Firefish
Customizable fediverse microblogging platform
Firefish is an open-source, decentralized social media platform built on ActivityPub with extensive interface customization. It includes a built-in post translator, reactions, and a flexible timeline.
Key features
- Highly customizable UI
- Post reactions
- Built-in translation
- Federated timelines
Strengths
- Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (1.3k GitHub stars)
- Written in TypeScript
Firefish replaces
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