fediverse/README.md

Fediverse Stats

This code gets all peers from running Mastodon, Pleroma and Lemmy host servers and then all peers from host server's peers. Goal is to collect maximum number of alive fediverse's servers and then query their API to obtain their registered users (if their API provide such information). At the end it post the results to host server bot account.

Dependencies

• Python 3
• Postgresql server
• Mastodon or Pleroma running server.

Usage:

Within Python Virtual Environment:

1. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install needed libraries.

2. Run python db-setup.py to setup and create new Postgresql database and needed tables in it.

3. Run python setup.py to get your bot's access token of your Mastodon or Pleroma server existing account. It will be saved to 'secrets/secrets.txt' for further use.

4. Run python getpeers.py to get all peers from your host and the whole world of fediverse's servers (or almost the whole world).

5. Run python fetchservers.py to add servers to alive servers database.

6. Run python fediverse.py to query world alive servers API. It gets data from server's API according this table:

Software	API peers	API users (nodeinfo/2.0.json)	API users (nodeinfo/2.0)	API users (api/v1/instance)	API users (main/nodeinfo/2.0)	API users (api/nodeinfo/2.0.json)	API users (api/nodeinfo)	Software
Diaspora		['usage']['users']['total']						Diaspora
Friendica	api/v1/instance/peers		['usage']['users']['total']					Friendica
Ganggo			['usage']['users']['total']					Ganggo
GNU Social					['usage']['users']['total']			GNU Social
GNU Social 2.x						['usage']['users']['total']		GNU Social 2.x
Groundpolis			['usage']['users']['total']					Groundpolis
Hubzilla			['usage']['users']['total']					Hubzilla
Lemmy	api/v2/site ['federated_instances']['linked']	['usage']['users']['total']						Lemmy
Mastodon	api/v1/instance/peers	['usage']['users']['total'] (since v3.0.0)		['stats']['user_count']				Mastodon
Misskey			NO (['usage']['users'] returns {}) so using ['usage']['users']['activeHalfyear'] instead					Misskey
Osada			['usage']['users']['total']					Osada
Peertube		['usage']['users']['total']						Peertube
Pixelfed						['usage']['users']['total']		Pixelfed
Pleroma	api/v1/instance/peers	['usage']['users']['total']						Pleroma
Plume			['usage']['users']['total']					Plume
Prismo			['usage']['users']['total']					Prismo
Ravenvale		['usage']['users']['total']						Ravenvale
Squus			['usage']['users']['total']					Squus
Writefreely							['usage']['users']['total']	Writefreely
Zap			['usage']['users']['total']					Zap

software	API	software name
diaspora	nodeinfo/2.0.json	['software']['name']
dolphin	nodeinfo/2.0	['software']['name']
ganggo	nodeinfo/2.0	['software']['name']
friendica	nodeinfo/2.0	['software']['name']
gnusocial	main/nodeinfo/2.0	['software']['name']
gnusocialv2	api/nodeinfo/2.0.json	['software']['name']
groundpolis	nodeinfo/2.0	['software']['name']
hubzilla	nodeinfo/2.0	['software']['name']
lemmy	nodeinfo/2.0.json	['software']['name']
mastodon	nodeinfo/2.0.json	['software']['name']
misskey	nodeinfo/2.0	['software']['name']
osada	nodeinfo/2.0.json	['software']['name']
peertube	nodeinfo/2.0.json	['software']['name']
pixelfed	api/nodeinfo/2.0.json	['software']['name']
pleroma	nodeinfo/2.0.json	['software']['name']
plume	nodeinfo/2.0	['software']['name']
prismo	nodeinfo/2.0.json	['software']['name']
ravenvale	nodeinfo/2.0.json	['software']['name']
squs	nodeinfo/2.0	['software']['name']
wordpress	wp-json/nodeinfo/2.0	['software']['name']
writefreely	api/nodeinfo	['software']['name']
zap	nodeinfo/2.0.json	['software']['name']

5. Use your favourite scheduling method to set python fediverse.py to run twice daily, python fetchservers.py one time daily and python getworld.py to run monthly.

18.2.21 - New feature! Added Lemmy project
12.5.21 - New feature! Added Wordpress support. The code can now detect Wordpress instances with ActivityPub enabled plugin.
12.5.21 - New feature! New shinny creation of servers and users graphs.