Welcome to Hubzilla!
Hubzilla is the powerful open source privacy-respecting all-in-one home base for collaboration and social interactions.
About the Association
The Hubzilla Association supports the development, promotion, and distribution of the Hubzilla open source software, and helps maintain its documentation and website. For that purpose, it organises some public actions and events. We also help provide support in our support forums.
Members' Benefits and Resources
Existing members get the chance to contribute to the planning and discussing of actions and events organised by the association, or to discussing the utilisation of funds. To that purpose, they have access to additional resources, such as:
- Association Members Forum – Members Only.
Note: The resources have restricted access for members only.
Other Ways of Contributing and Collaborating
There are also other ways to contribute to the Hubzilla Project, whether you are a member or not.
Please have a look at the overview over how to get involved.
Brief History of Hubzilla
The Hubzilla Project has quite the history. Born on May 14, 2010, the project was originally released as Mistpark and was renamed Friendika (with a k) later that year. In 2012, the project split into two, with Friendica (with a c) opting for an AGPL license, and Free Friendika (later called Red and then Red Matrix) opting for the MIT License. Red Matrix was later renamed Hubzilla.
Hubzilla and its predecessors were, and still are, pioneers of the fediverse, being the first to implement ActivityPub, direct messages, groups, permissions, access control, quoted posts, comment controls, federated single sign on, and more. Created before ActivityPub, and before Mastodon, Hubzilla has a rich history of pioneering innovation.
The Hubzilla Association was founded on November 29, 2023 to support the Hubzilla Project and continue its legacy.
See the full timeline here.