Well, hello word, @jv here.
This is the blog for throwing some news about Goblin, the fediverse-based tumblr clone I'm working on.
The idea is to develop an open-source platform that replicates some of the most peculiar intricacies of tumblr, that anyone can upload to a server, and become part of a federated network that works, in a way, as one. A tumblr-owned tumblr, if you will, that is much more resilient to financial woes than our current beloved hellsite.
None of the current platforms running on the fediverse offers an user experience close to tumblr. And more important: all of them lack the features that make the magic of tumblr happen: Reblogs, html posts, talking in the tags, etc.
So ... let's make one ourselves. The idea is to take one of the mastodon clones and, add the missing features and launch it to the world to use. For purely personal reasons (I know javascript/node much better than any other language) I have forked Firefish, which is itself a fork of Misskey.
The development is being done at https://github.com/johnHackworth/goblin, and yeah, Goblin is the working name of the project.
I have an instance running at http://goblin.band/ . It's closed for new users, and it's extremely unstable at the moment, barely anything more than a very badly configured firefish server, but if anyone wants to poke around let me know and I can allow you to register.
So what it's in the plans for a version 1.0 that I feel confident doing myself (though any help is also accepted, of course)?
[done] Add support for reblog chains
[done] Add support for html posts
[in progress] Change the default editor for a block editor that allows to add content without having to write HTML
Manage notifications (especially what happens when someone reblogs a reblog, which is not supported by Firefish)
Review all the UI to remove any firefish or misskey references, remove unused sections.
Add tumblr-style tag system
Review the UI and polish it a little bit
What's in the plans for that 1.0 that I have no idea how to do / I know I'm terrible doing it myself?
Find a way to package everything so it's easy to install on a server without having to manually install a bunch of dependences.
Actually make my goblin.band server ... a proper server. With HTTPS and all the fancy stuff, you know.
Figure out if this thing actually federates with other servers out of the box or if I have to do anything to make it happen.
Figure out what's best for file storage. Probably disallow uploading anything that's not images, but see what to do with uploaded files and such.
So, if anyone wants to help, as we devs say, Pull Requests accepted!
/cc @echo @analytik2













