Draft:Comparison of Fediverse software

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Info

Name Links
Homepage Wikipedia (en) Fedi observer FediDB FediParty
Mastodon joinmastodon.org Mastodon (social network) mastodon mastodon mastodon
Ecko magicstone.dev ecko
Fedibird fedibird
Glitch-soc
Hometown hometown
koyu.space
Smalltown smalltown
Pleroma pleroma.social pleroma
Akkoma akkoma.social akkoma
Misskey misskey-hub.net misskey
Calckey calckey
gnusocial.rocks GNU social gnusocial gnusocial gnusocial
GoToSocial gotosocial.org gotosocial
Pump.io Pump.io
Identi.ca Identi.ca
Takahē takahe
Epicyon epicyon
Micro.blog Micro.blog
Tumblr tumblr.com Tumblr
Bonfire bonfirenetworks.org
Swanye
Friendica friendi.ca Friendica friendica friendica
diaspora* diasporafoundation.org Diaspora (software) diaspora
(streams)
Socialhome socialhome
Honk honk
Hubzilla hubzilla.org hubzilla
WriteFreely writefreely.org writefreely
Plume joinplu.me plume
WordPress wordpress.org
Drupal drupal.org Drupal
Flockingbird flockingbird.social
Lemmy join-lemmy.org lemmy
Pixelfed pixelfed.org Pixelfed pixelfed pixelfed pixelfed
Flickr flickr.com Flickr
PeerTube joinpeertube.org PeerTube peertube peertube peertube
Owncast owncast.online
Goldfish
Funkwhale funkwhale.audio funkwhale
CastoPod castopod.org
reel2bits reel2bits.org
Mobilizon mobilizon.org Mobilizon mobilizon
Gancio gancio.org gancio
BookWyrm joinbookwyrm.com bookwyrm
Inventaire inventaire.io

Features

Main medium Type Fork of Name Default limits per post (green=editable)
Characters Poll options Images Image size Video size Audio size
Text Microblogging Mastodon Mastodon 500 4 4 ? ? ?
Ecko 500 4 4 ? ? ?
Fedibird
Glitch-soc
Hometown
koyu.space
Smalltown
Pleroma Pleroma 5000 20
Akkoma
Misskey Misskey 3000
Calckey 3000 10 16 80MB 80MB 80MB
GNU Social 1000 5 1
GoToSocial GoToSocial 5000
Pump.io Pump.io
Identi.ca Identi.ca
Takahe Takahē
Epicyon Epicyon
Micro.blog Micro.blog
Tumblr Tumblr
Bonfire Bonfire
Swanye Swanye
Social Network Friendica Friendica
diaspora* diaspora*
Streams (streams)
SocialHome Socialhome
Honk Honk
Multi-purpose Hubzilla Hubzilla
Blogging WriteFreely WriteFreely Unlimited no polls only embedding only embedding only embedding
Plume Plume Unlimited
Website (CMS) WordPress WordPress
Drupal Drupal
Professional network Flockingbird Flockingbird
Links & other Link aggregation Lemmy Lemmy
Images Photoblogging Pixelfed Pixelfed 500 no polls 4 ? ?
Flickr Flickr
Videos Video hosting PeerTube PeerTube ? no polls no images no images ?
Video streaming Owncast Owncast
Video blogging Goldfish Goldfish
Audio Audio Hosting Funkwhale Funkwhale
CastoPod CastoPod
Reel2bits reel2bits
Events Event Planning Mobilizon Mobilizon
Gancio Gancio
Cataloguing Book cataloguing BookWyrm BookWyrm
Inventaire Inventaire

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 2016 ActivityPub AGPLv3 Github Eugen Rochko Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (React.js, Redux)
Ecko 2021 2021 ActivityPub GitHib
Fedibird ActivityPub GitHub
Glitch-soc ActivityPub GitHub
Hometown ActivityPub GitHub
koyu.space ActivityPub GitHub
Smalltown ActivityPub GitHub
Pleroma 2016 2016 ActivityPub git.pleroma.social
Akkoma ActivityPub akkoma.dev
Misskey 2019 2019 ActivityPub GitHub
Calckey ActivityPub AGPLv3 Codeberg ThatOneCalculator NodeJS (Typescript), Vue 3
2008 2008 ActivityPub, Ostatus
GoToSocial ActivityPub GitHub
Pump.io
Identi.ca 2008 2008
Takahē 2022 2022 ActivityPub
Epicyon ActivityPub
Micro.blog 2017 ActivityPub
Tumblr 2007 -
Bonfire
Swanye
Friendica 2010 2010 ActivityPub, diaspora*,

OStatus

diaspora* 2010 2010 diaspora*
(streams) ActivityPub, diaspora*,

OStatus, Zot

Socialhome ActivityPub, diaspora*
Honk ActivityPub
Hubzilla 2018 2018 ActivityPub, diaspora*,

OStatus, Zot

WriteFreely 2018 2018 ActivityPub
Plume ActivityPub
WordPress 2003 ActivityPub, diaspora*, OStatus
Drupal 2001 ActivityPub, diaspora*
Flockingbird
Lemmy ActivityPub
Pixelfed 2018 2018 ActivityPub
Flickr
PeerTube 2018 2018 ActivityPub
Owncast ActivityPub
Goldfish
Funkwhale ActivityPub
CastoPod
reel2bits
Mobilizon 2019 2019 ActivityPub
Gancio
BookWyrm ActivityPub, OStatus Anti-Capitalist Software License
Inventaire ActivityPub

JoinFediverseWiki Info

Name Logo svg Main color

Hex code

Links
bw Table Template Weblinks extended Page
Mastodon 6364FF Template:Mastodon Fediverse weblinks#Mastodon Mastodon
Ecko 99FF38 Template:Ecko Fediverse weblinks#Ecko Ecko
Fedibird File:Fedibird logo.svg Template:Fedibird Fedibird
Glitch-soc File:Glitch-soc logo.svg 82DCB9 Template:Glitch-soc Glitch-soc
Hometown File:Hometown logo.svg Template:Hometown Hometown
koyu.space FE51D9 Template:Koyu.space Koyu.space
Smalltown File:Smalltown logo.svg File:Smalltown.svg Template:Smalltown Smalltown
Pleroma FBA457 Template:Pleroma Pleroma
Akkoma 593196 Template:Akkoma Akkoma
Misskey 8BCA43 Template:Misskey Misskey
Calckey 3D87A0 Template:Calckey Calckey
Template:GNU Social A22430 Template:GNU Social GNU Social
GoToSocial DF8958 Template:GoToSocial GoToSocial
Pump.io File:Pump.io logo.svg Template:Pump.io Pump.io
Identi.ca File:Identi.ca logo.svg Template:Identi.ca Identi.ca
Takahē File:Takahē logo.svg Template:Takahē Takahē
Epicyon File:Epicyon logo.svg Template:Epicyon Epicyon
Micro.blog File:Micro.blog logo.svg FF8800 Template:Micro.blog Micro.blog
Tumblr Template:Tumblr Tumblr
Bonfire Template:Bonfire Bonfire
Swanye 443D5A Template:Swanye Swanye
Friendica FEBF19 Template:Friendica Friendica
diaspora* File:Diaspora* logo.svg Template:diaspora* diaspora*
(streams) Template:streams streams
Socialhome File:SocialHome logo.svg Template:SocialHome SocialHome
Honk File:Honk logo.svg 330066 Template:Honk Honk
Hubzilla 43488a Template:Hubzilla Hubzilla
WriteFreely Template:WriteFreely Fediverse_weblinks#WriteFreely WriteFreely
Plume File:Plume logo.svg Template:Plume Plume
WordPress Template:WordPress WordPress
Drupal File:Drupal logo.svg 009CDE Template:Drupal Drupal
Flockingbird Template:Flockingbird Flockingbird
Lemmy Template:Lemmy Fediverse_weblinks#Lemmy Lemmy
Pixelfed FF3090 Template:Pixelfed Fediverse_weblinks#Pixelfed Pixelfed
Flickr Template:Flickr Flickr
PeerTube F67D00 Template:PeerTube Fediverse_weblinks#PeerTube PeerTube
Owncast Template:Owncast Owncast
Goldfish Template:Goldfish Goldfish
Funkwhale 00AFE9 Template:Funkwhale Fediverse_weblinks#Funkwhale Funkwhale
CastoPod File:CastoPod logo.svg 009486 Template:CastoPod CastoPod
reel2bits Template:reel2bits reel2bits
Mobilizon FEA72B Template:Mobilizon Mobilizon
Gancio File:Gancio logo.svg FF2600 Template:Gancio Gancio
BookWyrm File:BookWyrm.svg Template:BookWyrm BookWyrm
Inventaire File:Inventaire logo.svg Template:Inventaire Inventaire

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Name
Mastodon
Ecko
Fedibird
Glitch-soc
Hometown
koyu.space
Smalltown
Pleroma
Akkoma
Misskey
Calckey
GoToSocial
Pump.io
Identi.ca
Takahē
Epicyon
Micro.blog
Tumblr
Bonfire
Swanye
Friendica
diaspora*
(streams)
Socialhome
Honk
Hubzilla
WriteFreely
Plume
WordPress
Drupal
Flockingbird
Lemmy
Pixelfed
Flickr
PeerTube
Owncast
Goldfish
Funkwhale
CastoPod
reel2bits
Mobilizon
Gancio
BookWyrm
Inventaire