Status Update – Feb 2026
First status update to keep track on what’s new with fsoc.lol
To get a feel for what’s happening between status updates you can always check out our roadmap.
Summary of the activities that happened over the last couple of months:
- revised all topics and made sure all links are working, e.g.
- Introduction to the Matrix network
- Self-hosting resources
- OSINT resources
- experimented with Mastodon integration and landed on two main accounts
- @fsoc@infosec.exchange as main account (traditional Mastodon account)
- @site@fsoc.lol mainly for content updates ( WordPress with Activitiypub integration)
- migrated a few code repository to our own Forgejo instance at https://git.fsoc.lol
- continue reading for a list of currently available fsoc services
Service focus
Initially fsoc services clustered around
Web clients for decentralized networks
- Mastodon
- Phanpy https://phanpy.fsoc.lol
- Lemmy
- Photon https://photon.fsoc.lol
- Tesseract https://tesseract.fsoc.lol
- Matrix
- Element https://element.fsoc.lol
- Schildi https://schildi.fsoc.lol
- Cinny https://cinny.fsoc.lol
Over time a second cluster emerged – in the realm of
Financial literacy
- Budgeting app (not publicly available)
- Portfolio tracker (not publicly available)
- Expense sharing (not publicly available – coming soon)
- Currency converter https://money.fsoc.lol
- Crypto balance tracker https://hodl.fsoc.lol
The third – and very loose – cluster is
Web essentials
- Password safe (not publicly available)
- Cloud for contact, calendar, file management (not publicly available)
- Feed aggregator (not publicly available)
- Identity provider to tie all services together (not publicly available)
And some other useful services:
- Custom start page https://start.fsoc.lol
- PDF tools https://pdf.fsoc.lol
- File transfer tool https://drop.fsoc.lol
- File encryption tool https://enc.fsoc.lol
- Paste bin https://paste.fsoc.lol
- Code repository https://git.fsoc.lol
Services out of scope
- Anything too resource hungry and/or moderation heavy
- Linkwarden instance
- Mastodon or Lemmy instance
- Journiv instance
- Immich instance
- Anything piracy
