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Alright Homebase! We will be doing a small bit of maintenance and upgrades this evening (CST). You might see a small blip in down time but it's #worth-it as we're adding some core API features to our data structure which allows, putting it simply - for better data-sharing (when you choose, of course) and more efficient storage.

Hiya Homebase! We need to do a bit more maintenance prep (alpha version work). During the upgrade Homebase will be unavailable for about 15 - 45 minutes. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Hiya Homebase! We need to do a bit of maintenance prep (alpha version work). During the upgrade Homebase will be unavailable for about 30-45 minutes. We apologize for any inconveniences.

This weekend we will once again be making storage upgrades to Homebase (alpha version work). During the upgrade Homebase will be unavailable. We expect the work to take a few hours. We apologize for any inconveniences.

This weekend we will be making upgrades to the storage system of Homebase (alpha version work). During the upgrade Homebase will be unavailable and we expect it to take a few hours. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Alright, Homebase homies! We’ve got some sweet updates for you! Link previews are live — share your identity URL in chats or social, and watch custom previews pop up, tailored to your post or identity. See the screenshot or try it out! Plus, these changes boost your SEO: better visibility and higher rankings, so more folks can find you online. Details if you're curious: We’re using og:type = "profile" on key pages to tell search engines this is you, not just some random site — think sharper relevance for your name in searches. We’ve also added JSON-LD, a structured data magic trick that helps Google understand your identity and content connections, pushing your rankings up. Bonus: the sameAs tag links your profiles across the web (Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.), tying it all together for a stronger online footprint. More on this in the deep dive! Breakdown: Main Post: Keeps it breezy and benefit-focused—previews are cool, SEO gets you seen, no tech overload. Details Section: og:type = "profile": Flags your pages as a person’s, boosting relevance for personal searches. JSON-LD: Structured data that clarifies who you are and what’s yours; which assists crawlability, rankings, and discoverability. sameAs: Connects your social profiles, reinforcing authority and consistency across the web.

And we're happy to announce more progress and updates from your friendly neighbor Homebase team! In our community app - Added Threads & Activity pages to help you keep on top of it A very useful feature called Message collaboration. You can mark a message collaborative to allow the whole community to edit and collaborate on it. We use this internally for managing our roadmap and public posts... Including this message ;) You can add a status to your name and others will see what you're up to with a bit of text and an emoji (because what's life if it's not filled with emoji's?) In Chat - Audio messages now have timestamp before playing You can add more members in a group chat More dedicated file previews for documents, apks, pdfs, code etc RichText preview support in Chat For other apps - performance enhancements and bug fixes as always And on the super important yet invisible back-end Enhanced caching system to support scaling, featuring two levels: local cache and distributed cache. New batch update API for files, enabling the addition, modification, or removal of metadata and payloads in a single request. Improvements to internal storage and transfer history tracking. In addition to file transfer history, a summary is now maintained. Introduced support for local metadata (JSON and tags) that remains private and is not transmitted during file transfers, allowing users to retain sender-specific information. Resolved a bug in the data upgrade process. Onward and upwards! Feel free to comment and let us know how you're enjoying Homebase!

Announcing the Homebase Community App

We’re excited to share that Homebase.id now has a community app! Think of it as an alternative to tools like Slack or Teams, but fully secure, decentralized, and open source—aligned with everything Homebase.id stands for.

We've released a new major feature: Introductions. 🤝 What are Introductions? Introductions let you connect two or more of your contacts, facilitating seamless communication. When you create a new chat group, introductions occur automatically among the participants. How do Introductions work? When you're introduced to someone, they can send you chat messages by default. You can then choose to upgrade an introduced contact to a confirmed contact, add them to your circles, or follow them. Customizing Introductions If the default settings don't suit your preferences, you can adjust how introductions are handled in your settings. Getting Started To use this feature, ensure your identity is upgraded. Simply log in to your owner console to complete the upgrade. Experience a more connected and personalized communication with Homebase's new Introductions feature.

We've updated our free and open-source LICENSE agreement on GitHub to a pure AGPL3 agreement. See here for more information https://github.com/homebase-id