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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 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.
πŸ”₯ Bonfire Social 1.0 release candidate has landed! Curious about what the fediverse could look like with real community control? Try out features like custom feeds, nested discussions, shared profiles, circles, and boundary-based permissions β€” then let us know what breaks or needs improvement. More details and video demos: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire_social_rc/ #BonfireSocial #FediForum #FOSS #ActivityPub #DigitalAutonomy
Join us at #FediForum today β€” an unconference about the ActivityPub ecosystem. We’ll be doing a live demo and proposing a session: Behind the Bonfire: building a fediverse app in public Curious how a fediverse app actually gets made? We’ll share the journey to Bonfire 1.0, talk about deployment, governance, and what building in public really looks like β€” the good, the hard, and the weird. 1/2
Have you registered for #FediForum yet? Make sure to tune in tomorrow to hear from us and many wonderful folks including Cory Doctorow:
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πŸ“£ We're looking for communities and individuals interested in setting up their own Bonfire instances over the next weeks. We need your help to: - Use Bonfire in real-world scenarios - Federate with each other and the wider fediverse to test interoperability - Monitor performance under active use Your feedback will help us get Bonfire Social across the finish line to a stable 1.0 release! We’ll be happy to provide guidance throughout the whole process ✊ Please boost or reach out if interested!