FediFollows @FediFollows@mastodon.online

Looking for people to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse? 🤔

Here's a complete list of recommended accounts so far:

https://mastodon.online/@FediFollows/tagged/followfriday

Irene is an artist that creates beautiful but often disturbing drawings, paintings and comics. You can follow at:

➡️ @inogart

#Art #MastoArt #Illustration #Drawing #Painting #WebComics #DigitalArt #CreativeToots

The Spritely Project aims to create a next generation of Fediverse networks and services. You can follow at:

➡️ @spritelyproject

The official website is at https://spritelyproject.org

Spritely is run by Christopher Lemmer Webber, one of the authors of the ActivityPub standard that the current Fediverse runs on. You can follow at:

➡️ @cwebber

#Spritely #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Federation #Software #Development #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SocialNetworks #SocialMedia

LibreOffice is the world's most popular free open source office suite. You can follow their main official account at:

➡️ @libreoffice

The suite includes word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, charts and more. It's available for Linux, Mac and Windows from https://www.libreoffice.org

Brazilians may want to follow their own branch account (in Portuguese):

➡️ @libreofficebr

#LibreOffice #Office #MicrosoftOffice #Alternatives #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #WordProcessing

#FollowFriday / #FF recap of this week's recommended follows:

🌟 @Krita & @kritafoundation & @Krita_artists - Free open source professional painting software for Linux, Mac and Windows

🌟 @NintendoLeSite - French-language unofficial Nintendo news site

🌟 @fsfe & @fsfe & @fsfe - Pressure group promoting libre software in Europe

🌟 @DavitMasia - Pixel artist and game developer

🌟 @joplinapp - Free open source note taking and to-do app

🌟 @magicians - Eccentric band playing Victorian banjo music

Capharnaum County Magicians Society is a quirky band based around 19th Century banjo music. You can follow at:

➡️ @magicians

You can listen to them on their Bandcamp page at https://magicians.bandcamp.com

The band is run by @mayor who also runs a banjo-themed Mastodon instance at https://banjo.town

#MagiciansSociety #Music #Banjo #Banjos #FolkMusic #OldTime #BanjoMusic #Band #Bands #Musicians #Musician #BandsOfMastodon

Joplin is a free open source note taking and to-do app which you can sync online. You can follow at:

➡️ @joplinapp

It's available for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and Windows from https://joplinapp.org

Joplin is compatible with a number of syncing services including @nextcloud

#Joplin #Notes #NoteTaking #ToDo #Apps #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #iOS #Android #Linux #Mac #Windows

Davit Masia is a pixel artist and game developer. You can follow at:

➡️ @DavitMasia

#PixelArt #Pixel #Art #MastoArt #GameDev #Games #VideoGames #Developer #Dev #Retro

The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) promotes libre software and services. You can follow them at:

➡️ @fsfe

...they also have a PeerTube channel at:

➡️ @fsfe

...and a PixelFed account:

➡️ @fsfe

The Berlin branch has its own account at:

➡️ @fsfeberlin

The website is https://fsfe.org

There are also sister FSF organisations around the world: @fsf (North America), @fsfi (India) and FSF Latin America.

#FSFE #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #SoftwareFreedom #Europe

NintendoLeSite is a French-language news and review site all about Nintendo. You can follow at:

➡️ @NintendoLeSite

Their website is https://nintendolesite.com

#NintendoLeSite #Nintendo #Mario #Zelda #Games #Gaming #VideoGames #JeuxVideo #JeuxVidéo #French #Francais #Français #EnFrancais #EnFrançais

Krita is a free open source professional painting, drawing and illustration app. (It also supports 2D animation.)

You can follow the official Mastodon account at:

➡️ @Krita

...the official PeerTube channel at:

➡️ @kritafoundation

...and the community account at:

➡️ @Krita_artists

Krita is available for Linux, Mac and Windows from the project's website at https://krita.org

#Krita #Painting #Illustration #Drawing #Raster #Animation #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

#FollowFriday / #FF recap of this week's recommended follows:

🌟 @k9mail - Popular FOSS email app for Android

🌟 @nitrokey - Free open source USB security key with open hardware too

🌟 @tootapp - Quirkily fun Mastodon app for iPhones and iPads

🌟 @switchingsoftware - Great easy-to-use guide to FOSS and federated alternatives

🌟 @kiwix - App that lets you browse and search Wikipedia, StackExchange, Project Gutenberg etc entirely offline

🌟 @smerp - Drawings through robots, paintings by bare hands

Sean M Puckett is an artist who creates images by unusual methods, for example through robots or with bare fingers. You can follow at:

➡️ @smerp

#AllHands #Art #MastoArt #Painting #Drawing #Robots #Textures

Kiwix makes FOSS software for easy offline browsing of Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg and other repositories of knowledge. You can follow at:

➡️ @kiwix

It makes knowledge available to you even if your internet connection is broken, shut down or restricted.

Kiwix is available for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and Windows from https://www.kiwix.org

There's also Kiwix Hotspot, which lets you provide offline content to anyone on your wifi network.

#Kiwix #Wikipedia #Wikis #ProjectGutenberg #Offline

Switching.software suggests FOSS and federated alternatives to closed source apps and centralised services. You can follow at:

➡️ @switchingsoftware

The website itself is at https://switching.software

You select what you want to replace, and the website tells you the better alternatives.

#SwitchingSoftware #Alternatives #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #OpenSource #Privacy #Federation

Toot! is a Mastodon app for iPhones and iPads, you can follow the official account at:

➡️ @tootapp

The app itself is available from the App Store on your device at https://apps.apple.com/app/toot/id1229021451

#Toot #Mastodon #Apps #iOS #Apple #iPhone #iPad #Fediverse

Nitrokey is a USB security key based on free open source software and hardware. You can follow the official account at:

➡️ @nitrokey

Their website is https://www.nitrokey.com

The physical key makes it easier to securely store and transport passwords, logins or any other data. It works with Linux, Mac and Windows.

#NitroKey #InfoSec #Security #CyberSecurity #Data #Privacy #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #OpenSource #OpenSourceHardware

K-9 Mail is a free open source e-mail app for Android. You can follow the official account at:

➡️ @k9mail

The official site is at https://k9mail.app

It's available from @fdroidorg and Google Play.

#K9Mail #EMail #Android #Apps #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #OpenSource

#FollowFriday / #FF recap of this week's recommended follows:

🌟 @briar - Secure Tor-based p2p messaging app, works locally even if internet shut down

🌟 @dagseii - Digital artist doing dramatic portraits

🌟 @freedomboxfndn - Free open source software to make your own personal home server

🌟 @privacyint - Official PeerTube instance for privacy pressure group @privacyint

🌟 @9to5linux - News site about Linux and FOSS

🌟 @godotengine - FOSS 3D & 2D game engine

🌟 @rpginabox - RPG creation tool