Artist and creative developer creating interactive installations, games and music for museums, public art, companies, fashion, education etc. Based in Boston MA USA.
Fediverse address:
@cacheflowe@mastodon.social
Tagged: Software Development and Programming
Kyle Szklenski
Game developer and enthusiastic user of the Godot game engine. Posts lots of tips and tricks for using Godot, and is creator of the Godot Firebase plugin.
Fediverse address:
@BackAt50Ft@mastodon.gamedev.place
Game Programming Resources
Human-curated account posting and boosting useful links for game developers.
Fediverse address:
@game_programming@mastodon.social
Phil Brooker
Senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool in the UK. Interested in Human-Computer Interaction, Science and Technology Studies, Programming as a Social Science.
Fediverse address:
@pdbrooker@mastodon.online
Christian Lawson-Perfect
Mathematician and software engineer at Newcastle University, and an admin on mathstodon.xyz maths-themed Fediverse server.
Fediverse address:
@christianp@mathstodon.xyz
Florian Ledermann
Critical engineer, cartographer and programmer researching and teaching interactive maps at the Vienna University of Technology.
Fediverse address:
@floledermann@mapstodon.space
openSUSE
Version of Linux aimed at software developers and system administrators.
Fediverse address:
@opensuse@fosstodon.org
Jesper Dr.amsch
Machine Learning scientist at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. Posts about machine learning and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@jesper@tech.lgbt
Rust Language
Official account of the Rust programming language.
Fediverse address:
@rust@social.rust-lang.org
Reproducible Builds
Aims to make it easier to check the source code of free and open source software. Reproducible Builds promotes tools and practices to help verify that open source code has not been altered before distribution.
Fediverse address:
@reproducible_builds@fosstodon.org
David “the Talking Skull” Fox
Veteran game developer who was lead dev on legendary titles for Lucasfilm Games such as “Zak McKracken” and “Rescue on Fractalus”. Most recently has worked with Ron Gilbert on “Thimbleweed Park” and “Return To Monkey Island” 🏴☠️ 🐒
Fediverse address:
@DavidBFox@mastodon.gamedev.place
Sloanysoft
Father and son development team creating new games for 8-bit computers such as the ZX Spectrum. They also run a gaming livestream.
Fediverse address:
@Sloanysoft@oldbytes.space
Niccolò Ve
KDE developer posting lots of interesting videos all about software created by the KDE community and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@veggero@tube.kockatoo.org
Defold
Free source-available 2D and 3D game engine for cross-platform PC, smartphone and console games.
Fediverse address:
@defold@mastodon.gamedev.place
Cédric Champeau
Amateur astronomer, astrophotographer and software developer. Creator of open source libraries and applications for astronomy.
Fediverse address:
@melix@astrodon.social
Codeberg
Non-profit hosting service for FOSS projects, their source code and their development. It is powered by the self-hostable FOSS forge software Gitea.
Fediverse address:
@Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de
benui
Game developer who writes tutorials about using Unreal Engine
Fediverse address:
@_benui@mastodon.gamedev.place
Taggart
Information Security blogger, live streamer and educator, runs the Infosec blog Taggart Tech.
Fediverse address:
@mttaggart@fosstodon.org
rubenwardy
Software engineer and core developer on Minetest, the free open source voxel game platform.
Fediverse address:
@rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
Nathalie Lawhead / alienmelon
Indie developer, makes experimental surreal games and software including “Tetrageddon”, “Everything is going to be OK”, “Electric Zine Maker” and more.
Fediverse address:
@alienmelon@mastodon.social
Qiskit
Free open source quantumn computing SDK for working with quantum computers at the level of pulses, circuits and application modules.
Fediverse address:
@qiskit@qubit-social.xyz
Amit Gawande
Professional software developer, posts regularly about various forms of programming as well as random other thoughts.
Fediverse address:
@amit@social.lol
Mike Conley
Works on Firefox for Mozilla, and runs a live stream featuring programming techniques called “The Joy of Coding”. The stream is on Twitch and PeerTube, and there’s an archive of past episodes on PeerTube.
Fediverse address:
@mconley@diode.zone
Rstats Guppe Group
A Fediverse discussion group about the R programming language for statistical computing. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)
Fediverse address:
@rstats@a.gup.pe
Aethernaut
Live streaming account playing free open source games, and some software coding.
Fediverse address:
@aethernaut@tv.aethernaut.eu
Linux Magazine
Physical and digital magazine with news and features about Linux, FOSS, software development, electronics projects etc.
Fediverse address:
@linuxmagazine@fosstodon.org
Jeremy Sinclair
Windows, .NET, SharePoint and Xamarin developer, the only Microsoft MVP in West Virginia, Windows Insider MVP and Windows Dev MVP.
Fediverse address:
@sinclairinat0r@haqueers.com
Charm
Make free open source command line interface apps, libs and back ends.
Fediverse address:
@charmcli@mastodon.social
What Rust is it?
Bot posting latest Rust releases.
Fediverse address:
@whatrustisit@botsin.space
Alan Zucconi
Game developer and educator, Director of Studies and Senior Lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London, leads MA Computer Games: Art & Design and MSc Computer Games Programming.
Fediverse address:
@AlanZucconi@mastodon.gamedev.place
Rust GameDev
Curated feed all about game development using the Rust programming language.
Fediverse address:
@rust_gamedev@mastodon.gamedev.place
Andy Balaam
In-depth tutorial videos and livestreams about software development with many different programming languages and platforms, including Rust, Lisp, Python, JavaScript, Java, Ruby, Android etc.
Fediverse address (videos):
@andybalaam@diode.zone
Fediverse address (livestream):
@andy@andybalaam.uk.to
Paul E Cooley
Prolific award-winning novelist, mainly in the sci-fi, horror and thriller genres. Author of “The Black” and “The Derelict” series, runs runs a podcast about the books. Also a software development veteran.
Fediverse address:
@paul_e_cooley@vyrse.social
Felix LeClair
Free and Open Source Software Optimization Engineering. Focused on low level vectorization of host and accelerator devices. Very into puns, obsessed with pushing the boundaries of CFD performance.
Fediverse address:
@fclc@mast.hpc.social
Godot Engine
Popular free open source multiplatform game engine for 3D and 2D games.
Fediverse address:
@godotengine@mastodon.gamedev.place
Woodpecker CI
Free open source community fork of the Drone Continuous Integration platform.
Fediverse address:
@WoodpeckerCI@floss.social
Uglyhack
Makes tutorial videos about electronics, programming, DIY and other projects. The videos are released under creative commons.
Fediverse address:
@uglyhack@diode.zone
Mekka Okereke
Posting about racial equality, inclusivity in tech, engineering director at Google building digital ecosystems.
Fediverse address:
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io
LWN.net
One of the internet’s longest-running news sites about free open source software and software development. Originally founded in 1998 when “LWN” stood for “Linux Weekly News”, but they now cover much more than that, with new items appearing daily.
Fediverse address:
@LWN@fosstodon.org
Scott Jenson
User experience veteran, has worked on UX for Apple System 7, Symbian’s DesignLab and currently Android UX research and Physical Web for Google.
Fediverse address:
@scottjenson@social.coop
Forgejo
Free open source self-hostable software forge, a community fork of Gitea supported by Codeberg. Federation of forges through ActivityPub planned.
Fediverse address:
@forgejo@floss.social
The Prototype Fund
Funding initiative of the German government promoting development of open software. Anyone can apply for funding who lives in Germany, is self-employed, pays German taxes and publishes their source code on some sort of source forge. (You don’t need German citizenship.)
Fediverse address (in German):
@PrototypeFund@mastodon.social
Hare
A new programming language currently under development. The developers describe it as: “a systems programming language designed to be simple, stable, and robust” and “well-suited to low-level, high performance tasks.” Apparently it fits onto one 3.5 inch disk! 💾
Fediverse address:
@hare@fosstodon.org
Bevy Engine
Simple data-driven free open source game engine, built in Rust.
Fediverse address:
@bevy@mastodon.social
SuperIlu
Software developer and retro computing enthusiast, collects old computers and creates retro software for MS-DOS such as the FOSS Mastodon client DOStodon and the JavaScript environment DOjS.
Fediverse address:
@dec_hl@mastodon.social
V Brigham
Veteran programmer for the venerable Commodore 64 home computer from 1982, who nowadays posts in-depth videos about developing software on the C64.
Fediverse address:
@v_brigham@tilvids.com
FOSDEM
The Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting is a well-established non-profit annual conference all about FOSS. It has taken place every year since 2000, though the most recent ones have been online due to the pandemic.
Fediverse address:
@fosdem@fosstodon.org
Stride
Free open source cross-platform game engine (previously known as Xenko).
Fediverse address:
@xenko@mastodon.gamedev.place
Liberapay
Free open source non-profit platform for making recurring donations to projects or people. It’s like a libre alternative to Patreon. The project is funded entirely by donations made through its own platform.
Fediverse address:
@Liberapay@mastodon.xyz
GDevelop
Free open source cross-platform game engine designed to be easy to learn. The engine’s code is FOSS, with optional paid-for cloud services on the official website.
Fediverse address:
@gdevelop@mastodon.gamedev.place
Penpot
Free open source interface prototyping and design platform. It operates entirely through web browsers using SVG, so it can be used collaboratively and on any OS.
Fediverse address:
@penpot@fosstodon.org
Filip W
Software architect, open source maintainer and quantum computing expert, author of “Introduction to Quantum Computing with Q# and QDK”.
Fediverse address:
@filipw@mathstodon.xyz
Interpeer Project
Research and development project to develop next generation technologies that put users first, to protect them from exploitation and privacy invasion by online service providers. Partly funded by the European Union.
Fediverse address:
@interpeer@chaos.social
Solarus
Free open source 2D game engine designed mainly for RPGs. Solarus games run on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@solarus@mastodon.gamedev.place
Pacstall
AUR-style package manager for Ubuntu.
Fediverse address:
@pacstall@social.linux.pizza
GNOME
Develops and maintains a free open source desktop environment used by many popular versions of Linux including Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora etc.
Fediverse address (main):
@gnome@floss.social
Fediverse address (in Portuguese):
@gnome_br@mastodon.social
Android Weekly
Android development newsletter founded in 2011.
Fediverse address:
@androidweekly@androiddev.social
W0rmh0le Live
Fediverse live streaming account which does streams and interviews related to programming, gaming, music and other topics.
Fediverse address:
@wesley@live.w0rmh0le.net
Weblate
Free open source software to help organise the translation and localisation of projects. Very widely used by the libre software community to allow crowdsourced translation.
Fediverse address:
@weblate@fosstodon.org
UnifiedPush
Set of specifications and free open source tools to help users get more control over how their phone’s (or computers’s) notifications are handled. There are options for self-hosting notification systems if needed.
Fediverse address:
@unifiedpush@fosstodon.org
Akademy
Annual world summit of KDE, a free non-commercial event organised by the KDE community.
Fediverse address (main):
@akademy@floss.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@akademy@tube.kockatoo.org
Racket
Official account for the Racket programming language, a modern dialect of Lisp.
Fediverse address:
@racketlang@functional.cafe
Mellium Co-op
A co-operative organisation creating Go-based resources for the XMPP instant messaging protocol.
Fediverse address:
@mellium@fosstodon.org
Julia Ferraioli
Open Source Technical Leader at Cisco’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO). Co-founder of Open Source Stories and contributor to LeadDev. Also posts about disabilities.
Fediverse address:
@juliaferraioli@floss.social
Foss.events
Site covering all kinds of events related to free open source software.
Fediverse address:
@foss_events@fosstodon.org
Wladimir Palant
Security researcher and software developer, runs a blog about Infosec.
Fediverse address:
@WPalant@infosec.exchange
GurgleApps
Family posting videos about fun projects that involve electronics, programming, physics, maths and all kinds of interesting stuff.
Fediverse address:
@GurgleApps@mastodon.social
Joseph Elfelt
Developer of GISsurfer web map, FindMeSAR, GeoJPG, curator of 3000+ ArcGIS server list.
Fediverse address:
@mappingsupport@m.ai6yr.org
Dylan Language / Open Dylan
Official account for the Open Dylan implementation of the Dylan programming language, a descendant of Lisp.
Fediverse address:
@DylanLang@fosstodon.org
Brad P. Taylor
Veteran programmer and game developer who has worked on many famous projects including the legendary SCUMM game engine at Lucasfilm/LucasArts.
Fediverse address:
@lardratboy@corteximplant.com
Di
Data visualisation engineer based in Australia, author of “Practical UI Patterns for Design Systems”. Also creator of Typey Type, a free typing app for stenographers.
Fediverse address:
@didoesdigital@bne.social
ExcelAnalytics
Training and consulting on Excel/VBA development, testing, model review, analytics, and spreadsheet auditing. Author of “Spreadsheet Check and Control”.
Fediverse address:
@ExcelAnalytics@mastodon.world
Steven P. Sanderson II, MPH
Data scientist interested in data visualisation and working with RStats.
Fediverse address:
@stevensanderson@mstdn.social
TootSDK
Free open source Swift package library to help developers make apps that interact with the Fediverse.
Fediverse address:
@tootsdk@iosdev.space
Timnit Gebru
Founder and Executive Director at the DAIR Institute, researching AI from an ethical starting point, encouraging safety processes to be built into AI from beginning to end, and bringing more diverse participation into AI research.
Fediverse address:
@timnitGebru@dair-community.social
HacDC
America’s second-oldest hackerspace, based in Washington DC.
Fediverse address:
@hacdc@fosstodon.org
BSDCan
Annual technical conference for people working on and with BSD-based operating systems and related projects. Held in Ottawa, Canada, since 2004.
Fediverse address:
@bsdcan@bsd.network
8bitworkshop
Web-based IDE which lets you write code for classic 8-bit computers and consoles within your browser, and see it run as you do so. Also publishes a range of books on programming for classic 8-bit systems.
Fediverse address:
@8bitworkshop@oldbytes.space
FOSSlife
Technology news and features website covering free open source software, especially from a professional careers point of view.
Fediverse address:
@fosslife@fosstodon.org
Civic Coding
A joint initiative by various German government departments to promote responsible and sustainable use of AI / Large Language Model technologies.
Fediverse address (in German):
@CivicCoding@social.bund.de
GDQuest
Organisation that promotes the use of free open source software in game development, and posts videos all about this.
Fediverse address:
@gdquest@tilvids.com
SimpleTools
Community that promotes free open software which is lightweight, simply designed and easy to use.
Fediverse address:
@simpletools@fosstodon.org
KDE
Worldwide free open source software community which creates all kinds of popular useful projects such as the Plasma desktop, Kdenlive, Krita and lots more.
Fediverse address (main):
@kde@floss.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@kde_community@tube.kockatoo.org
Fediverse address (conference videos):
@kde@conf.tube
Fediverse address (Spanish language community):
@kde_espana@floss.social
Fediverse address (French language community):
@kdefr@framapiaf.org
Dr Rahul Gopinath
Lecturer in the School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney, Australia. His main research area is in the junction between Software Engineering and Cybersecurity. Interested in Program Analysis, Automatic Repair, Mutation Analysis, Specification Mining, Grammar Based Generators and Parsing.
Fediverse address:
@rahul@gopinath.org
Pavel A. Samsonov
Product designer focusing on user experience, currently working on better UX for software at AWS.
Fediverse address:
@PavelASamsonov@mastodon.social
Firefox Dev Tools
Web developer tools built into Firefox, allowing devs to examine, edit and debug HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Fediverse address:
@FirefoxDevTools@mozilla.social
Burn
Indie game developer and creator of the colourful retro neon title Spectrum Break for Android, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@JHein@mastodon.social
Kelvin Shadewing
Developer on FOSS gaming projects such as SuperTux Advance, Kyrodian Legends and the Brux game engine.
Fediverse address:
@KelvinShadewing@mastodon.social
BBC Micro Bot
Bot that runs toots containing programming code on an 8-bit computer emulator, then replies with a screenshot or video clip of the program running.
Fediverse address:
@bbcmicrobot@mastodon.me.uk
Michał “rysiek” Woźniak
IT expert, software developer, good guy hacker, long-time Fediverse user. Fighting for privacy rights, libre software and ethical tech. Did information security and infrastructure for Panama Papers journalists, amongst others.
Fediverse address:
@rysiek@mstdn.social