As many of you have noticed, Ghost recently released their Social Web (ActivityPub) feature into beta:
John O’Nolan
This is incredibly exciting news for the Ghost community, as it allows Ghost sites to connect with the Fediverse - a decentralized "social network" (using the term loosely here) that includes platforms like Mastodon, BlueSky, and many others.
Current Status at Magic Pages
I've been getting questions about when this feature will be available on Magic Pages. The short answer: it will come, but not immediately.
The ActivityPub integration is currently in beta and requires specific infrastructure components to run alongside Ghost. While the Ghost team is testing this infrastructure on Ghost(Pro), things are still changing frequently. And quite honestly, as a solo founder, I need to ensure that any new infrastructure additions are stable and production-ready.
In the current state of the beta, things are still rapidly changing. What works one week, might not work the next. So, it would be a constant cat and mouse game. Here's what the Ghost team says on this matter:
While in beta, we're actively making multiple breaking-changes every single week, so while it can technically already be self-hosted, it's not recommended.
We're running the beta on Ghost(Pro) so that we can deploy the service in a single place and iterate quickly based on user feedback, making any changes needed as we go.
Once we've stabilized the codebase and it's ready to come out of beta later this summer, then we'll also be shipping detailed self-hosting docs.
Since Magic Pages is – under the hood – also just using the same open source self-hosted version of Ghost, I am also reliant on the promised documentation.
However, for those curious, I have already tested things:
Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
Since I already got pretty far, I am confident that once things are stable, it will be a quick turnaround to integrate this new feature into Magic Pages.
I'll make sure to keep everyone updated as we get closer to implementing this. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out via email or the live chat in your customer portal.
About Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
I'm the founder of Magic Pages, providing managed Ghost hosting that makes it easy to focus on your content instead of technical details.
