Einrichten am eigenen IRC-Client mit: Server: irc.freenode.net, Port: 6667, Protokoll. SSL und dann als Kanalname(Channelname): # friendica wählen (/join # friendica).
The development cycle for the 2026.04 release enters the last stage before the stable release – today we have branched off the 2026.04 release candid branch. 2026.04-rc contains all the features of the stable release and is meant to test the new features, find some last rough edges and smooth out the path to the final stable release at the mid of May. If you want to help out in testing, please checkout the new 2026.04-rc branch and report problems that you encounter.The most notable changes in this release are:We raised the minimal PHP version on the server to PHP 8.2 please make sure that your setup fulfills the new requirement,UI improvements in mainly in the frio theme,improved support of Bridgy Fed and the ATproto account integration,we added a new addon to ease the handling of images. What is FriendicaFriendica is a decentralized communications platform, you can use to host your own social media server that integrates with independent social networking platforms (like the Fediverse or Diaspora*) but also some commercial ones like Tumbler and BlueSky. How to use the 2026.04 RC Version of FriendicaIf you want to help in the release process, you can checkout the 2024.06-rc branch from the git repositories. git fetchgit checkout 2026.04-rcgit pullbin/composer.phar run install:prodcd addongit fetchgit checkout 2026.04-rcgit pullNote that you only need to pull the composer dependencies in the core repository. Should the upgrade process of the database get stuckIf you encounter this, please initiate the DB update manually from the command line by running the script ./bin/console dbstructure updatefrom the base of your Friendica installation. If the output contains any error message, please let us know using the channels mentioned above.What to do with QuirksThe 2026.04-rc phase is meant to identify and preferable resolve quirks and bugs that should not be in the 2026.05 release, but have slipped through so far. So if you switch your node to the 2026.04-rc version of Friendica, please let us know about rough edges you find, either at the issue tracker (github account required), in the support group or in the developers group.Thanks a lot for helping with the release friendi.ca/2026/04/30/friendic…
We are very happy to announce the availability of the new stable release of Friendica “Blutwurz” 2026.01. In addition to several improvements and new features, this release contains fixes for security problems that Hrizi Bilel has notified us about. Thanks for your report! It also contains the first results of a accessibility review by Casey Kreer.Some highlight of Friendica 2026.01 arewe overhauled the embedding of media from various sources and improved several aspects,users can now sort widgets and channels,the performance of system and user defined channels has improved,admins can now export and import contact block lists and block access for non-logged in visitors to media included in posting.If you have developed your own addons for Friendica note that we reworked our hook system and introduced a new AddonHelper class.For details, please the CHANGELOG file in the repository. What is FriendicaFriendica is a decentralised communications platform, you can use to host your own social media server that integrates with independent social networking platforms (like the Fediverse or Diaspora*) but also some commercial ones like Tumblr and BlueSky. How to UpdateUpdating from old Friendica versionsIf you are updating from an older version than the 2024.12 release, please first update your Friendica instance to that version . Pre-Update ProceduresEnsure that the last backup of your Friendica installation was done recently. Using GitUpdating from the git repositories should only involve a pull from the Friendica core repository and addons repository, regardless of the branch (stable or develop) you are using. Remember to update the dependencies with composer as well. So, assuming that you are on the stable branch, the commands to update your installation to the 2026.01 release would be cd friendicagit pullbin/composer.phar run install:prodcd addongit pullIf you want to use a different branch than the stable one, you need to fetch and checkout the branch before your perform the git pull.Pulling in the dependencies with composer will show some deprecation warning, we will be working on that in the upcoming release. Using the Archive FilesIf you had downloaded the source files in an archive file (tar.gz) please download the current version of the archive from friendica-full-2026.01.tar.gz (sha256) and friendica-addons 2026.01.tar.gz (sha256)) and unpack it on your local computer.As many files got deleted or moved around, please upload the unpacked files to a new directory on your server (say friendica_new) and copy over your existing configuration (config/local.config.php and config/addon.config.php) and .htaccess files. Afterwards rename your current Friendica directory (e.g. friendica) to friendica_old and friendica_new to friendica.The files of the dependencies are included in the archive (make sure you are using the friendica-full-2026.01 archive), so you don’t have to worry about them. Post Update TasksThe database update should be applied automatically, but sometimes it gets stuck. If you encounter this, please initiate the DB update manually from the command line by running the script bin/console dbstructure updatefrom the base of your Friendica installation. If the output contains any error message, please let us know using the channels mentioned below.Please note, that some of the changes to the database structure will take some time to be applied, depending on the size of your Friendica database this update might run for days.If you are using the daemon for your background worker, note that we have moved the functionality into the console. Adopt your setup to use the new bin/console daemon command. Known IssuesAt the time of writing this, none with 2026.01 How to ContributeIf you want to contribute to the project, you don’t need to have coding experience. There are a number of tasks listed in the issue tracker with the label “Junior Jobs” we think are good for new contributors. But you are by no means limited to these – if you find a solution to a problem (even a new one) please make a pull request at github or let us know in the development forum.Contribution to Friendica is also not limited to coding. Any contribution to the documentation, the translation or advertisement materials is welcome or reporting a problem. You don’t need to deal with Git(Hub) or Transifex if you don’t like to. Just get in touch with us and we will get the materials to the appropriate places.Thanks everyone who helped making this release possible, and especially to all the new contributors to Friendica, and have fun!friendi.ca/2026/01/27/friendic…
We are excited to be part of the 2026 edition of the Social Web Devroom at FOSDEM with a short update on Friendica on Saturday @18:00 CET about what happened in 2025 with Friendica. Should you happen to be in Brussels at the weekend of the 31. Jan / 1. Feb and want to join a Friendica community meetup – please use this forum post for coordination.See you at FOSDEM!friendi.ca/2026/01/16/friendic…
38c3 with many Fediverse related meet-ups has just finished but we are already looking forward to meet at FOSDEM at the first weekend of February. Tobias from the Friendica devel team will give a lightning talk about Friendica at FOSDEM 25 in the Social Web Dev Room.Friendica – under the radar since 2010 is scheduled for Saturday (1.2.2025) from 16:00 to 16:10.friendi.ca/2025/01/01/fosdem-2…
We are very happy to announce the availability of the new stable release of Friendica “Interrupted Fern” 2024.12. In addition to several improvements and new features, this release contains the fix for the broken installation wizard.The highlights of Friendica 2024.12 areadded exporter for prometheus,we dropped the support of OStatus (the predecessor of ActivityPub) after evaluating the amount of active servers/contacts that are still only using this protocol, and deprecated the fancybox addonFriendica is now REUSE compliant and supports FEP-67ffFor details, please the CHANGELOG file in the repository. What is FriendicaFriendica is a decentralised communications platform, you can use to host your own social media server that integrates with independent social networking platforms (like the Fediverse or Diaspora*) but also some commercial ones like Tumblr and BlueSky. How to UpdateUpdating from old Friendica versionsIf you are updating from an older version than the 2023.12 release, please first update your Friendica instance to that version as it contained some breaking changes. Pre-Update ProceduresEnsure that the last backup of your Friendica installation was done recently. Using GitUpdating from the git repositories should only involve a pull from the Friendica core repository and addons repository, regardless of the branch (stable or develop) you are using. Remember to update the dependencies with composer as well. So, assuming that you are on the stable branch, the commands to update your installation to the 2024.12 release would be cd friendicagit pullbin/composer.phar install --no-devcd addongit pullIf you want to use a different branch than the stable one, you need to fetch and checkout the branch before your perform the git pull.Pulling in the dependencies with composer will show some deprecation warning, we will be working on that in the upcoming release. Using the Archive FilesDue to unforseen changes in the CI not possible at the moment. Post Update TasksThe database update should be applied automatically, but sometimes it gets stuck. If you encounter this, please initiate the DB update manually from the command line by running the script bin/console dbstructure updatefrom the base of your Friendica installation. If the output contains any error message, please let us know using the channels mentioned below.Please note, that some of the changes to the database structure will take some time to be applied, depending on the size of your Friendica database this update might run for days. Known IssuesAt the time of writing this, none with 2024.12But the development branch is currently rather unstable and should be used with caution as the development diverged far (for Friendica terms) from the now stable branch. We will let our very valued ALPHA testers when the dev team things that the development branch is stable enough again. How to ContributeIf you want to contribute to the project, you don’t need to have coding experience. There are a number of tasks listed in the issue tracker with the label “Junior Jobs” we think are good for new contributors. But you are by no means limited to these – if you find a solution to a problem (even a new one) please make a pull request at github or let us know in the development forum.Contribution to Friendica is also not limited to coding. Any contribution to the documentation, the translation or advertisement materials is welcome or reporting a problem. You don’t need to deal with Git(Hub) or Transifex if you don’t like to. Just get in touch with us and we will get the materials to the appropriate places.Thanks everyone who helped making this release possible, and especially to all the new contributors to Friendica, and have fun!friendi.ca/2025/01/01/friendic…
The development cycle for the 2024.09 release enters the last stage before the stable release – today we have branched off the 2024.09 release candid branch. 2024.09-rc contains all the features of the stable release and is meant to test the new features, find some last rough edges and smooth out the path to the final stable release at the end of October. 2024.09 will be mostly a maintenance release fixing issues in various parts of Friendica. If you want to help out in testing, please checkout the new 2024.09-rc branch and report problems that you encounter.The most notable changes in this release are:we now support HLS and further improved the compatibility with Bluesky,we dropped the support of OStatus (the predecessor of ActivityPub) after evaluating the amount of active servers/contacts that are still only using this protocol,Friendica is now REUSE compliant and supports FEP-67ff What is FriendicaFriendica is a decentralized communications platform, you can use to host your own social media server that integrates with independent social networking platforms (like the Fediverse or Diaspora*) but also some commercial ones like Tumbler and BlueSky. How to use the 2024.09 RC Version of FriendicaIf you want to help in the release process, you can checkout the 2024.09-rc branch from the git repositories. git fetchgit checkout 2024.09-rcgit pullbin/composer.phar install --no-devNote that you only need to pull the composer dependencies in the core repository. Should the upgrade process of the database get stuckIf you encounter this, please initiate the DB update manually from the command line by running the script ./bin/console dbstructure updatefrom the base of your Friendica installation. If the output contains any error message, please let us know using the channels mentioned above.What to do with QuirksThe 2024.09-rc phase is meant to identify and preferable resolve quirks and bugs that should not be in the 2024.09 release, but have slipped through so far. So if you switch your node to the 2024.09-rc version of Friendica, please let us know about rough edges you find, either at the issue tracker (github account required), in the support group or in the developers group.Thanks a lot for helping with the release friendi.ca/2024/10/15/next-fri…
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