Bonfire Community Manual

Welcome to the Bonfire user documentation! These guides are designed to help you understand, use, and configure Bonfire. Whether you are a new user or a seasoned on the fediverse, you’ll find helpful information and step-by-step instructions below.

Core Concepts

• What is Bonfire?
• What is Federation, the Fediverse, and ActivityPub?
• Choosing a Bonfire Flavour
• Choosing a Bonfire Instance
• Your Bonfire Profile and Identity

Using Bonfire

• Getting Started: Signing Up and Profiles
• Finding people & Following
• Posting, Sharing, and Interacting
• Attachments and Media
• Privacy & Sharing Controls: Circles & Boundaries
• Sensitive Content & Content Warnings
• Custom Feeds & Filters
• Circles as Shared Lists
• Messaging
• Search
• Notifications
• Settings & Customizing your Experience
• Blocking & Moderation Tools
• RSS Feeds

Data & Identity Portability

• Managing your data
  • Moving your information
  • Deleting your data
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Moving to a Bonfire instance
• Moving away from your Bonfire instance

Advanced

• Remote Interactions and the Fediverse
• Bonfire Extensions/Plugins
• Running Your Own Instance
• Moderator Tools
• Admin Tools

Explore each guide to learn more about Bonfire’s features and how to make the most of them.