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Feature Highlight for v4.12.0 — Activity Intents

A new feature silently dropped in v4.12.0. NodeBB now supports Activity Intents! ### Huh? What's an Activity Intent? It is a proposal by @benpate@mastodon.social that aims to "extend the capabilitie…

2d ago·4 min read·694 words

NodeBB v4.11.0 Release Notes

Hi everybody — late last week we released v4.11.0, which contains the following changes: ## ActivityPub Specific Fixes #### :rotating_light: AP analytics and error pages New pages have been added t…

May 6·1 min read·82 words

Updates to NodeBB's Bug Bounty Program

Since 2017, we've maintained a bug bounty program that awarded responsible disclosure of security vulnerabilities on a sliding scale of $64 to $512 based on severity. Throughout the years we've made …

Apr 21·1 min read·116 words

BSD Cafe launches hybrid forum and Fediverse platform called Billboard

Stoked to see BSD Cafe has a new site... Running NodeBB :sunglasses: https://billboard.bsd.cafe/ Considering they don't run _just anything_ , we're in good company! Their other instances run Mastodo…

Apr 4·1 min read·51 words

NodeBB Inc. to go all-in on AI development

Hi everybody. I think it's time that we throw in the towel. If this year has taught us anything, it's that the bespoke software development industry has come to an end, and the value of our contributi…

Apr 1·2 min read·246 words

NodeBB v4.10.0 — Alt text, more /world, bugfixes

Hi everybody, With spring around the corner (it is currently a balmy 5°C here right now), it's time to get crackin' on a new release of NodeBB! We focused on a lot of user experience updates this ti…

Mar 19·1 min read·82 words

ActivityPub user and category outboxes coming soon

Up until today, when you queried a NodeBB user or category's `outbox`, you would receive an empty `OrderedCollection`. This was done because the property's inclusion in the actor object was **required…

Mar 11·1 min read·128 words

Notice: Breaking change in v4.5.0 (requests to internal IP addresses disallowed)

We are publishing a notice today to bring to attention an unintentional breaking change that could affect some users of NodeBB. v4.5.0 contained an update to `src/request.js` that calls a DNS resolve…

Mar 6·1 min read·82 words

Federation: Community Kickstart Guide

The hardest part of building a community is getting your users. If you don't have users, you don't have content, and if you don't have content, users won't join your forum. This chicken-and-egg game l…

Mar 2·1 min read·144 words

NodeBB v4.9.0 — A Whole New /world!

Hello all! (Sorry, I could not resist with the title :laughing:) Today we are releasing NodeBB v4.9.0, on a Friday, toward the end of the day, because we like having our weekends ruined. As usual, …

Feb 27·1 min read·125 words

Federation: Why does my content look different on other platforms?

Federating content to other platforms comes with its own share of surprises. Sometimes your content is faithfully shared and rendered the way you mean it to be, and sometimes it is remixed and changed…

Feb 27·1 min read·111 words

Federation: What is it and how does it work?

It is possible for NodeBBs to talk with each other. In fact, not only can two NodeBB forums see and share conversations, you can also connect with other websites that can federate. _This article is p…

Feb 27·1 min read·64 words

Fun stuff when live testing the new /world feed

Last month I teased a new interface for the `/world` page, a feed-style interface that attempts to straddle the line between microblog content and threaded content. That interface is actually live on…

Feb 23·1 min read·69 words

Discord now requires age verification, and why you should reconsider the age-old forum

We're not even two months into 2026, and yet another large social media network has done the seemingly unthinkable and instituted a policy that triggers a mass exodus. I am of course talking about Di…

Feb 9·1 min read·81 words