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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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
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.

The Network

Featured Badge Issuers

Trusted organizations issuing verifiable credentials on this network.

BadgeFed
BadgeFed
badgefed
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.

Maho's Badge Server
A personal badge server for emitting badges for personal projects.
PersonalCreatorDevelopmentPortfolio
verifiedby.maho.dev
Visit Server
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
Visit Server
FediCon Badge Server
The official badge server for FediCon (the Fediverse Conference in Canada).
EventCommunityFediverseConference
badges.fedicon.ca
Visit Server
The Tech Baddie Studio
A badge server for The Tech Baddie Studio, a company that creates tech-related content.
CompanyCreatorMediaEducation
verifiedby.baddie.tech
Visit Server
BadgeFed
The main server for emitting badges related to VocalCat and BadgeFed projects.
CompanyOpenSourceTechnologyInnovation
badges.vocalcat.com
Visit Server
Community Credentials
Empowering organizations with verifiable credentials to recognize achievements and contributions.
OrganizationOpenBadgesCommercialNonprofits
communitycredentials.org
Visit Server
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