Bonfire

Cover of the book Ada & Zangemann,

Poster for an event: I Love Free Software Day 2026

If you're in Amsterdam this Saturday join us for reading of _**Ada& Zangemann**_ by @kirschner@mastodon.social & Sandra Brandstätter in English and in Dutch, followed by a conversation about **Free Software maintenance as care work** , together with @mayel from […]

[Original post on bonfire.cafe]

FYI today's talk was moved 10 minutes earlier to 17:10 CET

🚄 The Bonfire team is rolling into Brussels for FOSDEM 2026!

Come find us at one of Europe’s biggest free software gatherings, with over 8,000 people, dozens of devrooms, and all things open source. We’re giving two talks this weekend (and both will be livestreamed at the links below, so you […]

Happy holidays, fediverse!

I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]

@alisynthesis The initial idea is that all fediverse apps (clients and servers) should implement the standard for maximum interoperability. But it's definitely worth thinking about what we could do to make that possible in any case!

We hope this will enable the fediverse to become a safer space for activists and communities to organise, coordinate, and collaborate meaningfully. By making secure, user-friendly messaging a core part of the fediverse, we can help lay the groundwork for decentralised networks where people can […]

RE: https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/12/19/implementing-encrypted-messaging-over-activitypub/

Big news for the #Fediverse! End-to-end encryption is coming to #ActivityPub.

@swf with support from @sovtechfund is coordinating two interoperable implementations.

Bonfire is proud to be one of […]

RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115718731985031138

Final 10 minutes!

@hrast yeah our work so far was supported by grants from NLnet and European Cultural Foundation

@hrast we've reached 100% for the primary goal (for maintenance) and now raising for the first stretch goal (for groups)

⏳ Just a few hours left! 🔥

We're in the final stretch of the Bonfire crowdfund. Help unlock new features for community-run spaces in the #fediverse! Every share or contribution makes a real difference.

Support or boost before time runs out […]

You backed Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web Thank you for being part of the project!

Today the funding campain for this great project ends. If succesful it will enable a long roadmap of tools for a truly open and participative web. Chip in if you can!

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfire

@bonfire

Confirmation screen of successful pledge to the Bonfire Project on Indiegogo.

Oops almost forget to support @bonfire on Indiegogo. Today is the last day 😱 Hurry!
👇
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfire

✅ DONE

#Indiegogo #OpenSocialWeb #SocialMedia

@light As Kropotkin said, "Mutual aid is the best means for ensuring the greatest safety, the greatest well-being, and the greatest amount of life to each individual", our goal is to extend this vision to digital spaces, providing tools for communities to build, govern, and care for themselves […]

39 hours to go for @bonfire 's crowdfunding campaign.

Help build decentralized communitites. Back it!

#fediverse #decentralize

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community

2 DAYS LEFT! Help @bonfire hit their first #stretchgoal and let's keep #funding #open #web #development

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=uMxfxdtM7kaxrjwxZLShUA

#bonfire #fedi #fediverse #foss

Congrats! The @bonfire team hit their initial “maintenance” goal. The next unlock is working on federated groups.

Help fund their campaign!
https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115668118860287866

Bonfire silkscreen print on samvie bookshelf

Several people asked if our artwork, such as the print we offer as a crowdfunding reward, is AI-generated.
It’s not.
It’s an original work by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind the Bonfire icon and much of our other illustrations, hand screen-printed by BeeInk […]

[Original post on indieweb.social]

Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️

Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.

Read about why this matters and how it can […]

RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115650131177527914

Plus que neuf jours pour trouver les quelques 574 € afin de poser la première pierre de Bonfire, fondation de Open Science Network, le premier réseau fédéré pour la communication scientifique, sous le contrôle des communautés scientifiques […]

RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115650131177527914

Only nine days left to find only 574€ to secure the first stone of a new home for open science: the Open Science Network is built on Bonfire... which is so close to its first goal.

https://openscience.network/

Be the one who crosses the […]

The @bonfire indigogo campaign is 96% funded! Just a bit more to go over the edge and unlock the funding. https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community

Je viens de contribuer au crowdfunding du projet @bonfire 👉 https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community

Il leur reste 10 jours et on n'est plus très loin de l'objectif. 💥

Très enthousiasmant dans son approche et les fonctionnalités en vue, ce pourrait être un chouette nouvel acteur […]

Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web by Bonfire - Indiegogo From platforms to communities: a federated social web with shared foundations and co‑created spaces for gathering, care, connection, and stewardship.

@bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy is creating building blocks for communities on the open social web. You can support Bonfire through their IndieGogo fundraiser at www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

Templates for sharing the Bonfire crowdfunding campaign on closed social media - HackMD I left this platform years ago. Closed platforms lock us in and enshitify. Bonfire Social 1.0 is live: federated, community-first, modular. Next: organising, open science, mutual aid, collective decisions. Time to escape? Please back and share for #GivingTuesday: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=YJaduR4erEK7f_YFjFw-fA

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Document with some examples posts you can share (feel free to customise!): https://hackmd.io/@mayel/ByB9Qvnbbg

Link to our crowdfunding campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=gv8xxpEcZ0SiY6v8fMsJXQ

Do you want to help people escape Big Tech and join the open social web? We need help to boost the Bonfire campaign. With #GivingTuesday momentum is on our side, but most people stuck on enshitified platforms only see content from people still active there.

If that's you, pick a template below […]

[#GivingTuesday thread (3/N)]

Moving on to decentralized social networks ... last year, I focused primarily on the Fediverse; this year, I'm also including the ATmosphere (although there isn't an ATmosphere logo yet, so I didn't update the image at the top of the post)

* The #MutualAid […]

#GivingTuesday 2025

> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]