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).
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.
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First published in The Federated SNS Timeline (Fediverse History) on 2022-12-12 20:22 ACT (UTC+8).
(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)
- 1999-01-04
- 2006-02
- Jabber.org switched from jabberd to ejabberd 1
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2008-05-18
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2008-07-02
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2008 sometime
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Instance: The TWiT Army Canteen
- Software: Laconica
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Software: OpenMicroBlogger was released 9
- Protocol (first release): OpenMicroBlogging
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Instance: OpenMicroBlogger.com
- Software: OpenMicroBlogger
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- 2009-08-28
- Laconica software was renamed to StatusNet 10
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2010-02-22
- Instance: Mozilla was launched 11
- Software: StatusNet
- Instance: Mozilla was launched 11
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2010-03-04
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2010-03-09
- StatusNet Cloud Service was released in beta. The first managed instance service. 15
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2010-03-14
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2010-07-02
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2010-08-17
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2010-09-09
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2010-10-13
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2010-11-03
- Mistpark was renamed to Friendika 24
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2010-11-23
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Protocol: Diaspora Federation
- Network name: The Federation
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Software: diaspora* was released by Dan Grippi, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, Raphael Sofaer, and Maxwell Salzberg 25
- Protocol (first release): Diaspora Federation
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Instance: joindiaspora.com
- Software: diaspora*
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2011-03-19
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2011-05-01
- Mozilla instance was renamed to Social@Mozilla 11
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2011-11-12
- Friendika was renamed to Friendica 28
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2012-05-25
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2012-07
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2012-08-27
- diaspora* becomes a community-managed project 31
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2012-10-04
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2013-01-24
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2013-06-08
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2013-07-12
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2013-11-20
- Social@Mozilla instance was shutdown 11
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2014-09-06
- W3C work on ActivityPub started 36
- Based on the ActivityPump protocol.
- W3C work on ActivityPub started 36
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2014-09-09
- Protocol: [matrix] 37
- 2015 early
- Redmatrix was renamed Hubzilla 18
- Protocol (first release): Zot, Diaspora Federation
- Redmatrix was renamed Hubzilla 18
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2016-03-16
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2016-08-16
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2016-10-26
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2017-07-18
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2017-07-27
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2017-09-03
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2018-01-23
- ActivityPub became an official W3C Recommendation (web standard) 46
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2018-03-20
- Software: PeerTube was released by Chocobozzz 47
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: PeerTube was released by Chocobozzz 47
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2018-04-19
- Software: Misskey was released by Syuilo 48
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: Misskey was released by Syuilo 48
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2018-08-17
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2018-08-23
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2018-11-03
- Software: PixelFed was released by Daniel Supernault 53
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: PixelFed was released by Daniel Supernault 53
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2018-11-10
- Software: WriteFreely was released by Matt Baer 54
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: WriteFreely was released by Matt Baer 54
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2018-11-18
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2019-02-20
- Hubzilla upgraded Zot to Zot6 protocol 56
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2019-05-06
- Software: Lemmy was released 57
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: Lemmy was released 57
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2019-08-20
- Software: Hometown was released by Darius Kazemi 58
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: Hometown was released by Darius Kazemi 58
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2019-09-22
- Osada was discontinued 59
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2019-09-22
- Zap added ActivityPub protocol federation 60
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2019-10-04
- Mastodon dropped OStatus protocol federation 61
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2019-10-06
- Socialhome added ActivityPub protocol federation 62
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2020-03
- Protocol: Nostr 63
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2020-03-08
- Pleroma dropped OStatus protocol federation 64
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2020-12-31
- Software: BookWyrm was released by Mouse Reeve 65
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: BookWyrm was released by Mouse Reeve 65
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2021-05-11
- Software: Rebased was released by Alex Gleason 66
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: Rebased was released by Alex Gleason 66
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2021-07-18
- GNU Social added ActivityPub protocol federation 67
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2021-08-04
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2021-11-07
- Software: Guppe Groups was released Will Murphy 69
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: Guppe Groups was released Will Murphy 69
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2022-01-29
- Software: Akkoma was released by floatingghost 70
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: Akkoma was released by floatingghost 70
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2022-07-19
- Software: Firefish (f. Calckey) was released by Kainoa Kanter 71
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: Firefish (f. Calckey) was released by Kainoa Kanter 71
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2022-08-05
- Software: Foundkey was released by Norm 72
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: Foundkey was released by Norm 72
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2022-10-30
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2022-11-13
- Instance: Vivaldi Social was launched 75
- Software: Mastodon
- Instance: Vivaldi Social was launched 75
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2022-11-21
- Software: AP Groups was released by Michael Puckett 76
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: AP Groups was released by Michael Puckett 76
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2022-11-24
- Software: Takahē was released Andrew Godwin 77
- Protocol (first release): ActivityPub
- Software: Takahē was released Andrew Godwin 77
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2022-12-03
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
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Wikipedia: XMPP (published: 2024-08-06) (archived: 1 2) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6
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Laconica: Evan Prodromou, “This is my first post.” (published: 2008-05-18) (archived: 1) ↩
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Pump.io: Even Prodromou, “This is my first post.” (published: 2008-05-18) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Wikipedia: OpenMicroBlogging ↩
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Disintermedia: A Brief History of the GNU Social Fediverse and 'The Federation' (published: 2017-04-01) (archived: 1 2 3) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5
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Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Identi.ca Launches, an Open Source Twitter (published: 2008-07-02) (archived: 1 2) ↩ ↩2
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louisgray.com: Identi.ca and the Power of Microbranded Communities (published: 2008-08-12) (archived: 1 2 3) ↩ ↩2
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W3C: OpenMicroBlogging (published: 2008-09; 2008-11-20) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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ostatus.org: It's started! (published: 2010-03-04) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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status.net: Understanding OStatus (published: 2010-03-07) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Black Web: StatusNet Cloud Service Opens To The Public (published: 2010-03-09) (archived: 1) ↩
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Luke Slater: Time for bed. Goodnight Identiverse. Thank you for existing! (published: 2010-03-14) (archived: 1) ↩
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talkplus: The history of Hubzilla (published: 2016-10) (archived: 1 2) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8
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Mistpark: Initial checkin (published: 2010-07-02) (archived: 1 2) ↩ ↩2
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Mistpark: prepare for federation (published: 2010-08-17) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Mistpark: mistpark 2.0 infrastructure lands (published: 2010-09-09) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Mistpark: Provide the ability to subscribe to our user from other federated sites (published: 2010-10-13) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Sean Tilley: A quick guide to The Free Network (published: 2017-09-24) (archived: 1 2) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8
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Mistpark: project rename (published: 2010-11-03) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Diaspora*: Private Alpha Invites Going Out Today (published: 2010-11-23) (archived: 1) ↩
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Friendika: stuff to make connecting to diaspora profiles easier (published: 2011-03-19) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Friendika: pull in new 'writable' dfrn flag (published: 2011-04-11) (archived: 1) ↩
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Mark Eckenwiler: Fully accessible from my part of the fediverse (published: 2012-05-25) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Twitter search: (fediverse) until:2013-01-31 since:2006-01-01 (archived: 1 2) ↩ ↩2
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Diaspora developer: Fla (published: 2022-12-13) (archived: 1 2) ↩ ↩2
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pump.io repo: v0.1.0 (published: 2012-10-04) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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pump.io site: Version 0.1.0 (published: 2012-10-04) (archived: 1) ↩
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Marjolein Katsma: good morning / #tzag #identiverse / fediverse :) (published: 2013-01-24) (archived: 1) ↩
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W3C: First draft (published: 2014-09-06) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Wikipedia: Matrix (protocol) (published: 2024-08-22) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Mastodon repo: v0.1.0 (published: 2016-03-16) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Diaspora Federation protocol: Ruby library (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Pleroma repo: pleroma_fe (published: 2016-10-26) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Pleroma: Pleroma's First Release! 0.9.9 (published: 2019-02-22) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Hubzilla repo: provide content-type matching ability for activitypub (published: 2017-07-18) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Hacker News: zotlabs (published: 2018-03-28) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Mastodon repo: v1.6.0rc1 (published: 2017-03-09) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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W3C: ActivityPub (published: 2018-01-23) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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PeerTube: v1.0.0-beta.1 (published: 2018-03-20) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Misskey repo: 0.0.5018 (published: 2018-04-19) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Zap repo: 57e75d9332 (published: 2018-08-17) (archived: 1 2) ↩ ↩2
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Zap repo: 57e75d9332: boot.php (published: 2018-08-17) (archived: 1 2) ↩ ↩2
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Osada repo: 9ce94bd414 (published: 2018-08-23) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Osada repo: 9ce94bd414: boot.php (published: 2018-08-23) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Pixelfed repo: v0.1.9 (published: 2018-11-03) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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WriteFreely repo: v0.1 (published: 2018-11-10) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Friendica: ActivityPub support in Friendica (published: 2018-11-18) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Hubzilla: Hubzilla 4.0 (published: 2019-02-20) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Lemmy: Lemmy v0.0.5 (published: 2019-05-06) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Hometown repo: Hometown v1.0.0 (Mastodon 2.9.3) (published: 2019-08-20) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Zotlabs.org: Osada has been discontinued (published: 2019-09-22) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Zotlabs.org: Supports Zap and ActivityPub (published: 2019-09-22) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Mastodon repo: v3.0.0 (published: 2019-10-04) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Pleroma: Releasing Pleroma 2.0.0 (published: 2020-03-08) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Rebased repo: soapbox-v1.0.0: Merge branch 'release-1.0' into 'develop' (published: 2021-05-11) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Wikipedia: Bluesky (social network) (published: 2024-09-05) (archived: 1 2) ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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Guppe Groups repo: First Major Release (published: 2021-11-07) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Akkoma repo: akkoma as it was before rebasing onto the fork (published: 2022-01-29) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Firefish repo: Firefish release! (published: 2022-07-19) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Foundkey repo: 13.0.0-preview1 (published: 2022-08-05) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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the-federation.info: karab.in (published: 2022-10-30) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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First instance: karab.in (published: 2022-10-30) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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AP Groups (first mention): developer update (published: 2022-11-21) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Takahē repo: 0.3.0 (published: 2022-11-24) (archived: 1 2) ↩
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Mike Macgirvin: Streams (published: 2022-12-03) (archived: 1 2) ↩