After about 3 months of development release of a platform for building decentralized social networks . The project provides a communication server that integrates with web publishing systems, equipped with a transparent identity system and access controls in Fediverse decentralized networks. The project code is written in PHP and Javascript and under the MIT license.
Hubzilla supports a single authentication system for social networking, forums, discussion groups, wikis, article publishing systems and websites. Also implemented is a WebDAV-enabled data store and CalDAV-enabled event handling.
Federated interaction is carried out on the basis of its own protocol , which implements the concept of WebMTA for content transmission via the WWW in decentralized networks and provides a number of unique features, in particular transparent end-to-end "Nomadic Identity" authentication within the Zot network, as well as a clone function to provide completely identical entry points and user data sets on various network nodes . Exchange with other Fediverse networks is supported using the ActivityPub, Diaspora, DFRN and OStatus protocols.
Most significant in the new version include:
- A new "Calendar" application that combines the previously independent features of Hubzilla's event support and CalDAV.
- The βReply to commentβ function that implements branching of answers in discussions while maintaining the traditional flat view of their presentation for Hubzilla.
- Possibility to choose storage for generated image thumbnails between database and disk storage. A utility for transferring data between them is presented.
- Improved support for ActivityPub interaction with other networks including Friendica and Mastodon content forwarding.
Source: opennet.ru