Hatsu

Is Hatsu actively maintained?

Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 9 commits, of which 4 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 1 commit a month.

The most recent tagged release, v0.3.4, is about 10 months old.

Hatsu ranks #30 of 40 tracked communication - social networks and forums projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.

What Hatsu actually does

Hatsu functions as a bridge that allows static websites to interact with the Fediverse. It enables content published on a static site to reach decentralised social networks without requiring a traditional dynamic backend. The project is written in Rust and distributed under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

Best fit: Static site owners who want to syndicate their content or engage with Fediverse users directly from their existing publishing workflow.

Worth knowing: The project has low maintenance activity and an at-risk health score, which may present risks regarding long-term support and security updates under the AGPL-3.0 copyleft licence.

Deployment notes

As a Docker container written in Rust, it typically requires persistent storage for state and a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination in front of the service.

Links

• Official website
• Source code