Bridgy

Business Profile

Core Value Proposition

Bridgy provides web-to-social bridging by connecting your website to social media, enabling backfeed of social reactions (likes, comments, mentions), cross-posting (POSSE), and webmention support. It is open source and part of the IndieWeb ecosystem.

Target Customer

{"Website owners and bloggers running personal or small business sites","IndieWeb enthusiasts and developers managing microcontent-enabled sites","Users who want social interactions on their site and/or cross-posting to social networks"}

Key Differentiator

Open-source service that offers backfeed (receiving social responses on your site) and POSSE (publish to social networks from your site) with webmention support, plus an HTML API for accessing user and post data; supports centralized and decentralized networks; part of the IndieWeb ecosystem (Bridgy Fed is a related offering for fediverse connections).

Implementation Timeline

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Pain Points

1Difficulty obtaining social network interactions (likes, comments, reposts) back on your own site (backfeed).
2Need to publish/cross-post from a site to multiple social networks (POSSE) with consistent formatting.
3Maintaining functionality as social networks change APIs or shut down features (e.g., Twitter changes, past limitations with Facebook/Google+).

Key Features

1Backfeed: Bridgy detects and sends responses from social networks back to your site via webmentions
2POSSE publishing: publish posts, comments, likes, and reposts from your site to social networks
3Webmention support: both incoming and outgoing webmentions to/from your site
4Publishing workflow and Micropub integration guidance for posting from the site
5Open source stack: Python-based, runs on Google App Engine, uses oauth-dropins and granary; provides an HTML API for data access

Target Customer Industries

Competitive Advantages

1Free to use for end users; Bridgy costs are minimal to run (reported as under $50/month for operation by the team)
2Open source with an HTML API, providing human-friendly access to user data and actions
3Supports backfeed and cross-posting across a wide range of networks (centralized and decentralized)
4IndieWeb compatibility and active documentation/community context
5Explicit emphasis on security/data handling and minimal data collection

Key Benefits

1Receive social interactions directly on your website (backfeed)

2Publish or cross-post content automatically from your site to social networks (POSSE)

3Support for webmentions to and from your site

4Open-source, with a simple API via HTML and a focus on privacy/public data

5Cross-network compatibility, including traditional networks and fediverse-related platforms

Additional Product Information

Product Description

Bridgy connects your website to social media, enabling backfeed of social interactions, cross-posting (POSSE), and webmention support across multiple networks. It is open source and part of the IndieWeb ecosystem.

Target Market

Individuals and small publishers running personal or small business websites who want social integration, backfeed of social interactions, and cross-posting capabilities.

Unique Value Proposition

Bridgy uniquely combines backfeed, POSSE, and webmention translation within an open-source framework, integrated with the IndieWeb ecosystem, to bridge personal websites with both centralized and decentralized social networks via a standard HTML API.

Technical Requirements

Open-source Python-based solution, runs on Google App Engine; uses oauth-dropins for connecting social networks; uses granary to fetch data; provides user pages with microformats and a standard HTML API

Pricing Model

Free to use for end users; hosting/operation costs are reported to be under $50/month for Bridgy’s own infrastructure

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