16 Years of Innovation

Hubzilla and its predecessors are pioneers of the fediverse, bringing cutting-edge features and innovation to decentralized social networking.

Some of the technologies include:

• Privacy & Access Control, which allows private posts, private file sharing, and private groups.
• Nomadic Identity, which allows you to transfer your identity to a new server, as well as create clones & backups.
• Advanced Online Safety by giving people more control over what content they see and don't see.
• Federated Discussion Groups & Forums which allow moderated communities of like-minded people.
• Conversation Containers, which loads the entire conversation and provides additional moderation tools.
• Federated Single Sign On, which allows logging into other websites & platforms without creating a local account.

Find out more about our rich history, or explore our features.

Software Features Timeline & History

Built-In Social

Connect with people on the Fediverse (Mastodon, Misskey, PeerTube, etc.) via ActivityPub, Diaspora, and more.

Groups & Forums

Create public or private discussion groups or forums for socializing, collaboration, and support.

Cloud Storage

Share files with your friends and associates. Public, private, or restricted access permissions available.

Blog, Pages, and Wiki

Add content to your social networking channel and allow people to collaborate. Supports HTML, BBCode, and Markdown.

Federated Single Sign On

You can use your account to log into other other websites and forums.

Online Identity Backups

You can clone your online identity on another server to create a instantly synced backup. Or download a backup.

Privacy & Access Control

You have full control over who can see your posts, web pages, articles, wikis, images, and files.

Online Safety

Filter out illegal, offensive, or otherwise undesired content and block users using a variety of tools.

Customization

Change the appearance and arrangement of your channel, with your own colors and content.