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Pachli 3.6.1 released

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Pachli 3.6.1 has been released, and:

Ensures replies respect your default post privacy settings
Fixes a race condition preventing deletion of drafts and scheduled posts
Improves the display of some posts

See the full Pachli 3.6.1 release post for more details on these and other changes.

Pachli 3.6.0 released

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Pachli 3.6.0 has been released, and includes:

Accessibility options to underline links
Improved UIs for managing Drafts and scheduled posts
Better display of posts containing HTML code, quotes, and lists
Multiple crash fixes

See the full Pachli 3.6.0 release post for more details on these and other changes.

Pachli 3.5.0 released

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Pachli 3.5.0 has been released, and includes:

Improvements to the notifications UI
Talkback accessibility improvements for notifications and quotes
Multiple crash fixes

See the full Pachli 3.5.0 release post for more details on these and other changes.

Pachli 3.4.0 released

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Pachli 3.4.0 has been released, and includes:

Showing “hidden” hashtags on posts.
A new search filter, to search for posts that do / do not quote other posts.
Multiple bug fixes for quotes.
Fixes for broken behaviour from different Android device vendors.

See the full Pachli 3.4.0 release post for more details on these and other changes.

Pachli 3.3.0 released

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This release:

Allows you to switch between writing posts and browsing timelines using Android’s “Recents” screen.
Adjusts the UI when writing a post because of the new quote-related controls.
Has a number of bug fixes.

See the full Pachli 3.3.0 release post for more details on these and other changes.

Pachli 3.2.0 released

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Support for Mastodon’s “quote posts” feature has landed in Pachli 3.2.0. You can now:

Create posts that quote other posts.
Set your policy for who can quote your posts (globally, and on a per-post basis).
View quotes in posts that contain them.
Receive and respond to notifications when other people quote your posts.
Remove quotes of your posts from other people’s posts.

When replying to posts or @-mentioning accounts in posts you are writing, Pachli 3.2.0 shows you the pronouns of the original poster. You can extend this feature to show pronouns throughout the UI, or disable the feature if your language does not have gendered pronouns.

Pachli 3.1.0 released

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The work to implement support for Mastodon’s new “quote posts” feature continues. It wasn’t complete in time for this release cycle, but will be rolling out in Pachli Current very soon to allow as much time for feedback as possible ahead of release.

In the meantime there has also been other UI improvements and fixes, including:

Support for re-ordering attachments when you write posts.
A header above replies to show if it’s the original poster continuing the thread or a reply from someone else.
Improve scrolling behaviour on the Local and Federated timelines.
Restore the ability to filter boosts from your timeline.
Fix colour issues in the “black” theme.

See the full Pachli 3.1.0 release post for more details on these and other changes.

Pachli 3.0.0 released

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In this version – and on servers that support it (Mastodon 4.4.0 and above, GotoSocial 0.20.0 and above) – you can configure filters to show the content of the post while obscuring any media attached to the post.

So you could create a filter that hides photos if “spider” is mentioned in a post without hiding the text of the post.

A lot of work has also been done to prepare Pachli to support the new “quote post” feature which will be released in Mastodon 4.5. That work is not complete yet.

Pachli 2.16.0 released

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Pachli 2.16.0 is now available.

New features and improvements in this version include:

Privacy-preserving on-device translation

This allows you to translate posts on your timeline irrespective of whether or not your server operator has enabled translation.

It also works if the original post author forget to set the language of their post correctly, and works for all posts, including direct messages.

Feature available if installed from Google Play.

Improved and more accessible emoji UI

The UI for finding and entering emojis has been improved to make it easier to navigate and more accessible, especially for anyone who finds it difficult to tell small emojis apart.

Nivenly Fediverse Security Fund

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Background

Software inevitably has security vulnerabilities, and software for the Fediverse is no exception. Closing these vulnerabilities provides a safer, more trustworthy experience for citizens of the Fediverse. To that end, Nivenly is launching a time-and-funds-limited experimental security bounty fund to sponsor contributors who close serious security flaws in popular open source Fediverse software. As a secondary goal, we want to use this fund to help project maintainers grow their circle of contributors.

Nivenly's 2024 Financial Report

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Howdy, folks - I apologize for posting this a bit late, but we recently reviewed Nivenly’s 2024 Financial Report. Our intent is for this to become a much more frequent exercise, likely quarterly, for us to increase the transparency in our financial process and results.

Report

Before we get into the analysis, here is the report: Nivenly 2024 Financial Report (Google Sheets, read-only). Please note there is a hidden sheet called “Cash Flow Detail” that has individual transactions that support the various tables. This data is not publicly available because raw transaction details often contain Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

Nivenly's First Fellow: Hazel Weakly

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

🎉 Hello and Welcome 🎉

Hello everyone! Nivenly’s Board of Directors and I have been working hard to lay the groundwork to support increased activity in the non-profit. As many know, we lost our founder (and my fiancée), Kris Nóva in August 2023. (Kris Nóva’s Memorial page.)

The creation of Nivenly Fellows is something that is important to all of us here at Nivenly, including Nóva herself prior to her passing. The primary goal of Nivenly Fellows is for Nivenly to raise up underrepresented minds in the tech industry who are doing brilliant work and who align with our goals to bring sustainability, autonomy, control, and cooperation to open source projects and communities.

Pachli introduction

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This is a guest post by Nik Clayton, currently stewarding the Pachli project.

Pachli is an Android client application for Mastodon and similar servers, and now an official Nivenly project.

Since the Pachli project’s inception the goal has been to provide a first-class organisation to manage the development of the application under the 7 cooperative principles.

Voluntary and open membership
Democratic member control
Member economic participation
Autonomy and independence
Education, Training, and Information
Cooperation among Cooperatives
Concern for Community

I’m very energised about achieving those goals with the support of the members of the Nivenly community.

Pachli decision

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In November 2023, Pachli applied to be a Nivenly member project. We have learned our lesson from how we approach Haidra’s application, so we put the question of whether we should support Pachli to the Nivenly membership.

The results of that vote are outlined in this post, and I’m thrilled to announce that Pachli is an official Nivenly project.

Pachli plans to support multiple Mastodon-supporting apps, but has started with an Android app that started as a Tusky fork. Nik, the maintainer and Pachli lead, is eager for any support from the community in terms of accessibility improvements, but also has a long list of starter projects for folks that want to get started in open source development. It almost goes without saying that this willingness to focus on accessibility, and support open source growth, are key aspects that make this project a great fit for Nivenly.

Haidra decision

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In July 2023, we announced that Haidra has joined Nivenly as a member project. Shortly afterwards, we received feedback from the Nivenly membership that they were not supportive of this decision. As a new foundation we had forgotten one of our core principles; that this is a co-operative venture and we need to consult with, and get agreement from, our membership before making large decisions. So we did.

To ensure the discussion was well-informed, we had db0 write up a detailed post on what Haidra is and specifically how much, as a maintainer, he’s considered ethics of AI, which was the crux of the concerns raised. We also opened up forums for discussion where we would be able to better understand membership concerns and, possibly, mitigate them.

First vote results

Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Earlier this month, we sent out the first Nivenly Member vote covering Pachli, Haidra, and general feedback. As per our bylaws, we need 50% of the membership to participate in a vote for quorum, and 50% of total voting members to be in consensus for any result to be binding. As we have 74 members, this means 37 needed to vote and 18 needed to agree to any individual item.

Open Collective Foundation and Nivenly

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

tl;dr - there is no impact to Nivenly or our operations.

The Open Collective Foundation (OCF) recently announced they will dissolve at the end of 2024. The Foundation is a fiscal host that happens to share a name with the software, Open Collective. While Nivenly does leverage the Open Collective software to manage our member list and a “front door” for donations, we do not use the Open Collective Foundation as our fiscal host. Instead, we act as our own fiscal host and are responsible for managing our own bank account, accounting ledger, and tax preparations.

Resolutions passed

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Since losing our founding member and President, Kris Nóva, we have had some challenges getting together as a board to pass some much needed resolutions. Our secretary, Preston Doster, developed an alternative approach that has allowed us to pass the most critical resolutions with an offline unanimous vote. It is appropriate then that our first post of the New Year will be one announcing our new resolutions.

Recognition of Kris Nóva

WHEREAS it is deemed desirable and in the best interests of this organization that the following actions be taken by the Directors of this organization pursuant to this Unanimous Written Consent;

Updates for October and November

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Nivenly Updates

Hello everyone! As many of you know, we have been working to restore and formalize operations and duties after the unexpected passing of our founder, Kris Nóva, in August. We would like to update you on what has been happening in each project, what they’re looking for next, and how you can get involved in the decision process.

For a tl;dr; on upcoming votes & new discussions you can participate in:

Hey, I've got questions...

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Hey, I’ve got questions…

The Nivenly Foundation is growing fast and our community has many questions. We’re dedicating time from our volunteers to answer them. This blog post describes why we think this is a critical step to take at this point in the growth of our community, how we prioritize which questions to answer when, and how you can engage with the process (see our Discourse). As a cooperative, our strength lies in our community. The better informed and engaged we are, the better we can deliver for our community.

An announcement regarding Kris Nóva

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

It is with immense sadness that we must share with you the news of the loss of our friend, our leader, and our mentor, Kris Nóva.

It was Nóva who inspired us to come together to build Hachyderm, whose vision created Nivenly, and whose mission we continue to carry forward. In her working life beyond Nivenly, she has left behind a legacy of professionalism and strength of vision, and we all miss her terribly.

Haidra Nivenly Member Discussion Process

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Today is the beginning of the Nivenly General Member Discussion for Haidra. To help with the discussion, please take a look at our posts about Haidra and our Letter from Quintessence about Nivenly:

As was mentioned in Quintessence’s letter, we’re evaluating tools that provide more functionality and have a broader reach than GitHub tools. Most specifically, the ability to have member-only areas that will facilitate member discussions, elections, and so forth. The tool we’re using for this discussion is Discourse. (If it goes well, we’ll be keeping Discourse for broader use. We’ll outline the specifics when that time comes.)

A Deeper Dive into Haidra

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

(For those who would like to read Building Nivenly: A letter from Quintessence, please click here.)

Hey everyone, db0 here. I’m the lead developer of the AI Horde and the public face of Haidra. I want to thank everyone who provided feedback in the past weeks. I am working hard with Nivenly to show that Haidra is an opportunity to improve the open commons.

I will say that the criticisms we received when we made the original announcement caught me by surprise. Therefore I was unprepared for the volume and passion displayed, and perhaps didn’t handle it the same as I should have in a different situation. As a neurodivergent, I will readily admit that I do not react well to such comments and for that I’d like to apologize and try again.

Building Nivenly: A letter from Quintessence

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

(For those who would like to read A Deeper Dive into Haidra, please click here.)

Hello everyone! My name is Quintessence and I’m the Executive Director of the Nivenly Foundation. I wanted to take the opportunity to talk to you, myself, as the Executive Director.

Let’s talk

As you may know, we recently announced Haidra and the Federation Safety Enhancement Project as the two newest projects to the Foundation. Haidra in particular has inspired a lot of feedback, some for Haidra itself and some for Nivenly. For Nivenly, I had a realization that helped me connect why some of our initial communication hasn’t gone the way that I hoped and have some ideas for how to build toward a better future.

Federation Safety Enhancement Project Announcement

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We’re excited to announce that the initial release of the Federation Safety Enhancement Project is now ready for community review.

What is the Federation Safety Enhancement Project?

The goal of the Federation Safety Enhancement Project (FSEP) is to reduce the administration burden for Mastodon admins, and increase safety for Mastodon users, by providing tools that will make it easy and convenient for admins and moderation teams to consistently discover harmful instances and protect their communities.

Our First Community Discussion and Vote: Haidra

Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We wanted to thank our members for voicing their concerns and questions about the recently announced Haidra project. It became very evident that we missed the mark for communications that our members would have liked to receive. For that, we apologize and strive to do better. We also think it is a great opportunity to put in place what our members tell us they need and want to see.

We have been collecting the questions that members have been asking while preparing this post. As we’ve been watching the discourse, we’ve noticed a few categories for questions: questions for deeper details about Haidra as a project, questions about how to participate in governance relevant to member projects, and broader Nivenly questions.

Haidra Joins the Nivenly Foundation

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Welcoming Haidra!

We are very excited to share that Haidra has joined the Nivenly Foundation as a member project. Through its membership, Haidra and its maintainers will receive governance and legal support of the Foundation to help it remain a fully open and neutral community as it grows.

What is Haidra?

Haidra is a dynamic community organization behind the groundbreaking AI Horde project and the thriving software ecosystem that surrounds it. AI Horde is the only crowdsourced cluster for Generative AI, aiming to democratize access to - and what people can do with - AI, regardless of wealth and resources. More specifically, Haidra seeks to provide and support a broader developer ecosystem around its open AI Horde API. This has already borne fruit, as Haidra has plugins for Krita, GIMP, Mastodon, Lemmy, multiple telegram and discord bots, as well as front end interfaces for generating images and text, such as Lucid Creations, ArtBot and KoboldAI lite.

nivenly.HelloWorld()

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

🎉 Hello and Welcome 🎉

Introducing Nivenly

Today marks the official “release” of the Nivenly Foundation.

We are very excited to have finally reached this juncture in our journey. This means we’ve opened up the ability to do direct donations and are also opening up memberships. There is a lot of information we are going to provide in this post, please use the table of contents below to jump around as needed: