CommonPub
The facts below are what the maker publishes about CommonPub, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From CommonPub's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free and open source | Free | — |
The facts
Each one read from CommonPub's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Build documentation
- Makers can document builds with block editors, parts lists, wiring diagrams, build steps, and code blocks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Community hubs
- Hubs provide spaces for communities, products, or companies with discussions, content galleries, learning paths, and contests.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Contests
- Contests can include prizes, judges, and community voting.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Data and content
- The terms say users own their work and CommonPub does not sell their content or train models on it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Event hosting
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Federated content limit
- The terms say public posts may be copied to other servers and those copies cannot be recalled by CommonPub.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Federation
- CommonPub is built on ActivityPub and lets users follow makers across instances.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Hosted service reliability
- The terms describe the hosted service as provided as is and say CommonPub cannot promise it will never go down or lose data.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The terms describe CommonPub as a federated publishing platform for maker and hardware communities.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Learning
- Learning paths include modules, lessons, quizzes, certificates, and progress tracking.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The CommonPub software is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- CommonPub is an open ActivityPub federation protocol and platform for self-hosted maker communities.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reliability and backups
- The hosted service is provided as is, may experience downtime or data loss, and the terms recommend users keep their own backups.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The maker says CommonPub can be deployed with Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis, and S3-compatible storage.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The terms direct questions through commonpub.io or its community channels, including Discord and GitHub.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support contact
- The terms direct questions to CommonPub or its community channels, including Discord and GitHub.checked 12 Oct 2026
- What it is
- CommonPub describes itself as an open ActivityPub federation platform for self-hosted maker communities.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Content ownership
- The terms say users retain ownership of their work and CommonPub does not sell it or train models on it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Maker publishing
- Makers can document builds with rich block editors, parts lists, wiring diagrams, build steps, and code blocks.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Price and license
- CommonPub says it is free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 license.checked 12 Oct 2026
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