diff --git a/assets/schemas.json b/assets/schemas.json
index 3891cee76..ec0b51e9d 100644
Binary files a/assets/schemas.json and b/assets/schemas.json differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70e4ae849..d2c68a77c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@
 		"@spacebar/api": "dist/api",
 		"@spacebar/cdn": "dist/cdn",
 		"@spacebar/gateway": "dist/gateway",
-		"@spacebar/util": "dist/util"
+		"@spacebar/util": "dist/util",
+		"@spacebar/ap": "dist/activitypub"
 	},
 	"optionalDependencies": {
 		"erlpack": "^0.1.4",
@@ -122,4 +123,4 @@
 		"nodemailer-sendgrid-transport": "github:Maria-Golomb/nodemailer-sendgrid-transport",
 		"sqlite3": "^5.1.6"
 	}
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/activitypub/Server.ts b/src/activitypub/Server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..492d43b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/activitypub/Server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { BodyParser, CORS, ErrorHandler } from "@spacebar/api";
+import {
+	Config,
+	JSONReplacer,
+	initDatabase,
+	registerRoutes,
+} from "@spacebar/util";
+import { Request, Response, Router } from "express";
+import { Server, ServerOptions } from "lambert-server";
+import path from "path";
+import webfinger from "./webfinger";
+
+export class APServer extends Server {
+	public declare options: ServerOptions;
+
+	constructor(opts?: Partial<ServerOptions>) {
+		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+		// @ts-ignore
+		super({ ...opts, errorHandler: false, jsonBody: false });
+	}
+
+	async start() {
+		await initDatabase();
+		await Config.init();
+
+		this.app.set("json replacer", JSONReplacer);
+
+		this.app.use(CORS);
+		this.app.use(BodyParser({ inflate: true, limit: "10mb" }));
+
+		const api = Router();
+		const app = this.app;
+
+		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+		// @ts-ignore
+		// lambert server is lame
+		this.app = api;
+
+		this.routes = await registerRoutes(
+			this,
+			path.join(__dirname, "routes", "/"),
+		);
+
+		api.use("*", (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+			res.status(404).json({
+				message: "404 endpoint not found",
+				code: 0,
+			});
+		});
+
+		this.app = app;
+
+		this.app.use("/fed", api);
+		this.app.get("/fed", (req, res) => {
+			res.json({ ping: "pong" });
+		});
+
+		this.app.use("/.well-known/webfinger", webfinger);
+
+		this.app.use(ErrorHandler);
+
+		return super.start();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/activitypub/index.ts b/src/activitypub/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7513bd2fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/activitypub/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "./Server";
diff --git a/src/activitypub/routes/channel/#channel_id/index.ts b/src/activitypub/routes/channel/#channel_id/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95495ffe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/activitypub/routes/channel/#channel_id/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { route } from "@spacebar/api";
+import { Channel, Config } from "@spacebar/util";
+import { Request, Response, Router } from "express";
+
+const router = Router();
+export default router;
+
+router.get("/", route({}), async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+	const id = req.params.id;
+
+	const channel = await Channel.findOneOrFail({ where: { id } });
+
+	const { webDomain } = Config.get().federation;
+
+	return res.json({
+		"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+		type: "Group",
+		id: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel.id}`,
+		name: channel.name,
+		preferredUsername: channel.name,
+		summary: channel.topic,
+		icon: undefined,
+
+		inbox: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel.id}/inbox`,
+		outbox: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel.id}/outbox`,
+		followers: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel.id}/followers`,
+		following: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel.id}/following`,
+		linked: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel.id}/likeds`,
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/activitypub/routes/channel/#channel_id/messages/#message_id/index.ts b/src/activitypub/routes/channel/#channel_id/messages/#message_id/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b8060879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/activitypub/routes/channel/#channel_id/messages/#message_id/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { route } from "@spacebar/api";
+import { Config, Message } from "@spacebar/util";
+import { Request, Response, Router } from "express";
+
+const router = Router();
+export default router;
+
+router.get("/", route({}), async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+	const { channel_id, message_id } = req.params;
+
+	const message = await Message.findOneOrFail({
+		where: { id: message_id, channel_id },
+		relations: { author: true, guild: true },
+	});
+	const { webDomain } = Config.get().federation;
+
+	return res.json({
+		"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+		id: "Announce",
+		actor: `https://${webDomain}/fed/user/${message.author!.id}`,
+		published: message.timestamp,
+		to: ["https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"],
+		cc: [
+			message.author?.id
+				? `https://${webDomain}/fed/users/${message.author.id}`
+				: undefined,
+			`https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel_id}/followers`,
+		],
+		object: {
+			id: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel_id}/mesages/${message.id}`,
+			type: "Note",
+			summary: null,
+			inReplyTo: undefined, // TODO
+			published: message.timestamp,
+			url: `https://app.spacebar.chat/channels${
+				message.guild?.id ? `/${message.guild.id}` : ""
+			}/${channel_id}/${message.id}`,
+			attributedTo: `https://${webDomain}/fed/user/${message.author!.id}`,
+			to: ["https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"],
+			cc: [
+				message.author?.id
+					? `https://${webDomain}/fed/users/${message.author.id}`
+					: undefined,
+				`https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel_id}/followers`,
+			],
+			sensitive: false,
+			content: message.content,
+		},
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/activitypub/routes/channel/#channel_id/outbox.ts b/src/activitypub/routes/channel/#channel_id/outbox.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03a312538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/activitypub/routes/channel/#channel_id/outbox.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { route } from "@spacebar/api";
+import { Config, Message, Snowflake } from "@spacebar/util";
+import { Router } from "express";
+import { FindManyOptions, FindOperator, LessThan, MoreThan } from "typeorm";
+
+const router = Router();
+export default router;
+
+router.get("/", route({}), async (req, res) => {
+	// TODO: authentication
+
+	const { channel_id } = req.params;
+	const { page, min_id, max_id } = req.query;
+
+	const { webDomain } = Config.get().federation;
+
+	if (!page)
+		return res.json({
+			"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+			id: `https://${webDomain}/fed/users/${channel_id}/outbox`,
+			type: "OrderedCollection",
+			first: `https://${webDomain}/fed/users/${channel_id}/outbox?page=true`,
+			last: `https://${webDomain}/fed/users/${channel_id}/outbox?page=true&min_id=0`,
+		});
+
+	const after = min_id ? `${min_id}` : undefined;
+	const before = max_id ? `${max_id}` : undefined;
+
+	const query: FindManyOptions<Message> & {
+		where: { id?: FindOperator<string> | FindOperator<string>[] };
+	} = {
+		order: { timestamp: "DESC" },
+		take: 20,
+		where: { channel_id: channel_id },
+		relations: ["author"],
+	};
+
+	if (after) {
+		if (BigInt(after) > BigInt(Snowflake.generate()))
+			return res.status(422);
+		query.where.id = MoreThan(after);
+	} else if (before) {
+		if (BigInt(before) > BigInt(Snowflake.generate()))
+			return res.status(422);
+		query.where.id = LessThan(before);
+	}
+
+	const messages = await Message.find(query);
+
+	return res.json({
+		"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+		id: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel_id}/outbox?page=true`,
+		type: "OrderedCollection",
+		next: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel_id}/outbox?page=true&max_id=${
+			messages[0]?.id || "0"
+		}`,
+		prev: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel_id}/outbox?page=true&max_id=${
+			messages[messages.length - 1]?.id || "0"
+		}`,
+		partOf: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel_id}/outbox`,
+		orderedItems: messages.map((message) => ({
+			id: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel_id}/message/${message.id}`,
+			type: "Announce", // hmm
+			actor: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel_id}`,
+			published: message.timestamp,
+			to: ["https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"],
+			cc: [
+				message.author?.id
+					? `https://${webDomain}/fed/users/${message.author.id}`
+					: undefined,
+				`https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel_id}/followers`,
+			],
+			object: `https://${webDomain}/fed/channel/${channel_id}/messages/${message.id}`,
+		})),
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/activitypub/routes/user.ts b/src/activitypub/routes/user.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..838d14b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/activitypub/routes/user.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { route } from "@spacebar/api";
+import { Config, User } from "@spacebar/util";
+import { Request, Response, Router } from "express";
+
+const router = Router();
+export default router;
+
+router.get("/:id", route({}), async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+	const id = req.params.name;
+
+	const user = await User.findOneOrFail({ where: { id } });
+
+	const { webDomain } = Config.get().federation;
+
+	return res.json({
+		"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+		type: "Person",
+		id: `https://${webDomain}/fed/user/${user.id}`,
+		name: user.username,
+		preferredUsername: user.username,
+		summary: user.bio,
+		icon: user.avatar
+			? [
+					`${Config.get().cdn.endpointPublic}/avatars/${user.id}/${
+						user.avatar
+					}`,
+			  ]
+			: undefined,
+
+		inbox: `https://${webDomain}/fed/user/${user.id}/inbox`,
+		outbox: `https://${webDomain}/fed/user/${user.id}/outbox`,
+		followers: `https://${webDomain}/fed/user/${user.id}/followers`,
+		following: `https://${webDomain}/fed/user/${user.id}/following`,
+		linked: `https://${webDomain}/fed/user/${user.id}/likeds`,
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/activitypub/start.ts b/src/activitypub/start.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f28fa42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/activitypub/start.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require("module-alias/register");
+import "dotenv/config";
+import { APServer } from "./Server";
+
+const port = Number(process.env.PORT) || 3005;
+const server = new APServer({ port });
+server.start().catch(console.error);
diff --git a/src/activitypub/util/actor.ts b/src/activitypub/util/actor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/activitypub/webfinger/index.ts b/src/activitypub/webfinger/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b82e1039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/activitypub/webfinger/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { route } from "@spacebar/api";
+import { Channel, Config, User, WebfingerResponse } from "@spacebar/util";
+import { Request, Response, Router } from "express";
+import { HTTPError } from "lambert-server";
+
+const router = Router();
+export default router;
+
+router.get(
+	"/",
+	route({
+		query: {
+			resource: {
+				type: "string",
+				description: "Resource to locate",
+			},
+		},
+		responses: {
+			200: {
+				body: "WebfingerResponse",
+			},
+		},
+	}),
+	async (req: Request, res: Response<WebfingerResponse>) => {
+		let resource = req.query.resource as string | undefined;
+		if (!resource) throw new HTTPError("Must specify resource");
+
+		// we know what you mean, bro
+		resource = resource.replace("acct:", "");
+
+		const [resourceId, resourceDomain] = resource.split("@");
+
+		const { webDomain } = Config.get().federation;
+		if (resourceDomain != webDomain)
+			throw new HTTPError("Resource could not be found", 404);
+
+		const found =
+			(await User.findOne({
+				where: { id: resourceId },
+				select: ["id"],
+			})) ||
+			(await Channel.findOne({
+				where: { id: resourceId },
+				select: ["id"],
+			}));
+
+		if (!found) throw new HTTPError("Resource could not be found", 404);
+
+		const type = found instanceof Channel ? "channel" : "user";
+
+		return res.json({
+			subject: `acct:${resourceId}@${webDomain}`, // mastodon always returns acct so might as well
+			aliases: [`https://${webDomain}/fed/${type}/${resourceId}`],
+			links: [
+				{
+					rel: "self",
+					type: "application/activity+json",
+					href: `https://${webDomain}/fed/${type}/${resourceId}`,
+				},
+			],
+		});
+	},
+);
diff --git a/src/bundle/Server.ts b/src/bundle/Server.ts
index d281120d1..d5e2d6def 100644
--- a/src/bundle/Server.ts
+++ b/src/bundle/Server.ts
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@
 process.on("unhandledRejection", console.error);
 process.on("uncaughtException", console.error);
 
-import http from "http";
+import { APServer } from "@spacebar/ap";
 import * as Api from "@spacebar/api";
-import * as Gateway from "@spacebar/gateway";
 import { CDNServer } from "@spacebar/cdn";
+import * as Gateway from "@spacebar/gateway";
+import { Config, Sentry, initDatabase } from "@spacebar/util";
 import express from "express";
-import { green, bold } from "picocolors";
-import { Config, initDatabase, Sentry } from "@spacebar/util";
+import http from "http";
+import { bold, green } from "picocolors";
 
 const app = express();
 const server = http.createServer();
@@ -36,12 +37,14 @@ server.on("request", app);
 const api = new Api.SpacebarServer({ server, port, production, app });
 const cdn = new CDNServer({ server, port, production, app });
 const gateway = new Gateway.Server({ server, port, production });
+const activitypub = new APServer({ server, port, production, app });
 
 process.on("SIGTERM", async () => {
 	console.log("Shutting down due to SIGTERM");
 	await gateway.stop();
 	await cdn.stop();
 	await api.stop();
+	activitypub.stop();
 	server.close();
 	Sentry.close();
 });
@@ -54,7 +57,12 @@ async function main() {
 	await new Promise((resolve) =>
 		server.listen({ port }, () => resolve(undefined)),
 	);
-	await Promise.all([api.start(), cdn.start(), gateway.start()]);
+	await Promise.all([
+		api.start(),
+		cdn.start(),
+		gateway.start(),
+		activitypub.start(),
+	]);
 
 	Sentry.errorHandler(app);
 
diff --git a/src/util/config/Config.ts b/src/util/config/Config.ts
index 90b98b7a2..0b3a41522 100644
--- a/src/util/config/Config.ts
+++ b/src/util/config/Config.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import {
 	SentryConfiguration,
 	TemplateConfiguration,
 } from "../config";
+import { FederationConfiguration } from "./types/FederationConfiguration";
 
 export class ConfigValue {
 	gateway: EndpointConfiguration = new EndpointConfiguration();
@@ -61,4 +62,5 @@ export class ConfigValue {
 	email: EmailConfiguration = new EmailConfiguration();
 	passwordReset: PasswordResetConfiguration =
 		new PasswordResetConfiguration();
+	federation = new FederationConfiguration();
 }
diff --git a/src/util/config/types/FederationConfiguration.ts b/src/util/config/types/FederationConfiguration.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b04388fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/config/types/FederationConfiguration.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export class FederationConfiguration {
+	enabled: boolean = false;
+	localDomain: string | null = null;
+	webDomain: string | null = null;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/schemas/responses/WebfingerResponse.ts b/src/util/schemas/responses/WebfingerResponse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3186a031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/schemas/responses/WebfingerResponse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+interface WebfingerLink {
+	rel: string;
+	type: string;
+	href: string;
+	template?: string;
+}
+
+export interface WebfingerResponse {
+	subject: string;
+	aliases: string[];
+	links: WebfingerLink[];
+}
diff --git a/src/util/schemas/responses/index.ts b/src/util/schemas/responses/index.ts
index d8b7fd575..66b9986b9 100644
--- a/src/util/schemas/responses/index.ts
+++ b/src/util/schemas/responses/index.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ export * from "./TypedResponses";
 export * from "./UpdatesResponse";
 export * from "./UserNoteResponse";
 export * from "./UserProfileResponse";
-export * from "./UserRelationshipsResponse";
 export * from "./UserRelationsResponse";
+export * from "./UserRelationshipsResponse";
 export * from "./WebAuthnCreateResponse";
+export * from "./WebfingerResponse";
 export * from "./WebhookCreateResponse";
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 63b5e96cb..1ced0e3c3 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 			"@spacebar/api*": ["./api"],
 			"@spacebar/gateway*": ["./gateway"],
 			"@spacebar/cdn*": ["./cdn"],
-			"@spacebar/util*": ["./util"]
+			"@spacebar/util*": ["./util"],
+			"@spacebar/ap*": ["./activitypub"]
 		} /* Specify a set of entries that re-map imports to additional lookup locations. */,
 		// "rootDirs": [],                                   /* Allow multiple folders to be treated as one when resolving modules. */
 		// "typeRoots": [],                                  /* Specify multiple folders that act like './node_modules/@types'. */