diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 5641110..7f72434 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ steps:
       CARGO_HOME: .cargo
       RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
     commands:
-      - cargo run --example simple_federation_actix
+      - cargo run --example simple_federation --features actix-web
   - name: cargo run axum
     image: rust:1.65-bullseye
     environment:
       CARGO_HOME: .cargo
       RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
     commands:
-      - cargo run --example simple_federation_axum --features axum
+      - cargo run --example simple_federation --features axum
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6724f50..6d17e80 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,24 +37,21 @@ bytes = "1.3.0"
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.25", default-features = false }
 pin-project-lite = "0.2.9"
 
+# Actix-web
 actix-web = { version = "4.2.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
-axum = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["json", "headers", "macros", "original-uri"], optional = true }
 
 # Axum
-tower-http = { version = "0.3", features = ["map-request-body", "util", "trace"], optional = true }
+axum = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["json", "headers", "macros", "original-uri"], optional = true }
 tower = { version = "0.4.13", optional = true }
 hyper = { version = "0.14", optional = true }
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"], optional = true }
 
 [features]
-default = ["actix"]
-actix = ["dep:actix-web"]
+default = []
+actix-web = ["dep:actix-web"]
 axum = [
     "dep:axum",
-    "dep:tower-http",
     "dep:tower",
     "dep:hyper",
-    "dep:tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -63,14 +60,13 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 actix-rt = "2.7.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.21.2", features = ["full"] }
 env_logger = { version = "0.9.3", default-features = false }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.3", features = ["map-request-body", "util", "trace"] }
+
+[profile.dev]
+strip = "symbols"
+debug = 0
 
 [[example]]
-name = "simple_federation_actix"
-path = "examples/federation-actix/main.rs"
-required-features = ["actix"]
-
-[[example]]
-name = "simple_federation_axum"
-path = "examples/federation-axum/main.rs"
-required-features = ["axum"]
-
+name = "simple_federation"
+path = "examples/simple_federation/main.rs"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/federation-actix/instance.rs b/examples/federation-actix/instance.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ee2e47..0000000
--- a/examples/federation-actix/instance.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-use crate::{
-    error::Error,
-    generate_object_id,
-    objects::{
-        note::MyPost,
-        person::{MyUser, PersonAcceptedActivities},
-    },
-};
-use activitypub_federation::{
-    core::{
-        actix::inbox::receive_activity,
-        object_id::ObjectId,
-        signatures::generate_actor_keypair,
-    },
-    deser::context::WithContext,
-    request_data::{ApubContext, ApubMiddleware, RequestData},
-    traits::ApubObject,
-    FederationSettings,
-    InstanceConfig,
-    UrlVerifier,
-    APUB_JSON_CONTENT_TYPE,
-};
-use actix_web::{web, App, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpServer};
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use reqwest::Client;
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
-use tokio::task;
-use url::Url;
-
-pub type DatabaseHandle = Arc<Database>;
-
-/// Our "database" which contains all known posts users (local and federated)
-pub struct Database {
-    pub users: Mutex<Vec<MyUser>>,
-    pub posts: Mutex<Vec<MyPost>>,
-}
-
-/// Use this to store your federation blocklist, or a database connection needed to retrieve it.
-#[derive(Clone)]
-struct MyUrlVerifier();
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl UrlVerifier for MyUrlVerifier {
-    async fn verify(&self, url: &Url) -> Result<(), &'static str> {
-        if url.domain() == Some("malicious.com") {
-            Err("malicious domain")
-        } else {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Database {
-    pub fn new(hostname: String) -> Result<ApubContext<DatabaseHandle>, Error> {
-        let settings = FederationSettings::builder()
-            .debug(true)
-            .url_verifier(Box::new(MyUrlVerifier()))
-            .build()?;
-        let local_instance =
-            InstanceConfig::new(hostname.clone(), Client::default().into(), settings);
-        let local_user = MyUser::new(generate_object_id(&hostname)?, generate_actor_keypair()?);
-        let instance = Arc::new(Database {
-            users: Mutex::new(vec![local_user]),
-            posts: Mutex::new(vec![]),
-        });
-        Ok(ApubContext::new(instance, local_instance))
-    }
-
-    pub fn local_user(&self) -> MyUser {
-        self.users.lock().unwrap().first().cloned().unwrap()
-    }
-
-    pub fn listen(data: &ApubContext<DatabaseHandle>) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let hostname = data.local_instance().hostname();
-        let data = data.clone();
-        let server = HttpServer::new(move || {
-            App::new()
-                .wrap(ApubMiddleware::new(data.clone()))
-                .route("/objects/{user_name}", web::get().to(http_get_user))
-                .service(
-                    web::scope("")
-                        // Just a single, global inbox for simplicity
-                        .route("/inbox", web::post().to(http_post_user_inbox)),
-                )
-        })
-        .bind(hostname)?
-        .run();
-        task::spawn(server);
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-/// Handles requests to fetch user json over HTTP
-async fn http_get_user(
-    request: HttpRequest,
-    data: RequestData<DatabaseHandle>,
-) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
-    let hostname: String = data.local_instance().hostname().to_string();
-    let request_url = format!("http://{}{}", hostname, &request.uri().to_string());
-    let url = Url::parse(&request_url)?;
-    let user = ObjectId::<MyUser>::new(url)
-        .dereference_local(&data)
-        .await?
-        .into_apub(&data)
-        .await?;
-
-    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
-        .content_type(APUB_JSON_CONTENT_TYPE)
-        .json(WithContext::new_default(user)))
-}
-
-/// Handles messages received in user inbox
-async fn http_post_user_inbox(
-    request: HttpRequest,
-    payload: String,
-    data: RequestData<DatabaseHandle>,
-) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
-    let activity = serde_json::from_str(&payload)?;
-    receive_activity::<WithContext<PersonAcceptedActivities>, MyUser, DatabaseHandle>(
-        request, activity, &data,
-    )
-    .await
-}
diff --git a/examples/federation-actix/objects/note.rs b/examples/federation-actix/objects/note.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d7db9d..0000000
--- a/examples/federation-actix/objects/note.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-use crate::{generate_object_id, instance::DatabaseHandle, objects::person::MyUser};
-use activitypub_federation::{
-    core::object_id::ObjectId,
-    deser::helpers::deserialize_one_or_many,
-    request_data::RequestData,
-    traits::ApubObject,
-};
-use activitystreams_kinds::{object::NoteType, public};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use url::Url;
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub struct MyPost {
-    pub text: String,
-    pub ap_id: ObjectId<MyPost>,
-    pub creator: ObjectId<MyUser>,
-    pub local: bool,
-}
-
-impl MyPost {
-    pub fn new(text: String, creator: ObjectId<MyUser>) -> MyPost {
-        MyPost {
-            text,
-            ap_id: ObjectId::new(generate_object_id(creator.inner().domain().unwrap()).unwrap()),
-            creator,
-            local: true,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
-pub struct Note {
-    #[serde(rename = "type")]
-    kind: NoteType,
-    id: ObjectId<MyPost>,
-    pub(crate) attributed_to: ObjectId<MyUser>,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_one_or_many")]
-    pub(crate) to: Vec<Url>,
-    content: String,
-}
-
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
-impl ApubObject for MyPost {
-    type DataType = DatabaseHandle;
-    type ApubType = Note;
-    type DbType = ();
-    type Error = crate::error::Error;
-
-    async fn read_from_apub_id(
-        _object_id: Url,
-        _data: &RequestData<Self::DataType>,
-    ) -> Result<Option<Self>, Self::Error> {
-        todo!()
-    }
-
-    async fn into_apub(
-        self,
-        data: &RequestData<Self::DataType>,
-    ) -> Result<Self::ApubType, Self::Error> {
-        let creator = self.creator.dereference_local(data).await?;
-        Ok(Note {
-            kind: Default::default(),
-            id: self.ap_id,
-            attributed_to: self.creator,
-            to: vec![public(), creator.followers_url()?],
-            content: self.text,
-        })
-    }
-
-    async fn from_apub(
-        apub: Self::ApubType,
-        data: &RequestData<Self::DataType>,
-    ) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let post = MyPost {
-            text: apub.content,
-            ap_id: apub.id,
-            creator: apub.attributed_to,
-            local: false,
-        };
-
-        let mut lock = data.posts.lock().unwrap();
-        lock.push(post.clone());
-        Ok(post)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/examples/federation-axum/activities/accept.rs b/examples/federation-axum/activities/accept.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index f3e1243..0000000
--- a/examples/federation-axum/activities/accept.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-use crate::{activities::follow::Follow, instance::DatabaseHandle, objects::person::MyUser};
-use activitypub_federation::{
-    core::object_id::ObjectId,
-    request_data::RequestData,
-    traits::ActivityHandler,
-};
-use activitystreams_kinds::activity::AcceptType;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use url::Url;
-
-#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
-pub struct Accept {
-    actor: ObjectId<MyUser>,
-    object: Follow,
-    #[serde(rename = "type")]
-    kind: AcceptType,
-    id: Url,
-}
-
-impl Accept {
-    pub fn new(actor: ObjectId<MyUser>, object: Follow, id: Url) -> Accept {
-        Accept {
-            actor,
-            object,
-            kind: Default::default(),
-            id,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
-impl ActivityHandler for Accept {
-    type DataType = DatabaseHandle;
-    type Error = crate::error::Error;
-
-    fn id(&self) -> &Url {
-        &self.id
-    }
-
-    fn actor(&self) -> &Url {
-        self.actor.inner()
-    }
-
-    async fn receive(self, _data: &RequestData<Self::DataType>) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
diff --git a/examples/federation-axum/activities/create_note.rs b/examples/federation-axum/activities/create_note.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ac35979..0000000
--- a/examples/federation-axum/activities/create_note.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-use crate::{
-    instance::DatabaseHandle,
-    objects::{note::Note, person::MyUser},
-    MyPost,
-};
-use activitypub_federation::{
-    core::object_id::ObjectId,
-    deser::helpers::deserialize_one_or_many,
-    request_data::RequestData,
-    traits::{ActivityHandler, ApubObject},
-};
-use activitystreams_kinds::activity::CreateType;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use url::Url;
-
-#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
-pub struct CreateNote {
-    pub(crate) actor: ObjectId<MyUser>,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_one_or_many")]
-    pub(crate) to: Vec<Url>,
-    pub(crate) object: Note,
-    #[serde(rename = "type")]
-    pub(crate) kind: CreateType,
-    pub(crate) id: Url,
-}
-
-impl CreateNote {
-    pub fn new(note: Note, id: Url) -> CreateNote {
-        CreateNote {
-            actor: note.attributed_to.clone(),
-            to: note.to.clone(),
-            object: note,
-            kind: CreateType::Create,
-            id,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
-impl ActivityHandler for CreateNote {
-    type DataType = DatabaseHandle;
-    type Error = crate::error::Error;
-
-    fn id(&self) -> &Url {
-        &self.id
-    }
-
-    fn actor(&self) -> &Url {
-        self.actor.inner()
-    }
-
-    async fn receive(self, data: &RequestData<Self::DataType>) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
-        MyPost::from_apub(self.object, data).await?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
diff --git a/examples/federation-axum/activities/follow.rs b/examples/federation-axum/activities/follow.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index b430299..0000000
--- a/examples/federation-axum/activities/follow.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-use crate::{
-    activities::accept::Accept,
-    generate_object_id,
-    instance::DatabaseHandle,
-    objects::person::MyUser,
-};
-use activitypub_federation::{
-    core::object_id::ObjectId,
-    request_data::RequestData,
-    traits::{ActivityHandler, Actor},
-};
-use activitystreams_kinds::activity::FollowType;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use url::Url;
-
-#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Clone, Debug)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
-pub struct Follow {
-    pub(crate) actor: ObjectId<MyUser>,
-    pub(crate) object: ObjectId<MyUser>,
-    #[serde(rename = "type")]
-    kind: FollowType,
-    id: Url,
-}
-
-impl Follow {
-    pub fn new(actor: ObjectId<MyUser>, object: ObjectId<MyUser>, id: Url) -> Follow {
-        Follow {
-            actor,
-            object,
-            kind: Default::default(),
-            id,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
-impl ActivityHandler for Follow {
-    type DataType = DatabaseHandle;
-    type Error = crate::error::Error;
-
-    fn id(&self) -> &Url {
-        &self.id
-    }
-
-    fn actor(&self) -> &Url {
-        self.actor.inner()
-    }
-
-    // Ignore clippy false positive: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/6446
-    #[allow(clippy::await_holding_lock)]
-    async fn receive(self, data: &RequestData<Self::DataType>) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
-        // add to followers
-        let local_user = {
-            let mut users = data.users.lock().unwrap();
-            let local_user = users.first_mut().unwrap();
-            local_user.followers.push(self.actor.inner().clone());
-            local_user.clone()
-        };
-
-        // send back an accept
-        let follower = self.actor.dereference(data).await?;
-        let id = generate_object_id(data.local_instance().hostname())?;
-        let accept = Accept::new(local_user.ap_id.clone(), self, id.clone());
-        local_user
-            .send(accept, vec![follower.shared_inbox_or_inbox()], data)
-            .await?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
diff --git a/examples/federation-axum/activities/mod.rs b/examples/federation-axum/activities/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 59d2fb0..0000000
--- a/examples/federation-axum/activities/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-pub mod accept;
-pub mod create_note;
-pub mod follow;
diff --git a/examples/federation-axum/error.rs b/examples/federation-axum/error.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b4302d..0000000
--- a/examples/federation-axum/error.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/// Necessary because of this issue: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1711
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Error(anyhow::Error);
-
-impl<T> From<T> for Error
-where
-    T: Into<anyhow::Error>,
-{
-    fn from(t: T) -> Self {
-        Error(t.into())
-    }
-}
-
-mod axum {
-    use super::Error;
-    use axum::response::{IntoResponse, Response};
-    use http::StatusCode;
-
-    impl IntoResponse for Error {
-        fn into_response(self) -> Response {
-            (StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, format!("{}", self.0)).into_response()
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/examples/federation-axum/instance.rs b/examples/federation-axum/instance.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c425111..0000000
--- a/examples/federation-axum/instance.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-use crate::{
-    error::Error,
-    generate_object_id,
-    objects::{
-        note::MyPost,
-        person::{MyUser, Person, PersonAcceptedActivities},
-    },
-};
-use activitypub_federation::{
-    core::{
-        axum::{inbox::receive_activity, json::ApubJson, verify_request_payload, DigestVerified},
-        object_id::ObjectId,
-        signatures::generate_actor_keypair,
-    },
-    deser::context::WithContext,
-    request_data::{ApubContext, ApubMiddleware, RequestData},
-    traits::ApubObject,
-    FederationSettings,
-    InstanceConfig,
-    UrlVerifier,
-};
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use axum::{
-    body,
-    body::Body,
-    extract::{Json, OriginalUri},
-    middleware,
-    response::IntoResponse,
-    routing::{get, post},
-    Extension,
-    Router,
-};
-use http::{HeaderMap, Method, Request};
-use reqwest::Client;
-use std::{
-    net::ToSocketAddrs,
-    sync::{Arc, Mutex},
-};
-use tokio::task;
-use tower::ServiceBuilder;
-use tower_http::{trace::TraceLayer, ServiceBuilderExt};
-use url::Url;
-
-pub type DatabaseHandle = Arc<Database>;
-
-/// Our "database" which contains all known posts and users (local and federated)
-pub struct Database {
-    pub users: Mutex<Vec<MyUser>>,
-    pub posts: Mutex<Vec<MyPost>>,
-}
-
-/// Use this to store your federation blocklist, or a database connection needed to retrieve it.
-#[derive(Clone)]
-struct MyUrlVerifier();
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl UrlVerifier for MyUrlVerifier {
-    async fn verify(&self, url: &Url) -> Result<(), &'static str> {
-        if url.domain() == Some("malicious.com") {
-            Err("malicious domain")
-        } else {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Database {
-    pub fn new(hostname: String) -> Result<ApubContext<DatabaseHandle>, Error> {
-        let settings = FederationSettings::builder()
-            .debug(true)
-            .url_verifier(Box::new(MyUrlVerifier()))
-            .build()?;
-        let local_instance =
-            InstanceConfig::new(hostname.clone(), Client::default().into(), settings);
-        let local_user = MyUser::new(generate_object_id(&hostname)?, generate_actor_keypair()?);
-        let instance = Arc::new(Database {
-            users: Mutex::new(vec![local_user]),
-            posts: Mutex::new(vec![]),
-        });
-        Ok(ApubContext::new(instance, local_instance))
-    }
-
-    pub fn local_user(&self) -> MyUser {
-        self.users.lock().unwrap().first().cloned().unwrap()
-    }
-
-    pub fn listen(data: &ApubContext<DatabaseHandle>) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let hostname = data.local_instance().hostname();
-        let data = data.clone();
-        let app = Router::new()
-            .route("/inbox", post(http_post_user_inbox))
-            .layer(
-                ServiceBuilder::new()
-                    .map_request_body(body::boxed)
-                    .layer(middleware::from_fn(verify_request_payload)),
-            )
-            .route("/objects/:user_name", get(http_get_user))
-            .layer(ApubMiddleware::new(data))
-            .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
-
-        // run it
-        let addr = hostname
-            .to_socket_addrs()?
-            .next()
-            .expect("Failed to lookup domain name");
-        let server = axum::Server::bind(&addr).serve(app.into_make_service());
-
-        task::spawn(server);
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-async fn http_get_user(
-    data: RequestData<DatabaseHandle>,
-    request: Request<Body>,
-) -> Result<ApubJson<WithContext<Person>>, Error> {
-    let hostname: String = data.local_instance().hostname().to_string();
-    let request_url = format!("http://{}{}", hostname, &request.uri());
-
-    let url = Url::parse(&request_url).expect("Failed to parse url");
-
-    let user = ObjectId::<MyUser>::new(url)
-        .dereference_local(&data)
-        .await?
-        .into_apub(&data)
-        .await?;
-
-    Ok(ApubJson(WithContext::new_default(user)))
-}
-
-async fn http_post_user_inbox(
-    headers: HeaderMap,
-    method: Method,
-    OriginalUri(uri): OriginalUri,
-    data: RequestData<DatabaseHandle>,
-    Extension(digest_verified): Extension<DigestVerified>,
-    Json(activity): Json<WithContext<PersonAcceptedActivities>>,
-) -> impl IntoResponse {
-    receive_activity::<WithContext<PersonAcceptedActivities>, MyUser, DatabaseHandle>(
-        digest_verified,
-        activity,
-        &data,
-        headers,
-        method,
-        uri,
-    )
-    .await
-}
diff --git a/examples/federation-axum/main.rs b/examples/federation-axum/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b01f9c..0000000
--- a/examples/federation-axum/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-use crate::{error::Error, instance::Database, objects::note::MyPost, utils::generate_object_id};
-use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
-
-mod activities;
-mod error;
-mod instance;
-mod objects;
-mod utils;
-
-#[actix_rt::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::new(
-            std::env::var("RUST_LOG").unwrap_or_else(|_| {
-                "activitypub_federation=debug,federation-axum=debug,tower_http=debug".into()
-            }),
-        ))
-        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
-        .init();
-
-    let alpha = Database::new("localhost:8001".to_string())?;
-    let beta = Database::new("localhost:8002".to_string())?;
-    Database::listen(&alpha)?;
-    Database::listen(&beta)?;
-
-    // alpha user follows beta user
-    alpha
-        .local_user()
-        .follow(&beta.local_user(), &alpha.to_request_data())
-        .await?;
-
-    // assert that follow worked correctly
-    assert_eq!(
-        beta.local_user().followers(),
-        &vec![alpha.local_user().ap_id.inner().clone()]
-    );
-
-    // beta sends a post to its followers
-    let sent_post = MyPost::new("hello world!".to_string(), beta.local_user().ap_id);
-    beta.local_user()
-        .post(sent_post.clone(), &beta.to_request_data())
-        .await?;
-    let received_post = alpha.posts.lock().unwrap().first().cloned().unwrap();
-
-    // assert that alpha received the post
-    assert_eq!(received_post.text, sent_post.text);
-    assert_eq!(received_post.ap_id.inner(), sent_post.ap_id.inner());
-    assert_eq!(received_post.creator.inner(), sent_post.creator.inner());
-    Ok(())
-}
diff --git a/examples/federation-axum/objects/mod.rs b/examples/federation-axum/objects/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 20b1a49..0000000
--- a/examples/federation-axum/objects/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-pub mod note;
-pub mod person;
diff --git a/examples/federation-axum/objects/person.rs b/examples/federation-axum/objects/person.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3476d93..0000000
--- a/examples/federation-axum/objects/person.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,188 +0,0 @@
-use crate::{
-    activities::{accept::Accept, create_note::CreateNote, follow::Follow},
-    error::Error,
-    instance::DatabaseHandle,
-    objects::note::MyPost,
-    utils::generate_object_id,
-};
-use activitypub_federation::{
-    core::{
-        activity_queue::send_activity,
-        object_id::ObjectId,
-        signatures::{Keypair, PublicKey},
-    },
-    deser::context::WithContext,
-    request_data::RequestData,
-    traits::{ActivityHandler, Actor, ApubObject},
-};
-use activitystreams_kinds::actor::PersonType;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use url::Url;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct MyUser {
-    pub ap_id: ObjectId<MyUser>,
-    pub inbox: Url,
-    // exists for all users (necessary to verify http signatures)
-    public_key: String,
-    // exists only for local users
-    private_key: Option<String>,
-    pub followers: Vec<Url>,
-    pub local: bool,
-}
-
-/// List of all activities which this actor can receive.
-#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(untagged)]
-#[enum_delegate::implement(ActivityHandler)]
-pub enum PersonAcceptedActivities {
-    Follow(Follow),
-    Accept(Accept),
-    CreateNote(CreateNote),
-}
-
-impl MyUser {
-    pub fn new(ap_id: Url, keypair: Keypair) -> MyUser {
-        let mut inbox = ap_id.clone();
-        inbox.set_path("/inbox");
-        let ap_id = ObjectId::new(ap_id);
-        MyUser {
-            ap_id,
-            inbox,
-            public_key: keypair.public_key,
-            private_key: Some(keypair.private_key),
-            followers: vec![],
-            local: true,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
-pub struct Person {
-    #[serde(rename = "type")]
-    kind: PersonType,
-    id: ObjectId<MyUser>,
-    inbox: Url,
-    public_key: PublicKey,
-}
-
-impl MyUser {
-    pub fn followers(&self) -> &Vec<Url> {
-        &self.followers
-    }
-
-    pub fn followers_url(&self) -> Result<Url, Error> {
-        Ok(Url::parse(&format!("{}/followers", self.ap_id.inner()))?)
-    }
-
-    fn public_key(&self) -> PublicKey {
-        PublicKey::new_main_key(self.ap_id.clone().into_inner(), self.public_key.clone())
-    }
-
-    pub async fn follow(
-        &self,
-        other: &MyUser,
-        data: &RequestData<DatabaseHandle>,
-    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let id = generate_object_id(data.local_instance().hostname())?;
-        let follow = Follow::new(self.ap_id.clone(), other.ap_id.clone(), id.clone());
-        self.send(follow, vec![other.shared_inbox_or_inbox()], data)
-            .await?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub async fn post(
-        &self,
-        post: MyPost,
-        data: &RequestData<DatabaseHandle>,
-    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let id = generate_object_id(data.local_instance().hostname())?;
-        let create = CreateNote::new(post.into_apub(data).await?, id.clone());
-        let mut inboxes = vec![];
-        for f in self.followers.clone() {
-            let user: MyUser = ObjectId::new(f).dereference(data).await?;
-            inboxes.push(user.shared_inbox_or_inbox());
-        }
-        self.send(create, inboxes, data).await?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) async fn send<Activity>(
-        &self,
-        activity: Activity,
-        recipients: Vec<Url>,
-        data: &RequestData<DatabaseHandle>,
-    ) -> Result<(), <Activity as ActivityHandler>::Error>
-    where
-        Activity: ActivityHandler + Serialize + Send + Sync,
-        <Activity as ActivityHandler>::Error: From<anyhow::Error> + From<serde_json::Error>,
-    {
-        let activity = WithContext::new_default(activity);
-        send_activity(
-            activity,
-            self.public_key(),
-            self.private_key.clone().expect("has private key"),
-            recipients,
-            data.local_instance(),
-        )
-        .await?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
-impl ApubObject for MyUser {
-    type DataType = DatabaseHandle;
-    type ApubType = Person;
-    type DbType = MyUser;
-    type Error = crate::error::Error;
-
-    async fn read_from_apub_id(
-        object_id: Url,
-        data: &RequestData<Self::DataType>,
-    ) -> Result<Option<Self>, Self::Error> {
-        let users = data.users.lock().unwrap();
-        let res = users
-            .clone()
-            .into_iter()
-            .find(|u| u.ap_id.inner() == &object_id);
-        Ok(res)
-    }
-
-    async fn into_apub(
-        self,
-        _data: &RequestData<Self::DataType>,
-    ) -> Result<Self::ApubType, Self::Error> {
-        Ok(Person {
-            kind: Default::default(),
-            id: self.ap_id.clone(),
-            inbox: self.inbox.clone(),
-            public_key: self.public_key(),
-        })
-    }
-
-    async fn from_apub(
-        apub: Self::ApubType,
-        _data: &RequestData<Self::DataType>,
-    ) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        Ok(MyUser {
-            ap_id: apub.id,
-            inbox: apub.inbox,
-            public_key: apub.public_key.public_key_pem,
-            private_key: None,
-            followers: vec![],
-            local: false,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-impl Actor for MyUser {
-    fn public_key(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.public_key
-    }
-
-    fn inbox(&self) -> Url {
-        self.inbox.clone()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/examples/federation-axum/utils.rs b/examples/federation-axum/utils.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 87c421e..0000000
--- a/examples/federation-axum/utils.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, thread_rng, Rng};
-use url::{ParseError, Url};
-
-/// Just generate random url as object id. In a real project, you probably want to use
-/// an url which contains the database id for easy retrieval (or store the random id in db).
-pub fn generate_object_id(hostname: &str) -> Result<Url, ParseError> {
-    let id: String = thread_rng()
-        .sample_iter(&Alphanumeric)
-        .take(7)
-        .map(char::from)
-        .collect();
-    Url::parse(&format!("http://{}/objects/{}", hostname, id))
-}
diff --git a/examples/federation-actix/activities/accept.rs b/examples/simple_federation/activities/accept.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/federation-actix/activities/accept.rs
rename to examples/simple_federation/activities/accept.rs
diff --git a/examples/federation-actix/activities/create_note.rs b/examples/simple_federation/activities/create_note.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/federation-actix/activities/create_note.rs
rename to examples/simple_federation/activities/create_note.rs
diff --git a/examples/federation-actix/activities/follow.rs b/examples/simple_federation/activities/follow.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/federation-actix/activities/follow.rs
rename to examples/simple_federation/activities/follow.rs
diff --git a/examples/federation-actix/activities/mod.rs b/examples/simple_federation/activities/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/federation-actix/activities/mod.rs
rename to examples/simple_federation/activities/mod.rs
diff --git a/examples/simple_federation/actix_web/http.rs b/examples/simple_federation/actix_web/http.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c2850d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple_federation/actix_web/http.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+use crate::{
+    error::Error,
+    instance::DatabaseHandle,
+    objects::person::{MyUser, PersonAcceptedActivities},
+};
+use activitypub_federation::{
+    core::{actix_web::inbox::receive_activity, object_id::ObjectId},
+    deser::context::WithContext,
+    request_data::{ApubContext, ApubMiddleware, RequestData},
+    traits::ApubObject,
+    APUB_JSON_CONTENT_TYPE,
+};
+use actix_web::{web, App, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpServer};
+use tokio::task;
+use url::Url;
+
+pub fn listen(data: &ApubContext<DatabaseHandle>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let hostname = data.local_instance().hostname();
+    let data = data.clone();
+    let server = HttpServer::new(move || {
+        App::new()
+            .wrap(ApubMiddleware::new(data.clone()))
+            .route("/objects/{user_name}", web::get().to(http_get_user))
+            .service(
+                web::scope("")
+                    // Just a single, global inbox for simplicity
+                    .route("/inbox", web::post().to(http_post_user_inbox)),
+            )
+    })
+    .bind(hostname)?
+    .run();
+    task::spawn(server);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Handles requests to fetch user json over HTTP
+pub async fn http_get_user(
+    request: HttpRequest,
+    data: RequestData<DatabaseHandle>,
+) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+    let hostname: String = data.local_instance().hostname().to_string();
+    let request_url = format!("http://{}{}", hostname, &request.uri().to_string());
+    let url = Url::parse(&request_url)?;
+    let user = ObjectId::<MyUser>::new(url)
+        .dereference_local(&data)
+        .await?
+        .into_apub(&data)
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
+        .content_type(APUB_JSON_CONTENT_TYPE)
+        .json(WithContext::new_default(user)))
+}
+
+/// Handles messages received in user inbox
+pub async fn http_post_user_inbox(
+    request: HttpRequest,
+    payload: String,
+    data: RequestData<DatabaseHandle>,
+) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+    let activity = serde_json::from_str(&payload)?;
+    receive_activity::<WithContext<PersonAcceptedActivities>, MyUser, DatabaseHandle>(
+        request, activity, &data,
+    )
+    .await
+}
diff --git a/examples/simple_federation/actix_web/mod.rs b/examples/simple_federation/actix_web/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae11164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple_federation/actix_web/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use crate::error::Error;
+use actix_web::ResponseError;
+
+pub(crate) mod http;
+
+impl ResponseError for Error {}
diff --git a/examples/simple_federation/axum/http.rs b/examples/simple_federation/axum/http.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7040f83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple_federation/axum/http.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+use crate::{
+    error::Error,
+    instance::DatabaseHandle,
+    objects::person::{MyUser, Person, PersonAcceptedActivities},
+};
+use activitypub_federation::{
+    core::{
+        axum::{inbox::receive_activity, json::ApubJson, verify_request_payload, DigestVerified},
+        object_id::ObjectId,
+    },
+    deser::context::WithContext,
+    request_data::{ApubContext, ApubMiddleware, RequestData},
+    traits::ApubObject,
+};
+use axum::{
+    body,
+    extract::OriginalUri,
+    middleware,
+    response::IntoResponse,
+    routing::{get, post},
+    Extension,
+    Json,
+    Router,
+};
+use http::{HeaderMap, Method, Request};
+use hyper::Body;
+use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
+use tokio::task;
+use tower::ServiceBuilder;
+use tower_http::{trace::TraceLayer, ServiceBuilderExt};
+use url::Url;
+
+pub fn listen(data: &ApubContext<DatabaseHandle>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let hostname = data.local_instance().hostname();
+    let data = data.clone();
+    let app = Router::new()
+        .route("/inbox", post(http_post_user_inbox))
+        .layer(
+            ServiceBuilder::new()
+                .map_request_body(body::boxed)
+                .layer(middleware::from_fn(verify_request_payload)),
+        )
+        .route("/objects/:user_name", get(http_get_user))
+        .layer(ApubMiddleware::new(data))
+        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
+
+    // run it
+    let addr = hostname
+        .to_socket_addrs()?
+        .next()
+        .expect("Failed to lookup domain name");
+    let server = axum::Server::bind(&addr).serve(app.into_make_service());
+
+    task::spawn(server);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn http_get_user(
+    data: RequestData<DatabaseHandle>,
+    request: Request<Body>,
+) -> Result<ApubJson<WithContext<Person>>, Error> {
+    let hostname: String = data.local_instance().hostname().to_string();
+    let request_url = format!("http://{}{}", hostname, &request.uri());
+
+    let url = Url::parse(&request_url).expect("Failed to parse url");
+
+    let user = ObjectId::<MyUser>::new(url)
+        .dereference_local(&data)
+        .await?
+        .into_apub(&data)
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(ApubJson(WithContext::new_default(user)))
+}
+
+async fn http_post_user_inbox(
+    headers: HeaderMap,
+    method: Method,
+    OriginalUri(uri): OriginalUri,
+    data: RequestData<DatabaseHandle>,
+    Extension(digest_verified): Extension<DigestVerified>,
+    Json(activity): Json<WithContext<PersonAcceptedActivities>>,
+) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    receive_activity::<WithContext<PersonAcceptedActivities>, MyUser, DatabaseHandle>(
+        digest_verified,
+        activity,
+        &data,
+        headers,
+        method,
+        uri,
+    )
+    .await
+}
diff --git a/examples/simple_federation/axum/mod.rs b/examples/simple_federation/axum/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d70cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple_federation/axum/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+use crate::error::Error;
+use ::http::StatusCode;
+use axum::response::{IntoResponse, Response};
+
+pub mod http;
+
+impl IntoResponse for Error {
+    fn into_response(self) -> Response {
+        (StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, format!("{}", self.0)).into_response()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/federation-actix/error.rs b/examples/simple_federation/error.rs
similarity index 80%
rename from examples/federation-actix/error.rs
rename to examples/simple_federation/error.rs
index b460545..3ef1819 100644
--- a/examples/federation-actix/error.rs
+++ b/examples/simple_federation/error.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-use actix_web::ResponseError;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
 
 /// Necessary because of this issue: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/1711
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Error(anyhow::Error);
+pub struct Error(pub(crate) anyhow::Error);
 
 impl Display for Error {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
@@ -19,5 +18,3 @@ where
         Error(t.into())
     }
 }
-
-impl ResponseError for Error {}
diff --git a/examples/simple_federation/instance.rs b/examples/simple_federation/instance.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7cb37f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple_federation/instance.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+use crate::{
+    generate_object_id,
+    objects::{note::MyPost, person::MyUser},
+    Error,
+};
+use activitypub_federation::{
+    core::signatures::generate_actor_keypair,
+    request_data::ApubContext,
+    FederationSettings,
+    InstanceConfig,
+    UrlVerifier,
+};
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use reqwest::Client;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use url::Url;
+
+pub type DatabaseHandle = Arc<Database>;
+
+/// Our "database" which contains all known posts users (local and federated)
+pub struct Database {
+    pub users: Mutex<Vec<MyUser>>,
+    pub posts: Mutex<Vec<MyPost>>,
+}
+
+/// Use this to store your federation blocklist, or a database connection needed to retrieve it.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct MyUrlVerifier();
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl UrlVerifier for MyUrlVerifier {
+    async fn verify(&self, url: &Url) -> Result<(), &'static str> {
+        if url.domain() == Some("malicious.com") {
+            Err("malicious domain")
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn listen(data: &ApubContext<DatabaseHandle>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "actix-web")]
+    crate::actix_web::http::listen(data)?;
+    #[cfg(feature = "axum")]
+    crate::axum::http::listen(data)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+impl Database {
+    pub fn new(hostname: String) -> Result<ApubContext<DatabaseHandle>, Error> {
+        let settings = FederationSettings::builder()
+            .debug(true)
+            .url_verifier(Box::new(MyUrlVerifier()))
+            .build()?;
+        let local_instance =
+            InstanceConfig::new(hostname.clone(), Client::default().into(), settings);
+        let local_user = MyUser::new(generate_object_id(&hostname)?, generate_actor_keypair()?);
+        let instance = Arc::new(Database {
+            users: Mutex::new(vec![local_user]),
+            posts: Mutex::new(vec![]),
+        });
+        Ok(ApubContext::new(instance, local_instance))
+    }
+
+    pub fn local_user(&self) -> MyUser {
+        self.users.lock().unwrap().first().cloned().unwrap()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/federation-actix/main.rs b/examples/simple_federation/main.rs
similarity index 83%
rename from examples/federation-actix/main.rs
rename to examples/simple_federation/main.rs
index dc95653..2bf5b1b 100644
--- a/examples/federation-actix/main.rs
+++ b/examples/simple_federation/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-use crate::{error::Error, instance::Database, objects::note::MyPost, utils::generate_object_id};
+use crate::{
+    instance::{listen, Database},
+    objects::note::MyPost,
+    utils::generate_object_id,
+};
+use error::Error;
 use tracing::log::LevelFilter;
 
 mod activities;
+#[cfg(feature = "actix-web")]
+mod actix_web;
+#[cfg(feature = "axum")]
+mod axum;
 mod error;
 mod instance;
 mod objects;
@@ -15,8 +24,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     let alpha = Database::new("localhost:8001".to_string())?;
     let beta = Database::new("localhost:8002".to_string())?;
-    Database::listen(&alpha)?;
-    Database::listen(&beta)?;
+    listen(&alpha)?;
+    listen(&beta)?;
 
     // alpha user follows beta user
     alpha
diff --git a/examples/federation-actix/objects/mod.rs b/examples/simple_federation/objects/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/federation-actix/objects/mod.rs
rename to examples/simple_federation/objects/mod.rs
diff --git a/examples/federation-axum/objects/note.rs b/examples/simple_federation/objects/note.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from examples/federation-axum/objects/note.rs
rename to examples/simple_federation/objects/note.rs
index 4d7db9d..51bcee8 100644
--- a/examples/federation-axum/objects/note.rs
+++ b/examples/simple_federation/objects/note.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{generate_object_id, instance::DatabaseHandle, objects::person::MyUser};
+use crate::{error::Error, generate_object_id, instance::DatabaseHandle, objects::person::MyUser};
 use activitypub_federation::{
     core::object_id::ObjectId,
     deser::helpers::deserialize_one_or_many,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl ApubObject for MyPost {
     type DataType = DatabaseHandle;
     type ApubType = Note;
     type DbType = ();
-    type Error = crate::error::Error;
+    type Error = Error;
 
     async fn read_from_apub_id(
         _object_id: Url,
diff --git a/examples/federation-actix/objects/person.rs b/examples/simple_federation/objects/person.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from examples/federation-actix/objects/person.rs
rename to examples/simple_federation/objects/person.rs
index fdf4442..078cf74 100644
--- a/examples/federation-actix/objects/person.rs
+++ b/examples/simple_federation/objects/person.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl ApubObject for MyUser {
     type DataType = DatabaseHandle;
     type ApubType = Person;
     type DbType = MyUser;
-    type Error = crate::error::Error;
+    type Error = Error;
 
     async fn read_from_apub_id(
         object_id: Url,
diff --git a/examples/federation-actix/utils.rs b/examples/simple_federation/utils.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/federation-actix/utils.rs
rename to examples/simple_federation/utils.rs
diff --git a/src/core/actix/inbox.rs b/src/core/actix_web/inbox.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/actix/inbox.rs
rename to src/core/actix_web/inbox.rs
diff --git a/src/core/actix/middleware.rs b/src/core/actix_web/middleware.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/actix/middleware.rs
rename to src/core/actix_web/middleware.rs
diff --git a/src/core/actix/mod.rs b/src/core/actix_web/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/actix/mod.rs
rename to src/core/actix_web/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/core/mod.rs b/src/core/mod.rs
index 0f5c1dd..6b23ac4 100644
--- a/src/core/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/mod.rs
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ pub mod signatures;
 #[cfg(feature = "axum")]
 pub mod axum;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "actix")]
-pub mod actix;
+#[cfg(feature = "actix-web")]
+pub mod actix_web;