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==Info==
 
<!--Here is a comparison between Misskey, FoundKey, Firefish, Iceshrimp, Sharkey and Catodon that can be used as a source: https://trypancakes.com/misskey-comparison/-->
 
==Basic info==
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{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!rowspan="2"|Name
! rowspan="2" |Main medium
!License<br>(green=copyleft)<br>(yellow=anti-capitalist)<br>(red=proprietary)
! rowspan="2" |Type
!Git repository<br>(green=federated)<br>(red=evil)
! rowspan="2" |Based on
!Main developer(s)
! rowspan="2" |Name
!Written in
! colspan="5" |Links
|-
|-
 
!Homepage
!Wikipedia (en)
!Fedi observer
!FediDB
!FediParty
|-
|-
! rowspan="34" |Text
! rowspan="23" |Microblogging
! rowspan="7" |Mastodon
!{{Mastodon}}
!{{Mastodon}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|[https://joinmastodon.org joinmastodon.org]
|{{no|[https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon Github]}}
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network) Mastodon (social network)]
|Eugen Rochko
|[https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/list mastodon]
|Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (React.js, Redux)
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=mastodon mastodon]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/mastodon mastodon]
|-
|-
!{{Cordigon}}
!{{Ecko}}
|[https://magicstone.dev magicstone.dev]
|
|
|-
|[https://ecko.fediverse.observer/list ecko]
!{{Ecko}}
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=ecko ecko]
|
|
|-
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
!{{Fedibird}}
|
|
|[https://fedibird.fediverse.observer/list fedibird]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=fedibird fedibird]
|
|-
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|[https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/ glitch-soc.github.io/docs]
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!{{Hometown}}
!{{Hometown}}
|
|
|[https://hometown.fediverse.observer/list hometown]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=hometown hometown]
|
|-
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
!{{Koyu.space}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
!{{Smalltown}}
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Pleroma
!{{Pleroma}}
!{{Pleroma}}
|[https://pleroma.social pleroma.social]
|
|[https://pleroma.fediverse.observer/list pleroma]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=pleroma pleroma]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/pleroma pleroma]
|-
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
!{{Akkoma}}
|[https://akkoma.social akkoma.social]
|
|[https://akkoma.fediverse.observer/list akkoma]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=akkoma akkoma]
|
|-
|-
! rowspan="3" |Misskey
!{{Misskey}}
!{{Misskey}}
|[https://misskey-hub.net misskey-hub.net]
|
|[https://misskey.fediverse.observer/list misskey]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=misskey misskey]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/misskey misskey]
|-
|-
!{{Calckey}}
!{{Firefish}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|[https://joinfirefish.org/ joinfirefish.org]
|{{yes|[https://codeberg.org/thatonecalculator Codeberg]}}
|
|ThatOneCalculator
|[https://firefish.fediverse.observer/list firefish]
|NodeJS (Typescript), Vue 3
|[https://fedidb.org/software/firefish firefish]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/firefish firefish]
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!{{GNUSocial}}
!GNU social
!{{GNU_social}}
|[https://www.gnusocial.rocks gnusocial.rocks]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_social GNU social]
|[https://gnusocial.fediverse.observer/list gnusocial]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=gnusocial gnusocial]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/gnusocial gnusocial]
|-
|-
!GoToSocial
!{{GoToSocial}}
!{{GoToSocial}}
|[https://gotosocial.org gotosocial.org]
|
|[https://gotosocial.fediverse.observer/list gotosocial]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=gotosocial gotosocial]
|
|-
!snac
!{{snac}}
|[https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2 snac2]
|
|[https://snac.fediverse.observer/list snac]
|[https://fedidb.org/software/snac snac]
|
|-
|-
!Pump.io
!{{Pump.io}}
!{{Pump.io}}
|[http://pump.io/ pump.io]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump.io Pump.io]
|
|
|
|-
|-
!Identi.ca
!{{Identi.ca}}
!{{Identi.ca}}
|
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identi.ca Identi.ca]
|
|
|
|-
|-
!{{Takahe}}
!Takahē
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|[https://jointakahe.org/ jointakahe.org]
|
|[https://takahe.fediverse.observer/list takahē]
|
|
|-
!Epicyon
!{{Epicyon}}
!{{Epicyon}}
|[https://epicyon.net epicyon.net]
|
|[https://epicyon.fediverse.observer/list epicyon]
|
|
|-
|-
!Micro.blog
!{{Micro.blog}}
!{{Micro.blog}}
|[https://micro.blog micro.blog]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro.blog Micro.blog]
|
|
|
|-
|-
!Tumblr
!{{Tumblr}}
!{{Tumblr}}
|[https://tumblr.com tumblr.com]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr Tumblr]
| colspan="3" |Centralised
|-
|-
!Bonfire
!{{Bonfire}}
!{{Bonfire}}
|[https://bonfirenetworks.org bonfirenetworks.org]
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!Swanye
!{{Swanye}}
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Threads
!{{Threads}}
|[https://threads.net threads.net]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(social_network) Threads (social network)]
| colspan="3" |Centralised
|-
|-
! rowspan="6" |Social Network
!Friendica
!{{Friendica}}
!{{Friendica}}
|[https://friendi.ca friendi.ca]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendica Friendica]
|[https://friendica.fediverse.observer/list Friendica]
|[https://fedidb.org/software/friendica Friendica]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/friendica Friendica]
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |diaspora*
!{{diaspora*}}
!{{diaspora*}}
|[https://diasporafoundation.org diasporafoundation.org]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(software) Diaspora (software)]
|[https://diaspora.fediverse.observer/list diaspora]
|
|
|-
|-
!{{streams}}
!{{Acropolis}}
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Friendica<br />Red Matrix/<br />Hubzilla<br />Osada<br />Zap...<br />Roadhouse
!{{(streams)}}
|None, only code repository
|
|colspan="3" |Intentionally absent, impossible to crawl
|-
!SocialHome
!{{SocialHome}}
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|
|[https://socialhome.fediverse.observer/list socialhome]
|
|
|-
|-
!Honk
!{{Honk}}
!{{Honk}}
|[https://humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk tedunangst.com/honk]
|
|[https://honk.fediverse.observer/list honk]
|
|
|-
|-
!Multi-purpose
!Friendica<br />Red Matrix
!{{Hubzilla}}
!{{Hubzilla}}
|[https://hubzilla.org hubzilla.org]
|
|[https://hubzilla.fediverse.observer/list Hubzilla]
|[https://fedidb.org/software/hubzilla Hubzilla]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/hubzilla Hubzilla]
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Blogging
!WriteFreely
!{{WriteFreely}}
!{{WriteFreely}}
|[https://writefreely.org writefreely.org]
|
|[https://writefreely.fediverse.observer/list writefreely]
|
|
|-
|-
!Plume
!{{Plume}}
!{{Plume}}
|[https://joinplu.me joinplu.me]
|
|[https://plume.fediverse.observer/list plume]
|
|
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Website (CMS)
!WordPress
!{{WordPress}}
!{{WordPress}}
|[https://wordpress.org wordpress.org]
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!Drupal
!{{Drupal}}
!{{Drupal}}
|[https://www.drupal.org drupal.org]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drupal Drupal]
|
|
|
|-
|-
!{{Flockingbird}}
!rowspan="2"|Links & other
!rowspan="2"|Content aggregation
!Lemmy
!{{Lemmy}}
|[https://join-lemmy.org join-lemmy.org]
|
|[https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list lemmy]
|
|
|-
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
!/kbin
!{{Kbin}}
|[https://kbin.pub/en kbin.pub]
|
|[https://kbin.fediverse.observer/list /kbin]
|[https://fedidb.org/software/kbin /kbin]
|
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Images
! rowspan="2" |Photoblogging
!Pixelfed
!{{Pixelfed}}
!{{Pixelfed}}
|[https://pixelfed.org pixelfed.org]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelfed Pixelfed]
|[https://pixelfed.fediverse.observer/list pixelfed]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=pixelfed pixelfed]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/pixelfed pixelfed]
|-
|-
!Flickr
!{{Flickr}}
|[https://flickr.com flickr.com]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr Flickr]
| colspan="3" |Centralised
|-
! rowspan="3" |Videos
!Video hosting
!PeerTube
!{{PeerTube}}
!{{PeerTube}}
|[https://joinpeertube.org joinpeertube.org]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerTube PeerTube]
|[https://peertube.fediverse.observer/list peertube]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=peertube peertube]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/peertube peertube]
|-
|-
!Video streaming
!Owncast
!{{Owncast}}
!{{Owncast}}
|[https://owncast.online owncast.online]
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!Video blogging
!Goldfish
!{{Goldfish}}
!{{Goldfish}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
! rowspan="3" |Audio
|-
! rowspan="3" |Audio Hosting
!Funkwhale
!{{Funkwhale}}
|[https://funkwhale.audio funkwhale.audio]
|
|[https://funkwhale.fediverse.observer/list funkwhale]
|
|
|-
!Castopod
!{{Castopod}}
!{{Castopod}}
|[https://castopod.org castopod.org]
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
!reel2bits
!{{reel2bits}}
!{{reel2bits}}
|[https://reel2bits.org reel2bits.org]
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Events
! rowspan="2" |Event Planning
!Mobilizon
!{{Mobilizon}}
!{{Mobilizon}}
|[https://mobilizon.org mobilizon.org]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobilizon Mobilizon]
|[https://mobilizon.fediverse.observer/list mobilizon]
|
|
|-
|-
!Gancio
!{{Gancio}}
!{{Gancio}}
|[https://gancio.org gancio.org]
|
|[https://gancio.fediverse.observer/list gancio]
|
|
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Cataloguing
! rowspan="2" |Book cataloguing
!BookWyrm
!{{BookWyrm}}
!{{BookWyrm}}
|{{Maybe|[https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/blob/main/LICENSE.md Anti-Capitalist Software License]}}
|[https://joinbookwyrm.com joinbookwyrm.com]
|
|[https://bookwyrm.fediverse.observer/list bookwyrm]
|
|
|-
|-
!Inventaire
!{{Inventaire}}
!{{Inventaire}}
|[https://inventaire.io inventaire.io]
|
|
|
|
|
|}
|}
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==Features==
 
==User interface==
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2" |Main medium
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Different<br />Web frontends
! rowspan="2" |Fork of
! colspan="2" |Themes for<br />Web frontends
!rowspan="2"|Name
! rowspan="2" |Switchable<br />dark mode
!colspan="6"|Default limits per post (green=editable)
! colspan="2" |Public timelines
|-
|-
!Characters
! for instances
!Poll options
! for users
!Images
! <abbr title="themeable Web frontend">🎨</abbr>
!Image size
! <abbr title="user-customisable themes">🔧</abbr>
!Video size
! Local
!Audio size
! Federated
|-
|-
! rowspan="33" |Text
! rowspan="22" |Microblogging
! rowspan="8" |Mastodon
!{{Mastodon}}
!{{Mastodon}}
|500
|{{Yes}}
|4
|{{No}}
|4
|?
|?
|?
|-
!{{Cordigon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|-
!{{Ecko}}
!{{Ecko}}
|{{yes|500}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{yes|4}}
|{{No}}
|4
|
|?
|{{No}}
|?
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|?
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
!{{Fedibird}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
!{{Smalltown}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|
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!{{Hometown}}
!{{Akkoma}}
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!{{koyu.space}}
!{{Misskey}}
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|{{Yes|Local,<br />Social<br />(Home + Local)}}
|{{Yes|Global}}
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|
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|{{Yes|Local,<br />Social<br />(Home + Local)}}
|{{Yes|Global}}
|-
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
!{{FoundKey}}
|
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|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes|Global}}
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Pleroma
!{{Pleroma}}
|{{yes|5000}}
|{{yes|20}}
|
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|-
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
!{{GoToSocial}}
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|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Misskey
!{{Pump.io}}
!{{Misskey}}
|
|3000
|
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|-
|-
!{{Calckey}}
!{{Identi.ca}}
|{{yes|3000}}
|10
|16
|{{yes|80MB}}
|{{yes|80MB}}
|{{yes|80MB}}
|-
!GNU Social
!{{GNUSocial}}
|1000
|5
|1
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|-
!GoToSocial
!{{GoToSocial}}
|{{yes|5000}}
|
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|-
|-
!Pump.io
!{{Takahē}}
!{{Pump.io}}
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|-
|-
!Identi.ca
!{{Epicyon}}
!{{Identi.ca}}
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|-
|-
!Takahe
!{{Micro.blog}}
!{{Takahe}}
|
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|{{No|Single<br />user}}
|
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|-
|-
!Epicyon
!{{Tumblr}}
!{{Epicyon}}
|{{No|Centralised}}
|
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|-
|-
!Micro.blog
!{{Bonfire}}
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
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|-
|-
!Tumblr
!{{Swanye}}
!{{Tumblr}}
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|-
|-
!Bonfire
!{{Threads}}
!{{Bonfire}}
|{{No|Centralised}}
|
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|-
|-
!Swanye
!{{Friendica}}
!{{Swanye}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
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|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|
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|-
! rowspan="5" |Social Network
!Friendica
!{{Friendica}}
|
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|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|
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|-
!diaspora*
!{{diaspora*}}
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|-
|-
!Streams
!{{(streams)}}
!{{streams}}
|
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| colspan="2" style="background:#FF9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-maybe" |Optional, either local or federated, off by default
|-
|-
!SocialHome
!{{SocialHome}}
!{{SocialHome}}
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!Honk
!{{Honk}}
!{{Honk}}
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|-
|-
!Multi-purpose
!Hubzilla
!{{Hubzilla}}
!{{Hubzilla}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Currently only one<br />supported frontend
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes|Optionally<br />automatic}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-maybe" |Optional, either local or federated, off by default
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|
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|{{No}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |Blogging
!WriteFreely
!{{WriteFreely}}
|Unlimited
|{{no|no polls}}
|only embedding
|only embedding
|only embedding
|
|
|-
|-
!Plume
!{{Plume}}
!{{Plume}}
|Unlimited
|
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|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Website (CMS)
!WordPress
!{{WordPress}}
!{{WordPress}}
|
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|-
|-
!Drupal
!{{Drupal}}
!{{Drupal}}
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|-
|-
!Professional network
!{{Lemmy}}
!Flockingbird
|
!{{Flockingbird}}
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|-
|-
!Links & other
!{{Kbin}}
!Link aggregation
|
!Lemmy
!{{Lemmy}}
|
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|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Images
! rowspan="2" |Photoblogging
!Pixelfed
!{{Pixelfed}}
!{{Pixelfed}}
|{{yes|500}}
|
|{{no|no polls}}
|
|{{yes|4}}
|
|{{yes|?}}
|
|{{yes|?}}
|
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|-
|-
!Flickr
!{{Flickr}}
!{{Flickr}}
|{{No|Centralised}}
|
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|-
|-
! rowspan="3" |Videos
!Video hosting
!PeerTube
!{{PeerTube}}
!{{PeerTube}}
|?
|{{no|no polls}}
|{{no|no images}}
|{{no|no images}}
|{{yes|?}}
|
|
|-
!Video streaming
!Owncast
!{{Owncast}}
|
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|-
|-
!Video blogging
!{{Owncast}}
!Goldfish
|
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|-
!{{Goldfish}}
!{{Goldfish}}
|
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|-
! rowspan="3" |Audio
! rowspan="3" |Audio Hosting
!Funkwhale
!{{Funkwhale}}
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
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|-
!CastoPod
!{{Castopod}}
!{{Castopod}}
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!Reel2bits
!{{reel2bits}}
!{{reel2bits}}
|
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Events
! rowspan="2" |Event Planning
!Mobilizon
!{{Mobilizon}}
!{{Mobilizon}}
|
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|-
!Gancio
!{{Gancio}}
!{{Gancio}}
|
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! rowspan="2" |Cataloguing
! rowspan="2" |Book cataloguing
!BookWyrm
!{{BookWyrm}}
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==Technical==
==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.
 
<center>
<center>
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!rowspan="2"|Name
! rowspan="3" |Name
!License<br>(green=copyleft)<br>(yellow=anti-capitalist)<br>(red=proprietary)
! rowspan="3" |Mastodon<br />API<br />support
!Git repository<br>(green=federated)<br>(red=evil)
! colspan="6" |Project-specific desktop apps
!Main developer(s)
! colspan="5" |Project-specific mobile apps
!Written in
! colspan="4" |OAuth support
|-
! rowspan="2" |Official
! rowspan="2" |Windows
! rowspan="2" |macOS
! colspan="2" |Linux
! rowspan="2" |Other
! rowspan="2" |Official
! rowspan="2" |iOS
! colspan="2" |Android
! rowspan="2" |Other
! colspan="2" |OAuth
! colspan="2" |OAuth2
|-
|-
 
! CLI
! GUI
! Google<br />Play Store
! F-Droid
! Client
! Server
! Client
! Server
|-
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
!{{Mastodon}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon Github]}}
|{{No}}
|Eugen Rochko
|{{Yes}}
|Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (React.js, Redux)
|{{Yes}}
|-
|{{Yes}}
!{{Cordigon}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes|3rd-party only;<br />SailfishOS}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|-
|-
!{{Ecko}}
!{{Ecko}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|-
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
!{{Fedibird}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|-
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|-
!{{Hometown}}
!{{Hometown}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|-
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
!{{Koyu.space}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|-
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
!{{Smalltown}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Pleroma}}
!{{Pleroma}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Akkoma}}
!{{Akkoma}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Misskey}}
!{{Misskey}}
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|{{No}}
!{{Calckey}}
|{{No}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|
|{{yes|[https://codeberg.org/thatonecalculator Codeberg]}}
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|ThatOneCalculator
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|NodeJS (Typescript), Vue 3
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|-
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!{{GNUSocial}}
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|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
!{{Firefish}}
|-
|Partial
!{{Pump.io}}
|{{No}}
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|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
!{{FoundKey}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
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|-
|-
!{{Takahe}}
!{{GNU_social}}
|-
|
!{{Epicyon}}
|{{No}}
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!{{GoToSocial}}
|Partial
|{{No}}
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|-
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
!{{Snac}}
|-
|Partial
!{{Tumblr}}
|{{No}}
|-
|
!{{Bonfire}}
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|-
|
!{{Swanye}}
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|-
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!{{Friendica}}
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!{{diaspora*}}
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|-
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!{{streams}}
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|-
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!{{SocialHome}}
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!{{Honk}}
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|-
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
!{{Pump.io}}
|-
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!{{WriteFreely}}
|{{No}}
|-
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!{{Plume}}
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!{{WordPress}}
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!{{Drupal}}
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!{{Flockingbird}}
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!{{Lemmy}}
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!{{Pixelfed}}
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!{{Identi.ca}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Takahē}}
|Partial
|{{No}}
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!{{Epicyon}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Micro.blog}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Tumblr}}
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!{{Bonfire}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Swanye}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Threads}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
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|-
!{{Friendica}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
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!{{diaspora*}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Acropolis}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{(streams)}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
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|-
!{{SocialHome}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Honk}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Hubzilla}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No|Defunct}}
|{{No|Defunct}}
|{{No}}
|{{Maybe|Optional}}
|{{Maybe|Optional}}
|{{Maybe|Optional}}
|{{Maybe|Optional}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
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|-
!{{Plume}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
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|-
!{{WordPress}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Drupal}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Lemmy}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Kbin}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Pixelfed}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
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|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes|3rd-party only}}
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!{{Flickr}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{PeerTube}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Owncast}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Goldfish}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Funkwhale}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Castopod}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{reel2bits}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Mobilizon}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Gancio}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{BookWyrm}}
|
|{{No}}
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!{{Inventaire}}
|
|{{No}}
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|}
</center>
 
==Accounts==
 
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Multiple<br />identities/{{Internal link |target=Channels (Hubzilla & (streams)) |link-name=channels}}<br />per account<br />with separate content<br />and separate connections
! colspan="2" |Account/channel role
! rowspan="2" |Account/channel<br />verification
! colspan="3" |OpenWebAuth<br />single sign-on
|-
! Variable<br />role
! Preset roles
! Your<br />login<br />recognised
! Recognises<br />logins<br />of others
! Limit to only<br />instances with<br />connections
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|Planned
|Planned?
|
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
|
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|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
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|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Threads}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|{{Yes|Unlimited}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|{{Yes|Unlimited}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|{{Yes}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Plume}}
|
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{WordPress}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Drupal}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|
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|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Flickr}}
|
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|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|
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|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Owncast}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
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|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
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|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
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|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{reel2bits}}
|
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|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
|
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|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Gancio}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Inventaire}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|}
 
==Profiles==
 
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="3" |Name
! colspan="3" |Multiple profiles per account/channel
! colspan="2" |Profile fields
|-
! rowspan="2" |Number
! colspan="2" |Assign to...
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Tag<br >field
|-
!Connections
!Groups
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Ecko}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Hometown}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Threads}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|{{Yes|Unlimited}}
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|{{Yes|Unlimited}}
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|{{Yes|Unlimited}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|29 free-text fields<br >3 lists
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Plume}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{WordPress}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Drupal}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Flickr}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Owncast}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{reel2bits}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Gancio}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Inventaire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|}
 
==Moving==
 
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan="3" |Move from where
! colspan="6" |Take what with you
! colspan="2" |Account/channel<br />import/export
! rowspan="2" |{{Internal link |target=nomadic identity |link-name=Nomadic identity}}
|-
!Instances<br />of the same<br />project
!Instances<br />with the same<br />underlying<br />protocol
!Instances<br />with a different<br />underlying<br />protocol
!Posts
!Profile(s)
!Followed
!Followers
!Images,<br />media,<br />other files
!Settings
!Export
!Import
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
|{{No}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|{{Yes}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Mastodon and forks
|{{No}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks,<br />Mastodon and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
|{{No}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
|{{No}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | Centralised
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Threads}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | Centralised
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes|Zot6}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Plume}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{WordPress}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Drupal}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Instagram}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Flickr}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | Centralised
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Owncast}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{reel2bits}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Gancio}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Inventaire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|}
</center>
 
==File uploads and file space==
 
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |File space with<br />file manager
! rowspan="2" |Maximum<br />file size<br />(green =<br />adjustable)
! rowspan="2" |Subfolders
! colspan="3" |Access permissions
! rowspan="2" |Flag images/media<br />as sensitive
! rowspan="2" |WebDAV<br />access
|-
! Adjustable<br />permissions
! Access permissions<br />control<br />for images/media<br />when embedded
! Guest tokens
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|40MB
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|{{yes|80MB}}
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Threads}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|{{Yes}}
|Unlimited
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|{{Yes}}
|Unlimited
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|{{Yes}}
|Unlimited
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
| colspan="8" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Plume}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{WordPress}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Drupal}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Flickr}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Owncast}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{reel2bits}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Gancio}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Inventaire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
</center>
 
==Multimedia==
 
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan="3" |Supported formats
! rowspan="2" |Image gallery
! colspan="3" |Playback/<br />Streaming
! colspan="6" |Limits
! colspan="5" |Media files modified upon upload
|-
!<abbr title="image file formats">🖼️</abbr>
!<abbr title="audio file formats">🎧</abbr>
!<abbr title="video file formats">🎞️</abbr>
!<abbr title="audio playback">🎧</abbr>
!<abbr title="video playback">🎞️</abbr>
!<abbr title="live video streaming">📺</abbr>
!Image<br />file size
!Audio<br />file size
!Video<br />file size
!Image<br />size
!Audio<br />duration
!Video<br />duration
!Lossy image<br />compression
!Image<br />resizing
!Lossy audio<br />compression
!Lossy video<br />compression
!Video<br />resizing
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
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!{{Ecko}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Fedibird}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Glitch-soc}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Hometown}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Koyu.space}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Smalltown}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Pleroma}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Akkoma}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Misskey}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Firefish}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{FoundKey}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{GNU_social}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{GoToSocial}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Pump.io}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Identi.ca}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Takahē}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Epicyon}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Micro.blog}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Tumblr}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Bonfire}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Swanye}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Threads}}
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!{{Friendica}}
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|{{No}}
| colspan="6" |Unlimited
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
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!{{Acropolis}}
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|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{(streams)}}
|
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|{{Yes|Optional}}
|
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|{{No}}
| colspan="6" |Unlimited
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
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|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
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!{{Honk}}
|
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|{{No}}
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!{{Hubzilla}}
|
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|{{Yes|Optional}}
|
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|{{No}}
| colspan="6" |Unlimited
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="11" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" |No uploads possible
|-
!{{Plume}}
|
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|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
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!{{WordPress}}
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|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
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!{{Drupal}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Lemmy}}
|
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|{{No}}
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!{{Kbin}}
|
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|{{No}}
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!{{Pixelfed}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|See file size limit
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
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|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Flickr}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|See file size limit
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|See file size limit
|
|{{No|None}}
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|{{No}}
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|-
!{{Owncast}}
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|See file size limit
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|{{No|None}}
|
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|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
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|{{No}}
|
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|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
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!{{Funkwhale}}
|
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|{{No|None}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|See file size limit
|{{No|None}}
|
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|{{No|None}}
|
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|See file size limit
|{{No|None}}
|
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|{{No|None}}
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{reel2bits}}
|
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|{{No|None}}
|{{No}}
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|See file size limit
|{{No|None}}
|
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|{{No|None}}
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|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
|
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|{{No}}
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!{{Gancio}}
|
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|{{No}}
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!{{BookWyrm}}
|
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|{{No}}
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!{{Inventaire}}
|
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|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
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|}
</center>
 
==Features==
<center>
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="4" |Name
! colspan="14" |hover over emojis to see explanation
|-
! colspan="10" |Default limits per post<br>(green=editable)
! rowspan="3" |<abbr title="crosspost">♻️</abbr>
|-
! colspan="6" |<abbr title="character limit">🔠</abbr>
! colspan="3" |<abbr title="poll options">📊</abbr>
! rowspan="2" |<abbr title="media uploads">🖼</abbr>
! rowspan="2" |<abbr title="editable posts">✏️</abbr>
|-
! Post<br />local
! Post<br />inbound
! Handling of longer posts
! Alt-text<br />local
! Alt-text<br />inbound
! Handling of longer alt-text
! Number (local)
! Character limit
! Choose multiple options (local)
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|500
|100,000
|Reject post
|1,500
|1,500
|Truncate
|4
|20
|{{no}}
|4
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|{{yes|500}}
|100,000
|Reject post
|1,500
|1,500
|Truncate
|{{yes|4}}
|
|{{no}}
|4
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|
|
|
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|
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{koyu.space}}
|
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|
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|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|{{yes|5000}}
|100,000
|Reject post
|
|
|
|{{yes|20}}
|
|
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|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|
|50,000
|Reject post
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|3000
|<10,000?
|Reject post
|1,500
|1,500
|Truncate?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|{{yes|3000}}
|<10,000?
|Reject post
|1,500
|1,500
|Truncate?
|10
|
|
|16
|
|
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|
|<10,000?
|Reject post
|1,500
|1,500
|Truncate?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|1000
|
|
|
|
|
|5
|
|
|1
|
|
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|{{yes|5000}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Threads}}
|500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|unlimited
| colspan="2" |unlimited
|unlimited; included in post
| colspan="2" |unlimited
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|unlimited; embedding
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|unlimited
| colspan="2" |unlimited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|unlimited
| colspan="2" |unlimited
|unlimited; included in post
| colspan="2" |unlimited
|unlimited
|unlimited
|{{yes}}
|unlimited; embedding
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|unlimited
| colspan="2" |unlimited
|unlimited; included in post
| colspan="2" |unlimited
|unlimited
|unlimited
|{{yes}}
|unlimited; embedding
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|{{yes}}
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{no|unlimited; embeds externally hosted media}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
!{{Plume}}
|{{yes}}
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|unlimited; included in post
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|
|
|
| unlimited; embedding
|
|
|-
!{{WordPress}}
|
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|unlimited; included in post
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Drupal}}
|
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|unlimited; included in post
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{no}}
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|{{yes|500}}
|
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{yes|4}}
|
|{{no}}
|-
!{{Flickr}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
!{{Owncast}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{reel2bits}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Gancio}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Inventaire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
</center>
 
'''Note:''' "Unlimited" for post length doesn't mean absolutely unlimited, but within the limits and the capacity of the underlying Web server. There is no defined or adjustable limit within the server application.
 
==Technical==
 
<!-- Here's a detailed Fediverse timeline: https://codeberg.org/ddfon/federated-sns/src/branch/main/fediverse-history.markdown Also see here for Misskey and the more important Forkeys: https://trypancakes.com/misskey-comparison/ -->
 
<center>
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Name
!Inception
!Federating since
!last updated<br>(red=ended)
!Protocols
!License<br>(green=copyleft)<br>(yellow=anti-capitalist)<br>(red=proprietary)
!Git repository<br>(green=federated)<br>(red=evil)
!Main developer(s)
!Written in
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|2016-03-16
|2016-03-16 - 2019-10-04 (OStatus)<br />2017-09-03 (ActivityPub)
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon Github]}}
|[[Fedizen:Eugen Rochko|Eugen Rochko]]
|Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (React.js, Redux)
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|2021
|2021
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/magicstone-dev/ecko GitHib]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/fedibird/mastodon GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|2019-08-20
|2019-08-20
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{No|[https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown GitHub]}}
|Darius Kazemi
|
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/koyuspace/mastodon GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/chandrn7/smalltown GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|2016-02-22 <!-- Not to be confused with the first official "stable" release which was on 2016-20-26 -->
|2016-02-22 - 2020-03-08 (OStatus)<br />? (ActivityPub)
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|[https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma git.pleroma.social]
|
|Elixir
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|2022-01-29
|2022-01-29
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|[https://akkoma.dev/AkkomaGang/akkoma akkoma.dev]
|
|Elixir
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|2014
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey GitHub]}}
|Syuilo
|
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|2022-07-19 (Calckey)<br />2023-06-25 (Firefish rebrand)
|2022-07-19
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{yes|[https://codeberg.org/thatonecalculator Codeberg]}}
|ThatOneCalculator
|NodeJS (Typescript), Vue 3
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|2022-06-13
|2022-06-13
|{{no|2023-06-05}}
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{yes|[https://akkoma.dev/FoundKeyGang/FoundKey akkoma.dev]}}
|Norm
|
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|2008-07-02 (Laconica, later StatusNet)<br />2013-06-08 (StatusNet merged into GNU social)
|2008-07-02 (OpenMicroBlogging; OStatus)<br />2021-07-18 (ActivityPub)
|
|OStatus, ActivityPub
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|[https://notabug.org/diogo/gnu-social notabug.org]
|
|
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial GitHub]}}
|
|Go
|-
!{{Snac}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/src/branch/master/LICENSE MIT]}}
|{{yes|[https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2 Codeberg]}}
|grunfink
|C
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|2012-10-04
|2012-10-04
|
|ActivityPump
|[https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache v2]
|
|
|
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|2008-07-02
|2008-07-02 - 2013-07-12 (OpenMicroBlogging; OStatus)<br />2013-07-12 (ActivityPump)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|2022
|2022
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|[https://choosealicense.com/licenses/bsd-3-clause/ BSD3 new]
|{{no|[https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe GitHub]}}
|
|Python
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://gitlab.com/bashrc2/epicyon gitlab.com]}}
|
|Python
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|2017
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{no|proprietary}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
|2007
|{{maybe|Announced}}
|
|
|{{no|proprietary}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
|
|
|
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bonfire-app GitHub]}}
|
|Elixir + JavaScript
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Threads}}
|2023
|{{maybe|Announced}}
|
| -
|{{no|proprietary}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|2010-07-02
|2010-08-17 (DFRN)<br />2010-09-09 (OpenMicroBlogging)<br />2010-10-13 (OStatus)<br />2011-03-19 (diaspora*)<br />2018-11-18 (ActivityPub)
|
|ActivityPub, diaspora*, OStatus
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/friendica/friendica GitHub]}}
|
|PHP
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|2010
|2010
|
|diaspora*
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora GitHub]}}
|
|Ruby on Rails
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|
|
|
|diaspora*
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/magicstone-dev/acropolis GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|2021-10
|2021-10
|
|Nomad, Zot, ActivityPub
|Public domain + various free licenses for third-party contributions
|[https://codeberg.org/streams/streams Codeberg]
|The community; Mike Macgirvin
|PHP
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|2017-07-27
|2017-07-27 (diaspora*)<br />2019-10-06 (ActivityPub)
|
|ActivityPub, diaspora*
|
|
|Jason Robinson
|
|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|2012-07 (Red)<br />2015 (rebranded Hubzilla)
|2012-07
|
|Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora*,
OStatus
|[https://mit-license.org MIT License]
|[https://framagit.org/hubzilla/core framagit]
|Mario Vavti
|PHP
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|2018-11-10
|2018-11-10
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely GitHub]}}
|Matt Baer
|
|-
!{{Plume}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/Plume-org/Plume GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{WordPress}}
|2003
|
|
|ActivityPub, diaspora*, OStatus
|
|
|
|PHP
|-
!{{Drupal}}
|2001
|
|
|ActivityPub, diaspora*
|
|
|
|PHP
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
|2019-05-06
|2019-05-06
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|2022-10-30
|2022-10-30
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|2018-11-03
|2018-11-03
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed GitHub]}}
|Daniel Supernault
|
|-
!{{Flickr}}
|
|{{maybe|Announced}}
|
| -
|{{no|proprietary}}
|{{no}}
|
|PHP
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|2018-03-20
|2018-03-20
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Owncast}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|[https://mit-license.org MIT License]
|{{no|[https://github.com/owncast GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|[https://dev.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale dev.funkwhale.audio]
|
|
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|PHP
|-
!{{reel2bits}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
|2019
|2019
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|[https://framagit.org/framasoft/mobilizon/ framagit]
|
|
|-
!{{Gancio}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
|2020-12-31
|2020-12-31
|
|ActivityPub, OStatus
|{{Maybe|[https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/blob/main/LICENSE.md Anti-Capitalist Software License]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/bookwyrm-social GitHub]}}
|
|Python
|-
!{{Inventaire}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|
|
|
|TypeScript
|}
</center>
 
==JoinFediverseWiki Info==
 
Moved [[Join_the_Fediverse:Todos#Priority_software_projects|here]].
 
==more==
 
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Name
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|-
!{{Threads}}
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|-
!{{Honk}}
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|-
!{{Plume}}
|-
!{{WordPress}}
|-
!{{Drupal}}
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|-
!{{Flickr}}
|-
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
!{{PeerTube}}
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|-
|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
!{{BookWyrm}}
|{{Maybe|[https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/blob/main/LICENSE.md Anti-Capitalist Software License]}}
|-
|-
!{{Inventaire}}
!{{Inventaire}}
|
|}
|}
</center>
</center>

Latest revision as of 03:52, 16 November 2024

This article is a draft!
A lot of info might still be missing and the page might change at any time.


Basic info

Main medium Type Based on Name Links
Homepage Wikipedia (en) Fedi observer FediDB FediParty
Text Microblogging Mastodon Mastodon joinmastodon.org Mastodon (social network) mastodon mastodon mastodon
Ecko magicstone.dev ecko ecko
Fedibird fedibird fedibird
Glitch-soc glitch-soc.github.io/docs
Hometown hometown hometown
koyu.space
Smalltown
Pleroma Pleroma pleroma.social pleroma pleroma pleroma
Akkoma akkoma.social akkoma akkoma
Misskey Misskey misskey-hub.net misskey misskey misskey
Firefish joinfirefish.org firefish firefish firefish
FoundKey
GNU social gnusocial.rocks GNU social gnusocial gnusocial gnusocial
GoToSocial GoToSocial gotosocial.org gotosocial gotosocial
snac snac snac2 snac snac
Pump.io Pump.io pump.io Pump.io
Identi.ca Identi.ca Identi.ca
Takahē Takahē jointakahe.org takahē
Epicyon Epicyon epicyon.net epicyon
Micro.blog Micro.blog micro.blog Micro.blog
Tumblr Tumblr tumblr.com Tumblr Centralised
Bonfire Bonfire bonfirenetworks.org
Swanye Swanye
Threads Threads threads.net Threads (social network) Centralised
Social Network Friendica Friendica friendi.ca Friendica Friendica Friendica Friendica
diaspora* diaspora* diasporafoundation.org Diaspora (software) diaspora
Acropolis
Friendica
Red Matrix/
Hubzilla
Osada
Zap...
Roadhouse 		(streams) None, only code repository Intentionally absent, impossible to crawl
SocialHome Socialhome socialhome
Honk Honk tedunangst.com/honk honk
Multi-purpose Friendica
Red Matrix 		Hubzilla hubzilla.org Hubzilla Hubzilla Hubzilla
Blogging WriteFreely WriteFreely writefreely.org writefreely
Plume Plume joinplu.me plume
Website (CMS) WordPress WordPress wordpress.org
Drupal Drupal drupal.org Drupal
Links & other Content aggregation Lemmy Lemmy join-lemmy.org lemmy
/kbin Kbin kbin.pub /kbin /kbin
Images Photoblogging Pixelfed Pixelfed pixelfed.org Pixelfed pixelfed pixelfed pixelfed
Flickr Flickr flickr.com Flickr Centralised
Videos Video hosting PeerTube PeerTube joinpeertube.org PeerTube peertube peertube peertube
Video streaming Owncast Owncast owncast.online
Video blogging Goldfish Goldfish
Audio Audio Hosting Funkwhale Funkwhale funkwhale.audio funkwhale
Castopod CastoPod castopod.org
reel2bits reel2bits reel2bits.org
Events Event Planning Mobilizon Mobilizon mobilizon.org Mobilizon mobilizon
Gancio Gancio gancio.org gancio
Cataloguing Book cataloguing BookWyrm BookWyrm joinbookwyrm.com bookwyrm
Inventaire 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 ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Ecko ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Fedibird ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Glitch-soc ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Hometown ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
koyu.space ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Smalltown ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Manual ✔️ ✔️
Pleroma
Akkoma
Misskey Local,
Social
(Home + Local) 		Global
Firefish Local,
Social
(Home + Local) 		Global
FoundKey ✔️ Global
GoToSocial
Pump.io
Identi.ca
Takahē
Epicyon
Micro.blog Single
user
Tumblr Centralised
Bonfire
Swanye
Threads Centralised
Friendica ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
diaspora*
Acropolis
(streams) Optional, either local or federated, off by default
Socialhome
Honk
Hubzilla Currently only one
supported frontend 		✔️ ✔️ Optionally
automatic 		Optional, either local or federated, off by default
WriteFreely ✖️ ✔️
Plume
WordPress
Drupal
Lemmy
Kbin
Pixelfed
Flickr Centralised
PeerTube
Owncast
Goldfish
Funkwhale
CastoPod
reel2bits
Mobilizon
Gancio
BookWyrm
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 ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ 3rd-party only;
SailfishOS 		✖️ ✖️
Ecko ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Fedibird ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Glitch-soc ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Hometown ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
koyu.space ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Smalltown ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Pleroma ✖️
Akkoma ✖️
Misskey ✖️ ✖️
Firefish Partial ✖️
FoundKey ✖️ ✖️
✖️
GoToSocial Partial ✖️
snac Partial ✖️
Pump.io ✖️
Identi.ca ✖️
Takahē Partial ✖️
Epicyon ✖️
Micro.blog ✖️
Tumblr
Bonfire ✖️
Swanye ✖️
Threads ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️ ✖️
Friendica ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
diaspora* ✖️
Acropolis ✖️
(streams) ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Socialhome ✖️
Honk ✖️
Hubzilla ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ Defunct Defunct ✖️ Optional Optional Optional Optional
WriteFreely ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Plume ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
WordPress ✖️
Drupal ✖️
Lemmy ✖️
Kbin ✖️
Pixelfed ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ 3rd-party only
Flickr ✖️
PeerTube ✖️
Owncast ✖️
Goldfish ✖️
Funkwhale ✖️
CastoPod ✖️
reel2bits ✖️
Mobilizon ✖️
Gancio ✖️
BookWyrm ✖️
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 ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ Planned Planned?
Ecko ✖️ ✖️ ✔️
Fedibird ✖️ ✖️ ✔️
Glitch-soc ✖️ ✖️ ✔️
Hometown ✖️ ✖️ ✔️
koyu.space ✖️ ✖️ ✔️
Smalltown ✖️ ✖️ ✔️
Pleroma ✖️ ✖️
Akkoma ✖️ ✖️
Misskey ✖️ ✔️ ✖️
Firefish ✖️ ✔️ ✖️
FoundKey ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
✖️ ✖️ ✖️
GoToSocial ✖️
Pump.io ✖️ ✖️
Identi.ca ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Takahē ✖️
Epicyon ✖️
Micro.blog ✖️
Tumblr ✖️
Bonfire ✖️
Swanye ✖️
Threads ✖️ ✖️
Friendica ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
diaspora* ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Acropolis ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
(streams) Unlimited ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️
Socialhome ✖️
Honk ✖️
Hubzilla Unlimited ✔️ ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
WriteFreely ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✖️
Plume ✖️ ✖️
WordPress ✖️
Drupal ✖️
Lemmy ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Kbin ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Pixelfed ✖️
Flickr ✖️
PeerTube ✖️
Owncast ✖️
Goldfish ✖️
Funkwhale ✖️
CastoPod ✖️
reel2bits ✖️
Mobilizon ✖️
Gancio ✖️
BookWyrm ✖️
Inventaire ✖️

Profiles

Name Multiple profiles per account/channel Profile fields
Number Assign to... Number Tag
field
Connections Groups
Mastodon ✖️
Ecko ✖️
Fedibird ✖️
Glitch-soc ✖️
Hometown ✖️
koyu.space ✖️
Smalltown ✖️
Pleroma
Akkoma
Misskey
Firefish
FoundKey
✖️
GoToSocial
Pump.io
Identi.ca ✖️
Takahē
Epicyon
Micro.blog
Tumblr ✖️
Bonfire
Swanye
Threads
Friendica Unlimited
diaspora* ✖️
Acropolis ✖️
(streams) Unlimited
Socialhome
Honk
Hubzilla Unlimited ✔️ ✖️ 29 free-text fields
3 lists 		✔️
WriteFreely ✖️
Plume ✖️
WordPress ✖️
Drupal ✖️
Lemmy ✖️
Kbin
Pixelfed
Flickr ✖️
PeerTube
Owncast
Goldfish
Funkwhale
CastoPod
reel2bits
Mobilizon
Gancio
BookWyrm
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 ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✖️ ✖️
Ecko ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Fedibird ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Glitch-soc ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Hometown ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
koyu.space ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Smalltown ✔️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Pleroma ✖️
Akkoma ✖️
Misskey ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Misskey and forks Misskey and forks Misskey and forks Misskey and forks ✖️ Misskey and forks ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
Firefish ✔️ Mastodon and forks ✖️ Misskey and forks,
Mastodon and forks 		Misskey and forks Misskey and forks Misskey and forks ✖️ Misskey and forks ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
FoundKey ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ Misskey and forks Misskey and forks Misskey and forks Misskey and forks ✖️ Misskey and forks ✔️ ✖️
✖️
GoToSocial ✖️
Pump.io ✖️
Identi.ca ✖️
Takahē ✖️
Epicyon ✖️
Micro.blog ✖️
Tumblr Centralised ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Bonfire ✖️
Swanye ✖️
Threads Centralised ✖️
Friendica ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
diaspora* ✖️
Acropolis ✖️
(streams) ✔️ ✔️ Zot6 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Socialhome ✖️
Honk ✖️
Hubzilla ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
WriteFreely ✖️
Plume ✖️
WordPress ✖️ ✖️
Drupal ✖️ ✖️
Lemmy ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Kbin ✖️
Pixelfed ✖️ ✖️ Instagram ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Flickr Centralised ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
PeerTube ✖️
Owncast ✖️
Goldfish ✖️
Funkwhale ✖️
CastoPod ✖️
reel2bits ✖️
Mobilizon ✖️
Gancio ✖️
BookWyrm ✖️
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 Uploads
to posts 		40MB ✖️
Ecko Uploads
to posts 		✖️
Fedibird Uploads
to posts 		✖️
Glitch-soc Uploads
to posts 		✖️
Hometown Uploads
to posts 		✖️
koyu.space Uploads
to posts 		✖️
Smalltown Uploads
to posts 		✖️
Pleroma Uploads
to posts 		✖️
Akkoma Uploads
to posts 		✖️
Misskey Uploads
to posts 		✖️
Firefish Uploads
to posts 		80MB ✖️
FoundKey Uploads
to posts 		✖️
Uploads
to posts 		✖️
GoToSocial
Pump.io
Identi.ca
Takahē
Epicyon
Micro.blog
Tumblr
Bonfire
Swanye
Threads
Friendica ✔️ Unlimited ✔️
diaspora* Uploads
to posts 		✖️
Acropolis Uploads
to posts 		✖️
(streams) ✔️ Unlimited ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Socialhome
Honk
Hubzilla ✔️ Unlimited ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
WriteFreely ✖️
Plume ✔️ ✖️
WordPress
Drupal
Lemmy
Kbin
Pixelfed
Flickr
PeerTube
Owncast
Goldfish
Funkwhale
CastoPod
reel2bits
Mobilizon
Gancio
BookWyrm
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 ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Ecko ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Fedibird ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Glitch-soc ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Hometown ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
koyu.space ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Smalltown ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Pleroma ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Akkoma ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Misskey ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Firefish ✖️ See file size limit
FoundKey ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
✖️ See file size limit
GoToSocial ✖️ See file size limit
Pump.io ✖️ See file size limit
Identi.ca ✖️ See file size limit
Takahē ✖️ See file size limit
Epicyon ✖️ See file size limit
Micro.blog ✖️ See file size limit
Tumblr ✖️
Bonfire ✖️ See file size limit
Swanye ✖️ See file size limit
Threads
Friendica ✖️ Unlimited ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
diaspora* ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Acropolis ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
(streams) Optional ✖️ Unlimited ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Socialhome ✖️ See file size limit
Honk ✖️ See file size limit
Hubzilla Optional ✖️ Unlimited ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
WriteFreely None None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ No uploads possible
Plume ✖️ See file size limit
WordPress ✖️ See file size limit
Drupal ✖️ See file size limit
Lemmy ✖️ See file size limit
Kbin ✖️ See file size limit
Pixelfed None None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit None None None None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Flickr None None ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit None None None None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
PeerTube None None ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ None See file size limit None ✖️
Owncast None None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ None See file size limit None ✖️
Goldfish ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit
Funkwhale None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit None None ✖️ ✖️
CastoPod None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit None None ✖️ ✖️
reel2bits None ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ See file size limit None None ✖️ ✖️
Mobilizon ✖️ See file size limit
Gancio ✖️ See file size limit
BookWyrm ✖️ See file size limit
Inventaire ✖️ See file size limit

Features

Name hover over emojis to see explanation
Default limits per post
(green=editable) 		♻️
🔠 📊 🖼 ✏️
Post
local 		Post
inbound 		Handling of longer posts Alt-text
local 		Alt-text
inbound 		Handling of longer alt-text Number (local) Character limit Choose multiple options (local)
Mastodon 500 100,000 Reject post 1,500 1,500 Truncate 4 20 ✖️ 4 ✔️ ✔️
Ecko 500 100,000 Reject post 1,500 1,500 Truncate 4 ✖️ 4 ✔️ ✔️
Fedibird ✔️ ✔️
Glitch-soc ✔️ ✔️
Hometown ✔️ ✔️
koyu.space ✔️ ✔️
Smalltown ✔️ ✔️
Pleroma 5000 100,000 Reject post 20
Akkoma 50,000 Reject post
Misskey 3000 <10,000? Reject post 1,500 1,500 Truncate?
Firefish 3000 <10,000? Reject post 1,500 1,500 Truncate? 10 16
FoundKey <10,000? Reject post 1,500 1,500 Truncate?
1000 5 1
GoToSocial 5000
Pump.io
Identi.ca
Takahē
Epicyon
Micro.blog
Tumblr ✔️
Bonfire
Swanye
Threads 500
Friendica unlimited unlimited unlimited; included in post unlimited ✖️ unlimited; embedding ✔️ ✔️
diaspora* unlimited unlimited
Acropolis
(streams) unlimited unlimited unlimited; included in post unlimited unlimited unlimited ✔️ unlimited; embedding ✔️ ✔️
Socialhome
Honk
Hubzilla unlimited unlimited unlimited; included in post unlimited unlimited unlimited ✔️ unlimited; embedding ✔️ ✔️
WriteFreely ✔️ does not import external posts does not import external posts ✖️ unlimited; embeds externally hosted media ✔️ ✖️
Plume ✔️ does not import external posts unlimited; included in post does not import external posts unlimited; embedding
WordPress does not import external posts unlimited; included in post does not import external posts
Drupal does not import external posts unlimited; included in post does not import external posts
Lemmy ✖️
Kbin
Pixelfed 500 ✖️ 4 ✖️
Flickr
PeerTube ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Owncast
Goldfish
Funkwhale
CastoPod
reel2bits
Mobilizon
Gancio
BookWyrm
Inventaire

Note: "Unlimited" for post length doesn't mean absolutely unlimited, but within the limits and the capacity of the underlying Web server. There is no defined or adjustable limit within the server application.

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 2016-03-16 2016-03-16 - 2019-10-04 (OStatus)
2017-09-03 (ActivityPub) 		ActivityPub AGPLv3 Github Eugen Rochko Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (React.js, Redux)
Ecko 2021 2021 ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHib
Fedibird ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Glitch-soc ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Hometown 2019-08-20 2019-08-20 ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub Darius Kazemi
koyu.space ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Smalltown ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Pleroma 2016-02-22 2016-02-22 - 2020-03-08 (OStatus)
? (ActivityPub) 		ActivityPub AGPLv3 git.pleroma.social Elixir
Akkoma 2022-01-29 2022-01-29 ActivityPub AGPLv3 akkoma.dev Elixir
Misskey 2014 ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub Syuilo
Firefish 2022-07-19 (Calckey)
2023-06-25 (Firefish rebrand) 		2022-07-19 ActivityPub AGPLv3 Codeberg ThatOneCalculator NodeJS (Typescript), Vue 3
FoundKey 2022-06-13 2022-06-13 2023-06-05 ActivityPub AGPLv3 akkoma.dev Norm
2008-07-02 (Laconica, later StatusNet)
2013-06-08 (StatusNet merged into GNU social) 		2008-07-02 (OpenMicroBlogging; OStatus)
2021-07-18 (ActivityPub) 		OStatus, ActivityPub AGPLv3 notabug.org
GoToSocial ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub Go
snac ActivityPub MIT Codeberg grunfink C
Pump.io 2012-10-04 2012-10-04 ActivityPump Apache v2
Identi.ca 2008-07-02 2008-07-02 - 2013-07-12 (OpenMicroBlogging; OStatus)
2013-07-12 (ActivityPump)
Takahē 2022 2022 ActivityPub BSD3 new GitHub Python
Epicyon ActivityPub AGPLv3 gitlab.com Python
Micro.blog 2017 ActivityPub proprietary ✖️
Tumblr 2007 Announced proprietary ✖️
Bonfire AGPLv3 GitHub Elixir + JavaScript
Swanye
Threads 2023 Announced - proprietary ✖️
Friendica 2010-07-02 2010-08-17 (DFRN)
2010-09-09 (OpenMicroBlogging)
2010-10-13 (OStatus)
2011-03-19 (diaspora*)
2018-11-18 (ActivityPub) 		ActivityPub, diaspora*, OStatus AGPLv3 GitHub PHP
diaspora* 2010 2010 diaspora* AGPLv3 GitHub Ruby on Rails
Acropolis diaspora* AGPLv3 GitHub
(streams) 2021-10 2021-10 Nomad, Zot, ActivityPub Public domain + various free licenses for third-party contributions Codeberg The community; Mike Macgirvin PHP
Socialhome 2017-07-27 2017-07-27 (diaspora*)
2019-10-06 (ActivityPub) 		ActivityPub, diaspora* Jason Robinson
Honk ActivityPub
Hubzilla 2012-07 (Red)
2015 (rebranded Hubzilla) 		2012-07 Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora*,

OStatus

MIT License framagit Mario Vavti PHP
WriteFreely 2018-11-10 2018-11-10 ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub Matt Baer
Plume ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
WordPress 2003 ActivityPub, diaspora*, OStatus PHP
Drupal 2001 ActivityPub, diaspora* PHP
Lemmy 2019-05-06 2019-05-06 ActivityPub
Kbin 2022-10-30 2022-10-30 ActivityPub
Pixelfed 2018-11-03 2018-11-03 ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub Daniel Supernault
Flickr Announced - proprietary ✖️ PHP
PeerTube 2018-03-20 2018-03-20 ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
Owncast ActivityPub MIT License GitHub
Goldfish
Funkwhale ActivityPub AGPLv3 dev.funkwhale.audio
CastoPod PHP
reel2bits
Mobilizon 2019 2019 ActivityPub AGPLv3 framagit
Gancio
BookWyrm 2020-12-31 2020-12-31 ActivityPub, OStatus Anti-Capitalist Software License GitHub Python
Inventaire ActivityPub TypeScript

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