Epicyon, meaning "more than a dog". Largest of the Borophaginae which lived in North America 20-5 million years ago.

Epicyon is an ActivityPub server for people who are tired of Big Tech social media and want something simpler which they can self host on minimal hardware. Connect with friends instead of getting mired in horrible and irrelevant business models.

Key features:

• Open standards: HTML, CSS, ActivityPub S2S and C2S, RSS, CalDAV.
• Supports common web browsers and shell browsers.
• Will not drain your mobile or laptop battery.
• Customisable themes. It doesn't have to look bland.
• Emoji reactions.
• Geospatial hashtags.
• Does not require much RAM, either on server or client.
• Suitable for installation on single board computers.
• No timeline algorithms.
• No javascript. Progressive enhancement class A.
• No database. Data stored as ordinary files.
• No fashionable web frameworks. "Boring by design".
• No blockchain or AI garbage.
• Written in Python, with few dependencies.
• Can also federate on Tor, i2p, and yggdrasil.
• AGPL license, which big tech hates.

Install - User Manual - Keyboard navigation - Project Goals - Commandline interface - Customizations - Software Architecture - Code of Conduct - Principles of Unity - C2S Desktop Client - Coding Style

Matrix room: #epicyon:conduit.libreserver.org

Includes emojis designed by OpenMoji – the open-source emoji and icon project. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Blob Cat Emoji and Meowmoji were made by Nitro Blob Hub, licensed under Apache 2.0. Digital Pets emoji were made by Tomcat94 and licensed under CC0.