🌊 Exciting news! Crowdinblue - a mission-led initiative bridging water solutions with funding - has chosen #Bonfire to build their federated community space! Together, we're designing custom extensions to connect water projects with impact investors and crowdfunding opportunities. All in a federated environment that puts communities and projects first. Welcome to the Bonfire ecosystem, crowdinblue! πŸ’š Read more about the project: https://crowdinblue.org #CommonsEconomy #WaterJustice #Fediverse image
We're experimenting with federated geosocial features in Bonfire, free from surveillance capitalism. Check into your local community garden. Add location to mutual aid requests. Find tools nearby. Imagine your local fablab or community center sharing check-ins, calendars, events, opening hours - all federated. A living hub for what's happening there. πŸ”§
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Exploring a Bonfire Geosocial Extension Β· Issue #1444 Β· bonfire-networks/bonfire-app
Overview This issue explores implementing a basic geosocial extension for Bonfire that enables location-based social interactions without the priva...
 This unlocks new possibilities for local organizing, let's explore together πŸ”₯ #Geosocial #CommonsEconomy #Fediverse image
Taking a quick detour from our 1.0rc3 milestone work! πŸ›€οΈ This morning we added a small but meaningful feature: πŸ”— Link previews now display the author's fediverse account when available. ➑️ Next up: Author attribution controls in Bonfire's verification settings, so writers can decide exactly how they're credited when their articles travel across the fediverse. ✍️ It will be available in next release to test it out! image
What if you could keep using the tools built for your needs while opening them to your community or the broader fediverse on your terms? With Mosaic, we partner with you to build custom Bonfire extensions that connect your existing tools to the fediverse. πŸ“£ Details:
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We’re pleased to announce Bonfire Social 1.0 Release Candidate 2! This update is all about refining and polishing the experience, fixing bugs, and making Bonfire more enjoyable and reliable for everyone. These improvements come directly from your feedback, bug reports, and real-world testing. Of course, we couldn’t help ourselves and also snuck in some exciting new featuresβ€”like long-form article publishing and more feed customisations...
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> "Inspired by @Evan Prodromou 's recent article on advancing long-form text in the social web, we've taken the leap and developed our first prototype for publishing and reading articles on Bonfire, based on the FEP-b2b8 draft specification." Here the article on how we are implementing articles in bonfire πŸ˜…
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Long-form content in Bonfire: Part 1
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πŸš€ Our first online install party is happening! Join us this Friday to set up your own Bonfire instance πŸ”₯ We’ll focus on setting up an instance with @npub1mnch...05w9, answer questions, and support each other along the way. πŸ“… Friday 26 June at 15:30 UTC πŸ“ Details:
πŸ”₯ Bonfire Install Party #1 – Get your fediverse instance running!
Jun 27, 2025, 3:30:00β€―PM - GMT - Join us this Friday at 15:30 UTC for our first Bonfire Install Party! A casual peer-led session where we’ll...
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🌐 Can you help translate Bonfire into your language? We’re looking for translators and bilingual folks to help localise Bonfire extensions and UI into as many languages as possible β€” especially before the 1.0 release! No coding needed β€” just a love of words. πŸ”₯ Join here:
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Join Bonfire project in Transifex, and contribute to the world's largest localization community
 P.S. You can also help by translating this very message and/or sharing it! The more communities we reach, the more accessible Bonfire becomes. πŸŒπŸ’¬ #Bonfire #Translation #Localization #FOSS #Fediverse
πŸ”₯ Want to start your own Bonfire instance? We’re hosting online install parties, come set up your server alongside others! Bring your questions and curiosity, we’ll figure it out together and support each other through the process. βœ… Ideally have a (sub)domain + server with DNS set up, or just follow along and take notes. πŸ“† Vote on possible dates/times:
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πŸ”₯ Great coverage from @TechCrunch on the Bonfire Social 1.0 release candidate we announced at #fediforum
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Bonfire's new software lets users build their own social communities, free from platform control | TechCrunch
Bonfire's mission is to build social software where people get to make the decisions, not big tech platform makers like Meta or Google.