drupal/fediverse

Configures the site to be part of the Fediverse

1.0.x-dev 2026-08-28 16:53 UTC

Requires

• drupal/activitypub: ^1.0@alpha
• drupal/custom_field: ^5.0
• drupal/imagecache_external: ^3.0
• drupal/magnific_popup: ^2.1
• drupal/prepopulate: ^2.5
• drupal/reader: ^1.0
• drupal/restui: ^1.22

GPL-2.0-or-later

• Kristof De Jaeger

• recipe
• activitypub
• fediverse
• drupal recipes
• drupal recipe

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-08-28 14:54 UTC

README

This is a Drupal recipe which installs and configures your site to become a part of the Fediverse.

Modules which will be installed:

• https://www.drupal.org/project/activitypub
• https://www.drupal.org/project/reader
• https://www.drupal.org/project/nodeinfo
• https://www.drupal.org/project/webfinger
• https://www.drupal.org/project/imagecache_external
• https://www.drupal.org/project/magnific_popup
• https://www.drupal.org/project/custom_field
• https://www.drupal.org/project/simple_oauth
• https://www.drupal.org/project/consumers
• https://www.drupal.org/project/restui
• https://www.drupal.org/project/prepopulate

After installation following features will be ready:

• Note content type to quickly create a status update
• Reply content type to reply to a status
• Like content type to like a status
• Repost content type to repost a status
• Reader installed and available on /reader
• API endpoint configured to connect with external clients
• User avatar and header image fields
• User metadata field

and much more sensible defaults!

Installation

Follow the steps underneath. Make sure a private folder has been configured in settings.php!

• Install the recipe with drush. Note that you might need to clear the cache first after you required this project with composer.

  drush cr
  drush recipe ../recipes/fediverse
  

• Generate public and private keys for the 'instance' user. This can also be done at /admin/config/services/activitypub. You need this for signing GET requests.

  drush activitypub:generate-keys instance
  

• Download the infinite scroll library locally.

  drush reader:is
  

• Download the magnific popup library locally.

  drush reader:mp
  

• Create an actor via command line. To configure an actor in the site, go to /user/{uid}/activitypub.

  # e.g. create actor for user 1 with the nick swentel:
  # drush activitypub:create-actor 1 swentel
  drush activitypub:create-actor {uid} {username}
  

• Configure the crontab with the necessary commands:

  drush activitypub:show-cron-commands -l https://example.com