Comparison of Fediverse software

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Info

Name	Links
	Homepage	Wikipedia (en)	Fedi observer	FediDB	FediParty
Mastodon	joinmastodon.org		mastodon
Ecko	magicstone.dev		ecko
Fedibird			fedibird
Glitch-soc
Hometown			hometown
koyu.space
Smalltown			smalltown
Pleroma			pleroma
Akkoma			akkoma
Misskey			misskey
Calckey			calckey
GNU social			gnusocial
GoToSocial			gotosocial
Pump.io
Identi.ca
Takahē			takahe
Epicyon			epicyon
Micro.blog
Tumblr
Bonfire
Swanye
Friendica			friendica
diaspora*			diaspora
(streams)
Socialhome			socialhome
Honk			honk
Hubzilla			hubzilla
WriteFreely			writefreely
Plume			plume
WordPress
Drupal
Flockingbird
Lemmy			lemmy
Pixelfed			pixelfed
PeerTube			peertube
Owncast
Goldfish
Funkwhale
CastoPod
reel2bits
Mobilizon
Gancio
BookWyrm
Inventaire

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	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
Fedibird				ActivityPub
Glitch-soc				ActivityPub
Hometown				ActivityPub
koyu.space				ActivityPub
Smalltown				ActivityPub
Pleroma	2016	2016		ActivityPub
Akkoma				ActivityPub
Misskey	2019	2019		ActivityPub
Calckey				ActivityPub	AGPLv3	Codeberg	ThatOneCalculator	NodeJS (Typescript), Vue 3
GNU social	2008	2008
GoToSocial				ActivityPub
Pump.io
Identi.ca	2008	2008
Takahē	2022	2022		ActivityPub
Epicyon
Micro.blog	2017
Tumblr	2007	-
Bonfire
Swanye
Friendica	2010	2010
diaspora*	2010	2010
(streams)
Socialhome
Honk
Hubzilla	2018	2018
WriteFreely	2018	2018		ActivityPub
Plume				ActivityPub
WordPress	2003
Drupal	2001
Flockingbird
Lemmy				ActivityPub
Pixelfed	2018	2018		ActivityPub
PeerTube	2018	2018		ActivityPub
Owncast
Goldfish
Funkwhale				ActivityPub
CastoPod
reel2bits
Mobilizon	2019	2019		ActivityPub
Gancio
BookWyrm				ActivityPub	Anti-Capitalist Software License
Inventaire

JoinFediverseWiki Info

Name	Logo svg		Hex Code	Links
		bw		Table Template	Weblinks	extended Page
Mastodon	20x20px			Template:Mastodon	Fediverse weblinks#Mastodon	Mastodon
Ecko				Template:Ecko	Fediverse weblinks#Ecko	Ecko
Fedibird	File:Fedibird logo.svg			Template:Fedibird		Fedibird
Glitch-soc	File:Glitch-soc logo.svg			Template:Glitch-soc		Glitch-soc
Hometown	File:Hometown logo.svg			Template:Hometown		Hometown
koyu.space				Template:Koyu.space		Koyu.space
Smalltown	File:Smalltown logo.svg	File:Smalltown.svg		Template:Smalltown		Smalltown
Pleroma				Template:Pleroma		Pleroma
Akkoma				Template:Akkoma		Akkoma
Misskey				Template:Misskey		Misskey
Calckey				Template:Calckey		Calckey
Template:GNU Social				Template:GNU Social		GNU Social
GoToSocial				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			Template:Micro.blog		Micro.blog
Tumblr				Template:Tumblr		Tumblr
Bonfire				Template:Bonfire		Bonfire
Swanye				Template:Swanye		Swanye
Friendica				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			Template:Honk		Honk
Hubzilla				Template:Hubzilla		Hubzilla
WriteFreely				Template:WriteFreely		WriteFreely
Plume	File:Plume logo.svg			Template:Plume		Plume
WordPress				Template:WordPress		WordPress
Drupal	File:Drupal logo.svg			Template:Drupal		Drupal
Flockingbird				Template:Flockingbird		Flockingbird
Lemmy				Template:Lemmy		Lemmy
Pixelfed				Template:Pixelfed		Pixelfed
PeerTube				Template:PeerTube		PeerTube
Owncast				Template:Owncast		Owncast
Goldfish				Template:Goldfish		Goldfish
Funkwhale				Template:Funkwhale		Funkwhale
CastoPod	File:CastoPod logo.svg			Template:CastoPod		CastoPod
reel2bits				Template:reel2bits		reel2bits
Mobilizon				Template:Mobilizon		Mobilizon
Gancio	File:Gancio logo.svg			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
GNU social
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
PeerTube
Owncast
Goldfish
Funkwhale
CastoPod
reel2bits
Mobilizon
Gancio
BookWyrm
Inventaire