Bonfire

🚄 The Bonfire team is rolling into Brussels for FOSDEM 2026! Come find us at one of Europe’s biggest free software gatherings, with over 8,000 people, dozens of devrooms, and all things open source. We’re giving two talks this weekend (and both will be livestreamed at the links below, so you can join from anywhere, with recordings up afterward): **Building Modular, Consentful, and Federated Social Networks**\ 🎥 [Social Web devroom](

FOSDEM 2026 - Social Web

) \ 🗓️ Saturday, Jan 31st, 17:20–17:40 CET\ 🌐 [Local time where you are](

05:20PM on Saturday, January 31, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium

) **Modular Communication Tools on the Open Social Web**\ 🎥 [Decentralised Communication devroom](

FOSDEM 2026 - Decentralised Communication

) \ 🗓️ Sunday, Feb 1st, 14:45–15:15 CET\ 🌐 [Local time where you are](

02:45PM on Sunday, February 1, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium

) We’ll be sharing more about the why and how of Bonfire and our ecosystem, hands-on demos, announcing new alliances, and real stories from communities using Bonfire today. We can’t wait to connect with the open source and fediverse crowd, swap ideas, and meet anyone passionate about building healthier, more flexible, and consentful digital spaces. Whether you’re a developer, community organiser, or just fediverse-curious, come say hi!

Hi everyone! We’re excited to share some updates: **Bonfire 1.0.1 is out!** 🎉\ This release is all about making your social web experience livelier, more connected, and truly yours. It brings features like following hashtags, scheduled posts, dashboard widgets, and more. This is the very first delivery from the maintenance work funded by your incredible support. Thank you for helping us reach this milestone and keep Bonfire thriving! For details about the release see our latest blog post: [Bonfire 1.0.1: Building Momentum](

Bonfire 1.0.1: Building Momentum

We're back with an update focused on making your social web experience livelier, more connected, and truly yours. Plus updates on the crowdfunding ...

) **What’s next for crowdfunding?**\ \ If you're an existing backer, the pledge manager is now open. Please keep an eye out for updates there so we can start preparing rewards for you. The campaign is open again for the next month. With core maintenance funded, every new pledge (or increased pledge from existing backers) now goes directly toward our first stretch goal: federated groups. [Support or share our extended campaign](

Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web by Bonfire - Indiegogo

From platforms to communities: a federated social web with shared foundations and co‑created spaces for gathering, care, connection, and ste...

) to help fund community-owned, cross-instance spaces for real collaboration and self-governance. **Bonus good news:** Thanks to a new grant, [end-to-end encrypted messaging in Bonfire is now funded](

Social Web Foundation

Implementing Encrypted Messaging over ActivityPub

One of the project areas of the Social Web Foundation for the last year has been end-to-end encrypted messaging. ActivityPub, the standard protocol...

) and in development! Thank you once again for being part of the Bonfire movement! Your feedback, support, and community spirit make all of this possible. If you have questions or want to get involved, reach out or come say hello at [FOSDEM](

FOSDEM 2026 - Home

) if you’re in Brussels at the end of January! With gratitude,\ The Bonfire Team