PieFed development update Dec 2024

December was a big month for us, it took quite a while to write this up.

aroberts-fox

• mass-subscribe to remote communities
• added a 'not joined' filter to communities list to help find new communities

hendrik

• log more events in the modlog
• user profile - show more info to admins
• code refactorings to increase reuse and clarity
• post teaser fixes
• dark/light mode switcher is now a single icon instead of two
• set notes (emoji) on other users, to remember them by
• admin area improvements for managing users and content

freamon

• federation bugfixes
• api work

rimu

• svg and avif image support
• warnings on domains such as "very unreliable news source" on this one. These show on every post that links to those domains.
• documentation of docker-based setup process
• pop up a profile summary when hovering over a user name, based on the method used by hono4kami (see below)
• script to detect vote manipulation using "Jaccard similarity", derived from code written by danterious for another purpose
• show basic statistics in community sidebar
• automatically defederate from instances when trusted instances do. Like a defederation subscription/follow.
• 'extra fields' on profiles which interoperate with mastodon extra fields. My profile has two extra fields for demo purposes.

mtyton / xmatt

• edit image posts - replace image with new file

hono4kami

• community list sorting and filtering improvements
• show time of post when hovering mouse over a relative time like "1 hour ago"
• pop up a menu using ajax instead of having a separate post options page

It's really heartening to see that we have maintained momentum for a whole year and that we enter 2025 with a healthy developer community that continues to have fun making meaningful improvements to great software. We are currently brainstorming a roadmap for the coming year. Join us!

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As a free and open source project, PieFed receives no funding and developers are not paid. Any donations you can spare will help cover server and infrastructure costs - https://piefed.social/donate. Thanks!