What are Fediverse projects?
Fediverse projects are the different software parts of the Fediverse. Many of them are replacements for more well known social media platforms.
What is Mastodon?
Main article: What is Mastodon?
Mastodon is a microblogging platform like Twitter.
Microblogging means you have a blog with short (micro) posts. Usually you'll have a 500 characters limit for your posts.
What is Pixelfed?
Main article: What is Pixelfed?
Pixelfed is a photoblogging platform like Instagram.
You can only create posts with images, but of course you can add text.
What is PeerTube?
Main article: What is PeerTube?
PeerTube is a videoblogging Platform like Youtube or Vimeo.
You can upload and share videos with people all over the Fediverse.
What is Friendica?
Main article: What is Friendica?
Friendica is a Social Network like Facebook.
Post text, pictures & videos only for the eyes of your family or friends or share them with the Fediverse.
What is Lemmy?
Main article: What is Lemmy?
Lemmy is a link aggregator like Reddit.
You can post links, images and text posts that people can vote and comment on.
What is WriteFreely?
Main article: What is WriteFreely?
WriteFreely is a (macro-)blogging Platform like Blogger.
You can create beautiful blogs, diaries and books.
Table of Fediverse replacements for traditional social media platforms
Traditional social media | Fediverse replacement | |
---|---|---|
Microblogging | Mastodon, Ecko, Pleroma, GNU Social, Misskey | |
Social network | Friendica, zap, diaspora* | |
Events & groups | Mobilizon | |
Photoblogging | Pixelfed | |
Videohosting | Youtube | PeerTube |
Blogging | Blogger | WriteFreely, Plume, (Wordpress) |
Book cataloguing | Goodreads | Bookwyrm |
Audiohosting | Spotify, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, ... | Funkwhale |
Link aggregation | Lemmy |