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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
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   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

Development

Name Inception last updated
(red=ended) 		License
(green=copyleft)
(yellow=anti-capitalist)
(red=proprietary) 		Git repository
(green=federated)
(red=evil) 		Main developer(s) Written in
  Mastodon 2016-03-16 AGPLv3 Github Eugen Rochko Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (React.js, Redux)
  Ecko 2021 AGPLv3 GitHib
  Fedibird AGPLv3 GitHub
  Glitch-soc AGPLv3 GitHub
  Hometown 2019-08-20 AGPLv3 GitHub Darius Kazemi
  koyu.space AGPLv3 GitHub
  Smalltown AGPLv3 GitHub
  Pleroma 2016-02-22 AGPLv3 git.pleroma.social Elixir
  Akkoma 2022-01-29 AGPLv3 akkoma.dev Elixir
  Misskey 2014 AGPLv3 GitHub Syuilo
  Firefish 2022-07-19 (Calckey)
2023-06-25 (Firefish rebrand) 		AGPLv3 Codeberg Naskya NodeJS (Typescript), Vue 3
  FoundKey 2022-06-13 2023-06-05 AGPLv3 akkoma.dev Norm
2008-07-02 (Laconica, later StatusNet)
2013-06-08 (StatusNet merged into GNU social) 		AGPLv3 notabug.org
  GoToSocial AGPLv3 GitHub Go
  snac MIT Codeberg grunfink C
  Pump.io 2012-10-04 Apache v2
  Identi.ca 2008-07-02
  Takahē 2022 BSD3 new GitHub Python
  Epicyon AGPLv3 gitlab.com Python
  Micro.blog 2017 proprietary ✖️
  Tumblr 2007 proprietary ✖️
  Bonfire AGPLv3 GitHub Elixir + JavaScript
  Swanye
  Threads 2023 proprietary ✖️
  Friendica 2010-07-02 AGPLv3 GitHub PHP
  diaspora* 2010 AGPLv3 GitHub Ruby on Rails
  Acropolis AGPLv3 GitHub
  (streams) 2021-10 Public domain + various free licenses for third-party contributions Codeberg The community; Mike Macgirvin PHP
  Socialhome 2017-07-27 Jason Robinson
  Honk   ActivityPub
  Hubzilla 2012-07 (Red)
2015 (rebranded Hubzilla) 		MIT License framagit Mario Vavti PHP
  WriteFreely 2018-11-10 AGPLv3 GitHub Matt Baer
  Plume AGPLv3 GitHub
  WordPress 2003 PHP
  Drupal 2001 PHP
  Lemmy 2019-05-06
  Kbin 2022-10-30
  Pixelfed 2018-11-03 AGPLv3 GitHub Daniel Supernault
  Flickr proprietary ✖️ PHP
  PeerTube 2018-03-20 AGPLv3 GitHub
  Owncast MIT License GitHub
  Goldfish
  Funkwhale AGPLv3 dev.funkwhale.audio
  CastoPod PHP
  reel2bits
  Mobilizon 2019 AGPLv3 framagit
  Gancio
  BookWyrm 2020-12-31 Anti-Capitalist Software License GitHub Python
  Inventaire TypeScript

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) ✔️ ✔️ Depending on the theme Depending on the theme ✖️ Optional, either local or federated, adjustable visibility, off by default
  Socialhome
  Honk
  Hubzilla Currently only one
supported frontend 		Depending on the theme Depending on the theme Manual Optional, either local or federated, adjustable visibility, off by default
  WriteFreely Custom CSS per blog ✖️ ✔️
  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) ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ Optional Optional Optional Optional
  Socialhome ✖️
  Honk ✖️
  Hubzilla ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ Unmaintained since 12/2019 ✖️ 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 Partially ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️
  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) ✖️ At least 33 free-text fields
4 lists 		Keywords
  Socialhome
  Honk
  Hubzilla Unlimited ✔️ ✖️ 29 free-text fields
3 lists 		Keywords
  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) ✔️ Not applicable ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️ Partially
  Socialhome ✖️
  Honk ✖️
  Hubzilla ✔️ Not applicable ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
  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

Note: "Unlimited" for post length doesn't mean absolutely unlimited, but within the limits and the capacity of the underlying Web server and database. These are usually high enough to be neglectable. There is no defined or adjustable limit within the server application.

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

Federation

Note: Yellow means either announced or optionally available, but off by default. Optional, but on by default is green.

Name Current base protocol Supported protocols/APIs RSS/Atom Can also connect to
  ActivityPub OpenMicroBlogging
OStatus 		diaspora* Nomad Other Feeds Subscr.
  Mastodon   ActivityPub Since 2017-09-03 Until 2019-10-04 ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ RSS ✖️ ✖️
  Ecko   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ RSS ✖️ ✖️
  Fedibird   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ RSS ✖️ ✖️
  Glitch-soc   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ RSS ✖️ ✖️
  Hometown   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ RSS ✖️ ✖️
  koyu.space   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ RSS ✖️ ✖️
  Smalltown   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ RSS ✖️ ✖️
  Pleroma   ActivityPub Since unknown date Until 2020-03-08 ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Akkoma   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Misskey   ActivityPub Since unknown date ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Firefish   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  FoundKey   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
OStatus Since 2021-07-18 ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  GoToSocial   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  snac   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Pump.io ActivityPump ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ActivityPump ✖️ ✖️
  Identi.ca ActivityPump ✖️ Until 2013-07-12 ✖️ ✖️ ActivityPump since 2013-07-12 ✖️ ✖️
  Takahē   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Epicyon   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Micro.blog   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Tumblr Proprietary Announced ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Bonfire   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Swanye   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Threads Limited ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Friendica DFRN Since 2018-11-18 OpenMicroBlogging since 2010-09-09,
OStatus since 2010-10-13 		Since 2011-03-19 ✖️ WordPress XMLRPC,
XMPP 		Atom ✔️ X (Twitter),
Tumblr,
Libertree,
Bluesky
  diaspora* diaspora* ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Acropolis ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  (streams) Nomad Optional ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✖️ Atom ✖️ ✖️
  Socialhome Since 2019-10-06 ✖️ ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Honk   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Hubzilla Nomad Since 2017-07 Until 2021-07-09 (6.0) Optional ✔️ WordPress XMLRPC Atom ✔️ X (Twitter)
  WriteFreely   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✖️ ✖️
  Plume   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✖️ ✖️
  WordPress Optional Optional Optional ✖️ ✔️ ✖️ Friendica crossposter
  Drupal Optional ✖️ Optional ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Lemmy   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Kbin   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Pixelfed   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Flickr Proprietary Announced ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  PeerTube   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Owncast   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Goldfish   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Funkwhale   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  CastoPod   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  reel2bits   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Mobilizon   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Gancio   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  BookWyrm   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Inventaire   ActivityPub ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️

more

Name
  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
  diaspora*
  Acropolis
  (streams)
  Socialhome
  Honk
  Hubzilla
  WriteFreely
  Plume
  WordPress
  Drupal
  Lemmy
  Kbin
  Pixelfed
  Flickr
  PeerTube
  Owncast
  Goldfish
  Funkwhale
  CastoPod
  reel2bits
  Mobilizon
  Gancio
  BookWyrm
  Inventaire
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