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A relay is a piece of software that increases federation between instances that subscribe to that relay.
It is a great way for smaller instances to populate their federated timeline.

How to subscribe to a relay

Only instance admins can subscribe to a relay. In Mastodon you can do that by going to Settings > Administration > Relays. There you can enter the url of the relay - add "/inbox" at the end of it.
Then you just have to wait for your instance to be accepted by the relay owners.

List of ready to use Fediverse relays

https://relay.c64.social
https://relay.qaf.men/ (LGBT)
https://BigRelay.social
https://relay.newsie.social
https://en.relay.friendi.ca
https://federation.stream
https://mastodon-relay.moew.science
https://mastodon-relay.thedoodleproject.net
https://oceania.federate.cloud (limited to instances in Oceania; AU,NZ etc)
https://relay.beckmeyer.us
https://relay.chocoflan.net
https://relay.fedi.agency
https://relay.fedi.tools
https://relay.fedibird.com
https://relay.homunyan.com
https://relay.gruenehoelle.nl
https://relay.indieauthors.social (limited to indie creatives, writers, authors, self-publishers, and indie-reader focused instances)
https://relay.intahnet.co.uk
https://relay.k3tan.com
https://relay.libranet.de
https://relay.minecloud.ro
https://relay.social.tigwali.fr
https://relay.toot.yukimochi.jp
https://relay.dog
https://relay.national-defence.network
https://rel.re
https://relay.gay (requires pre-approval)
https://relay.wig.gl
https://relay.sigmundvoid.net
https://relay.activitypub.ca/ (Canadian instances only; requires pre-approval)
https://relay.wuff.space
https://relay.rollenspiel.monster/ (limited to instances with roleplay content)
https://relay.fedimins.net/ (limited to instances that have come together under fedimins)
https://relay.an.exchange
https://relay.veganism.social (limited to instances that have a vegan admin; requires pre-approval)

Comparison of Fediverse relay software

relay name	source	works with
relay name	source	diaspora*	Mastodon	Misskey	Pleroma
Activity relay	https://github.com/yukimochi/Activity-Relay	✖️	✔️	✔️	✖️
ActivityRelay	https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/relay	✖️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Pub relay	https://source.joinmastodon.org/mastodon/pub-relay	✖️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Seattle relay	https://gitlab.com/jankysolutions/social.seattle.wa.us/relay	✖️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Social relay	https://github.com/jaywink/social-relay	✔️	✖️	✖️	✖️
AodeRelay	https://git.asonix.dog/asonix/relay	✖️	✔️	✔️	✔️

You can find usage statistics of relay software from The Federation for activityrelay, activity-relay, aoderelay, pub-relay, selective-relay, unicarelay.

How to install your own Fediverse relay for beginners

To be written.

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+A relay is a piece of software that increases federation between instances that subscribe to that relay. <br>
+It is a great way for smaller instances to populate their federated timeline.
-== What is a Fediverse relay ==
+== How to subscribe to a relay ==
-== How to subscribe to a relay ==
+Only instance admins can subscribe to a relay. In Mastodon you can do that by going to Settings > Administration > Relays. There you can enter the url of the relay - add "/inbox" at the end of it.<br>
+Then you just have to wait for your instance to be accepted by the relay owners.
 == List of ready to use Fediverse relays ==
-* https://en.relay.friendi.ca
+* https://relay.c64.social
+* https://relay.qaf.men/ (LGBT)
+*https://BigRelay.social
+*https://relay.newsie.social
+*https://en.relay.friendi.ca
 * https://federation.stream
 * https://mastodon-relay.moew.science
 * https://mastodon-relay.thedoodleproject.net
+*https://oceania.federate.cloud (limited to instances in Oceania; AU,NZ etc)
 * https://relay.beckmeyer.us
 * https://relay.chocoflan.net
 * https://relay.fedi.agency
+* https://relay.fedi.tools
 * https://relay.fedibird.com
 * https://relay.homunyan.com
+* https://relay.gruenehoelle.nl
+*https://relay.indieauthors.social (limited to indie creatives, writers, authors, self-publishers, and indie-reader focused instances)
 * https://relay.intahnet.co.uk
 * https://relay.k3tan.com
@@ Line 22: / Line 32: @@
 * https://relay.social.tigwali.fr
 * https://relay.toot.yukimochi.jp
+* https://relay.dog
+* https://relay.national-defence.network
+* https://rel.re
+*https://relay.gay (requires pre-approval)
+*https://relay.wig.gl
+*https://relay.sigmundvoid.net
+*https://relay.activitypub.ca/ (Canadian instances only; requires pre-approval)
+* https://relay.wuff.space
+*https://relay.rollenspiel.monster/ (limited to instances with roleplay content)
+*https://relay.fedimins.net/ (limited to instances that have come together under fedimins)
+*https://relay.an.exchange
+*https://relay.veganism.social (limited to instances that have a vegan admin; requires pre-approval)
 == Comparison of Fediverse relay software ==
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 |-
 !Activity relay
+|https://github.com/yukimochi/Activity-Relay
+|{{no}}
+|{{yes}}
+|{{yes}}
+|{{no}}
+|-
+!ActivityRelay
 |https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/relay
 |{{no}}
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 |{{no}}
 |{{no}}
+|-
+!AodeRelay
+|https://git.asonix.dog/asonix/relay
+|{{no}}
+|{{yes}}
+|{{yes}}
+|{{yes}}
 |-
 |}
+You can find usage statistics of relay software from [https://the-federation.info/ The Federation] for [https://the-federation.info/activityrelay activityrelay], [https://the-federation.info/activity-relay activity-relay], [https://the-federation.info/aoderelay aoderelay], [https://the-federation.info/pub-relay pub-relay], [https://the-federation.info/selective-relay selective-relay], [https://the-federation.info/unciarelay unicarelay].
 == How to install your own Fediverse relay for beginners ==
+To be written.
+{{category |category=Administration}}{{category |category=Relays}}
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