Iceshrimp is a decentralized and federated social networking service, implementing the ActivityPub standard.
It was forked from Calckey Firefish (itself a fork of Misskey) in mid-2023, to focus on stability, performance and usability instead of new features.
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> **Note**
> This project is **not** inactive.
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> Almost all of our current development efforts are going into the Iceshrimp.NET [rewrite](/iceshrimp/Iceshrimp.NET), to further our goal of increasing stability and performance.
> This means that Iceshrimp-JS (this project) is only receiving security patches and minor bug fixes. Support is of course still available on the usual channels.
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> There is already an easy upgrade path available for existing Iceshrimp instances, though we don't recommend taking it just yet.
> With Iceshrimp.NET getting ever-closer to a stable release, we hope you're just as excited as we are. Check out the [repository](/iceshrimp/Iceshrimp.NET) for more information.
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- Highlighted changes:
- First-class Mastodon client API support
- Significantly improved database performance
- Options to prune cached remote media automatically
- Proper support for split domain deployments, both local and remote
- So much more - Read the [changelog](CHANGELOG.md) to get an overview of all changes
- Don't like the Web UI? We test our Mastodon-compatible API against the following clients:
- [Elk](https://elk.zone), [Phanpy](https://phanpy.social/), [Enafore](https://enafore.social/), [Masto-FE-standalone](https://iceshrimp.dev/iceshrimp/masto-fe-standalone) (Web)
- [Mona](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mona-for-mastodon/id1659154653), [Toot!](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/toot-for-mastodon/id1229021451), [Ice Cubes](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ice-cubes-for-mastodon/id6444915884), [Tusker](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tusker/id1498334597), [Feditext](https://github.com/feditext/feditext), [Mastodon](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mastodon-for-iphone-and-ipad/id1571998974) (iOS)
- [Tusky](https://tusky.app/), [Moshidon](https://lucasggamerm.github.io/moshidon/), [Megalodon](https://sk22.github.io/megalodon/), [Mastodon](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.joinmastodon.android) (Android)
- Project goals:
- No-nonsense bug fixes
- QoL improvements
- Better performance
- Change of focus to actual community needs
- Prioritization of user choice and configurability
- Project anti-goals:
- Flashy marketing
- Commercialization of any kind
- Documentation on installing (and updating) Iceshrimp using:
- [Binary packages](https://iceshrimp.dev/iceshrimp/packaging)
- [Docker Compose](docs/docker-compose-install.md)
- [Manual installation](docs/install.md)
- Documentation on migrating from Firefish can be found [here](docs/migrate.md).
- Want to sign up at an existing instance?
- Check out [FediDB](https://fedidb.org/software/iceshrimp) or [Fediverse Observer](https://iceshrimp.fediverse.observer/list) to get an overview of the instances that are out there.
- Please note that we do not operate a "flagship instance", the only project-affiliated domain is `iceshrimp.dev`.
- Want to donate to the project?
- Our frontend dev (Lilian) needs help paying for healthcare costs. You can contribute [here](https://bunq.me/LilianHealthcare). Money from the fund will be used for co-pays, and medical expenses not covered by insurance.
- Need help or want to contribute? Join the [chat room](https://chat.iceshrimp.dev)!
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