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'''Mobilizon''' is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open source]] software with focus on event organization and group management. It is developed by small but prominent French tech cooperative Framasoft with aim to offer a free alternative to the commercial platforms (like [[Facebook]], Meet-Up, EventBrite).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Framasoft|title=Let’'s take back control of our events ! #JoinMobilizon - Some questions to discover Mobilizon…|url=https://joinmobilizon.org/en/faq|access-date=2021-01-08|website=joinmobilizon.org|language=en}}</ref>

It was announced in 2019 and launched publicly in October 2020. 
[[File:Icon Mobilizon.png|thumb|Mobilizon icon]]

== History ==
On May 14, 2019, the [[Framasoft association]] launched a fundraising campaign<ref>{{Cite web|last=#LeBrief|date=2019-05-15|title=Framasoft présente Mobilizon, une alternative libre aux événements Facebook|url=https://www.nextinpact.com/lebrief/38934/8675-framasoft-presente-mobilizon--une-alternative-libre-aux-evenements-facebook|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.nextinpact.com|language=fr}}</ref> to verify the interest of the wider community and secure the finances for the project. At the end of the campaign, on July 10, 2019, the objective was reached with more than thousand contributors and more than €58,000 raised.
<ref>{{Cite web|last=Framasoft|title=Let’'s take back control of our events ! #JoinMobilizon - What’'s new with Mobilizon?|url=https://joinmobilizon.org/en/news|access-date=2021-01-08|website=joinmobilizon.org|language=en}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|last=Framasoft|first=|date=|title=#JoinMobilizon hall-of-fame|url=https://joinmobilizon.org/en/hall-of-fame|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-08|website=joinmobilizon.org|language=en}}</ref>

A test platform was put online on October 15, 2019, to allow supporters of the project to discover the tool and give first impressions with most of the UX features, but still without federation.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=2019-10-15|title=Mobilizon    : lifting the veil on the beta release|language=en-EN|work=Framablog|url=https://framablog.org/2019/10/15/mobilizon-lifting-the-veil-on-the-beta-release/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-08}}</ref> The first version was planned for the first half of 2020. On June 22, 2020, at the time of the beta3 release, version 1.0 was pushed back to autumn 2020. On October 27th 2020, the first version was officially launched<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-10-27|title=Mobilizon. Your events. Your groups. Your data.|language=fr-FR|work=Framablog|url=https://framablog.org/2020/10/27/mobilizon-your-events-your-groups-your-data/|access-date=2021-01-10}}</ref> and presented through visual guide.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-10-27|title=[Photo Novel] Guided tour of Mobilizon|language=fr-FR|work=Framablog|url=https://framablog.org/2020/10/27/photo-novel-guided-tour-of-mobilizon/|access-date=2021-01-10}}</ref> On November 17 new version 1.02. was released with few updates and numerous new languages supported.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Framasoft|title=Let’'s take back control of our events ! #JoinMobilizon - What’'s new with Mobilizon?|url=https://joinmobilizon.org/en/news/#20-11-17|access-date=2021-01-10|website=joinmobilizon.org|language=en}}</ref> Independent developer of Fedilab released an Android app for Mobilizon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mobilizon - Apps on Google Play|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fedilab.mobilizon&hl=en_US&gl=US|access-date=2021-01-10|website=play.google.com|language=en}}</ref>

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* https://test.mobilizon.org/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930001251/https://test.mobilizon.org/ |date=2020-09-30 }} - testing instance
* [https://joinmobilizon.org/en/ campaign website]
* [https://docs.joinmobilizon.org/ documentation website]
* [https://framagit.org/framasoft/mobilizon/ code repository]
* [https://framasoft.org/ website of Framasoft association]
* [https://framacolibri.org/c/mobilizon/ forum for support]

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