Instances
This is a list of Fediverse instances you can sign up for. You can share this page with the link joinfediverse.com.
Included instances must:
- follow the Mastodon server covenant, but don't have to be Mastodon servers
- be open for sign-up
- have less than 10.000 active users
- follow strict rules against hate and not be on the FediBlock list
- be okay with being on this list (opt-out!)
For documentation purposes instances may be added but greyed-out or stricken through if they are:
- invite only or closed
- have more than 10.000 active users
The instance's information must be written in english
Instances by Topic
Activism
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Climate justice
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Energy transition
Mobility transition & urban planning
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- bahn.social
- carfree.city
- events.fedibikes.social
- masto.bike
- toot.bike
- toot.cm-social.com
- toot.pizza
- towns.gay
- yeg.bike
- zug.network
NGOs & Movements
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Solarpunk
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- books.solarpunk.moe
- solarpunk.moe
sunbeam.city(closed)
Arts & Culture
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Graphical art
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Music
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- apobangpo.space
- djs.social
- jazztodon.com
- koreadon.com
- linernotes.club
- metalverse.social
- musician.social
- musicians.today
- piano.masto.host
- shrediverse.net
- sonomu.club
- stereodon.social
Writing & Books
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Further instances:
- booktoot.social
- bookstodon.com
- events.litera.tools
- frikiverse.zone
- indieauthors.social
- mastodonbooks.net
Bots
Please no instances that mirror Twitter or other places.
Many of these instances can actually be found on the FediBlock blocklist.
Economy
Education
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Further instances:
- akademienl.social
- fedihum.org
- hcommons.social
- h-net.social
- historians.social
- mapstodon.space
- mastodon.education
- mastodon.oeru.org
- mastodon.schule
- scholar.social
- sotl.social
Food & Drink
Games
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Further instances:
- ani.work
- blog.rollenspiel.monster
- blorbo.social
- brettspiel.space
- dice.camp
- eorzea.photos
- gamepad.club
- gametoots.de
- gensokyo.town
- imastodon.net
- kirakiratter.com
- ludosphere.fr
- mastorol.es
- mstdn.games
- pnpde.social
- raphus.social
- rollenspiel.events
- rollenspiel.forum
- rollenspiel.social
- silversword.online
- social.veraciousnetwork.com
tabletop.social(closed)- tabletop.vip
- tkz.one
- warhammer.social
Journalism
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News outlets' own instances
Legal debate
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Lifestyle & Subcultures
Fandom
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Fetishes
This is just a list. Please don't add fetish instances as infoboxes.
Furry
Religion & Spirituality
- babka.social
- elizur.me
- episcodon.net
- freemasonry.social
- kirche.social
- religion.masto.host
- rcsocial.net
Veganism
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Medicine & Emergency services
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Nature
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Politics
Anarchism, socialism & communism
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Pirates
- mastodon.partipirate.org
- mastodon.pirateparty.be
- peertube.european-pirates.eu
- piraten.space
- piraten-partei.social
- piratenpartei.social
- piratenpartij.nl
- pirati.ca
- social.globalpirates.net
Political institutions' own instances
Other
- die-partei.social
- gruene.social (invite only, only for German greens)
- progressivecafe.social
- social.groene.nl
- social.linksfraktion.de
- sozen.network
- spd.social (invite only, only for SPD groups & members)
Safe space
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- catcatnya.com
hachyderm.io(already over 10k active users)rage.love(closed)
BIPoC
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Disability
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Neurodiversity
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Queer
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- 4bear.com
- colorid.es
- corteximplant.com
- dariox.club
- furry.engineer
- girlcock.club
- lesbian.solutions
- lgbtqia.space
- lsbt.me
- pawb.fun
- poweredbygay.social
- qdon.space
- queer.house
queer.party(closed)- towns.gay
- transmom.love
Science
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- airpollution.science
- astronomy.city
- genomic.social
- lugnasad.eu
- scicomm.xyz
- sciencemastodon.com
- social.sciences.re
- zirk.us
Sports
Tech
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- cybersecurity.theater
- en.osm.town
- fosstodon.org
- functional.cafe
- hacky.town
- indieweb.social
infosec.exchange(already more than 10k active users)- sigmoid.social
- social.linux.pizza
- social.tchncs.de
- techhub.social
- toot.cafe
Game development
Instances by Location
Algeria
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Argentinia
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Australia
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Austria
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Niederösterreich
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Oberösterreich
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Salzburg
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Steiermark
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Tirol
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Wien
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Belarussia
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Belgium
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Bosnia & Herzogovina
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Brasil
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Canada
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Costa Rica
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Croatia
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Czech Republic
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Denmark
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Egypt
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Estonia
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Finland
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France
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Germany
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Baden Württemberg
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Bayern
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- bodensee.social
- dillingen.social
- events.bachgau.social
- friendica.bachgau.social
- fuerth.social
- mainburg.hallertau.social
- mfr.social
- niederbayern.social
- nuernberg.social
Berlin
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Brandenburg
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Hamburg
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Hessen
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Niedersachsen
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Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Further instances:
- heimat.drensteinfurt.net
- ibbtown.com
- krefeld.life
- mastodon-dus.de
- mastodon.rzgierskopp.de
- mittelstand.nrw
- muensterland.social
Rheinland-Pfalz
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Saarland
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Sachsen
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Sachsen-Anhalt
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Schleswig-Holstein
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Iran
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Ireland
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Israel
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Italy
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- mastodon.bida.im
- mastodon.cisti.org
- puntarella.party
- nebbia.fail
- stereodon.social
sociale.network(closed)- livellosegreto.it
- feddit.it
mastodon.uno(already over 10k active members)- poliverso.org
Japan
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Montenegro
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
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North Macedonia
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Norway
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Paraguay
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Poland
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Portugal
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Serbia
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Singapore
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Slovenia
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South Africa
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Turkey
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UK
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mastodonapp.uk(already over 10k active users)
England
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Scottland
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Wales
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Ukraine
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USA
Alaska
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Arkansas
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California
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carfree.city(closed)- montereybay.social
- norcal.social
Connecticut
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District of Columbia
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Florida
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Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
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Illinois
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Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
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Oklahoma
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Oregon
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Pennsylvania
Vermont
Virginia
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Washington
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General instances by main language & software
English
Mastodon
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Further instances:
- beige.party
- chaos.social
- convo.casa
- federate.social
- home.social
mas.to(already over 10k active users)masto.ai(already over 10k active users)mastodon.cloud(already over 10k active users)- mastodon.green
mastodon.world(already over 10k active users)- mindly.social
- mstdn.party
mstdn.social(already over 10k active users)- ohai.social
- social.coop
- social.vivaldi.net
- toot.community
universeodon.com(already over 10k active users)
Misskey
Akkoma
Funkwhale
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French
Mastodon
framapiaf.org(closed)- mamot.fr
- mastodon.top
- piaille.fr
Lemmy
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Pixelfed
German
Mastodon
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Further instances:
- det.social
- digitalcourage.social
- dizl.de
troet.cafe(already over 10k active users)- fulda.social
Friendica
Lemmy
Pixelfed
Greek
Mastodon
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Toki Pona
Mastodon
Further Reading
- What is the Fediverse?
- Fediverse projects
- What people usually tell you about the Fediverse
- Account creation
- Instances
- Getting started with your Fediverse account
- Moving instances
- Apps
- Best practices
- Frequently Asked Questions
Other instance lists
Main article: Fediverse weblinks
Official
- Lemmy: join-lemmy.org
- Mobilizon: instances.joinmobilizon.org
- Peertube: joinpeertube.org
- Pixelfed: pixelfed.org
Other
- fedi.garden filter and find instances
- Fediverse Observer - find Instances based on different filters
- fediverse.pary (Themed Servers)
- The Federation lists all Instances (low maintenance)
- Green Fediverse finds Eco-friendly Instances
- Instances Social to find an Instance to join
- DE: Deutschsprachige Mastodon Instanzen