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FR#157 – Social Software Distribution

on how @altstore, Tangled and npmx.dev are using open social networking protocols to build, distribute, and discover software, and how the most important part is not the code but the community building part

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FR#157 – Social Software Distribution - FR#157 – Social Software Distribution

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FR#157 – Social Software Distribution

Open social protocols are expanding beyond social media into the infrastructure developers use to build, distribute, and discover software. Three recent launches show what that looks like in practice.

March 12, 2026 at 5:24:04 PM
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