For reference (raised by rozzin in IRC): * http://foldoc.org/module * http://foldoc.org/library * http://foldoc.org/plugin As noted by XRevan86, modules are not necessarily non-essential. As we will keep the modules directory in GS root [therefore, near to plugins/], it is evidenced the difference between both. This is a simple yet fundamental structural change. It doesn't change functionality but makes clearer the way we understand GNU social's internals.
Nodeinfo support for GNU social
Plugin that presents basic instance information using the NodeInfo standard.
The information is presented at the "/nodeinfo/2.0.json" endpoint.
Other tools can then scrape that information and present it in various ways. For example: https://fediverse.network/