Nodebb fediverse - all in one?

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Maybe a basic question, but Im not sure, until theres a pre-release of Nodebb v4 (which I cant wait for!)
But will my forum fediverse account be enough for an all in one solution, so I wont necessarily need my Mastodon account too?
The reason Im asking is because, at times, ideal Mastodon hosts can be hard to find. I ran my own instance for a while, and many signed up - it was bursting at capacity before long
So will a Nodebb v4 forum account be complete enough to be a full fediverse solution for those who use Mastodon etc.
Can I log into the fediverse mobile apps etc?
I tried logging into a couple I have on my android phone but it didnt work.
Not sure what my nodebb fed password is, (is it mirrored from my main account) or how to reset it?

julian

But will my forum fediverse account be enough for an all in one solution, so I wont necessarily need my Mastodon account too?

That's a very good question! In short, I intend for NodeBB to become that all-in-one app. It'd be disingenuous of me to say that it is meant to replace Mastodon, because it isn't, it's not even the same classification of software: Mastodon is a microblogging service, NodeBB is a forum.

However, NodeBB will (or already can):

allow you to follow users and see their content
contain the ability to discover new content from the fediverse (/world, et al.)
have two-way conversations with people from the fediverse

Additionally, NodeBB will:

classify content in topics so they are better organized
allow you to move topics into specific categories for further organization

However, NodeBB might/will not:

show posts in a "feed-style" format, at least not with Harmony theme
integrate the chat subsystem into the fediverse (this may be better handled via a different protocol like Matrix, Delta, etc.)

Can I log into the fediverse mobile apps etc?
I tried logging into a couple I have on my android phone but it didnt work.

Right now you cannot, and I don't know if you ever will be able to. Those apps either use the Mastodon API (which we don't support for an obvious reason — we're not Mastodon), or the client-to-server protocol subset of ActivityPub, which we do not support yet.

The login part expects NodeBB to act as an OAuth2 provider, which we also do not do yet.

the skyfoxx

@julian said in Nodebb fediverse - all in one?:

The login part expects NodeBB to act as an OAuth2 provider, which we also do not do yet.

What about loging in to other NodeBB instances? E.g. this instance and try.nodebb having the same login?

crazycells

@skyfoxx said in Nodebb fediverse - all in one?:

@julian said in Nodebb fediverse - all in one?:

The login part expects NodeBB to act as an OAuth2 provider, which we also do not do yet.

What about loging in to other NodeBB instances? E.g. this instance and try.nodebb having the same login?

That would be super cool... Being able to use a single NodeBB account in all federated NodeBB instances...

julian

@skyfoxx that is potentially possible. That's one of the things @oplik0 is looking in to

Sylwester Cyba

Digital Identities aren’t something unique to the fediverse and it’s no something Mastodon could stop if they wanted to. Nomadic identity is coming to the internet. The only question is who is going to own your identity. VISA/Mastercard, your government, Google, Microsoft, or you.

More:
https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/activitypub-nomadic-identity/

julian

@nhl.pl not sure how far we'd go but a sensible and safer option would be to allow you to log in via a different instance's username/password, but then you'd maintain your own local identity.

Just like how existing SSO systems work.

Sylwester Cyba

AT Protocol by Bluesky offers Portable accounts (Change hosts without losing your content, your follows, or your identity) so it will end up in exporting profile at /user/yourusername/consent and using it elsewhere.