I know that people who run #firefish servers are probably somewhat frustrated right now, since the project's last stable release was back in July. I do hope Kainoa gets more active and things start rolling again, however I checked the closest alternatives/firefish forks. Another thing that makes open source software great: you never run out of options!
So, #Iceshrimp still pretty much looks and feels like firefish, but they've added some nice (performance, mostly) improvements and also have better #mastodon api support. They also plan to do a full rewrite, which is quite an ambitious project. It's certainly a project worth watching.
#Sharkey on the other hand started as a firefish fork (from what I understood) but rebased to #Misskey v13 (Firefish had cut ties with upstream misskey on v12) and is building on top of that. This is also a great option if you like Misskey's direction but want improvements like post editing.
And finally with #Catodon, which is in the making and will soon be another option, we're taking a different approach. We'll implement some improvements from Iceshrimp, like the great work they've done on mastodon api support, but in general we won't exactly be taking the "improved misskey" direction. Instead, we'll be using Misskey/Firefish as our starting point, but we also want to simplify some things - as well as build extra functionality on top of the essentials. So some of the less important and useful features will be removed in order to offer a more consistent and user-friendly experience.
More on specific changes we're doing in a few days!
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