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Fediverse

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Fediverse

Summary

Fediverse is a distributed social network[1]. Fediverse draws 3,160 Wikipedia views per month (distributed_social_network category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fediverse's instance of is recorded as distributed social network[3].
  • federation is named after Fediverse[4].
  • universe is named after Fediverse[5].
  • Fediverse's Commons category is recorded as Fediverse[6].
  • Fediverse comprises GNU social[7].
  • Fediverse comprises Friendica[8].
  • Fediverse comprises Mastodon[9].
  • Fediverse comprises Hubzilla[10].
  • Fediverse comprises pump.io[11].
  • Fediverse comprises Pleroma[12].
  • Fediverse comprises Misskey[13].
  • Fediverse comprises Q50938515[14].
  • Fediverse comprises diaspora*[15].
  • Fediverse comprises Pixelfed[16].
  • Fediverse comprises Funkwhale[17].
  • Fediverse comprises Plume[18].
  • Fediverse comprises WriteFreely[19].
  • Fediverse comprises Soapbox[20].
  • Fediverse comprises Lemmy[21].
  • Fediverse comprises lotide[22].
  • Fediverse comprises socialhome[23].
  • Fediverse comprises Honk[24].
  • Fediverse comprises Castopod[25].
  • Fediverse comprises Bonfire[26].
  • Fediverse comprises streams[27].

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Definition and Type

Fediverse's instance of is recorded as distributed social network[3].

Origins

Things named after include federation[4] and universe[5], a mathematical concept[28].

Use and Application

Components include GNU social[7], a GNU package[29], in United Kingdom[30]; Friendica[8], a free software[31], in Canada[32]; Mastodon[9], a free and open-source software[33], in Germany[34], founded in 2016[35]; Hubzilla[10], a distributed social network[36]; pump.io[11], a server software[37], founded in 2011[38]; and Pleroma[12], a fediverse server software[39], founded in 2016[40].

Why It Matters

Fediverse draws 3,160 Wikipedia views per month (distributed_social_network category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] Fediverse has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Fediverse is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Related Entities

Akkoma Bonfire BookWyrm Castopod diaspora* distributed social network Fedibird Firefish flohmarkt Friendica Gancio GoToSocial Hollo Hometown Honk Hubzilla Iceshrimp Iceshrimp.NET Kbin Loops lotide Misskey Mitra Mobilizon Owncast Pixelfed Pleroma Sharkey socialhome The Federation

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fediverse_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Fediverse}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fediverse}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 2d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → —
    Lemmy community id → [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] +3
    Github topic → fediverse
    Commons category → —
    + 39 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1417]]: technology/fediverse"
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