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Fedify

ActivityPub server framework for TypeScript

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Fedify is a TypeScript framework for building ActivityPub-based federated server applications. It handles the protocol details so developers can create new fediverse software more easily.

Key features

  • ActivityPub server framework
  • Handles federation protocol
  • TypeScript and Deno support
  • Powers fediverse apps

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Active community (1k GitHub stars)
  • Written in TypeScript
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

Is Fedify secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Fedify's latest release (2.4.4). OSV.dev lists 8 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-62857, published 2026-08-06 (69 days ago), fixed in 1.9.13, 1.10.12, 2.0.22, 2.1.18, 2.2.7, 2.3.2

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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