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Bonfire

Federated social networking toolkit for communities

Chat & Communication ★ 943 stars Hard setup AGPL-3.0

Bonfire is a flexible, modular framework for building federated social networks and digital communities. It supports ActivityPub federation and is highly customizable through extensions.

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Key features

  • Modular extension architecture
  • ActivityPub federation
  • Customizable community flavors
  • Privacy-focused design

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Elixir

Trade-offs

  • Still maturing
  • Complex to configure

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