diff --git a/src/app/api/swarm/users/[handle]/followers/route.ts b/src/app/api/swarm/users/[handle]/followers/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39edc36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/swarm/users/[handle]/followers/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/**
+ * Swarm User Followers Endpoint
+ * 
+ * GET: Returns a user's followers list for swarm requests
+ */
+
+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+import { db, follows, users, remoteFollowers } from '@/db';
+import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
+
+export interface SwarmFollowerUser {
+  handle: string;
+  displayName: string;
+  avatarUrl?: string;
+  bio?: string;
+  isBot?: boolean;
+  isRemote?: boolean;
+}
+
+type RouteContext = { params: Promise<{ handle: string }> };
+
+/**
+ * GET /api/swarm/users/[handle]/followers
+ * 
+ * Returns a user's followers list.
+ * Used by other nodes to display who follows a remote user.
+ */
+export async function GET(request: NextRequest, context: RouteContext) {
+  try {
+    const { handle } = await context.params;
+    const cleanHandle = handle.toLowerCase().replace(/^@/, '');
+    const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
+    const limit = Math.min(parseInt(searchParams.get('limit') || '50'), 100);
+
+    if (!db) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Database not available' }, { status: 503 });
+    }
+
+    const nodeDomain = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_NODE_DOMAIN || 'localhost';
+
+    // Find the user
+    const user = await db.query.users.findFirst({
+      where: eq(users.handle, cleanHandle),
+    });
+
+    if (!user) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ error: 'User not found' }, { status: 404 });
+    }
+
+    if (user.isSuspended) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ error: 'User not found' }, { status: 404 });
+    }
+
+    // Get local followers
+    const userFollowers = await db
+      .select({
+        id: follows.id,
+        follower: users,
+      })
+      .from(follows)
+      .innerJoin(users, eq(follows.followerId, users.id))
+      .where(eq(follows.followingId, user.id))
+      .limit(limit);
+
+    const localFollowers: SwarmFollowerUser[] = userFollowers.map(f => ({
+      handle: f.follower.handle, // Local handle without domain
+      displayName: f.follower.displayName || f.follower.handle,
+      avatarUrl: f.follower.avatarUrl || undefined,
+      bio: f.follower.bio || undefined,
+      isBot: f.follower.isBot || undefined,
+      isRemote: false,
+    }));
+
+    // Get remote followers
+    const userRemoteFollowers = await db.query.remoteFollowers.findMany({
+      where: eq(remoteFollowers.userId, user.id),
+      limit,
+    });
+
+    const remoteFollowersList: SwarmFollowerUser[] = userRemoteFollowers.map(f => ({
+      handle: f.handle || 'unknown', // Remote handle with @domain
+      displayName: f.handle?.split('@')[0] || 'Unknown',
+      avatarUrl: undefined,
+      bio: undefined,
+      isRemote: true,
+    }));
+
+    // Merge all followers
+    const allFollowers = [...localFollowers, ...remoteFollowersList].slice(0, limit);
+
+    return NextResponse.json({
+      followers: allFollowers,
+      nodeDomain,
+      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Swarm user followers error:', error);
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { error: 'Failed to fetch followers list' },
+      { status: 500 }
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/api/swarm/users/[handle]/following/route.ts b/src/app/api/swarm/users/[handle]/following/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74def1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/swarm/users/[handle]/following/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/**
+ * Swarm User Following Endpoint
+ * 
+ * GET: Returns a user's following list for swarm requests
+ */
+
+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+import { db, follows, users, remoteFollows } from '@/db';
+import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
+
+export interface SwarmFollowingUser {
+  handle: string;
+  displayName: string;
+  avatarUrl?: string;
+  bio?: string;
+  isBot?: boolean;
+  isRemote?: boolean;
+}
+
+type RouteContext = { params: Promise<{ handle: string }> };
+
+/**
+ * GET /api/swarm/users/[handle]/following
+ * 
+ * Returns a user's following list.
+ * Used by other nodes to display who a remote user follows.
+ */
+export async function GET(request: NextRequest, context: RouteContext) {
+  try {
+    const { handle } = await context.params;
+    const cleanHandle = handle.toLowerCase().replace(/^@/, '');
+    const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
+    const limit = Math.min(parseInt(searchParams.get('limit') || '50'), 100);
+
+    if (!db) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Database not available' }, { status: 503 });
+    }
+
+    const nodeDomain = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_NODE_DOMAIN || 'localhost';
+
+    // Find the user
+    const user = await db.query.users.findFirst({
+      where: eq(users.handle, cleanHandle),
+    });
+
+    if (!user) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ error: 'User not found' }, { status: 404 });
+    }
+
+    if (user.isSuspended) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ error: 'User not found' }, { status: 404 });
+    }
+
+    // Get local following
+    const userFollowing = await db
+      .select({
+        id: follows.id,
+        following: users,
+      })
+      .from(follows)
+      .innerJoin(users, eq(follows.followingId, users.id))
+      .where(eq(follows.followerId, user.id))
+      .limit(limit);
+
+    const localFollowing: SwarmFollowingUser[] = userFollowing.map(f => ({
+      handle: f.following.handle, // Local handle without domain
+      displayName: f.following.displayName || f.following.handle,
+      avatarUrl: f.following.avatarUrl || undefined,
+      bio: f.following.bio || undefined,
+      isBot: f.following.isBot || undefined,
+      isRemote: false,
+    }));
+
+    // Get remote following
+    const userRemoteFollowing = await db.query.remoteFollows.findMany({
+      where: eq(remoteFollows.followerId, user.id),
+      limit,
+    });
+
+    const remoteFollowing: SwarmFollowingUser[] = userRemoteFollowing.map(f => ({
+      handle: f.targetHandle, // Already includes @domain
+      displayName: f.displayName || f.targetHandle.split('@')[0],
+      avatarUrl: f.avatarUrl || undefined,
+      bio: f.bio || undefined,
+      isRemote: true,
+    }));
+
+    // Merge all following
+    const allFollowing = [...localFollowing, ...remoteFollowing].slice(0, limit);
+
+    return NextResponse.json({
+      following: allFollowing,
+      nodeDomain,
+      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Swarm user following error:', error);
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { error: 'Failed to fetch following list' },
+      { status: 500 }
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/api/users/[handle]/followers/route.ts b/src/app/api/users/[handle]/followers/route.ts
index 7259159..f3462d8 100644
--- a/src/app/api/users/[handle]/followers/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/users/[handle]/followers/route.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@ import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
 
 type RouteContext = { params: Promise<{ handle: string }> };
 
+/**
+ * Fetch followers list from a remote swarm node
+ */
+const fetchSwarmFollowers = async (handle: string, domain: string, limit: number) => {
+    try {
+        const protocol = domain.includes('localhost') ? 'http' : 'https';
+        const url = `${protocol}://${domain}/api/swarm/users/${handle}/followers?limit=${limit}`;
+        const res = await fetch(url, {
+            headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json' },
+            signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5000),
+        });
+        if (!res.ok) return null;
+        return await res.json();
+    } catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+};
+
 export async function GET(request: Request, context: RouteContext) {
     try {
         const { handle } = await context.params;
@@ -11,6 +29,29 @@ export async function GET(request: Request, context: RouteContext) {
         const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
         const limit = Math.min(parseInt(searchParams.get('limit') || '20'), 50);
 
+        // Check if this is a remote user
+        const [remoteHandle, remoteDomain] = cleanHandle.split('@');
+        
+        if (remoteDomain) {
+            // Fetch from remote swarm node
+            const swarmData = await fetchSwarmFollowers(remoteHandle, remoteDomain, limit);
+            if (swarmData?.followers) {
+                // Transform to include full handles for local users on that node
+                const followers = swarmData.followers.map((f: any) => ({
+                    id: f.isRemote ? f.handle : `${f.handle}@${remoteDomain}`,
+                    handle: f.isRemote ? f.handle : `${f.handle}@${remoteDomain}`,
+                    displayName: f.displayName,
+                    avatarUrl: f.avatarUrl,
+                    bio: f.bio,
+                    isRemote: true,
+                    isBot: f.isBot,
+                }));
+                return NextResponse.json({ followers, nextCursor: null });
+            }
+            // If swarm fetch fails, return empty
+            return NextResponse.json({ followers: [], nextCursor: null });
+        }
+
         // Return empty if no database
         if (!db) {
             return NextResponse.json({ followers: [], nextCursor: null });
diff --git a/src/app/api/users/[handle]/following/route.ts b/src/app/api/users/[handle]/following/route.ts
index 13d45a0..5eedf0a 100644
--- a/src/app/api/users/[handle]/following/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/users/[handle]/following/route.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@ import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
 
 type RouteContext = { params: Promise<{ handle: string }> };
 
+/**
+ * Fetch following list from a remote swarm node
+ */
+const fetchSwarmFollowing = async (handle: string, domain: string, limit: number) => {
+    try {
+        const protocol = domain.includes('localhost') ? 'http' : 'https';
+        const url = `${protocol}://${domain}/api/swarm/users/${handle}/following?limit=${limit}`;
+        const res = await fetch(url, {
+            headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json' },
+            signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5000),
+        });
+        if (!res.ok) return null;
+        return await res.json();
+    } catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+};
+
 export async function GET(request: Request, context: RouteContext) {
     try {
         const { handle } = await context.params;
@@ -11,6 +29,29 @@ export async function GET(request: Request, context: RouteContext) {
         const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
         const limit = Math.min(parseInt(searchParams.get('limit') || '20'), 50);
 
+        // Check if this is a remote user
+        const [remoteHandle, remoteDomain] = cleanHandle.split('@');
+        
+        if (remoteDomain) {
+            // Fetch from remote swarm node
+            const swarmData = await fetchSwarmFollowing(remoteHandle, remoteDomain, limit);
+            if (swarmData?.following) {
+                // Transform to include full handles for local users on that node
+                const following = swarmData.following.map((f: any) => ({
+                    id: f.isRemote ? f.handle : `${f.handle}@${remoteDomain}`,
+                    handle: f.isRemote ? f.handle : `${f.handle}@${remoteDomain}`,
+                    displayName: f.displayName,
+                    avatarUrl: f.avatarUrl,
+                    bio: f.bio,
+                    isRemote: true,
+                    isBot: f.isBot,
+                }));
+                return NextResponse.json({ following, nextCursor: null });
+            }
+            // If swarm fetch fails, return empty (could add ActivityPub fallback later)
+            return NextResponse.json({ following: [], nextCursor: null });
+        }
+
         // Return empty if no database
         if (!db) {
             return NextResponse.json({ following: [], nextCursor: null });