0.5#
Released: 2022/12/04
This release brings Takahē to an almost full implementation of the underlying ActivityPub protocol, with only custom emoji and manual follower approval as high-level features we are yet to implement.
Our goal now is to reach an initial “island of stability”, where we ensure good test coverage and compatibility testing with a suite of other ActivityPub servers before we continue down adding main features (though there’s still plenty of smaller features we’ll add).
This release includes:
Image uploading for posts, with image descriptions
Hashtag parsing, search and timeline pages
RSS feeds for users’ public posts
Collapsing of related notifications into one
Automatic refetching and cleaning for Identities (profiles) and internal message buffers
Mastodon now understands Takahē profile and post URLs in its search box
Fixes to search, activitypub parsing, upload naming, email and media settings
We’re also aiming at two other big things for our next release apart from “stability”:
Moderation queues and flagging
Initial Client App API (Mastodon-compatible)
The goal will be for our next release to be the first one we can recommend that a small community can be run on. This is a relatively high bar for us, and while we will still have a lot of work to do afterwards (especially around accessibility and internationalisation), it’s a milestone we’re excited to reach.
You can download images from Docker Hub,
or use the image name jointakahe/takahe:0.5
.
Upgrade Notes#
Migrations#
There are new database migrations - they are backwards-compatible, so apply the migrations before you update your webserver and stator deployments.