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Takahe

Multi-domain ActivityPub server

Social Networks ★ 1.2k stars Medium setup BSD-3-Clause

Takahe is an ActivityPub server that can host multiple domains and identities from a single deployment. It is designed for those who want to run several fediverse personas without separate installations.

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Key features

  • Multi-domain hosting
  • Multiple identities per user
  • Stateless workers
  • ActivityPub federation

Strengths

  • Released under the BSD-3-Clause license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.2k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Python

Is Takahe secure?

OSV.dev lists 1 published advisory for Takahe. It doesn't publish GitHub releases we can match, so we can't say which of them apply to the current version. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-91146, published 2026-09-14 (30 days ago), fixed in 0.11.0

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

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