Post #587534
2026-02-26 22:32 UTC
It's been just over two weeks since my last post on CritterChat so I wanted to brag a little bit with a list of changes since then:
- Emoji message reactions!
- Country flags added to emoji search and reactions
- Lots of UI design and QOL tweaks
- Docker, thanks to @ThawnyRose
- Better server CPU utilization
- Several bug fixes to bugs found by members of the alpha test instance
- Instance information is now displayed to new users and available at any time to logged-in users
- Basic moderated room support
- Mastodon OAuth support for account creation/authentication allowing you to host a CritterChat instance tied to a Mastodon instance!
- Multiple sign-up modes implemented, invites implemented.
- Explicit anti-genAI stance added to README, explicit Unlicense (public domain) added to repo.
Fork it or grab the code to run an instance at https://github.com/DragonMinded/critterchat
Help test the alpha instance at https://alpha.dragonminded.com/ (DM me on here to be activated after signing up)
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@dragonminded@chitter.xyz 2026-02-26 22:33
As a handy link, the original announcement was at https://chitter.xyz/@dragonminded/116041605325086211 and the stated goals of the project have not changed! As it stands right now, deployed instances look like this.