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Friendica Documentation and Resources from source tree, you can find these documents in your installation under “Help” (example.com/help).

Note: The links in these documents are supposed to be working when installed, not here in the repository.

FAQ

FAQ - Frequently asked questions
Clients - Supported clients

Current projects

UX-Watchdogs-project

Resources

Mailing list: support (at) friendi (dot) ca
IRC channel #friendica at irc.freenode.net
Addons extend your base installation. How to install them
Docker Image
Install Friendica on YunoHost
Friendica API
Protocol
Friendica Theme Collection
Public Site Directory
Group/Forum Directory
Bug Tracker
Translation Teams
DreamHost-Friendica-Install-Guide
inexpensive-VPS-providers
Quick-Template-Guide for addons developers
Nginx Install Guide
Using MariaDB With Friendica
Theme Gallery - nice, easy to see, theme gallery
Running Friendica with SSL
Using Friendica’s email-connector
Friendica-forums-and-community-pages
Quick installation guide for beginners
How-to:-Hosting-a-Friendica-site-at-home
Running-a-public-or-community-server
Posterous-Plugin - user’s how to configure posterous plugin
How to improve performance of your friendica installation
For admins of public nodes, a shell script to clean-up unused accounts. (requires Friendica 2020.03 or later)

External Resources

Friendica by Encyclomundi
Fren.Tcl and Friendi.Sh by Tony Baldwin
WordPress Plugin: CrossPost to Friendika by Devlon Duthied
RSStoFriendika by Stefan Parviainen
BB Code Guide by Abinoam P. Marques Jr.
Android application by Max Weller (in development please contribute with reports to the author) you can also get it from the f-droid repositories‏
Friendica Wiki(dt.) deutschsprachiges Wiki zu friendica
python 3 API module
How to use Friendica with Twidere
How to use Friendica with Pidgin
How to use Friendica with Mustard
How to use Friendica with Hotot
Video introduction to friendica
Mini-Video Tutorials (DE) Portale YT by hoergen
Wordpress addon podlove supports Friendica.

Advanced Sharer for diaspora* (works with Friendica since version 3.3.3)
Firefox share button support for Diaspora (Works with Friendica since 3.3.3)

From the Blogs (sorted by date)

2020

Forwards to a Federated Future by Elena ``of Valhalla’’ Grandi and Rhonda (EN, talk at DebConf2020)
Friendica: Update-Daemon und systemd by Jens Tautenhahn [DE]
Nachhaltige PR-Strategie von der studentischen Initiative #gnuHU - einer Initiative für digital-nachhaltige, freiheitsbewahrende Bildungsräume an der Humboldt-Univerität zu Berlin. (DE)
Install Friendica Social Network Platform on Ubuntu 18.04 | 16.04 with Apache2 by Student
Alternative a Facebook by lealternative.net (IT)
Finding your friends on the Fediverse by Phillip J Reese (EN)

2019

Salonabend im Schätzchen: Vortrag über das Fediverse (DE) by Tobias Diekershoff
Fediverse connectivity by Gidi Kroon
Friendica - Mein soziales Netzwerk (DE) by Waldstepper
Open Source Socual Media by John Weeks keynote talk at OpenDevCam (recording hosted at yourube)
What is the Fediverse by Diogo Cordeiro
Ein Neuanfang als GooglePlus-Vertriebener by Stefan Münz (DE)
A help for the wave of newcomers to come by Vladimir
La Fée diverse déploie ses ailes (FR) by Framalang
Mastodon, il Fediverso ed il futuro decentrato delle reti sociali (IT) by Cagizero
My part of the Fediverse von softmetz (DE)
Google Plus Alternatives 2019: Where to Go After the Shut Down? by David Axton on TechNadu
Auf der Suche nach einem besseren Facebook (DE) von Eike Kühl
Friendica and the Free Network by CovFeFe
When to use Friendica over Diaspora* by eribuijs
FLOSS tools to create a forum or community by eribuijs
Fediverse - Was ist das? von Anoxinon.media (DE)
ActivityPub? Well, it’s not that bad by Micheal Vogel
Get out of the prison: How to join Mastodon and Friendica — starting your journey on the fediverse by Phillip J Reese (EN)

2018

Filtering options in the Friendica social network by eribuijs
Wege aus der Abhängigkeit by Patrick Breyer (DE)
13 Réseaux sociaux alternatifs en 2018 by chris (FR)
FLOSS Weekly 490 Friendica by Aaron Newcomb, Dan Lynch and Hypo️lite Petovan
Acht alternatieven voor Facebook by Consumentenbond (NL)
#DeleteFacebook and alternative Social Networks by ij
Review: Friendica Social Network by Brad Enslen
Besser — der Podcast mit der Folge über Friendica mit Lorenz, Tobias und Micha (DE)
Create Your Own Friendica Server on Ubuntu 16.04 – Part 1 by Hill Explorer
Vous voulez quitter Facebook? Testez quelques alternatives by Jean-Claude Verset (FR)
Changing networking behaviour, two weeks later by kr
Das Ende von Facebook? Chaosradio von Radio Fritz und dem CCC mit Marcus Richter (Moderation), Katharina Nocun, Ingo Dachwitz (DE)
Cooking With Linux: Build Your Own Social Network With Friendica: The Tuesday Linux Journal Show by Marcel Gagné
Das dezentrale soziale Netzwerk Friendica ist in der Version 3.6 “The Tazmans Flax-lily.” erschienen by hoergen (DE)
Friendica – das sichere soziale Netzwerk mit Datenhoheit by Markus Kollotzek (DE)
My .git/hooks for Friendica development by Tobias Diekershoff

2017

Besser als Diaspora* gibt es schon länger als Diaspora* by MG 0815 (DE)
Distributed social networking in 2017: a review by David A.
Hackathon Berlin 2017 by Tobias
A quick guide to The Free Network by Sean Tilley
Friendica als Feedreader für RSS, Twitter, Youtube etc. nutzen von produnis (DE)
Got Zot — Mike Macgirvin on building your own apps and protocols by Sean Tilley
Mastodon, Friendi.ca, Hubzilla, WeChat, Akasha von Peter Mühlbauer (Telepolis, DE)
Redes sociales de código abierto para su implementación en la educación en línea by José Manuel Meza Cano, Germán Alejandro Miranda Díaz and Zaira Yael Delgado Celis
Friendica and indieweb: development of the free web by doweio
A quick guide to The Free Network by Sean Tilley

2016

Guía de Instalación de Friendica red social basada en software libre y de código abierto. by Hugo Luis Alberto Repetto
Friendica installiert von hoergen (DE)
The blockchain is a threat to the distributed future of the Internet by Manuel Ortega
The Facebook alternatives you didn’t know about by The Times of India Tech
Friendica by Sonata Green
Distributed Social Networks and Public History by Joshua Wachuta
A Worldwide Survey of Encryption Products by B. Schneier, K. Seidel, S. Vijayakumar

2015

Alle schimpfen… und bleiben doch… määääääh… von PepeCyB (DE)
Friends will be friends – Friendica von PepeCyB (DE)
Friendica Meetup in Zwenkau by Tobias Diekershoff
Slow Computing by Nathan Schneider
Facebook - eine Grundsatzentscheidung von digitalcurage (DE)
hak5 about friendica youtube video by hak5.org
Building a Friendica Server youtube video by hak5.org
hak5 on addons youtube video by hak5.org
Friendica – Facebook Alternative mit Privatsphäre von Thilo Volz
Friendica - ein soziales Netzwerk von Hagen Graf

2014

Providing awareness, explanation and control of personalized stream filtering in a P2P social network thesis in Computational Science by Sayooran Nagulendra
Send the same short message on Twitter, Pump.io, Diaspora*… and a lot more by Carl Chenet
Dezentralisierungsexperiment: Friendica by Thomas Renger (#lauffeuer)
Drei Monate #lauffeuer: Glimmt es noch? by Silke Meyer (#lauffeuer)
How to use Friendica with Pidgin by Hauke Altmann
nrrrdz000023: experimentell verschlüsselt comments on #Lauffeuer (from 1:35)
How to use Friendica with Mustard by Hauke Altmann
How to use Friendica with Hotot by Hauke Altmann
Ein Feldversuch zum bandenweisen Wechsel in freie, dezentrale soziale Netzwerke by Silke Meyer (#Lauffeuer)
Stolperstein bei der Friendica Installation von Björn Sengotta
How to use Friendica with Twidere by Hauke Altmann
Friendica in Debian Wheezy installieren at got-tty.org

2013

WARUM ICH WIEDER BEI FACEBOOK UND CO. BIN von kbojens
FRIENDICA IST WAS DIASPORA SEIN SOLLTE
Wie füttere ich Friendica (Teil 2 von 3) von Kai Schmidt
Wie füttere ich Friendica (Teil 1 von 3) von Kai Schmidt
Ist da jemand? - Auf der Suche nach Facebook-Alternativen LVZ online
Alternativen zu Facebook Die Konkurrenz sucht noch Nutzer on N24 (German News portal)
Unabhängig, dezentral, erfolglos Torsten Grote im Interview mit Deutschlandfunk
Friendica, le meta-réseau social by nitche
Digitales Leben: Facebook-Flucht - aber wie? von Nika Bertram (Deutsche Welle)
Diaspora und Friendica - dezentrale Facebook-Alternativen von Donnaya
Openshift and Friendica by Charles Mauch
moving with ~friendica by Tobias Diekershoff
How to Block the NSA From Your Friends List by April Glaser and Libby Reinish
Friendica on Debian by Ingo Jürgensmann
Eine Alternative zu Facebook: Friendica by Sennewood
Developing for a Post-Facebook World - Social and Private with Friendica Linux Magazine - By Bruce Byfield
Raus aus Facebook, Google+ & Co. Deutschlandfunk Sendung “Marktplatz”
Providing a Friendica node by Daniel Seichter
Burzenie murów, czyli jak powinna wyglądać sieć społecznościowa polish version of the Breaking down the walls article linked below, translation by Adam Jurkiewicz
1 Jahr mit Friendica von Oliver
29c3 Day 2 by Tobias Diekershoff and the slides from the workshop at 29c3

2012

“Breaking down the walls” by Paul Sulzycki
Soziale Netzwerke – Ein Blick über den Tellerrand (Teil 3 Friendica) von Kai-Uwe Gutsch
Friendica in der Jugendarbeit? by Wolfgang Loest
Using Friendica as a Content Aggregator by Chris Case
Friendica - The Network as of Today by Tobias Diekershoff
Soziale Netzwerke - Alternativen zu Facebook by gulli.com
Soziale Netzwerke: Diese Facebook-Alternativen sind einen Blick wert by Jo Bager on spiegel.de (page 3 about ~f)
Tutorial instalando a rede social livre e distribuída Friendica no Debian 7.0 (Wheezy) by Marcelo Soares Souza
L’article de l’invité du jour : connaissez vous Friendica ? by Joris Toro
What’s the Next Big Social Media Platform? by socialmediatoday
Friendica – Erste Berührungen von thoys
Cyberunions Podcast Episode 57 (in the Tech block from 8:50)
Friendica, das soziale Netzwerk der Zukunft by Zottel
Rethinking the social network: 3 open-source alternatives to Facebook by Wenjia Zhao (forbes.com)
Developing for a Post-Facebook World; Friendica by Bruce Byfield (LinuxMagazine Online)
Friendica – One Stream for Everything (deutsche Fassung) by Axel Bruland
Und raus bist du doch nicht – dank Friendica by Ralpe
Friendica im Test by d3j
Friendica - Das wirklich freie, offene und dezentrale soziale Netzwerk by sasiflo
Wie Friendica und Diaspora funktionieren by Faldrian
Decentralized Social Networks Do Exist by Laurel Russwurm
Journal : J’aimerais tant aimer les réseaux sociaux décentralisés by ploum
Friendica – und es geht weiter by Wolfgang L.
friendica: Ein verteiltes soziales Netzwerk by Tobias Pfeiffer
Friendica: Guía del usuario en español. by Manuel Pérez
Friendica – Redes Sociais Livres by Salete Farias
Vernetzt und sicher by Eike Rösch
How to get started with Friendica in 7 small, easy steps by Randal Matheny
Friendica – ein OpenSource-Facebook? by Wolfgang L.
Soziale Netzwerke - offene und geschlossene by Michael Vogel
Finding People on Friendica by Tobias Diekershoff
Friendica brings forums back by Martin Farrent

2011

Farcebork: The Free Web by Tony Baldwin
Friendika – an Alternative to Diaspora? by Anne Walk
Instalando Friendica... ¿Qué es friendica? by Miguel Aguilar
Friendika: liberdade e privacidade levadas à sério by Frederico G. Guimarães
Why Friendika by David Sugar
MathJax Addon for Friendika by Tobias Diekershoff
Friendika - The Network as of Today by Tobias Diekershoff