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Welcome to the Join Fediverse Wiki
The Join Fediverse Wiki is a Wikipedia-style encyclopedia with 327 articles dedicated to all things Fediverse! Fedi-what? Fediverse! It's that cool alternative social media system, that's independent of global corporations and giving you full control over your data and media. Sounds cool? Then let's make a journey through the federated universe. About this wiki \| How to nativage this wiki \| Want to help editing?

Getting started
Here you'll find all the basic info about the Fediverse:
If you don't want to read much, check out the Quickstart guide!
What is the Fediverse? What are Fediverse projects? What people usually tell you about the Fediverse How do I get an account? Instances Getting started with your Fediverse account Moving instances Apps Best practices Frequently Asked Questions

Fediverse projects
The following is an incomplete list of Fediverse software projects. Depending on which software is installed on a server, the look and experience is very different.
Here is an article about all Fediverse projects!
Mastodon Misskey Pleroma GoToSocial Friendica Hubzilla WriteFreely Lemmy Kbin Pixelfed PeerTube Owncast Funkwhale Mobilizon BookWyrm

Need further help?
If you have questions about the Fediverse and don't find an answer here, you can: Ask directly in the Fediverse, if you already have an account. Send a mail to joinfediversewiki@riseup.net If you have a question about this wiki, you can: Ask @JoinFediverseWiki@climatejustice.social in the Fediverse Send a mail to joinfediversewiki@riseup.net Create an account in this wiki and ask on the discussion page of the main page or the page the question refers to.

Want to help us?
If you want to help make this wiki better, you can do these things: create an account go to the editing portal check the todos test your skills in the playground enjoy!

Other great resources
fediverse.info The bespoke Fediverse guide	fedi.tips An unofficial guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse	fedi.garden An easy and stress-free way of choosing a Fediverse server
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