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.

BadgeFed — Digital Badges
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
The Tech Baddie Studio
Badge server for The Tech Baddie Studio—a content creator company focused on tech topics and tutorials.
Our Purpose
To issue badges related to The Tech Baddie Studio’s content and community engagement.
Contact
Email: collab@baddie.tech
The Network

Featured Badge Issuers

Trusted organizations issuing verifiable credentials on this network.

The Tech Baddie Podcast
The Tech Baddie Podcast
podcast
The Tech Baddie is a bold podcast hosted by Brooke Sweedar, highlighting voices in tech, career journeys, and community empowerment through candid conversations.
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The Tech Baddie Studio
The Tech Baddie Studio
studio
The Tech Baddie Studio by Brooke Sweedar powers creative and technical collaborations with content creators, community events, and partners in tech culture.
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Federation

Connected Servers

Part of a growing decentralized network of BadgeFed nodes.

FediCon Badge Server
The official badge server for FediCon (the Fediverse Conference in Canada).
EventCommunityFediverseConference
badges.fedicon.ca
Maho's Badge Server
A personal badge server for emitting badges for personal projects.
PersonalCreatorDevelopmentPortfolio
verifiedby.maho.dev
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
BadgeFed
The main server for emitting badges related to VocalCat and BadgeFed projects.
CompanyOpenSourceTechnologyInnovation
badges.vocalcat.com
Community Credentials
Empowering organizations with verifiable credentials to recognize achievements and contributions.
OrganizationOpenBadgesCommercialNonprofits
communitycredentials.org
Deploy your own instance

Create Your Badge System

Set up a dedicated badge node for your organization and join our decentralized network — full control, custom branding, your domain.

$ git clone https://github.com/tryvocalcat/badgefed
$ cd badgefed && docker compose up
BadgeFed running on localhost:5000