https://bonfirenetworks.org/ Bonfire Beta * Documentation * FAQs * Blog * Contribute * Get the code Open main menu * Documentation * FAQs * Blog * Contribute * Get the code The beta is out! Meet us at the playground... Join the frontier of social networking Working together to build safer, more open and fun federated tools and communities for the post-capitalist world. Join the playground Read the beta release posts What is Bonfire ? A thoughtful social network We endeavour to develop tools for conviviality. Tools that you have total control over, which are not developed for extracting value from their users in any way. Each Bonfire instance is shaped by its members to pursue their community goals, not those of some investment fund. A flexible tool to fit your needs Add or remove extensions based on the functionality you need, or go further and create a new extension. Pick or create a theme that reflects your community identity, edit and localise text to increase inclusivity, decide which kind of information and behaviours to include and fight the dopamine economy. A space to connect with the rest of the world , on your own terms Each Bonfire community has the power to federate with others communities but also with other fediverse platforms that support the ActivityPub protocol (like Mastodon, PeerTube, etc...) and interact with them, maintaining the autonomy to decide which information to share with others and which to keep on their instance. A free tool developed to empower your community Bonfire is libre and open source software. This means that you can use and modify Bonfire without asking permission from anyone. Plus, benefit from future developments by anyone using the codebase: improvements, upgrades, and additions to Bonfire apps and extensions will always be freely available to users. Safer participation. Healthier conversations. More collaboration. Introducing circles & boundaries How will our online experiences be different once we take back control over exactly who should see, interact with, and even collaborate on our content and activities at the most granular level? Join us in this experiment! Define circles that reflect real life People don't fit in binary boxes labeled "follower" or "friend". Define as many custom circles as you need. Use them as shorthand when setting boundaries, so you don't have to configure permissions one person at a time. Fine-tune permissions Set boundaries by deciding which circles or people should (or should not) be able to - for example - see, read, boost, reply to, or even edit your content. Or who can message, follow, or even request to message you... Don't know where to start? Community builders From self-hosting a new instance, to customising every aspect of it, to creating new apps or extensions... Join the playground Start your own instance Need a custom extension? Support bonfire Join our community chat Tool builders From setting up a development environment, to groking the architecture and codebase, to building new extensions... Join the playground Documentation Good first issues View our roadmap Join our community chat Sign up for our newsletter Your data is private and we will use it only for the purposes of contacting you about Bonfire. You may unsubscribe at any time. [ ] [ ] [Subscribe] [branding_l] Latest from the blog Bonfire presentation @ PrivacyWeek 01 Oct 2022 In September we have been invited to present bonfire at the italian privacy week conference. This is the bonfire presentation translated in english. posts presentation privacyweek Read more - Introducing circles and boundaries 19 Jul 2022 How will our online experiences be different once we take back control over exactly who should see, interact with, and even collaborate on our content and activities at the most granular level? posts beta social boundaries circles Read more - Meet us at the playground: Bonfire Social beta launch 25 Jun 2022 Today, the Bonfire team is asking for *your* help with beta testing. Bonfire still needs a lot of work - be it bugs, federation, missing features, configurability and user experience - but that's the point, we decided to launch the playground at this gnarly stage with the specific intention of moving toward the 1.0 release as a community. posts beta social Read more - View all posts Support the project Bonfire is still in development. If you want to show us your support, we gladly accept donations and other contributions. Contribute View our roadmap Sponsored by NlNet European Cultural Foundation Become a sponsor team [at] bonfire.cafe Code of conduct Privacy policy