Spending some time again with #FediTest. It's still early, lots of work still needed and finding the support to work on it has been difficult, but It's actually a pretty cool piece of work if I may say so.
(FediTest: an open-source framework and testing tools for distributed systems whose nodes communicate with complex protocols. Such as -- but not limited to -- the ActivityPub stack.) https://feditest.org
Thanks @casey for the gracious mention of FediTest in his FOSDEM presentation.
The phrase was "amazing FediTest project" I think ...
Thanks #funkwhale for a nice #FediTest shout-out in their talk at FOSDEM.
A few of us are getting together for an informal conversation about testing the Fediverse and the open social web tomorrow Sunday at 13:30 at Chez Theo. Come by if you are interested in the social web, and making it work better. And to hang out with like-minded people.
Getting ready for my talk on testing the Fediverse with #FediTest in Seattle next weekend. First thing Saturday morning.
Come by? #SeaGL is free, and full of hackers!
We are witnessing a resurgence of decentralized systems whose nodes communicate through open, symmetric protocols. For example, the Fediverse, the open social media network built around the ActivityPub standard, has been growing substantially in recent years. However, quality control of such systems using complex protocols like ActivityPub is difficult. How do you test your own application against others, each of which might take a couple of hours simply to install? Enter FediTest, an open-source project building a test framework for testing these kinds of systems, and a test suite for the Fediverse. We will describe the problem as we see it, explain our approach, and demo live tests.
We are witnessing a resurgence of decentralized systems whose nodes communicate through open, symmetric protocols. For example, the Fediverse, the open social media network built around the ActivityPub standard, has been growing substantially in recent years. However, quality control of such systems using complex protocols like ActivityPub is difficult. How do you test your own application against others, each of which might take a couple of hours simply to install? Enter FediTest, an open-source project building a test framework for testing these kinds of systems, and a test suite for the Fediverse. We will describe the problem as we see it, explain our approach, and demo live tests.
Johannes Ernst
Johannes Ernst
Emelia 👸🏻
FediTest
UBOS
SeaGL 2026: Nov 6th and 7th