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The DDFON, Open Social Web, Fediverse, Mycelial Web SNS Historical Timeline

The DDFON / Mycelial Web SNS (social network service/system) timeline is a simple list of its history. To put it another way, it is a record of how the Mycelial Web came to be. This is only one part of the broader “Open Social Web” and even much larger “Social Web”. For this list, we defined SNS as services meant for posting updates (microblogging, macro-blogging, blogging), uploading images, leaving comments, re-sharing, and liking; or simply, the Mycelial Web (friendly name) or DDFON (Decentralized, Distributed, Federated, Open Network).

Focus

The focus of this list is on information with sources. If the original sources are no longer available, there should be an archive via archive.org or archive.ph.

For example. Information we remember about the Federated Social Web, but there are no longer sources available, will not be included. We may include information provided by well-known names, and key players, after we verify their online identity.

There are also no personal opinions on this list, and no endorsements. This list is a plain record of dates with a link to sources.

License

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  • Feel free to translate this work.
  • Feel free to build upon this work.

As long as the conditions of CC-BY-SA 4.0 International License are met.


First published in The Federated SNS Timeline (Fediverse History) on 2022-12-12 20:22 ACT (UTC+8).


Quick information

(date of launch: mycelium network name (protocol name))

  • 1999-01-04: Jabber (Jabber)
  • 2004-10: XMPP (XMPP)
  • 2008-05-18: Fediverse (ActivityPub; f. OStatus; f. OpenMicroBlogging)
  • 2010-11-23: The Federation (diaspora*)
  • 2014-09-09: Matrix (Matrix)
  • 2020-03: NOSTRich (Nostr)
  • 2021-10-04: The ATmosphere (ATproto)

Historical Timeline

1999

  • 1999-01-04
    • Protocol: Jabber 1

    • Software: jabberd was released by Jeremie Miller 1

      • Protocol (first release): Jabber
    • Instance: Jabber.org 1

      • Software: jabberd

2004

  • 2004-10
    • Protocol: XMPP 1

    • Instance: Jabber.org 1

      • Software: jabberd

2006

  • 2006-02
    • Jabber.org switched from jabberd to ejabberd 1

2008

  • 2008-05-18

    • First post in the Fediverse was made by Evan Prodromou: “This is my first post.” 2 3
  • 2008-07-02

    • Protocol: OpenMicroBlogging 4 5

    • Software: Laconica was released by Evan Prodromou 6 7 8

      • Protocol (first release): OpenMicroBlogging
    • Instance: Identi.ca 6 7 8

      • Software: Laconica
  • 2008 sometime

    • Instance: The TWiT Army Canteen

      • Software: Laconica
    • Software: OpenMicroBlogger was released 9

      • Protocol (first release): OpenMicroBlogging
    • Instance: OpenMicroBlogger.com

      • Software: OpenMicroBlogger

2009

  • 2009-08-28
    • Laconica software was renamed to StatusNet 10

2010

  • 2010-02-22

    • Instance: Mozilla was launched 11
      • Software: StatusNet
  • 2010-03-04

    • OStatus protocol replaced the OpenMicroBlogging protocol 12 13 5
    • StatusNet 0.9.0 switched to OStatus protocol 14
  • 2010-03-09

    • StatusNet Cloud Service was released in beta. The first managed instance service. 15
  • 2010-03-14

    • “identiverse” first coined by Luke Slater 16 17
  • 2010-07-02

    • Protocol: DFRN (Distributed Friends and Relations Network) 18 19

    • Software: Mistpark was released by Mike Macgirvin 18 19

      • Protocol (first release): DFRN
  • 2010-08-17

    • Mistpark added DFRN protocol federation 18 20
  • 2010-09-09

    • Mistpark added OpenMicroBlogging protocol federation 18 21
  • 2010-10-13

    • Mistpark added OStatus protocol federation 22 23
  • 2010-11-03

    • Mistpark was renamed to Friendika 24
  • 2010-11-23

    • Protocol: Diaspora Federation

      • Network name: The Federation
    • Software: diaspora* was released by Dan Grippi, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, Raphael Sofaer, and Maxwell Salzberg 25

      • Protocol (first release): Diaspora Federation
    • Instance: joindiaspora.com

      • Software: diaspora*

2011

  • 2011-03-19

    • Friendika added Diaspora Federation protocol support 26 27 23
  • 2011-05-01

    • Mozilla instance was renamed to Social@Mozilla 11
  • 2011-11-12

    • Friendika was renamed to Friendica 28

2012

  • 2012-05-25

    • “fediverse” was first coined by Mark Eckenwiler 29 30
  • 2012-07

    • Protocol: Zot 18

      • First decentralised and identity-aware (Nomadic identity) protocol 18
    • Software: red | Redmatrix was released by Mike Macgirvin 18

      • Protocol (first release): Zot, Diaspora Federation 23
  • 2012-08-27

    • diaspora* becomes a community-managed project 31
  • 2012-10-04

    • Protocol: ActivityPump 32 5

    • Software: pump.io was released by Evan Prodromou 33

      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPump

2013

  • 2013-01-24

    • “fediverse” second (archived) usage by Marjolein Katsma 34 30
      • no other archived copies found before 2013-01-24 other than 2012-05-25 (see above)
  • 2013-06-08

    • StatusNet and Free Social were merged with GNU Social 35 23 5
      • GNU Social is the surviving software name.
  • 2013-07-12

    • Identi.ca switched from StatusNet to pump.io software. 7 5
  • 2013-11-20

    • Social@Mozilla instance was shutdown 11

2014

  • 2014-09-06

    • W3C work on ActivityPub started 36
      • Based on the ActivityPump protocol.
  • 2014-09-09

    • Protocol: [matrix] 37

2015

  • 2015 early
    • Redmatrix was renamed Hubzilla 18
      • Protocol (first release): Zot, Diaspora Federation

2016

  • 2016-03-16

    • Software: Mastodon was released by Eugen Rochko 38
      • Protocol (first release): OStatus 23
  • 2016-08-16

    • Diaspora Federation protocol becomes available as a Ruby library 31 39
  • 2016-10-26

    • Software: Pleroma was released by Lain 40 41
      • Protocol (first release): OStatus

2017

  • 2017-07-18

    • Hubzilla added ActivityPub protocol federation 42 43
  • 2017-07-27

    • Software: Socialhome was released by Jason Robinson 44
      • Protocol (first release): Diaspora Federation 23
  • 2017-09-03

    • Mastodon added ActivityPub protocol federation 45 23

2018

  • 2018-01-23

    • ActivityPub became an official W3C Recommendation (web standard) 46
  • 2018-03-20

    • Software: PeerTube was released by Chocobozzz 47
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2018-04-19

    • Software: Misskey was released by Syuilo 48
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2018-08-17

    • Protocol: Zot6 49 50

    • Software: Zap was released by Mike Macgirvin 49 50

      • Protocol (first release): Zot6
  • 2018-08-23

    • Software: Osada was released by Mike Macgirvin 51 52
      • Protocol (first release): Zot6, ActivityPub
  • 2018-11-03

    • Software: PixelFed was released by Daniel Supernault 53
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2018-11-10

    • Software: WriteFreely was released by Matt Baer 54
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2018-11-18

    • Friendica added ActivityPub protocol federation 55 23

2019

  • 2019-02-20

    • Hubzilla upgraded Zot to Zot6 protocol 56
  • 2019-05-06

    • Software: Lemmy was released 57
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2019-08-20

    • Software: Hometown was released by Darius Kazemi 58
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2019-09-22

    • Osada was discontinued 59
  • 2019-09-22

    • Zap added ActivityPub protocol federation 60
  • 2019-10-04

    • Mastodon dropped OStatus protocol federation 61
  • 2019-10-06

    • Socialhome added ActivityPub protocol federation 62

2020

  • 2020-03

    • Protocol: Nostr 63
  • 2020-03-08

    • Pleroma dropped OStatus protocol federation 64
  • 2020-12-31

    • Software: BookWyrm was released by Mouse Reeve 65
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub

2021

  • 2021-05-11

    • Software: Rebased was released by Alex Gleason 66
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2021-07-18

    • GNU Social added ActivityPub protocol federation 67
  • 2021-08-04

    • Protocol: The AT Protocol 68

    • Software: Bluesky 68

      • Protocol (first release): The AT Protocol
    • Instance: bsky.app 68

      • Software: Bluesky
  • 2021-11-07

    • Software: Guppe Groups was released Will Murphy 69
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub

2022

  • 2022-01-29

    • Software: Akkoma was released by floatingghost 70
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2022-07-19

    • Software: Firefish (f. Calckey) was released by Kainoa Kanter 71
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2022-08-05

    • Software: Foundkey was released by Norm 72
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2022-10-30

    • Software: Kbin initial release by Ernest Wiśniewski 73 74
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2022-11-13

    • Instance: Vivaldi Social was launched 75
      • Software: Mastodon
  • 2022-11-21

    • Software: AP Groups was released by Michael Puckett 76
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2022-11-24

    • Software: Takahē was released Andrew Godwin 77
      • Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
  • 2022-12-03

    • Software: Streams was released by Mike Macgirvin 78
      • Protocol (first release): Nomad Communications, ActivityPub 79

2023

  • 2023-05-04
    • Instance: Mozilla.social entered private beta 80 81
      • Software: Mastodon

On updates

This is a living project. I will update it depending on the new information and my available time. If you have information available, kindly provide the relevant links for verification. If I can verify (rel=me; keyoxide; GPG; and other ways to verify your identity) that you are the developer of a protocol, standard, platform/software, a link is no longer needed (though still preferable).

Corrections would have to be clarified. Like, how is the correction more accurate than the currently sourced information? Or, how can we reconcile the correction with the currently sourced information? Of course, if you are the developer, and I can verify your identity, your information holds more weight (e.g. you prefer your software's release date to be later than the current information).

Submit your information in the issues section.

Footnotes

  1. Wikipedia: XMPP (published: 2024-08-06) (archived: 1 2) 2 3 4 5 6

  2. Laconica: Evan Prodromou, “This is my first post.” (published: 2008-05-18) (archived: 1)

  3. Pump.io: Even Prodromou, “This is my first post.” (published: 2008-05-18) (archived: 1 2)

  4. Wikipedia: OpenMicroBlogging

  5. Disintermedia: A Brief History of the GNU Social Fediverse and 'The Federation' (published: 2017-04-01) (archived: 1 2 3) 2 3 4 5

  6. Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Identi.ca Launches, an Open Source Twitter (published: 2008-07-02) (archived: 1 2) 2

  7. Wikipedia: identi.ca 2 3

  8. louisgray.com: Identi.ca and the Power of Microbranded Communities (published: 2008-08-12) (archived: 1 2 3) 2

  9. W3C: OpenMicroBlogging (published: 2008-09; 2008-11-20) (archived: 1 2)

  10. status.net: Laconica is now StatusNet (published: 2009-08-28) (archived: 1 2)

  11. DDFON: Ticket #3 2 3

  12. ostatus.org: It's started! (published: 2010-03-04) (archived: 1 2)

  13. status.net: Understanding OStatus (published: 2010-03-07) (archived: 1 2)

  14. status.net: StatusNet 0.9.0 Released (published: 2010-03-04) (archived: 1 2)

  15. Black Web: StatusNet Cloud Service Opens To The Public (published: 2010-03-09) (archived: 1)

  16. Luke Slater: Time for bed. Goodnight Identiverse. Thank you for existing! (published: 2010-03-14) (archived: 1)

  17. identi.ca: Notices tagged with identiverse (archived: 1)

  18. talkplus: The history of Hubzilla (published: 2016-10) (archived: 1 2) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  19. Mistpark: Initial checkin (published: 2010-07-02) (archived: 1 2) 2

  20. Mistpark: prepare for federation (published: 2010-08-17) (archived: 1 2)

  21. Mistpark: mistpark 2.0 infrastructure lands (published: 2010-09-09) (archived: 1 2)

  22. Mistpark: Provide the ability to subscribe to our user from other federated sites (published: 2010-10-13) (archived: 1 2)

  23. Sean Tilley: A quick guide to The Free Network (published: 2017-09-24) (archived: 1 2) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  24. Mistpark: project rename (published: 2010-11-03) (archived: 1 2)

  25. Diaspora*: Private Alpha Invites Going Out Today (published: 2010-11-23) (archived: 1)

  26. Friendika: stuff to make connecting to diaspora profiles easier (published: 2011-03-19) (archived: 1 2)

  27. Friendika: pull in new 'writable' dfrn flag (published: 2011-04-11) (archived: 1)

  28. Friendica: rename (published: 2011-11-12) (archived: 1 2)

  29. Mark Eckenwiler: Fully accessible from my part of the fediverse (published: 2012-05-25) (archived: 1 2)

  30. Twitter search: (fediverse) until:2013-01-31 since:2006-01-01 (archived: 1 2) 2

  31. Diaspora developer: Fla (published: 2022-12-13) (archived: 1 2) 2

  32. pump.io repo: v0.1.0 (published: 2012-10-04) (archived: 1 2)

  33. pump.io site: Version 0.1.0 (published: 2012-10-04) (archived: 1)

  34. Marjolein Katsma: good morning / #tzag #identiverse / fediverse :) (published: 2013-01-24) (archived: 1)

  35. GNU.org: Merge (published: 2013-06-08) (archived: 1 2)

  36. W3C: First draft (published: 2014-09-06) (archived: 1 2)

  37. Wikipedia: Matrix (protocol) (published: 2024-08-22) (archived: 1 2)

  38. Mastodon repo: v0.1.0 (published: 2016-03-16) (archived: 1 2)

  39. Diaspora Federation protocol: Ruby library (archived: 1 2)

  40. Pleroma repo: pleroma_fe (published: 2016-10-26) (archived: 1 2)

  41. Pleroma: Pleroma's First Release! 0.9.9 (published: 2019-02-22) (archived: 1 2)

  42. Hubzilla repo: provide content-type matching ability for activitypub (published: 2017-07-18) (archived: 1 2)

  43. Hacker News: zotlabs (published: 2018-03-28) (archived: 1 2)

  44. socialhome repo: 0.1.0 (published: 2017-07-27) (archived: 1 2)

  45. Mastodon repo: v1.6.0rc1 (published: 2017-03-09) (archived: 1 2)

  46. W3C: ActivityPub (published: 2018-01-23) (archived: 1 2)

  47. PeerTube: v1.0.0-beta.1 (published: 2018-03-20) (archived: 1 2)

  48. Misskey repo: 0.0.5018 (published: 2018-04-19) (archived: 1 2)

  49. Zap repo: 57e75d9332 (published: 2018-08-17) (archived: 1 2) 2

  50. Zap repo: 57e75d9332: boot.php (published: 2018-08-17) (archived: 1 2) 2

  51. Osada repo: 9ce94bd414 (published: 2018-08-23) (archived: 1 2)

  52. Osada repo: 9ce94bd414: boot.php (published: 2018-08-23) (archived: 1 2)

  53. Pixelfed repo: v0.1.9 (published: 2018-11-03) (archived: 1 2)

  54. WriteFreely repo: v0.1 (published: 2018-11-10) (archived: 1 2)

  55. Friendica: ActivityPub support in Friendica (published: 2018-11-18) (archived: 1 2)

  56. Hubzilla: Hubzilla 4.0 (published: 2019-02-20) (archived: 1 2)

  57. Lemmy: Lemmy v0.0.5 (published: 2019-05-06) (archived: 1 2)

  58. Hometown repo: Hometown v1.0.0 (Mastodon 2.9.3) (published: 2019-08-20) (archived: 1 2)

  59. Zotlabs.org: Osada has been discontinued (published: 2019-09-22) (archived: 1 2)

  60. Zotlabs.org: Supports Zap and ActivityPub (published: 2019-09-22) (archived: 1 2)

  61. Mastodon repo: v3.0.0 (published: 2019-10-04) (archived: 1 2)

  62. socialhome repo: 0.10.0 (published: 2019-10-06) (archived: 1 2)

  63. Wikipedia: Nostr (published: 2024-08-30) (archived: 1 2)

  64. Pleroma: Releasing Pleroma 2.0.0 (published: 2020-03-08) (archived: 1 2)

  65. PeerTube: v0.0.1 (published: 2020-12-31) (archived: 1 2)

  66. Rebased repo: soapbox-v1.0.0: Merge branch 'release-1.0' into 'develop' (published: 2021-05-11) (archived: 1 2)

  67. GNU Social repo: v2.0.0beta (published: 2021-07-18) (archived: 1 2)

  68. Wikipedia: Bluesky (social network) (published: 2024-09-05) (archived: 1 2) 2 3

  69. Guppe Groups repo: First Major Release (published: 2021-11-07) (archived: 1 2)

  70. Akkoma repo: akkoma as it was before rebasing onto the fork (published: 2022-01-29) (archived: 1 2)

  71. Firefish repo: Firefish release! (published: 2022-07-19) (archived: 1 2)

  72. Foundkey repo: 13.0.0-preview1 (published: 2022-08-05) (archived: 1 2)

  73. the-federation.info: karab.in (published: 2022-10-30) (archived: 1 2)

  74. First instance: karab.in (published: 2022-10-30) (archived: 1 2)

  75. DDFON: Ticket #5

  76. AP Groups (first mention): developer update (published: 2022-11-21) (archived: 1 2)

  77. Takahē repo: 0.3.0 (published: 2022-11-24) (archived: 1 2)

  78. Mike Macgirvin: Streams (published: 2022-12-03) (archived: 1 2)

  79. Streams: repo (published: 2022-12-03) (archived: 1 2)

  80. Mozilla: @mozilla@mozilla.social (published: 2023-05-04) (archived: 1 2)

  81. dist://ed: The internet deserves a better answer to social (published: 2023-05-04) (archived: 1 2)