Akkoma

Akkoma

ActivityPub fork of Pleroma focused on expressive fediverse features

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Akkoma is a specialised fork of Pleroma that implements the ActivityPub protocol to operate as a federated social network. It emphasizes expressive posting (Misskey-flavored markdown, rich reactions) and supports multiple frontends and compatibility with other fediverse servers.

Key Features

  • Implements ActivityPub for federation with other fediverse services.
  • Misskey-flavoured Markdown and rich post formatting for animated/rich markup.
  • Custom emoji reactions and unlimited attachments per post.
  • Multiple frontends supported (default Pleroma-FE plus optional Mastodon-style frontend and third-party frontends).
  • Unlimited post edits, quoting, polls, and list-based timeline customization.
  • Performance and operational tooling: Elixir/Phoenix-based backend, PostgreSQL, background job processing and S3-compatible uploads; Docker and docker-compose resources are provided for deployment and testing. (akkoma.social)

Use Cases

  • Host a community-oriented federated social network instance with expressive post features.
  • Experiment with fediverse UX and frontends (Mastodon-style and Pleroma/Akkoma-specific frontends).
  • Migrate or fork existing Pleroma installations to a project with faster development cadence and additional formatting/reaction features.

Limitations and Considerations

  • Real-time chat functionality was deliberately removed compared to some Pleroma forks; Akkoma focuses on ActivityPub timeline and posting features rather than integrated chat. (akkoma.social)

Akkoma is a developer- and community-driven Elixir/Phoenix project intended for operators who want an expressive, ActivityPub-compatible server with multiple frontend options and performance-focused improvements. It is maintained with tooling and deployment resources (Docker, compose, nginx config and CI) to support instance operators and contributors. (akkoma.dev)

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