySpaces #ActivityPub
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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/12/2025
Several people asked if our artwork, such as the print we offer as a crowdfunding reward, is AI-generated. It’s not. It’s an original work by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind the Bonfire icon and much of our other illustrations, hand screen-printed by BeeInk […] [Original post on indieweb.social]
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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025
Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️ Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in. Read about why this matters and how it can […]
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Nicolas Fressengeas @fresseng.universites.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025
RE: indieweb.social/@bonfire/1156501311… Plus que neuf jours pour trouver les quelques 574 € afin de poser la première pierre de Bonfire, fondation de Open Science Network, le premier réseau fédéré pour la communication scientifique, sous le contrôle des communautés scientifiques […]
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Nicolas Fressengeas @fresseng.universites.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025
RE: indieweb.social/@bonfire/1156501311… Only nine days left to find only 574€ to secure the first stone of a new home for open science: the Open Science Network is built on Bonfire... which is so close to its first goal. openscience.network Be the one who crosses the […]
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Derek Caelin is writing a book @derek.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025
The @bonfire indigogo campaign is 96% funded! Just a bit more to go over the edge and unlock the funding. www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfi…
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ImaCrea @imacrea.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025
Je viens de contribuer au crowdfunding du projet @bonfire 👉 www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfi… Il leur reste 10 jours et on n'est plus très loin de l'objectif. 💥 Très enthousiasmant dans son approche et les fonctionnalités en vue, ce pourrait être un chouette nouvel acteur […]
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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.net · 03/12/2025
@bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy is creating building blocks for communities on the open social web. You can support Bonfire through their IndieGogo fundraiser at www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
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Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web by Bonfire - Indiegogo
From platforms to communities: a federated social web with shared foundations and co‑created spaces for gathering, care, connection, and stewardship.
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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/12/2025
Do you want to help people escape Big Tech and join the open social web? We need help to boost the Bonfire campaign. With #GivingTuesday momentum is on our side, but most people stuck on enshitified platforms only see content from people still active there. If that's you, pick a template below […]
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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/12/2025
[#GivingTuesday thread (3/N)] Moving on to decentralized social networks ... last year, I focused primarily on the Fediverse; this year, I'm also including the ATmosphere (although there isn't an ATmosphere logo yet, so I didn't update the image at the top of the post) * The #MutualAid […]
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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/12/2025
#GivingTuesday 2025 > "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
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Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/12/2025
I have a question for #ActivityPub fanatics. For the Social Web Devroom at FOSDEM 2026, we've reached out to over 50 different Fediverse projects to make sure they know about the event. Is there anyone else we need to reach? If you know someone working on Fediverse software development OR […]
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Emelia 👸🏻 @thisismissem.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/11/2025
Hey #fediverse people, I've an ask: If you appreciate all that I do for the fediverse and open social web, and you'd like to see me continue to do that work, please support my work financially. Right now I'm having to look for work outside of the Fediverse because I simply cannot make ends meet […]
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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/11/2025
Bonfire isn’t easy to pin down, and that’s the point! We seek to enable a tapestry of social spaces, all built from shared building blocks but diverging in flavour, practice, and purpose. We gathered a whole collection of answers from across the fediverse: 👉 […]
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Diego Kehrle @diegokehrle.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/11/2025
Acabo de postar um texto, inspirado na história dos softwares livres, e citando o @bonfire - sobre a necessidade de quebrarmos o "código" da escola, para que seja possível que as comunidades possam adaptá-la às suas necessidades e potencialidades […]
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@firesidefedi@btfree.social @firesidefedi.social.firesidefedi.live.ap.brid.gy · 24/11/2025
20 days left to contribute to @bonfire ! Let's help fund the #Fediverse and support some #Developers so they can keep investing in US! www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfi…
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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025
Bonfire Open Science is now @ORCID_Org certified as a Manuscript Submission System provider 🎉 This opens new possibilities for turning conversations into citable, #FAIR and permanent research objects. But what should be archived? How does this affect scientific discourse? More details […]
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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2025
@laboratoriodemedios is a finalist in the IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge 🎉 Please vote and support our friends at the Red Abya Yala Toolkit project 💗 You can leave a like/comment on the video and it counts as a vote. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMFdcHD-Z1U It's a great project […]
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