All features # All features Everything Welley can do, grouped by area. [Gallery](https://welley.com/gallery/) [Roadmap](https://welley.com/roadmap/) ## [Your profiles](https://welley.com/profiles/#profiles) Share the parts of yourself that matter to you. You can keep several profiles under one account. - [**Your profile** Add your name, a photo, a cover image, a bio and your pronouns.](https://welley.com/profiles/profile-basics/) - [**Who sees your birthday** Show your full birthday, just the month and day, or keep it private.](https://welley.com/profiles/birthday-privacy/) - [**Your location** Add a location and decide whether it shows on your profile.](https://welley.com/profiles/profile-location/) - [**Your local time** Set your time zone and decide whether to show it.](https://welley.com/profiles/profile-local-time/) - [**Spotlights for links and details** Give your links and other details their own spot on your profile.](https://welley.com/profiles/profile-spotlights/) - [**Verified website links** Prove that a website links back to your Welley profile.](https://welley.com/profiles/verified-profile-links/) - [**Several profiles on one account** Switch between your profiles from the user menu.](https://welley.com/profiles/multiple-profiles/) ## [Your privacy](https://welley.com/profiles/#privacy) You decide who can find you, who can follow you and what they see on your profile. Welley doesn't track or monitor you, and it shows no ads. - [**Public posts in search results** Decide whether other servers may include your public posts in their search results.](https://welley.com/profiles/public-post-search/) - [**Profile and posts in discovery** Decide whether your public profile and posts may show up in discovery areas.](https://welley.com/profiles/profile-discovery/) - [**Profile page in search results** Decide whether search engines may index your profile page.](https://welley.com/profiles/search-engine-profile/) - [**Show follows and followers** Show or hide who you follow and who follows you.](https://welley.com/profiles/connection-visibility/) - [**Show groups on profile** Show or hide your list of groups on your profile.](https://welley.com/profiles/group-profile-visibility/) - [**Approve new followers** Accept new followers automatically, or review new follow requests yourself.](https://welley.com/profiles/follow-approval/) - [**Who sees you online** Let everyone, your followers or nobody see when you're online and typing.](https://welley.com/profiles/presence-privacy/) - [**Show when you were last seen** Decide whether people can see when you were last online.](https://welley.com/profiles/last-seen-privacy/) ## [Your preferences](https://welley.com/settings/#preferences) Notifications, language, how Welley looks, and how photos and videos show up. - [**Email and push notifications** Pick which activity sends you an email or a push notification.](https://welley.com/settings/notification-channels/) - [**Notification presets** Pick All, Important only or None, then adjust each type of activity.](https://welley.com/settings/notification-presets/) - [**Who can notify you** Get notifications from everyone, your followers, accounts you follow or mutual followers.](https://welley.com/settings/notification-audience/) - [**Pause notifications across profiles** Mute all notifications, and decide whether your notification settings stay in sync across profiles.](https://welley.com/settings/notification-quiet/) - [**How Welley looks** Pick light, dark or system mode, an accent color and a font.](https://welley.com/settings/appearance-options/) - [**Interface language** Use Welley in one of the available languages.](https://welley.com/settings/interface-languages/) - [**Feed languages** Pick which languages show up in your feed.](https://welley.com/settings/feed-language-filter/) - [**Post translation** Read a post in your preferred language and switch back to the original.](https://welley.com/settings/post-translation/) - [**Sensitive media** Hide media that has a warning, always show media, or always hide media until you reveal it.](https://welley.com/settings/media-warning-preference/) - [**Video autoplay** Decide whether videos in posts and comments start playing on their own.](https://welley.com/settings/video-autoplay/) - [**External media previews** Turn on all external media previews, or set each service on its own.](https://welley.com/settings/external-media-previews/) ## [Your account and data](https://welley.com/settings/#account-tools) Manage access, storage and invites. If you move, you can take your social connections with you. - [**Personal access tokens** Give an integration a token with the access it needs.](https://welley.com/settings/personal-access-tokens/) - [**Sessions and phone sign-in** See your active sessions, disconnect one of them, and connect a mobile app with a QR code.](https://welley.com/settings/sessions-and-mobile-link/) - [**Storage and upload limits** See how much media storage your profile uses and how much you can still upload.](https://welley.com/settings/storage-quota/) - [**Your uploads** Browse your media in a grid or list, preview files, and select several files to act on at once.](https://welley.com/settings/upload-library/) - [**Invite links** Create invite links with a limit on uses and an expiration.](https://welley.com/settings/personal-invites/) - [**Download your social data** Export your connections and saved data as CSV files that work with Mastodon.](https://welley.com/settings/social-data-export/) - [**Move your account to Welley** The migration guide helps you add an alias, import data and move followers.](https://welley.com/settings/move-to-welley/) - [**Move away and keep a copy** Redirect your profile to another Fediverse account, and download your posts or your full archive.](https://welley.com/settings/move-out-and-archive/) ## [Posts](https://welley.com/posts/#publishing) Write a quick update or a longer story. Add media, a poll or some context, then pick who sees it. - [**Save drafts** Save a post you haven't finished and pick it up again when you're ready.](https://welley.com/posts/post-drafts/) - [**Write a chain of posts** Write several connected posts in the same composer.](https://welley.com/posts/post-chains/) - [**Photos, videos and attachments** Add media to a post and open it in the media viewer.](https://welley.com/posts/post-media/) - [**Longer videos** Post videos within your server's limits. Longer videos can stream.](https://welley.com/posts/long-video/) - [**Polls** Make a poll where people pick one answer or several.](https://welley.com/posts/post-polls/) - [**Add a location** Give a post a place, along with its text and media.](https://welley.com/posts/post-location/) - [**Content warnings** Put a warning over the whole post, or mark just the media as sensitive.](https://welley.com/posts/post-content-warning/) - [**Inline spoilers** Hide an answer, a plot detail or any other bit of text until a reader chooses to show it.](https://welley.com/posts/inline-spoilers/) - [**Pick who sees each post** Post publicly, as unlisted or to followers only.](https://welley.com/posts/post-audience/) - [**Turn comments on or off** Switch comments off when a post doesn't need replies.](https://welley.com/posts/post-comments/) - [**Text formatting** Use formatting when a post needs some structure.](https://welley.com/posts/rich-text-posts/) - [**Reposts and quotes** Repost something as is, or quote it and add your own text.](https://welley.com/posts/repost-and-quote/) - [**Likes and emoji reactions** Like a post or react with an emoji when you don't need to write a reply.](https://welley.com/posts/post-reactions/) - [**Bookmarks and pins** Bookmark a post for later, or pin one that's eligible.](https://welley.com/posts/save-and-pin/) - [**Edits and edit history** Edit an eligible post and see its edit history.](https://welley.com/posts/post-edits-and-history/) - [**Ways to read a thread** Read comments as one stream, or follow branches in a group discussion.](https://welley.com/posts/thread-reading/) ## [Feeds](https://welley.com/posts/#feeds) Follow accounts across servers, find public posts and choose what shows up in your feeds. - [**Following and Discover feeds** Keep up with the accounts you follow, or browse public posts.](https://welley.com/posts/following-and-discovery/) - [**Discover from your server or others** Show discovery posts from all servers, just your server or only remote servers.](https://welley.com/posts/discovery-server-filter/) - [**Block and mute** Keep unwanted accounts or domains away from you.](https://welley.com/posts/personal-block-and-mute/) - [**Earlier posts when you follow someone** When you follow a remote account, Welley can fetch its earlier posts.](https://welley.com/posts/older-post-sync/) ## [Direct messages](https://welley.com/messages/#direct-messages) Talk one-to-one or with a group in a separate inbox. It also works with compatible Fediverse direct messages. - [**Fediverse direct messages** Your direct conversations stay separate from public posts and notifications.](https://welley.com/messages/federated-dm-inbox/) - [**Know who gets the message** Pick who's in the conversation before you write. Typing a mention doesn't add someone as a recipient.](https://welley.com/messages/explicit-dm-recipients/) - [**Message several people** Start a direct conversation with one person or several.](https://welley.com/messages/group-direct-messages/) - [**Reply in a thread** Reply to a message in a thread next to the main conversation.](https://welley.com/messages/dm-thread-replies/) - [**Formatting and attachments** Format your message and add images, videos or files.](https://welley.com/messages/dm-rich-media/) - [**Message actions** React with emoji or use other message actions right in the conversation.](https://welley.com/messages/dm-message-actions/) - [**Find messages, files and links** Search a conversation and browse the files and links shared in it.](https://welley.com/messages/dm-search-and-media/) - [**Who's online and typing** The header can show who's online and who's typing.](https://welley.com/messages/dm-presence-and-typing/) - [**Favorites and mute** Add a conversation to your favorites, or mute it so it doesn't interrupt you.](https://welley.com/messages/dm-favorites-and-mute/) - [**End-to-end encrypted messages (coming soon)** We're planning an end-to-end encrypted mode for direct conversations.](https://welley.com/messages/encrypted-dms-planned/) ## [Groups, forums and rooms](https://welley.com/groups/#groups) Give your community one place for posts, forum topics, events and conversations. Each group sets its own rules for who can get in and how people join. - [**Your group's profile** Give your group a name, an address, a cover image, a description and useful links.](https://welley.com/groups/group-profiles/) - [**Public or private groups** Choose whether your group's content is public or stays with members.](https://welley.com/groups/group-public-private/) - [**Visible or unlisted** Choose whether people can find the group in search or open it from a link.](https://welley.com/groups/group-discovery/) - [**Secret groups (coming soon)** We're planning a kind of group that's hidden from anyone who isn't a member.](https://welley.com/groups/group-secret/) - [**How people join** Let people join right away, ask for approval or wait for an invitation.](https://welley.com/groups/group-join-modes/) - [**Mix public and private channels** A private group can have public channels, and a public group can have private channels.](https://welley.com/groups/group-mixed-channel-privacy/) - [**Separate posting channels** Split the group feed into channels, each with its own name and purpose.](https://welley.com/groups/group-channels/) - [**Follow only the channels you want** Subscribe to a public channel without joining the whole group.](https://welley.com/groups/group-channel-subscriptions/) - [**Public channels on the Fediverse** Public channels connect your Welley community to other ActivityPub services.](https://welley.com/groups/group-federated-channels/) - [**Forums and categories** Use a forum with separate categories for longer discussions.](https://welley.com/groups/group-forums/) - [**Find the right discussion** Browse forum topics by category, tag and activity.](https://welley.com/groups/group-forum-discovery/) - [**Reaction styles for categories** Forum posts show emoji reactions, likes or votes, based on the mode the server sets.](https://welley.com/groups/group-forum-reactions/) - [**Chat rooms** Use chat rooms for a team, a club or a community discussion.](https://welley.com/groups/group-rooms/) - [**Closed rooms** Close a room when the conversation is only for some of the group's members.](https://welley.com/groups/group-closed-rooms/) - [**Room tools** Keep the chat, shared files, links and member list in one place.](https://welley.com/groups/group-room-tools/) - [**Custom apps (coming soon)** Everything in Welley on the web is built as apps. That makes it possible to build and share custom apps that go beyond posts and events.](https://welley.com/groups/group-custom-apps/) - [**Chess in your group** Chess is one example of an app in a group. Play another member while others watch and comment.](https://welley.com/groups/group-chess/) - [**Paid groups and channels (coming soon)** Put a whole group, or just one of its channels, behind a paywall.](https://welley.com/groups/group-paywalls/) ## [Run your group](https://welley.com/groups/#group-administration) Handle members, moderation, permissions and integrations from your group settings. Give each staff member only the access they need. - [**Review join requests** Decide who gets into a group that needs approval.](https://welley.com/groups/group-join-requests/) - [**Invite people** Send invitations and see which ones are still waiting for an answer.](https://welley.com/groups/group-invitations/) - [**Entry questions** Ask people some questions before they join.](https://welley.com/groups/group-questionnaire/) - [**Group rules** Set rules that people see before they join.](https://welley.com/groups/group-rules/) - [**Group links** Add your community's resources to the group profile.](https://welley.com/groups/group-links/) - [**Manage members** See your members, their roles and their activity in the group.](https://welley.com/groups/group-member-directory/) - [**Roles and permissions** Decide who owns the group, who runs it and who moderates.](https://welley.com/groups/group-roles/) - [**Reports for group staff** Gather reports and look at the content that needs attention.](https://welley.com/groups/group-moderation-reports/) - [**Staff notes and history** Keep context for later moderation decisions.](https://welley.com/groups/group-moderation-notes/) - [**Member timeouts** The server can pause a member's participation while they can still read.](https://welley.com/groups/group-timeouts/) - [**Group blocklist** Block a person, account or domain from the group.](https://welley.com/groups/group-blocklist/) - [**Review posts before they're published** Use a queue of pending posts when content needs staff approval.](https://welley.com/groups/group-post-approval/) - [**Pick whose posts need review** Require approval for some members, or let trusted members skip it.](https://welley.com/groups/group-member-preapproval/) - [**Scheduled posts** The server can save posts and chains to publish later.](https://welley.com/groups/group-scheduled-posts/) - [**Storage and upload quotas** See how much storage your group uses and which limits apply.](https://welley.com/groups/group-upload-storage/) - [**Transfer group ownership** Hand the group over to another member when the owner changes.](https://welley.com/groups/group-ownership/) - [**Group statistics** The server keeps membership and activity totals over time.](https://welley.com/groups/group-stats/) - [**AI bots for your group** Set up bots that answer questions, welcome members and help staff review reports.](https://welley.com/groups/group-ai-bots/) - [**Test bots before you publish** Try out how a bot behaves, then publish a setup you've checked.](https://welley.com/groups/group-ai-control/) - [**AI models and connected tools** Pick the providers, models and tools your group can use.](https://welley.com/groups/group-ai-integrations/) - [**Connect your group to other tools** Subscribe an integration to events from your group.](https://welley.com/groups/group-webhooks/) ## [Events and calendars](https://welley.com/events/#events) Plan your own get-together or a group event, share the details and get responses. Keep a calendar you can use outside Welley. - [**Your own events** Create an event from your profile.](https://welley.com/events/events-personal/) - [**Group events** Put events right next to your group's channels and forum.](https://welley.com/events/events-group/) - [**Who can see an event** Let anyone find it, share it by direct link, or limit who can see it.](https://welley.com/events/events-privacy/) - [**Invite specific people** Make a personal event invite-only when you want to control the guest list.](https://welley.com/events/events-invitations/) - [**Answer an invitation** Invited people can give a clear answer.](https://welley.com/events/events-rsvp/) - [**Interested or going** Say you're interested before you commit to an event.](https://welley.com/events/events-interest/) - [**Event discussions** Keep questions and replies with the event.](https://welley.com/events/events-discussions/) - [**Your event calendar** See events you created, joined or were invited to.](https://welley.com/events/events-my-calendar/) - [**Event inbox** Keep up with events from the people or groups you follow.](https://welley.com/events/events-following/) - [**Discover public events** Find public events beyond the profiles you already follow.](https://welley.com/events/events-discover/) - [**Add an event to your calendar** Download one event as a standard iCalendar file.](https://welley.com/events/events-ics-download/) - [**Subscribe from another calendar** Use a calendar link for a profile or group that stays the same.](https://welley.com/events/events-calendar-subscriptions/) - [**Time zones** Show event times along with the time zone that matters.](https://welley.com/events/events-time-zones/) - [**Copy or cancel an event** Copy an event for a new occasion, or clearly mark it as canceled.](https://welley.com/events/events-copy-and-cancel/) - [**Events over ActivityPub** Welley sends and receives standard ActivityPub Event objects.](https://welley.com/events/events-activitypub/) - [**Connect with event software** Because Welley supports ActivityPub Events, it can connect to event services such as Mobilizon.](https://welley.com/events/events-mobilizon/) ## [Server settings](https://welley.com/server-admin/#server-settings) Choose your server's identity, who can get in, content limits and the defaults that suit your community. - [**About your server** Tell visitors what your server is about and how to reach your staff.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-about/) - [**Privacy policy and terms** Let people know how your server handles data and access.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-legal/) - [**Branding** Help people recognize your server in previews and public information.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-branding/) - [**Default appearance** Pick the default mode, theme and font for your server.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-default-appearance/) - [**Open or private server** Decide whether visitors can read your server before they sign in.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-access/) - [**Security controls** Limit failed logins and help locked accounts get back in.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-security/) - [**Registration modes** Let anyone join, review every application, or let in only certain people.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-registration/) - [**Application questions and CAPTCHA** Add checks before someone can join your server.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-registration-review/) - [**Close sign-ups automatically** Sign-ups close if no administrator or moderator uses the server for a period you choose.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-unattended-registration/) - [**Server roles and permissions** Give your staff the permissions they need.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-roles/) - [**Server rules** Keep your community rules short, clear and easy to find.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-rules/) - [**Post and attachment limits** Set limits for post length, attachments and pinned posts on your server.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-content-posts/) - [**Image, video and audio policy** Choose what media your server accepts and how it processes it.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-content-media/) - [**Custom emoji** Give your server its own emoji.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-custom-emoji/) - [**Welley Help access** Make it easy for people to reach the Welley Help group.](https://welley.com/server-admin/server-help-group/) ## [Tools for server staff](https://welley.com/server-admin/#server-moderation) Review reports, look after local communities and keep a record of what staff do. - [**Reports queue** Staff can review reports and deal with problems in one place.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-reports/) - [**User moderation** Find local and remote users and see their moderation state.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-users/) - [**Internal staff notes** Keep helpful moderation context next to each user's record.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-user-notes/) - [**Group moderation** Review local groups with filters that fit how communities work.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-groups/) - [**Group moderation history** Keep staff notes and state changes together for each local group.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-group-notes/) - [**Sign-up requests** Review applications when your server needs approval to join.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-signup-requests/) - [**Audit log** Follow administrative changes in a separate audit record.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-audit/) - [**Domain moderation** Apply your server's decisions to a whole remote domain.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-block-domains/) - [**Import and subscribe to block lists** Use curated public block lists and still keep control of your own decisions.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-domain-list-subscriptions/) ## [Run your Welley server](https://welley.com/server-admin/#server-operations) Keep an eye on activity, updates, media work and the background jobs that keep your server responsive. - [**Server dashboard** See your server's key activity and tasks in one place.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-dashboard/) - [**Release information** See which releases are available before you update your server.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-releases/) - [**Automatic updates** Pick the update period on the Releases tab.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-automatic-updates/) - [**Installed applications** See the applications that make up your server.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-applications/) - [**Media jobs** See how media conversion is going.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-media-jobs/) - [**Remote media cache** Decide how your server stores remote media.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-media-cache/) - [**Upload quotas** Manage storage and upload limits for accounts and groups.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-quotas/) - [**Quota increase requests** Review requests for more storage or upload capacity.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-quota-requests/) - [**Queues, retries and workers** Check on background jobs before a small problem turns into a bigger one.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-job-metrics/) - [**Job statistics** See background job activity over time.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-job-stats/) - [**Feed diagnostics** Check the feed cache and repair it if needed.](https://welley.com/server-admin/admin-feed-cache/) ## [Integrations](https://welley.com/integrations/#server-integrations) Pick the services behind language tools, AI helpers, search and automation. - [**Language detection and translation** Pick the language services your server uses.](https://welley.com/integrations/integration-language/) - [**AI providers and models** Pick AI providers and choose which models your server offers.](https://welley.com/integrations/integration-ai-providers/) - [**AI tools and limits** Choose which AI tools people can use.](https://welley.com/integrations/integration-ai-tools/) - [**AI bots** Make a bot with its own profile, model, instructions and permissions you control.](https://welley.com/integrations/integration-ai-bots/) - [**MCP servers** Let AI bots use the external tools you pick.](https://welley.com/integrations/integration-mcp/) - [**AI search setup** Pick and look after the model behind semantic search.](https://welley.com/integrations/integration-ai-search/) - [**Webhooks** Connect server events to external services.](https://welley.com/integrations/integration-webhooks/) - [**FASP providers** Connect a Fediverse Auxiliary Service Provider to get shared search capabilities.](https://welley.com/integrations/integration-fasp-providers/) - [**Link preview service** Set up a separate service for web link previews.](https://welley.com/integrations/integration-fasp-link-previews/) - [**FASP remote administration** Manage a connected FASP service from the Welley admin panel.](https://welley.com/integrations/integration-fasp-remote-admin/) ## [How your server federates](https://welley.com/federation/#federation-controls) ActivityPub connects Welley to independent servers. Administrators decide where the limits are. - [**Open federation** Connect to the wider Fediverse and keep your own block list.](https://welley.com/federation/federation-open/) - [**Limited federation** Connect only to the domains your server approves.](https://welley.com/federation/federation-limited/) - [**Closed federation** Run your server with federation turned off.](https://welley.com/federation/federation-closed/) - [**Remote domains** See the remote domains your server knows about.](https://welley.com/federation/federation-domains/) - [**ActivityPub relays** Exchange public content through a shared relay service.](https://welley.com/federation/federation-relays/) - [**Standards and shared extensions** Use common Fediverse features with other independent servers.](https://welley.com/federation/federation-standard-features/) ## Recent updates News from the Welley release account. - [**Prepare a complete thread before publication** Write several connected posts in one composer, then publish the chain with one action.](https://welley.social/@whatsnew/posts/pt_01m4c8rxkeear9x93d8wsrf8a2) - [**Keep your appearance choices with your account** Choose system, light or dark mode. Combine eight accent colors with four font options, then keep those choices with your account.](https://welley.social/@whatsnew/posts/pt_01m47b41yje73tee2cyxzsv1y8) - [**Return to an unfinished post** Save a post as a draft and open it again when you are ready to continue.](https://welley.social/@whatsnew/posts/pt_01m3qh45y2ekb8n64c6ws9k951) - [**Find earlier posts from an account you follow** When you follow a remote account, Welley can fetch earlier posts in the background. The available history depends on the remote server and configured limits.](https://welley.social/@whatsnew/posts/pt_01m3ax730gecxs10mpvrw9apr0) - [**Use separate profiles from one account** Keep several identities under one account and switch between their profiles from the user menu.](https://welley.social/@whatsnew/posts/pt_01m37x5ce7ead8212yx4vxf5qj) - [**Respond with an emoji reaction** Add an emoji reaction to a post and see the reaction counts. Reactions provide another response beside a like or a reply.](https://welley.social/@whatsnew/posts/pt_01m3mz3mkae2z8rys82eqch9d7) - [**Join discussions across Welley and Lemmy** Follow a Lemmy community and exchange posts, replies and images. Public Welley channels also work with Lemmy. The current Welley interface does not expose Lemmy vote arrows.](https://welley.social/@whatsnew/posts/pt_01m4ec542yetcrvz4c6zn6zrzb) - [**Take part in NodeBB forum discussions** Follow a NodeBB category from Welley and exchange topics, replies and images. The integration also supports upvotes. Moderation actions remain separate between the systems.](https://welley.social/@whatsnew/posts/pt_01m4ebjtp5esvspvpjntpv25j0)