Firefish

discontinued open source, decentralized social media platform on the Fediverse
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Firefish

Summary

Firefish is a distributed social network[1]. Firefish is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Firefish's instance of is recorded as distributed social network[3].
  • Firefish's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • Firefish's instance of is recorded as social networking service[5].
  • Firefish's instance of is recorded as social media[6].
  • Firefish's based on is recorded as Misskey[7].
  • Firefish's copyright license is recorded as Q27017232[8].
  • Firefish's programmed in is recorded as TypeScript[9].
  • Firefish's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[10].
  • Firefish is part of Fediverse[11].
  • Firefish is used for microblogging[12].
  • Firefish's Commons category is recorded as Firefish[13].
  • July 19, 2022 marks the founding of Firefish[14].
  • Firefish's official website is recorded as https://joinfirefish.org/[15].
  • Firefish's source code repository URL is recorded as https://git.joinfirefish.org/firefish/firefish[16].
  • Firefish's source code repository URL is recorded as https://firefish.dev/firefish/firefish[17].
  • Firefish's depends on software is recorded as Node.js[18].
  • Firefish's depends on software is recorded as Vue.js[19].
  • Firefish's discontinuation date is recorded as February 2025[20].
  • Firefish's protocol is recorded as ActivityPub[21].
  • Firefish's derivative work is recorded as Iceshrimp[22].
  • Firefish's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[23].
  • Firefish's official server list URL is recorded as https://joinfirefish.org/join/[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include distributed social network[3], free software[4], social networking service[5], and social media[6].

Origins

July 19, 2022 marks the founding of Firefish[14].

Use and Application

Firefish is used for microblogging[12]. Firefish is part of Fediverse[11].

Why It Matters

Firefish is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . codeberg.org. codeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . info.firefish.dev. info.firefish.dev. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Based on Misskey
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