What is Bonfire?

Bonfire is a modular, federated social platform for building digital communities. Unlike traditional social networks, Bonfire is:

• Decentralized: Anyone can host their own Bonfire instance, with full control over data, policies, and features.
• Federated: Bonfire uses the ActivityPub protocol to connect with other Bonfire instances and the wider fediverse (including Mastodon, PeerTube, and more).
• Modular: Bonfire is built to be extensible. Features such as boundaries, circles, groups, and moderation tools can be enabled, disabled, or customized per instance.
• Community-first: Bonfire puts communities in control, allowing for unique governance, moderation, and privacy models.

Bonfire is not just a microblogging platform. It can be adapted for many use cases, from classic social networking to forums, organizing projects, and more, thanks to its extension system.

Key differences from other fediverse platforms:

• Fine-grained sharing with circles and boundaries (beyond just "followers" or "public").
• Designed for extensibility and experimentation.
• Focus on local-first, community-driven governance.

Learn more at bonfirenetworks.org.