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Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by andy_ppp on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:31PM (#45890245)
Very cool, is it possible to add voting for multiple dates too?
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by orbanlevi on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:32PM (#45890263)
Right now nope, but I'm planning to add new features.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by thedangler on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @01:43PM (#45891147)
API, Please make an API? I could integrate my RSVP system into it which requires more specific features but could use this to create the base for the event.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by orbanlevi on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @12:57AM (#45896807)
You need an API for creating events?
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by macintux on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @03:43PM (#45906370)
Not the person who asked for it, but I think they were suggesting they'd use the API to retrieve information about RSVPs/current state of a planned event. (Perhaps even RSVP on someone else's behalf.)
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by thedangler on Friday November 14, 2025 @01:30PM (#45930068)
Yes, I would piggyback on to the base event which would be created, which would allow me to build out my extra features which need a base event.

API's are always a good thing, weather they are private or not.

Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by righthand on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:44PM (#45890392)
This is cool looking but you should note in the front page that it has ical, et al. calendar features.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by orbanlevi on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @01:01PM (#45890633)
Thanks for the feedback.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by mrtesthah on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:51PM (#45890482)
How does it compare to Mobilizon?
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by orbanlevi on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @01:01PM (#45890626)
It's similar, but not that good as Mobilizon, Im focusing on simplicity with an improved UI and experience.

I'm assuming easier to spin up a new instance on your own, but this is my personal opinion.

Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by rapnie on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @01:49PM (#45891203)
Do you have plans for adding ActivityPub support in the future? That would be very cool, and having interop with these other FOSS projects will help give things network effects.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by james-bcn on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @03:02PM (#45892074)
Mobilizon looks interesting but their docs results in a 404, which doesn't inspire confidence.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by verdverm on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @01:38PM (#45891084)
Smoke Signal has a similar system on ATProto (no affiliation)

I believe this is the project that has the Rust code (on the GitHub of ATProto)

@smokesignal.events/acudo at main · tangled https://share.google/HG59BdzeJpib7fw5x

Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by orbanlevi on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @03:49PM (#45892625)
Ohh nice! I'll look into it.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by dbjacobs on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @02:22PM (#45891623)
Any plans to add the ability to have waiver/release forms for an event that need to be signed?
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by orbanlevi on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @03:48PM (#45892613)
I didn’t think of that.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by macintux on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @02:22PM (#45891629)
How do you plan on handling the influx of garbage? I like the idea, but I’m inclined to think registration of event organizers would be necessary to control the spam.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by orbanlevi on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @03:45PM (#45892574)
Yea something like that would be necessary in the long run, or just use the event creation cookie user to moderate the rsvps. (or you can create private events)
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by nrhrjrjrjtntbt on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @09:40PM (#45895829)
How does federated social already handle spam? just use that. I guess specific servers can ban.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by roshannarma on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @02:32PM (#45891738)
This is super cool, going to try using this for an event this week and self-host a server if it works nicely, have been looking for a privacy-first version of Partiful for a while.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by james-bcn on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @02:59PM (#45892043)
Needs the ability to have a waitlist.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by orbanlevi on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @03:46PM (#45892588)
Noted.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by atulvi on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @03:20PM (#45892301)
There are several offensively titled events. No moderation whatsoever. This is likely 100% vibe coded in a day.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by orbanlevi on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @03:44PM (#45892565)
Ofc, don’t have to moderate every randomly submitted event, but I am planning to add a moderation page to delete or filter offensive events.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by rpearce9 on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @06:06PM (#45894142)
I quite like this, have just spun up a quick self hosted instance to play with.

I'm wondering though - after creating an event, how does one see the list of who has RSVPd to attend? I can't seem to find any way to see this info.

Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by orbanlevi on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @12:56AM (#45896797)
In the detailed page of the event, there is the rsvp list.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by matteohorvath on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @05:32AM (#45898546)
do you plan to put selling tickets into it?
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by hacb on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @06:37AM (#45898920)
Any plan for supporting different timezones?
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by zestyping on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @10:58PM (#45910445)
Please, consider a better name. It's really hard to promote something with a name that no one can pronounce or spell.
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by imvetri on Sunday November 16, 2025 @04:20AM (#45943767)
What does federated mean
Re:Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform by doppelgunner on Monday November 17, 2025 @02:05AM (#45951420)
Your tool looks great. You could showcase it on NextGen Tools, a Product Hunt alternative: https://nxgntools.com