Tobias Diekershoff, FSFE’s System Hacker and core developer of the Friendica project, along with Michael Vogel, also a core member of the Friendica development team, provide an concise introduction to Friendica in this talk.

Friendica has been part of the Fediverse since 2010, building bridges between Laconica and Diaspora*, making it one of the oldest active projects of the Fediverse - yet Friendica has flown under the radar most of the time.

In this talk we will give a short introduction to Friendica, its unique features and how it differs from other systems.

The Friendica project homepage can be found at friendi.ca, the source code for the core is maintained on github and for the addons on git.friendi.ca.

This video on FOSDEM website: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5289-friendica-under-the-radar-since-2010/

The famous inventor Zangemann lives in a huge villa high above the city. Adults and children alike love his inventions and are desperate to have them. But then something happens: when Zangemann wants to take another close-up look at his inventions during a walk through the city, a child hits him in the shin with the skateboard. That hurts! Enraged, the inventor makes a momentous decision... The clever girl Ada sees through what is going on. Together with her friends, she forges a plan.

This animated movie tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.

An Open Educational Resource that inspires children to tinker and create technology.

Find out more about this film and book at ada.fsfe.org

In his talk, Matthias explains the FSFE’s "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign, and how you can use their framework and ideas to advocate for free software-friendly policies where you live.

https://publiccode.eu/