Creating your own federated microblog
Published on: 2025-08-16 13:37:57
Creating your own federated microblog
TIP This tutorial is also available in the following languages: 한국어 (Korean) and 日本語 (Japanese).
In this tutorial, we will build a small microblog that implements the ActivityPub protocol, similar to Mastodon or Misskey, using Fedify, an ActivityPub server framework. This tutorial will focus more on how to use Fedify rather than understanding its underlying operating principles.
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Target audience
This tutorial is aimed at those who want to learn Fedify and create ActivityPub server software.
We assume that you have experience in creating web applications using HTML and HTTP, and that you understand command-line interfaces, SQL, JSON, and basic JavaScript. However, you don't need to know TypeScript, JSX , ActivityPub, or Fedify—we'll teach you what you need to know about these as we go along.
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