Misskey

Misskey () is an open source, federated, social networking service created in 2014 by Japanese software engineer Eiji "syuilo" Shinoda. Misskey uses the ActivityPub protocol for federation, allowing users to interact between independent Misskey instances, and other ActivityPub compatible platforms. Misskey is generally considered to be part of the Fediverse.

Source code

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Thanks to Sentry for providing the error tracking platform that helps us catch unexpected errors. Thanks to Chromatic for providing the visual testing platform that helps us review UI changes and catch visual regressions. Thanks to Codecov for providing the code coverage platform that helps us improve our test coverage. Thanks to Crowdin for providing the localization platform that helps us translate Misskey into many languages. Thanks to Docker for providing the container platform that helps us run Misskey in production.

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Wikidata facts

Official website: misskey-hub.net
Image: Misskey light.png

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source code repository URL: github.com/syuilo/Misskey.old
software version identifier: 2026.3.2
issue tracker URL: github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/issues
Commons category: Misskey
name in kana: ミスキー
official server list URL: misskey-hub.net/en/servers

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History
Development
Functionality
See also
References and notes
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Despite being a decentralized service, Misskey is not philosophically opposed to centralization. The name Misskey comes from the lyrics of Brain Diver, a song by the Japanese singer May'n.