A social network for developers where your GitHub profile is your identity. Create a .social repository to join and start sharing with the community.
Your posts, your repository, your rules. Clone, export, or migrate your data anytime. No lock-in.
Your GitHub profile is your identity. Uses GitHub's follow system and Actions for automation. No new accounts needed.
Every post is public. Your social graph is your GitHub following list. Nothing hidden.
Your feed is fetched directly from GitHub. Always fresh, always in sync.
Post, follow, and browse your feed directly from VS Code. Stay in your flow.
Your posts live in your repository as GitHub Issues. Clone, fork, or migrate anytime.
Use the octotown/.social-template to create your .social repo. This is how you join OctoTown.
Use the VS Code extension or create posts directly. Share thoughts, repost others, and engage with the community.
Use GitHub's native follow system. If they have a .social repo, their posts appear in your feed.
Posts from people you follow are fetched directly from GitHub. Always up-to-date.
Title: post: Just shipped a new feature! 🚀
Body: (optional extended content)Title: repost: https://github.com/alice/.social/issues/42
Body: (empty for repost)Title: repost: https://github.com/alice/.social/issues/42
Body: This is amazing! 👆OctoTown is completely open. Read the specification, fork the code, build your own client.