Open Badge Infrastructure

Your Achievements,
Verified Forever.

Create, issue, and share digital credentials across a decentralized, cryptographically secure network — built on the open social web.

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Cryptographically Verified · 100% Open Source · ActivityPub Native · 17M+ Fediverse Accounts · No Central Authority · Open Standards · Mobile Friendly · Cryptographically Verified · 100% Open Source · ActivityPub Native · 17M+ Fediverse Accounts · No Central Authority · Open Standards · Mobile Friendly ·

17 M

Fediverse Accounts

7.3 M

Active Users

100%

Open Source

∞

Decentralized

What we offer

Badge infrastructure
built for trust.

Cryptographically
Verified

Every badge is signed with a cryptographic key. Recipients prove authenticity without relying on any central authority.

W3C open standards
Signed with actor keys
Portable credentials
Fraud-resistant by design

Decentralized by Design

Run your own node. Join the federation. No platform lock-in, no single point of failure. BadgeFed is built on ActivityPub — the same open protocol powering Mastodon and millions of users worldwide.

100% Open Source

Fork it, self-host it, audit it. No vendor lock-in, ever.

Community Focused

Designed for organizations that want full autonomy over their badge ecosystems.

About this instance

BadgeFed (VocalCat)

The official BadgeFed server maintained by VocalCat LLC, serving as the central hub for BadgeFed-related and VocalCat open‑source badges.

Our Purpose

To issue trustworthy badges for BadgeFed and VocalCat projects, and support federated badge usage across the Fediverse.

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The Network

Featured Badge Issuers

Trusted organizations issuing verifiable credentials on this network.

BadgeFed

badges

BadgeFed is the official issuer for recognizing contributors to the BadgeFed project. Created by VocalCat, it honors developers, designers, testers, and writers who help improve the project — celebrating every fix, feature, and idea along the way.

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Find Your Achievements

Search badges, issuers, and credentials across the entire network.

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Federation

Connected Servers

Part of a growing decentralized network of BadgeFed nodes.

Fediverse.Games

A badge server for the Fediverse Games Mastodon instance, supporting a friendly and inclusive community for all lovers of games, including board games, video games, and more.

CommunityGamingSocialEntertainment

badges.fediverse.games

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Community Credentials

Empowering organizations with verifiable credentials to recognize achievements and contributions.

OrganizationOpenBadgesCommercialNonprofits

communitycredentials.org

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Fireside Fedi Badge Server

The official badge server for Fireside Fedi, a live podcast show where we sit down with folks from across the Fediverse to get to know them. A relaxing chill time, fully powered by Fediverse-connected tech. Let's stop yelling past each other and put the social back into social media.

PodcastCommunityFediverseMedia

badges.firesidefedi.live

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