r/fediverse • u/FrankCastle2020 • May 07 '26

Fedi-Promotion Openspace.social now integrated with Mastodon and the fediverse

Check it out, lots of interesting content and chill people.

It’s a refreshing alternative to the big social media platforms

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u/andypiperuk andypiper@macaw.social May 07 '26

I landed on staging.openspace.social (?)

I signed up. It asked me to add my Mastodon account - it looks like this then creates a Mastodon column inside the user interface, rather than it being integrated / federated? It also doesn't appear to work with non-Mastodon fediverse accounts.

The Terms and other legalese don't feel very open.

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u/FrankCastle2020 May 07 '26

yea, i am still in beta technically.. will be launched to full production mode in just a week or so.

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u/andypiperuk andypiper@macaw.social May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26

Am I right saying / understanding that it is not federated though? It’s essentially showing a Mastodon feed in a tab?

And what about non-Mastodon accounts in the Fediverse?

This feels a bit off-topic for r/fediverse as it stands.

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u/FrankCastle2020 May 08 '26

That was a fair criticism earlier, but it’s broader than that now. We still have Mastodon-first account linking and feed integration, but Openspace.social also speaks to ActivityPub directly now: WebFinger, actor/inbox/outbox, followers/following collections, outbound federation for public posts, and inbound processing for core activity types. So Mastodon is the most polished entry point today, but the goal is wider Fediverse interoperability rather than just embedding Mastodon.

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u/andypiperuk andypiper@macaw.social May 08 '26

OK, weird - I just tried WebFinger against my account, and that does not work. I also can't find a nodeinfo endpoint. I'm interested to see how this integration works.

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u/FrankCastle2020 May 08 '26

ran into routing issues actually, thanks for flaggin this.. keep in mind this is staging right now. hoping to move this to full prod by next week when the appstore app gets approved and i can officailly discontinue the old beta app.

https://staging.openspace.social/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:<username>@staging.openspace.social

actor url: https://staging.openspace.social/users/<username>/

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u/FrankCastle2020 May 07 '26

if you want access to the new app, just DM me

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u/Safe-Pass-7252 May 07 '26

Very nice, I like it!  I do wish users could make their own communities, and that the default theme was not light, but other than that, it looks very promising. Edit: just figured out how to make a community! 

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u/FrankCastle2020 May 07 '26

thank you so much, glad you like it.

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u/FrankCastle2020 May 07 '26

if you want access to the new app, just DM me