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Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Here’s a list of 130: the-federation.info/#projects

One I like not mentioned so far is bookwyrm, which is like a federated goodreads (track books you’re reading, review them, read other’s reviews).

I think it’s worth noting that Mastodon is by far the most mature. Everything else is buggy and may not always work they way you might expect but I think many are still worth using if you can put up woth the quirks.

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TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Also worth noting that BookWyrm can import your books from a GoodReads export, so you can try it without risking much.

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pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Akkoma is also very stable and much faster than Mastodon.

akkoma.social

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- Cubes@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Still not sure what this is supposed to do based on the site? It’s some kind of all-in-one fediverse thing? Doesn’t help that they reference a ton of federated services that I’ve never heard of in the website
  
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  - ultimate_question@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    The website is totally useless if you don’t already know wha Pleroma is, it explains what the fediverse is like 4 times but never explains how the app integrates with it lol
    
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  - pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Implements ActivityPub and you can do Twitter-like messaging and you can define the makimum length of the text. The client API is the same as with Mastodon, so you can use any Mastodon app with it, or even run the Mastodon web frontend.
    
    It is written in Elixir instead of Ruby, so it is much faster than Mastodon. Supports quoting and emoji reactions like Misskey does.
    
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- jcrabapple@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  And it’s much easier to run (less resources) and easily accepts multiple frontend UIs.
  
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beefbaby182@lemmy.thesanewriter.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I just found Bookwyrm and love it! Now that’s a great idea for a federated site.

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spiderman@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
is there any android app for bookwyrm?

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- Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yes and no. Yes an app exists, but it’s not official, and the app is only a wrapper for the website. It may be better to “install” the website to your home screen using the option in your browser.
  
  If you want to check it out, it’s not on Google Play, but you can get it on F-Droid if you have it, otherwise you can install the APK directly by downloading it here.
  
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