Socialhome v0.23.0 released

Work continues towards a full replacement of the UI layer! @[email protected] has been hard at work again, working on both the UI layer, but also the backend and the federation library. Massive kudos <3

This is the last release where it will be possible to use the old UI. The next release is expected to completely remove the old UI, which will be a much welcome clean-up of the code base.

When updating, please note the instructions for running Socialhome with the new UI. The old setting to enable the new UI is gone, instead you will need to route to it using your reverse proxy. In the next release this will become mandatory as the old UI will disappear from the Socialhome backend container.

While things are in flux, unfortunately there aren't very good example ways to run the Socialhome backend and the new frontend. We're hoping to improve on this with the next release, when the old UI will be fully removed. Please pop in our chat room if you have issues attempting to run Socialhome.

Please note due to build issues with the old UI, arm images are not available for this release. If you need them, please ask in the chat room and we will figure something out.

This is not all! The release of v0.23.0 also contains a bunch of other changes and fixes. See the full changelog. Additionally, the federation library has received a ton of changes and fixes which can be found here.

Installing and updating

We recommend using the Docker images.

Notes on how to use the Docker images can be found in the docs.

What is Socialhome?

Socialhome is best described as a federated personal profile with social networking functionality. Users can create rich content using Markdown. All content can be pinned to the user profile and all content will federate to contacts in the federated social web. Federation happens using the ActivityPub and Diaspora protocols.

Please check the official site for more information about features. Naturally, the official site is a Socialhome profile itself.

• Official site
• Documentation (for admins)
• Code repository (GitHub mirror)
• Chat room on Matrix

Try Socialhome?

If you want to try Socialhome first before trying to install it, register at https://socialhome.network and then ping us with a comment on the user name chosen to get the account approved. You can also request account approval in the chat room. This unfortunately approval step is due to spammers.

Contribute

Do you want to work on a Django and VueJS powered social network server? Join in the fun! We have easy to follow development environment setup documentation and a friendly chat room for questions.

#socialhome #federation #fediverse #activitypub #diaspora #django #vuejs

Am I correct that with #ActivityPub, any org can run a server with their name in the domain and each member getting their own username, but using #ATproto, every individual would need to get their own domain name? I guess subdomains are possible. And those would probably just redirect, the structure and costs meaning they probably don't actually represent an app view or PDS or whatever?

#bluesky

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-02-26

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-04-02-26/

Idea for experiment: mail to fediverse?

@selfhosted

My ambition: having people writing to "username @ domain dot ext" and mail content goes into public, or private, on fediverse "handle @ domain . ext".

Someone already did it? Pros and cons? Disadvantages are more than benefits?

I heard about a trick called "mail2mastodon" but before doing deeper research I first wanted to understand how the effort is, and if it's worth.

#activitypub #fediverse #howto #mail #selfhosting

Why do we keep bringing this up?

https://hamishcampbell.com/why-do-i-keep-bringing-this-up/

I need to double check my own tags.pub integration based on how it integrate with Wordpress, I think the relay part is what I’m missing

🔗 https://rmendes.net/bookmarks/2026/04/02/discover-more-of-the-fediverse