(Collecting resources for developers of fediverse applications and related to the evolution of the Fediverse as a whole)

## Blog posts, articles and documentation

Criticism:

- [ActivityPub - one protocol to rule them all?](https://schub.wtf/blog/2018/02/01/activitypub-one-protocol-to-rule-them-all.html) by Dennis Schubert, Jan 2018
- [ActivityPub - Final thoughts, one year later](https://schub.wtf/blog/2019/01/13/activitypub-final-thoughts-one-year-later.html) by Dennis Schubert, Jan 2019

Introductory:

- [How to implement a basic ActivityPub server](https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/how-to-implement-a-basic-activitypub-server/) by Eugen Rochko, Jun 2018
- [Decentralizing Social Interactions with ActivityPub](https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/11/decentralizing-social-interactions-with-activitypub/) by Darius Kazemi, Nov 2018
- [How to make friends and verify requests: Implementing an ActivityPub inbox](https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/how-to-make-friends-and-verify-requests/) by Eugen Rochko, Jul 2018
- [Newbie introduction to ActivityPub: "I don't know what I'm talking about"](https://conf.tube/videos/watch/56c17fb8-bf55-4963-9d4e-e6345bee8de4) APConf video by Michael Demetriou, Sep 2019
- [LibreLounge 3-part podcast on how ActivityPub works](https://librelounge.org/episodes/episode-12-activitypub-part-1.html) by Christopher Lemmer Webber and Serge Wroclawski, Mar 2019

### Topics

#### Security

- [Securing ActivityPub](https://wordsmith.social/falkreon/securing-activitypub) by falkreon, Jun 2019
- [What would ActivityPub look like with capability-based security, anyway?](https://blog.dereferenced.org/what-would-activitypub-look-like-with-capability-based-security-anyway) by kaniini, Jan 2019

### Application-specific

Mastodon-related:

- [Mastodon ActivityPub specification compliance](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/activitypub/)
- [Adding sign-up to your Mastodon app: How to use the app sign-up API](https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/10/adding-sign-up-to-your-mastodon-app/) by Eugen Rochko, Oct 2019

PeerTube-related:

- [PeerTube ActivityPub specification compliance](https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/documentation/-/blob/master/api-activitypub.md)

## Blogs to follow

- [Kaniini's blog](https://blog.dereferenced.org/)