Comparison of Fediverse software

From Join the Fediverse
Jump to navigation Jump to search


This article is a draft!
It's not yet ready to be published. Proceed with caution!


Basic info

Main medium Type Based on Name Links
Homepage Wikipedia (en) Fedi observer FediDB FediParty
Text Microblogging Mastodon Mastodon white.svg Mastodon joinmastodon.org Mastodon (social network) mastodon mastodon mastodon
Ecko.svg Ecko magicstone.dev ecko ecko
Fedibird white.svg Fedibird fedibird fedibird
Glitch-soc.svg Glitch-soc glitch-soc.github.io/docs
Hometown.svg Hometown hometown hometown
Koyu.space.svg koyu.space
Fediverse logo missing.svg Smalltown
Pleroma Pleroma.svg Pleroma pleroma.social pleroma pleroma pleroma
Akkoma white.svg Akkoma akkoma.social akkoma akkoma
Misskey Misskey white.svg Misskey misskey-hub.net misskey misskey misskey
Firefish.svg Firefish joinfirefish.org firefish firefish firefish
FoundKey white.svg FoundKey
GNU social gnusocial.rocks GNU social gnusocial gnusocial gnusocial
GoToSocial GoToSocial.svg GoToSocial gotosocial.org gotosocial gotosocial
Pump.io Pump.io.svg Pump.io pump.io Pump.io
Identi.ca Identi.ca.svg Identi.ca Identi.ca
Takahē Takahē white.svg Takahē jointakahe.org takahē
Epicyon Epicyon.svg Epicyon epicyon.net epicyon
Micro.blog Micro.blog.svg Micro.blog micro.blog Micro.blog
Tumblr Tumblr white.svg Tumblr tumblr.com Tumblr Centralised
Bonfire Bonfire.svg Bonfire bonfirenetworks.org
Swanye Swanye white.svg Swanye
Threads Threads.svg Threads threads.net Threads (social network) Centralised
Social Network Friendica Friendica.svg Friendica friendi.ca Friendica Friendica Friendica Friendica
diaspora* Diaspora* white.svg diaspora* diasporafoundation.org Diaspora (software) diaspora
Fediverse logo missing.svg Acropolis
Friendica
Red Matrix
Osada
Zap...
Roadhouse
(streams) white.svg (streams) None, only code repository Intentionally absent, impossible to crawl
SocialHome Socialhome.svg Socialhome socialhome
Honk Honk white.svg Honk tedunangst.com/honk honk
Multi-purpose Friendica
Red Matrix
Hubzilla white.svg Hubzilla hubzilla.org Hubzilla Hubzilla Hubzilla
Blogging WriteFreely WriteFreely.svg WriteFreely writefreely.org writefreely
Plume Plume.svg Plume joinplu.me plume
Website (CMS) WordPress WordPress.svg WordPress wordpress.org
Drupal Drupal.svg Drupal drupal.org Drupal
Links & other Content aggregation Lemmy Lemmy white.svg Lemmy join-lemmy.org lemmy
/kbin Kbin.svg /kbin kbin.pub /kbin /kbin
Images Photoblogging Pixelfed Pixelfed.svg Pixelfed pixelfed.org Pixelfed pixelfed pixelfed pixelfed
Flickr Flickr.svg Flickr flickr.com Flickr Centralised
Videos Video hosting PeerTube PeerTube.svg PeerTube joinpeertube.org PeerTube peertube peertube peertube
Video streaming Owncast Owncast.svg Owncast owncast.online
Video blogging Goldfish Goldfish white.svg Goldfish
Audio Audio Hosting Funkwhale Funkwhale.svg Funkwhale funkwhale.audio funkwhale
Castopod CastoPod.svg CastoPod castopod.org
reel2bits Reel2bits white.svg reel2bits reel2bits.org
Events Event Planning Mobilizon Mobilizon.svg Mobilizon mobilizon.org Mobilizon mobilizon
Gancio Gancio white.svg Gancio gancio.org gancio
Cataloguing Book cataloguing BookWyrm Fediverse logo missing.svg BookWyrm joinbookwyrm.com bookwyrm
Inventaire Inventaire.svg Inventaire inventaire.io

User interface

Name Different
Web frontends
Themes for
Web frontends
Switchable
dark mode
Public timelines
for instances for users 🎨 🔧 Local Federated
Mastodon white.svg Mastodon ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Ecko.svg Ecko ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Fedibird white.svg Fedibird ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Glitch-soc.svg Glitch-soc ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Hometown.svg Hometown ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Koyu.space.svg koyu.space ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Fediverse logo missing.svg Smalltown ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Pleroma.svg Pleroma
Akkoma white.svg Akkoma
Misskey white.svg Misskey
Firefish.svg Firefish
FoundKey white.svg FoundKey
GoToSocial.svg GoToSocial
Pump.io.svg Pump.io
Identi.ca.svg Identi.ca
Takahē white.svg Takahē
Epicyon.svg Epicyon
Micro.blog.svg Micro.blog Single
user
Tumblr white.svg Tumblr Centralised
Bonfire.svg Bonfire
Swanye white.svg Swanye
Threads.svg Threads Centralised
Friendica.svg Friendica ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Diaspora* white.svg diaspora*
Fediverse logo missing.svg Acropolis
(streams) white.svg (streams) Optional
Socialhome.svg Socialhome
Honk white.svg Honk
Hubzilla white.svg Hubzilla Currently only one
supported frontend
✔️ ✔️ Optionally
automatic
Optional ✖️
WriteFreely.svg WriteFreely ✖️ ✔️
Plume.svg Plume
WordPress.svg WordPress
Drupal.svg Drupal
Lemmy white.svg Lemmy
Kbin.svg /kbin
Pixelfed.svg Pixelfed
Flickr.svg Flickr Centralised
PeerTube.svg PeerTube
Owncast.svg Owncast
Goldfish white.svg Goldfish
Funkwhale.svg Funkwhale
CastoPod.svg CastoPod
Reel2bits white.svg reel2bits
Mobilizon.svg Mobilizon
Gancio white.svg Gancio
Fediverse logo missing.svg BookWyrm
Inventaire.svg Inventaire

Apps

Note: The Mastodon API makes it possible to use apps developed for Mastodon with a project. However, the available features will be limited to only Mastodon features included in the app.

Name Mastodon
API
support
Project-specific desktop apps Project-specific mobile apps OAuth support
Official Windows macOS Linux Other Official iOS Android Other OAuth OAuth2
CLI GUI Google
Play Store
F-Droid Client Server Client Server
Mastodon white.svg Mastodon ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ 3rd-party only;
SailfishOS
✖️ ✖️
Ecko.svg Ecko ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Fedibird white.svg Fedibird ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Glitch-soc.svg Glitch-soc ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Hometown.svg Hometown ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Koyu.space.svg koyu.space ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Fediverse logo missing.svg Smalltown ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Pleroma.svg Pleroma ✖️
Akkoma white.svg Akkoma ✖️
Misskey white.svg Misskey ✖️
Firefish.svg Firefish ✖️
FoundKey white.svg FoundKey ✖️
✖️
GoToSocial.svg GoToSocial ✖️
Pump.io.svg Pump.io ✖️
Identi.ca.svg Identi.ca ✖️
Takahē white.svg Takahē ✖️
Epicyon.svg Epicyon ✖️
Micro.blog.svg Micro.blog ✖️
Tumblr white.svg Tumblr
Bonfire.svg Bonfire ✖️
Swanye white.svg Swanye ✖️
Threads.svg Threads ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️ ✖️
Friendica.svg Friendica ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Diaspora* white.svg diaspora* ✖️
Fediverse logo missing.svg Acropolis ✖️
(streams) white.svg (streams) ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Socialhome.svg Socialhome ✖️
Honk white.svg Honk ✖️
Hubzilla white.svg Hubzilla ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ Defunct Defunct ✖️ Optional ✖️ Optional ✖️
WriteFreely.svg WriteFreely ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Plume.svg Plume ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
WordPress.svg WordPress ✖️
Drupal.svg Drupal ✖️
Lemmy white.svg Lemmy ✖️
Kbin.svg /kbin ✖️
Pixelfed.svg Pixelfed ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ 3rd-party only
Flickr.svg Flickr ✖️
PeerTube.svg PeerTube ✖️
Owncast.svg Owncast ✖️
Goldfish white.svg Goldfish ✖️
Funkwhale.svg Funkwhale ✖️
CastoPod.svg CastoPod ✖️
Reel2bits white.svg reel2bits ✖️
Mobilizon.svg Mobilizon ✖️
Gancio white.svg Gancio ✖️
Fediverse logo missing.svg BookWyrm ✖️
Inventaire.svg Inventaire ✖️

Accounts

Name Multiple
identities/channels
per account
with separate content
and separate connections
Account/channel role Account/channel
verification
OpenWebAuth
single sign-on
Variable
role
Preset roles Your
login
recognised
Recognises
logins
of others
Limit to only
instances with
connections
Mastodon white.svg Mastodon ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ Planned Planned?
Ecko.svg Ecko ✖️ ✖️ ✔️
Fedibird white.svg Fedibird ✖️ ✖️ ✔️
Glitch-soc.svg Glitch-soc ✖️ ✖️ ✔️
Hometown.svg Hometown ✖️ ✖️ ✔️
Koyu.space.svg koyu.space ✖️ ✖️ ✔️
Fediverse logo missing.svg Smalltown ✖️ ✖️ ✔️
Pleroma.svg Pleroma ✖️ ✖️
Akkoma white.svg Akkoma ✖️ ✖️
Misskey white.svg Misskey ✖️ ✖️
Firefish.svg Firefish ✖️ ✖️
FoundKey white.svg FoundKey ✖️ ✖️
✖️ ✖️ ✖️
GoToSocial.svg GoToSocial ✖️
Pump.io.svg Pump.io ✖️ ✖️
Identi.ca.svg Identi.ca ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Takahē white.svg Takahē ✖️
Epicyon.svg Epicyon ✖️
Micro.blog.svg Micro.blog ✖️
Tumblr white.svg Tumblr ✖️
Bonfire.svg Bonfire ✖️
Swanye white.svg Swanye ✖️
Threads.svg Threads ✖️ ✖️
Friendica.svg Friendica ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Diaspora* white.svg diaspora* ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Fediverse logo missing.svg Acropolis ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
(streams) white.svg (streams) Unlimited ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️
Socialhome.svg Socialhome ✖️
Honk white.svg Honk ✖️
Hubzilla white.svg Hubzilla Unlimited ✔️ ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
WriteFreely.svg WriteFreely ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✖️
Plume.svg Plume ✖️ ✖️
WordPress.svg WordPress ✖️
Drupal.svg Drupal ✖️
Lemmy white.svg Lemmy ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Kbin.svg /kbin ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Pixelfed.svg Pixelfed ✖️
Flickr.svg Flickr ✖️
PeerTube.svg PeerTube ✖️
Owncast.svg Owncast ✖️
Goldfish white.svg Goldfish ✖️
Funkwhale.svg Funkwhale ✖️
CastoPod.svg CastoPod ✖️
Reel2bits white.svg reel2bits ✖️
Mobilizon.svg Mobilizon ✖️
Gancio white.svg Gancio ✖️
Fediverse logo missing.svg BookWyrm ✖️
Inventaire.svg Inventaire ✖️

Profiles

Name Multiple profiles per account/channel Profile fields
Number Assign to... Number Tag
field
Connections Groups
Mastodon white.svg Mastodon ✖️
Ecko.svg Ecko ✖️
Fedibird white.svg Fedibird ✖️
Glitch-soc.svg Glitch-soc ✖️
Hometown.svg Hometown ✖️
Koyu.space.svg koyu.space ✖️
Fediverse logo missing.svg Smalltown ✖️
Pleroma.svg Pleroma
Akkoma white.svg Akkoma
Misskey white.svg Misskey
Firefish.svg Firefish
FoundKey white.svg FoundKey
✖️
GoToSocial.svg GoToSocial
Pump.io.svg Pump.io
Identi.ca.svg Identi.ca ✖️
Takahē white.svg Takahē
Epicyon.svg Epicyon
Micro.blog.svg Micro.blog
Tumblr white.svg Tumblr ✖️
Bonfire.svg Bonfire
Swanye white.svg Swanye
Threads.svg Threads
Friendica.svg Friendica Unlimited
Diaspora* white.svg diaspora* ✖️
Fediverse logo missing.svg Acropolis ✖️
(streams) white.svg (streams) Unlimited
Socialhome.svg Socialhome
Honk white.svg Honk
Hubzilla white.svg Hubzilla Unlimited ✔️ ✖️ 29 free-text fields
3 lists
✔️
WriteFreely.svg WriteFreely ✖️
Plume.svg Plume ✖️
WordPress.svg WordPress ✖️
Drupal.svg Drupal ✖️
Lemmy white.svg Lemmy ✖️
Kbin.svg /kbin
Pixelfed.svg Pixelfed
Flickr.svg Flickr ✖️
PeerTube.svg PeerTube
Owncast.svg Owncast
Goldfish white.svg Goldfish
Funkwhale.svg Funkwhale
CastoPod.svg CastoPod
Reel2bits white.svg reel2bits
Mobilizon.svg Mobilizon
Gancio white.svg Gancio
Fediverse logo missing.svg BookWyrm
Inventaire.svg Inventaire

Moving

Name Move from where Take what with you Account/channel
import/export
Nomadic identity
Instances
of the same
project
Instances
with the same
underlying
protocol
Instances
with a different
underlying
protocol
Posts Profile(s) Followed Followers Images,
media,
other files
Settings Export Import
Mastodon white.svg Mastodon ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✖️ ✖️
Ecko.svg Ecko ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Fedibird white.svg Fedibird ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Glitch-soc.svg Glitch-soc ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Hometown.svg Hometown ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Koyu.space.svg koyu.space ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Fediverse logo missing.svg Smalltown ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Pleroma.svg Pleroma ✖️
Akkoma white.svg Akkoma ✖️
Misskey white.svg Misskey ✖️
Firefish.svg Firefish ✖️
FoundKey white.svg FoundKey ✖️
✖️
GoToSocial.svg GoToSocial ✖️
Pump.io.svg Pump.io ✖️
Identi.ca.svg Identi.ca ✖️
Takahē white.svg Takahē ✖️
Epicyon.svg Epicyon ✖️
Micro.blog.svg Micro.blog ✖️
Tumblr white.svg Tumblr Centralised ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Bonfire.svg Bonfire ✖️
Swanye white.svg Swanye ✖️
Threads.svg Threads Centralised ✖️
Friendica.svg Friendica ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Diaspora* white.svg diaspora* ✖️
Fediverse logo missing.svg Acropolis ✖️
(streams) white.svg (streams) ✔️ ✔️ Zot6 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Socialhome.svg Socialhome ✖️
Honk white.svg Honk ✖️
Hubzilla white.svg Hubzilla ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
WriteFreely.svg WriteFreely ✖️
Plume.svg Plume ✖️
WordPress.svg WordPress ✖️ ✖️
Drupal.svg Drupal ✖️ ✖️
Lemmy white.svg Lemmy ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Kbin.svg /kbin ✖️
Pixelfed.svg Pixelfed ✖️ ✖️ Instagram ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Flickr.svg Flickr Centralised ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
PeerTube.svg PeerTube ✖️
Owncast.svg Owncast ✖️
Goldfish white.svg Goldfish ✖️
Funkwhale.svg Funkwhale ✖️
CastoPod.svg CastoPod ✖️
Reel2bits white.svg reel2bits ✖️
Mobilizon.svg Mobilizon ✖️
Gancio white.svg Gancio ✖️
Fediverse logo missing.svg BookWyrm ✖️
Inventaire.svg Inventaire ✖️

File uploads and file space

Name File space with
file manager
Maximum
file size
(green =
adjustable)
Subfolders Access permissions Flag images/media
as sensitive
WebDAV
access
Adjustable
permissions
Access permissions
control
for images/media
when embedded
Guest tokens
Mastodon white.svg Mastodon Uploads
to posts
40MB ✖️
Ecko.svg Ecko Uploads
to posts
✖️
Fedibird white.svg Fedibird Uploads
to posts
✖️
Glitch-soc.svg Glitch-soc Uploads
to posts
✖️
Hometown.svg Hometown Uploads
to posts
✖️
Koyu.space.svg koyu.space Uploads
to posts
✖️
Fediverse logo missing.svg Smalltown Uploads
to posts
✖️
Pleroma.svg Pleroma Uploads
to posts
✖️
Akkoma white.svg Akkoma Uploads
to posts
✖️
Misskey white.svg Misskey Uploads
to posts
✖️
Firefish.svg Firefish Uploads
to posts
80MB ✖️
FoundKey white.svg FoundKey Uploads
to posts
✖️
Uploads
to posts
✖️
GoToSocial.svg GoToSocial
Pump.io.svg Pump.io
Identi.ca.svg Identi.ca
Takahē white.svg Takahē
Epicyon.svg Epicyon
Micro.blog.svg Micro.blog
Tumblr white.svg Tumblr
Bonfire.svg Bonfire
Swanye white.svg Swanye
Threads.svg Threads
Friendica.svg Friendica ✔️ Unlimited ✔️
Diaspora* white.svg diaspora* Uploads
to posts
✖️
Fediverse logo missing.svg Acropolis Uploads
to posts
✖️
(streams) white.svg (streams) ✔️ Unlimited ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Socialhome.svg Socialhome
Honk white.svg Honk
Hubzilla white.svg Hubzilla ✔️ Unlimited ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
WriteFreely.svg WriteFreely ✖️
Plume.svg Plume ✔️ ✖️
WordPress.svg WordPress
Drupal.svg Drupal
Lemmy white.svg Lemmy
Kbin.svg /kbin
Pixelfed.svg Pixelfed
Flickr.svg Flickr
PeerTube.svg PeerTube
Owncast.svg Owncast
Goldfish white.svg Goldfish
Funkwhale.svg Funkwhale
CastoPod.svg CastoPod
Reel2bits white.svg reel2bits
Mobilizon.svg Mobilizon
Gancio white.svg Gancio
Fediverse logo missing.svg BookWyrm
Inventaire.svg Inventaire

Multimedia

Name Supported formats Image gallery Playback/
Streaming
Limits Media files modified upon upload
🖼️ 🎧 🎞️ 🎧 🎞️ 📺 Image
file size
Audio
file size
Video
file size
Image
size
Audio
duration
Video
duration
Lossy image
compression
Image
resizing
Lossy audio
compression
Lossy video
compression
Video
resizing
Mastodon white.svg Mastodon ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Ecko.svg Ecko ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Fedibird white.svg Fedibird ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Glitch-soc.svg Glitch-soc ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Hometown.svg Hometown ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Koyu.space.svg koyu.space ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Fediverse logo missing.svg Smalltown ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Pleroma.svg Pleroma ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Akkoma white.svg Akkoma ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Misskey white.svg Misskey ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Firefish.svg Firefish ✖️ See file size limit
FoundKey white.svg FoundKey ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
✖️ See file size limit
GoToSocial.svg GoToSocial ✖️ See file size limit
Pump.io.svg Pump.io ✖️ See file size limit
Identi.ca.svg Identi.ca ✖️ See file size limit
Takahē white.svg Takahē ✖️ See file size limit
Epicyon.svg Epicyon ✖️ See file size limit
Micro.blog.svg Micro.blog ✖️ See file size limit
Tumblr white.svg Tumblr ✖️
Bonfire.svg Bonfire ✖️ See file size limit
Swanye white.svg Swanye ✖️ See file size limit
Threads.svg Threads
Friendica.svg Friendica ✖️ Unlimited ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Diaspora* white.svg diaspora* ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Fediverse logo missing.svg Acropolis ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
(streams) white.svg (streams) Optional ✖️ Unlimited ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Socialhome.svg Socialhome ✖️ See file size limit
Honk white.svg Honk ✖️ See file size limit
Hubzilla white.svg Hubzilla Optional ✖️ Unlimited ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
WriteFreely.svg WriteFreely None None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ No uploads possible
Plume.svg Plume ✖️ See file size limit
WordPress.svg WordPress ✖️ See file size limit
Drupal.svg Drupal ✖️ See file size limit
Lemmy white.svg Lemmy ✖️ See file size limit
Kbin.svg /kbin ✖️ See file size limit
Pixelfed.svg Pixelfed None None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit None None None None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Flickr.svg Flickr None None ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit None None None None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
PeerTube.svg PeerTube None None ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ None See file size limit None ✖️
Owncast.svg Owncast None None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ None See file size limit None ✖️
Goldfish white.svg Goldfish ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Funkwhale.svg Funkwhale None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit None None ✖️ ✖️
CastoPod.svg CastoPod None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit None None ✖️ ✖️
Reel2bits white.svg reel2bits None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit None None ✖️ ✖️
Mobilizon.svg Mobilizon ✖️ See file size limit
Gancio white.svg Gancio ✖️ See file size limit
Fediverse logo missing.svg BookWyrm ✖️ See file size limit
Inventaire.svg Inventaire ✖️ See file size limit

Features

Name hover over emojis to see explanation
Default limits per post
(green=editable)
🔠 📊 🖼 ✏️ ♻️
Mastodon white.svg Mastodon 500 4 4 ✔️ ✔️
Ecko.svg Ecko 500 4 4 ✔️ ✔️
Fedibird white.svg Fedibird ✔️ ✔️
Glitch-soc.svg Glitch-soc ✔️ ✔️
Hometown.svg Hometown ✔️ ✔️
Koyu.space.svg koyu.space ✔️ ✔️
Fediverse logo missing.svg Smalltown ✔️ ✔️
Pleroma.svg Pleroma 5000 20
Akkoma white.svg Akkoma
Misskey white.svg Misskey 3000
Firefish.svg Firefish 3000 10 16
FoundKey white.svg FoundKey
1000 5 1
GoToSocial.svg GoToSocial 5000
Pump.io.svg Pump.io
Identi.ca.svg Identi.ca
Takahē white.svg Takahē
Epicyon.svg Epicyon
Micro.blog.svg Micro.blog
Tumblr white.svg Tumblr ✔️
Bonfire.svg Bonfire
Swanye white.svg Swanye
Threads.svg Threads 500
Friendica.svg Friendica unlimited ✖️ unlimited; embedding ✔️ ✔️
Diaspora* white.svg diaspora*
Fediverse logo missing.svg Acropolis
(streams) white.svg (streams) unlimited unlimited unlimited; embedding ✔️ ✔️
Socialhome.svg Socialhome
Honk white.svg Honk
Hubzilla white.svg Hubzilla unlimited unlimited unlimited; embedding ✔️ ✔️
WriteFreely.svg WriteFreely ✔️ ✖️ unlimited; embeds externally hosted media ✔️ ✖️
Plume.svg Plume ✔️ unlimited; embedding
WordPress.svg WordPress
Drupal.svg Drupal
Lemmy white.svg Lemmy ✖️
Kbin.svg /kbin
Pixelfed.svg Pixelfed 500 ✖️ 4 ✖️
Flickr.svg Flickr
PeerTube.svg PeerTube ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Owncast.svg Owncast
Goldfish white.svg Goldfish
Funkwhale.svg Funkwhale
CastoPod.svg CastoPod
Reel2bits white.svg reel2bits
Mobilizon.svg Mobilizon
Gancio white.svg Gancio
Fediverse logo missing.svg BookWyrm
Inventaire.svg Inventaire

Note: "Unlimited" for post length doesn't necessarily mean unlimited, but the maximum character number may be so high that it doesn't matter. Hence, it can be adjusted by the admin. "Unlimited" for file size is within the available space on the server.

Technical

Name Inception Federating since last updated
(red=ended)
Protocols License
(green=copyleft)
(yellow=anti-capitalist)
(red=proprietary)
Git repository
(green=federated)
(red=evil)
Main developer(s) Written in
Mastodon white.svg Mastodon 2016 2016 ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 Github Eugen Rochko Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (React.js, Redux)
Ecko.svg Ecko 2021 2021 ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHib
Fedibird white.svg Fedibird ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Glitch-soc.svg Glitch-soc ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Hometown.svg Hometown ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Koyu.space.svg koyu.space ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Fediverse logo missing.svg Smalltown ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Pleroma.svg Pleroma 2016 2016 ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 git.pleroma.social
Akkoma white.svg Akkoma ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 akkoma.dev
Misskey white.svg Misskey 2019 2019 ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Firefish.svg Firefish ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 Codeberg ThatOneCalculator NodeJS (Typescript), Vue 3
FoundKey white.svg FoundKey
2008 2008 ActivityPub, OStatus AGPLv3 notabug.org
GoToSocial.svg GoToSocial ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Pump.io.svg Pump.io Apache v2
Identi.ca.svg Identi.ca 2008 2008
Takahē white.svg Takahē 2022 2022 ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub BSD3 new GitHub
Epicyon.svg Epicyon ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 gitlab.com
Micro.blog.svg Micro.blog 2017 ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub proprietary -
Tumblr white.svg Tumblr 2007 Announced proprietary -
Bonfire.svg Bonfire AGPLv3 GitHub
Swanye white.svg Swanye
Threads.svg Threads 2023 Announced - proprietary -
Friendica.svg Friendica 2010 2010 ActivityPub, diaspora*, OStatus AGPLv3 GitHub PHP
Diaspora* white.svg diaspora* 2010 2010 diaspora* AGPLv3 GitHub
Fediverse logo missing.svg Acropolis diaspora* AGPLv3 https://github.com/magicstone-dev/acropolis GitHub
(streams) white.svg (streams) 2021 2021 ActivityPub, Zot Public domain + various free licenses for third-party contributions Codeberg The community; Mike Macgirvin PHP
Socialhome.svg Socialhome ActivityPub, diaspora*
Honk white.svg Honk ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub
Hubzilla white.svg Hubzilla 2015 2015 ActivityPub, diaspora*,

OStatus, Zot

MIT License framagit Mario Vavti PHP
WriteFreely.svg WriteFreely 2018 2018 ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Plume.svg Plume ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
WordPress.svg WordPress 2003 ActivityPub, diaspora*, OStatus
Drupal.svg Drupal 2001 ActivityPub, diaspora*
Lemmy white.svg Lemmy ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub
Kbin.svg /kbin
Pixelfed.svg Pixelfed 2018 2018 ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Flickr.svg Flickr Announced - proprietary -
PeerTube.svg PeerTube 2018 2018 ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Owncast.svg Owncast ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub MIT License GitHub
Goldfish white.svg Goldfish
Funkwhale.svg Funkwhale ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 dev.funkwhale.audio
CastoPod.svg CastoPod
Reel2bits white.svg reel2bits
Mobilizon.svg Mobilizon 2019 2019 ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub AGPLv3 framagit
Gancio white.svg Gancio
Fediverse logo missing.svg BookWyrm ActivityPub, OStatus Anti-Capitalist Software License GitHub
Inventaire.svg Inventaire ActivityPub white.svg ActivityPub

JoinFediverseWiki Info

Moved here.

more

Name
Mastodon white.svg Mastodon
Ecko.svg Ecko
Fedibird white.svg Fedibird
Glitch-soc.svg Glitch-soc
Hometown.svg Hometown
Koyu.space.svg koyu.space
Fediverse logo missing.svg Smalltown
Pleroma.svg Pleroma
Akkoma white.svg Akkoma
Misskey white.svg Misskey
Firefish.svg Firefish
FoundKey white.svg FoundKey
GoToSocial.svg GoToSocial
Pump.io.svg Pump.io
Identi.ca.svg Identi.ca
Takahē white.svg Takahē
Epicyon.svg Epicyon
Micro.blog.svg Micro.blog
Tumblr white.svg Tumblr
Bonfire.svg Bonfire
Swanye white.svg Swanye
Threads.svg Threads
Friendica.svg Friendica
Diaspora* white.svg diaspora*
Fediverse logo missing.svg Acropolis
(streams) white.svg (streams)
Socialhome.svg Socialhome
Honk white.svg Honk
Hubzilla white.svg Hubzilla
WriteFreely.svg WriteFreely
Plume.svg Plume
WordPress.svg WordPress
Drupal.svg Drupal
Lemmy white.svg Lemmy
Kbin.svg /kbin
Pixelfed.svg Pixelfed
Flickr.svg Flickr
PeerTube.svg PeerTube
Owncast.svg Owncast
Goldfish white.svg Goldfish
Funkwhale.svg Funkwhale
CastoPod.svg CastoPod
Reel2bits white.svg reel2bits
Mobilizon.svg Mobilizon
Gancio white.svg Gancio
Fediverse logo missing.svg BookWyrm
Inventaire.svg Inventaire