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Last Notes

2026-08-31 15:41:15 CEST

We’re gathering around a fire 🔥
**Around the Bonfire** is our new newsletter: a digest of releases, community stories, collaborations, and everything else taking shape around Bonfire.
We’ll send it when there’s a new release, but never more than once a month. You can unsubscribe whenever you like.
The first edition is coming soon. Join us:
[bonfirenetworks.org/subscribe](https://bonfirenetworks.org/subscribe)
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2026-08-30 17:50:52 CEST

Bonfire Social 1.0.7 is out 🔥
It includes a new default UI, reworked discussions, faster and more flexible feeds, better mobile navigation, and fixes across federation, accessibility, publishing and admin tools.
We’re also sharing our bikemap for what’s next: public federated groups, better notifications and easier-to-find settings.
Want to help shape federated groups? We’re currently looking for pilot communities, get in touch!
[bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bo...](https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-social-1-0-7-what-s-new-and-what-s-next/)
[bonfire.cafe/pub/objects/01M...](https://bonfire.cafe/discussion/01M17ZEH00Y7JDRH2CJ3KMCTQ2)

2026-08-29 15:38:17 CEST

Turn your <a class="hashtag" rel="tag ugc" href="https://bonfire.cafe/hashtag/ghost">#Ghost</a> publication into a thriving community with Bonfire.
Automatically import all your Ghost articles into dedicated Bonfire groups and topics while preserving the membership tiers you’ve already set up. Readers can sign in to your Bonfire instance with their Ghost account, then discuss, react to, and connect around your work all in one place.
It’s the natural next step for publications: moving beyond growing an audience to nurturing a community.
Read more about our Ghost integration [bonfirenetworks.org/ghost/](https://bonfirenetworks.org/ghost/)

2026-08-26 14:34:57 CEST

A tiny Bonfire feature that we’ve grown quite fond of 🌱
Instance admins can define their own set of default avatars, which are randomly assigned to people who haven’t uploaded a profile picture yet.
It sounds like a very small thing and technically, it is.
But after experimenting with it on the Jacobin community, we noticed how much these little details can contribute to giving an instance its own visual identity and fostering a sense of belonging to a shared digital place.
Not every feature that shapes a community needs to be big. Sometimes it’s just a bunch of tiny avatars 😊
Read more about our work with Jacobin in our case study: [bonfirenetworks.org/case-stu...](https://bonfirenetworks.org/case-studies/jacobin/)
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2026-07-01 14:42:16 CEST

Bonfire Social 1.0.5 is out! 🔥
**Archipelago mode** means instead of open federation (connect to everyone, then play whack-a-mole blocking bad actors), you can now choose to **federate** ***\*only\**** **with a hand-picked allow-list of trusted people or servers**. Communities can link up into an "archipelago" of like-minded "islands" with shared rules, ideal for tight-knit groups, neighbourhoods, assemblies, co-ops, or orgs that want to connect with each other but not necessarily the whole internet.
We also added new admin throughput controls as our latest take on "calm empowerment": simple defaults first, curated overrides next, and full advanced control behind an explicit gesture. In practice, you can keep a busy instance responsive by picking a speed preset, prioritising certain kinds of activity, or fine-tuning each background task queue, no config files or restarts needed.
Also new in 1.0.5:
* Faster search, now powered by Sonic
* Broadcast announcements to everyone on your instance
* Embeddable widgets: put your pinned posts on any website
* PGP-encrypted system emails
* Plus lots of improvements and fixes (federation, polls, media, accessibility, mobile)
Blog post and changelog: [bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bo...](https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-social-1-0-5-archipelago/)

2026-06-20 18:51:29 CEST

🔥 The Bonfire Social 1.0.5 release candidate is out!
This one brings archipelago mode (opt-in, allow-list federation for tightly-knit communities and networks), a more lightweight search backend (see changelog for migration steps), broadcasting announcements, another embeddable widget, PGP-encrypted emails, and many UX improvements and fixes.
If you're running an instance and want to give it a go, please let us know if you run into any issues.
Full changelog: [docs.bonfirenetworks.org/cha...](https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/changelog.html)

2026-05-15 20:43:24 CEST

We just released Bonfire Social 1.0.3 🔥
Blog post with all the details: [bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bo...](https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-1-0-3-stability-clarity-and-federated-publishing/)
It comes with dozens of bug fixes and UX improvements, plus:
* Federated comments embeddable on any web page.
- Deep Ghost integration: SSO, membership tier sync, and automatic article import.
* New dashboard widgets: spotlight, polls closing soon, top discussions.
- \#CalmEmpowerment: a new design pattern that starts with a few sensible defaults, offers a middle layer of common adjustments, and reveals the full options only when you need them. Boundaries and post permissions got this treatment first, more to follow...
- Modular community rules: a first step in bringing research and co-design with students and researchers at @npub1cr8…dnek into Bonfire, so governance becomes something communities can better define and share, and that others can fork and adapt.
<span class="invisible"> <a class="hashtag" rel="tag ugc" href="https://bonfire.cafe/hashtag/Bonfire">#Bonfire</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="tag ugc" href="https://bonfire.cafe/hashtag/Fediverse">#Fediverse</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="tag ugc" href="https://bonfire.cafe/hashtag/ActivityPub">#ActivityPub</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="tag ugc" href="https://bonfire.cafe/hashtag/Ghost">#Ghost</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="tag ugc" href="https://bonfire.cafe/hashtag/CommunityRules">#CommunityRules</a>
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2026-05-07 00:30:27 CEST

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those are just placeholders, our goal is maximum interoperability while also extending what is possible, and we're participating in the W3C groups task force to define how things should work, please weigh in there if you have any suggestions: [github.com/swicg/groups/issues](https://github.com/swicg/groups/issues)

2026-05-06 16:24:40 CEST

Our @npub1cza…d6az demo is up! 🔥
We showed off [Bonfire Mosaic](https://bonfirenetworks.org/mosaic/) and our ongoing work on federated groups and new publisher tools we’ve been co-designing with [jacobin.de](http://jacobin.de), including federated discussion threads that can be embedded on their existing website.
Built on our modular framework for community-governed digital spaces.
Watch 👉 [spectra.video/w/hV9wzGzsXvNj...](https://spectra.video/w/hV9wzGzsXvNjgXtVg3uS2i)

2026-02-01 00:08:36 CET

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definitely! we're doing a presentation at the decentralised communication FOSDEM room tomorrow with that goal in mind!
@npub17gp…nrxn @npub1m9z…whzq @npub1gw6…2up6

2026-01-30 13:34:33 CET

🚄 The Bonfire team is rolling into Brussels for FOSDEM 2026!
Come find us at one of Europe’s biggest free software gatherings, with over 8,000 people, dozens of devrooms, and all things open source. We’re giving two talks this weekend (and both will be livestreamed at the links below, so you can join from anywhere, with recordings up afterward):
**Building Modular, Consentful, and Federated Social Networks**\
🎥 [Social Web devroom](https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/) \
🗓️ Saturday, Jan 31st, 17:20–17:40 CET\
🌐 [Local time where you are](https://time.is/1720_31_Jan_2026_in_Brussels)
**Modular Communication Tools on the Open Social Web**\
🎥 [Decentralised Communication devroom](https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/decentralised-communication/) \
🗓️ Sunday, Feb 1st, 14:45–15:15 CET\
🌐 [Local time where you are](https://time.is/1445_1_Feb_2026_in_Brussels)
We’ll be sharing more about the why and how of Bonfire and our ecosystem, hands-on demos, announcing new alliances, and real stories from communities using Bonfire today.
We can’t wait to connect with the open source and fediverse crowd, swap ideas, and meet anyone passionate about building healthier, more flexible, and consentful digital spaces. Whether you’re a developer, community organiser, or just fediverse-curious, come say hi!

2026-01-19 13:38:02 CET

Hi everyone! We’re excited to share some updates:
**Bonfire 1.0.1 is out!** 🎉\
This release is all about making your social web experience livelier, more connected, and truly yours. It brings features like following hashtags, scheduled posts, dashboard widgets, and more. This is the very first delivery from the maintenance work funded by your incredible support. Thank you for helping us reach this milestone and keep Bonfire thriving!
For details about the release see our latest blog post: [Bonfire 1.0.1: Building Momentum](https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-1-0-1-building-momentum/)
**What’s next for crowdfunding?**\
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If you're an existing backer, the pledge manager is now open. Please keep an eye out for updates there so we can start preparing rewards for you.
The campaign is open again for the next month. With core maintenance funded, every new pledge (or increased pledge from existing backers) now goes directly toward our first stretch goal: federated groups. [Support or share our extended campaign](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=3kLzeeiBFkiUQfFE4dHjyg) to help fund community-owned, cross-instance spaces for real collaboration and self-governance.
**Bonus good news:** Thanks to a new grant, [end-to-end encrypted messaging in Bonfire is now funded](https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/12/19/implementing-encrypted-messaging-over-activitypub/) and in development!
Thank you once again for being part of the Bonfire movement! Your feedback, support, and community spirit make all of this possible. If you have questions or want to get involved, reach out or come say hello at [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2026/) if you’re in Brussels at the end of January!
With gratitude,\
The Bonfire Team