Sources

This site quotes Fermi and Harmony marketing, GitHub/Codeberg files, blog posts, and Reddit threads. If a post is edited later, the URL still names the document they chose to ship.

Official Fermi / Harmony

  1. fermi.chat · live client homepage, “Join today!”, screenshots, Harmony guild link
  2. src/webpage/index.html · welcomeJank, compatableInstances, “requestion features”, duplicate box4title, theme #4b458c
  3. src/webpage/home.ts · console.log / console.warn, warnOffiline
  4. instances.json · Harmony displayed, Spacebar display: false
  5. README.md · AI ban, “compatable”, “dirrectly”
  6. LICENSE · GNU AGPL v3, including the FSF “How to Apply” or-later template
  7. package.json · license GPL-3.0 AGPL-3.0 (deprecated SPDX)
  8. package.json at efd10cf · the GPL-3.0 line they replaced
  9. commit 23c1e5c · “apparently this was wrong,” GPL-3.0 to AGPL-3.0, September 24, 2026
  10. CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  11. CONTRIBUTING.md
  12. SECURITY.md · no stable releases
  13. InstanceInfo.md · “wether”, “ISO 8166-2”
  14. Dbadges.ts · Discord public_flags catalog (HypeSquad, Nitro, boosters, quests)
  15. src/index.ts · JANK_INSTANCES_PATH
  16. codeberg.org/MelodyChat/Fermi · canonical repo
  17. codeberg.org/MelodyChat/Harmony
  18. Harmony CONTRIBUTING.MD · no AI-generated, AI-assisted, or machine-generated contributions
  19. docs.melodychat.org · cannot chat with discord.com users; support on a discord.com guild
  20. melodychat.org
  21. Translating:Fermi · AGPL v3
  22. User:MathMan05 · Jank Client origin, they/them
  23. Wikimedia T400966 · JankClient renamed to Fermi
  24. Liberapay / Mathium05

Blog

  1. blog.fermi.chat
  2. What are the Discord Alternatives?
  3. Spacebar, a Story of Mismanagement · March 29, 2026 ban, two-week fork, June 2026 AI-fork addendum
  4. What's the deal with Harmony?
  5. What's the deal with Revolt/Stoat?
  6. Fermi and Harmony, the Future
  7. The State of Fermi · empty instance, unfinished client
  8. Logging Out, Bundling, Large Profiles
  9. Mentions Saving… · “nearly 2 years,” “run out of things to implement”
  10. Feature chart · abandoned

Reddit, public

  1. u/MathManrm
  2. r/fermichat
  3. r/selfhosted: This week in Fermi, Passkey 2FA… · “Fermu” typo, ~10 upvotes
  4. r/selfhosted: Weekly Fermi/Spacebar updates
  5. r/selfhosted: DM Fixes, Mentions…

License identifiers

  1. npm package.json license field · SPDX identifiers
  2. SPDX AGPL-3.0 · deprecated since license list 3.0
  3. SPDX AGPL-3.0-only
  4. SPDX AGPL-3.0-or-later
  5. SPDX GPL-3.0 · also deprecated; the old npm string
  6. SPDX: Handling License Info · GNU licenses need -only or -or-later
  7. FSF: Don’t say “Licensed under GNU GPL 2” · lists AGPL-3.0 among the identifiers to retire
  8. FSF: License Compatibility and Relicensing · GPL and AGPL stay separate licenses

Also used

  1. github.com/MathMan05/Fermi · GitHub mirror, ~343 stars vs 13 on Codeberg at research time
  2. Android Client issue #288
  3. Official homepage screenshot, stored here as exhibit-client.webp, originally SS1.webp