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