NeoDB - Open Source Culture Hub

NeoDB is a free, open-source software and decentralized community to review, discover and discuss books, movies, music, podcasts, games and performances.

https://github.com/neodb-social/neodb - AGPL3 code

https://neodb.social - flagship server, admin: npub1r3699t6wqlqadfudm8l8eyfs4jg2jsanxspk60tfld8nsg90xhpsucuwkt (npub1r36…uwkt) 

https://eggplant.place - adventurous server running dev version, admin: eggplant.place admin (npub1lxg…67k7)

https://neodb.net/servers/ - more servers

https://neodb.net/apps/ - apps

https://neodb.net/install/ - run your own

Documentation: https://neodb.net
Source Code: https://github.com/neodb-social
Donation: https://ko-fi.com/neodb

Last Notes

2026-06-12 20:27:53 UTC

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yes, we've been adding a few enhancements for "long form" lately, incl cross post to atmosphere with standard.site lexicons and etc.

2026-03-30 02:20:39 UTC

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hi,
you can export archive as NDJSON in neodb.social, and import it on eggplant.

2025-11-24 16:48:36 UTC

eggplant.place down for maintainance, back in an hour or so.

2025-07-21 17:37:51 UTC

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well said.
More users, higher expectations. The growing monetization and fast iteration of proprietary software inevitably raise user expectations.
I occasionally feel that too, and definitely can use more empathy and conversation as you articulated.
Meanwhile, it's also a sign that you are doing good and important work. Thank you for keeping it up 🙏

2025-05-08 19:12:47 UTC

you can now pin a collection or dynamic collection[1] to your NeoDB profile, this will:
- add a widget to your NeoDB profile page showing off that collection;
- make the collection post pinned to your profile when visited via any Mastodon-compatible client
so instead of/in addition to showing plainly all you read/watch/listen/play, your profile can be just about all your top rated book or all reviewed movies.
[1] https://mastodon.online/@neodb/114411830627734218

2025-05-04 21:11:58 UTC

just added content translation option, configurable with either DeepL or LibreTranslate.

2025-04-27 20:33:09 UTC

added a few features lately to improve the search experience in NeoDB:
- you can now add filters, e.g. tag:scifi , when search the public catalog
- your own journal is also searchable with filters, e.g. searching "date:2024 statues:complete rating:8..10 tag:scifi category:movie,tv" for your best rated scifi shows last year
- and you can save the journal search result above as a dynamic collection, and share it with your friend

2025-01-23 06:38:16 UTC

Many are coming into Fediverse, imho (it's basic but) we may remind newcomers they can leave/migrate freely with their social graph and data at any time, so they can stay more comfortably and confidently.
For NeoDB, in addition to move and export, we also make catalog data available as an extra insurance, detail here: https://ko-fi.com/post/Im-not-exiting-but-you-deserve-an-exit-plan-K3K419FYB3

2025-01-16 15:16:51 UTC

Two #NeoDB users are developing their own iOS apps, both available in TestFlight:
✨ https://testflight.apple.com/join/apxemRpF by @npub144g…vv22
✨ https://testflight.apple.com/join/WmbnP9Vx by @npub1u2f…c4z4
If you are still using Goodreads, Letterboxd, Douban or other closed review community, it might be a time to export your data and think about some change.

2024-11-29 23:00:13 UTC

If you’ve been using #NeoDB for a while, or have uploaded archives from Letterboxd or Goodreads, you can now share this monthly stats to your Fediverse feed (and Bluesky if that matters 😆)
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/568/724/427/178/726/original/585f4994f4aab92a.png

2024-10-03 22:28:01 UTC

Got a DMCA notice from Google on behalf of Apple TV, for a page with nothing but good reviews of the Apple's own show.
Apparently some DMCA bot confused it with some piracy site. Now I have to prove my innocence to a fully-automated police and a fully-automated judge. 🤷🏻