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==Basic info==
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{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2" |Main medium
! rowspan="2" |Type
! rowspan="2" |Based on
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan="5" |Links
|-
!Homepage
!Wikipedia (en)
!Fedi observer
!FediDB
!FediParty
|-
! rowspan="34" |Text
! rowspan="23" |Microblogging
! rowspan="7" |Mastodon
!{{Mastodon}}
|[https://joinmastodon.org joinmastodon.org]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network) Mastodon (social network)]
|[https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/list mastodon]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=mastodon mastodon]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/mastodon mastodon]
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|[https://magicstone.dev magicstone.dev]
|
|[https://ecko.fediverse.observer/list ecko]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=ecko ecko]
|
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|
|
|[https://fedibird.fediverse.observer/list fedibird]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=fedibird fedibird]
|
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|[https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/ glitch-soc.github.io/docs]
|
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|-
!{{Hometown}}
|
|
|[https://hometown.fediverse.observer/list hometown]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=hometown hometown]
|
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|
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|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Pleroma
!{{Pleroma}}
|[https://pleroma.social pleroma.social]
|
|[https://pleroma.fediverse.observer/list pleroma]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=pleroma pleroma]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/pleroma pleroma]
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|[https://akkoma.social akkoma.social]
|
|[https://akkoma.fediverse.observer/list akkoma]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=akkoma akkoma]
|
|-
! rowspan="3" |Misskey
!{{Misskey}}
|[https://misskey-hub.net misskey-hub.net]
|
|[https://misskey.fediverse.observer/list misskey]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=misskey misskey]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/misskey misskey]
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|[https://joinfirefish.org/ joinfirefish.org]
|
|[https://firefish.fediverse.observer/list firefish]
|[https://fedidb.org/software/firefish firefish]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/firefish firefish]
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|
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|-
!GNU social
!{{GNU_social}}
|[https://www.gnusocial.rocks gnusocial.rocks]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_social GNU social]
|[https://gnusocial.fediverse.observer/list gnusocial]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=gnusocial gnusocial]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/gnusocial gnusocial]
|-
!GoToSocial
!{{GoToSocial}}
|[https://gotosocial.org gotosocial.org]
|
|[https://gotosocial.fediverse.observer/list gotosocial]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=gotosocial gotosocial]
|
|-
!Pump.io
!{{Pump.io}}
|[http://pump.io/ pump.io]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump.io Pump.io]
|
|
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|-
!Identi.ca
!{{Identi.ca}}
|
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identi.ca Identi.ca]
|
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|-
!Takahē
!{{Takahē}}
|[https://jointakahe.org/ jointakahe.org]
|
|[https://takahe.fediverse.observer/list takahē]
|
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|-
!Epicyon
!{{Epicyon}}
|[https://epicyon.net epicyon.net]
|
|[https://epicyon.fediverse.observer/list epicyon]
|
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|-
!Micro.blog
!{{Micro.blog}}
|[https://micro.blog micro.blog]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro.blog Micro.blog]
|
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|-
!Tumblr
!{{Tumblr}}
|[https://tumblr.com tumblr.com]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr Tumblr]
| colspan="3" |Centralised
|-
!Bonfire
!{{Bonfire}}
|[https://bonfirenetworks.org bonfirenetworks.org]
|
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|-
!Swanye
!{{Swanye}}
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|-
!Threads
!{{Threads}}
|[https://threads.net threads.net]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(social_network) Threads (social network)]
| colspan="3" |Centralised
|-
! rowspan="6" |Social Network
!Friendica
!{{Friendica}}
|[https://friendi.ca friendi.ca]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendica Friendica]
|[https://friendica.fediverse.observer/list Friendica]
|[https://fedidb.org/software/friendica Friendica]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/friendica Friendica]
|-
! rowspan="2" |diaspora*
!{{diaspora*}}
|[https://diasporafoundation.org diasporafoundation.org]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(software) Diaspora (software)]
|[https://diaspora.fediverse.observer/list diaspora]
|
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|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|
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|-
!Friendica<br />Red Matrix/<br />Hubzilla<br />Osada<br />Zap...<br />Roadhouse
!{{(streams)}}
|None, only code repository
|
|colspan="3" |Intentionally absent, impossible to crawl
|-
!SocialHome
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|
|[https://socialhome.fediverse.observer/list socialhome]
|
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|-
!Honk
!{{Honk}}
|[https://humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk tedunangst.com/honk]
|
|[https://honk.fediverse.observer/list honk]
|
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|-
!Multi-purpose
!Friendica<br />Red Matrix
!{{Hubzilla}}
|[https://hubzilla.org hubzilla.org]
|
|[https://hubzilla.fediverse.observer/list Hubzilla]
|[https://fedidb.org/software/hubzilla Hubzilla]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/hubzilla Hubzilla]
|-
! rowspan="2" |Blogging
!WriteFreely
!{{WriteFreely}}
|[https://writefreely.org writefreely.org]
|
|[https://writefreely.fediverse.observer/list writefreely]
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|-
!Plume
!{{Plume}}
|[https://joinplu.me joinplu.me]
|
|[https://plume.fediverse.observer/list plume]
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Website (CMS)
!WordPress
!{{WordPress}}
|[https://wordpress.org wordpress.org]
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|-
!Drupal
!{{Drupal}}
|[https://www.drupal.org drupal.org]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drupal Drupal]
|
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|-
!rowspan="2"|Links & other
!rowspan="2"|Content aggregation
!Lemmy
!{{Lemmy}}
|[https://join-lemmy.org join-lemmy.org]
|
|[https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list lemmy]
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|-
!/kbin
!{{Kbin}}
|[https://kbin.pub/en kbin.pub]
|
|[https://kbin.fediverse.observer/list /kbin]
|[https://fedidb.org/software/kbin /kbin]
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Images
! rowspan="2" |Photoblogging
!Pixelfed
!{{Pixelfed}}
|[https://pixelfed.org pixelfed.org]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelfed Pixelfed]
|[https://pixelfed.fediverse.observer/list pixelfed]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=pixelfed pixelfed]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/pixelfed pixelfed]
|-
!Flickr
!{{Flickr}}
|[https://flickr.com flickr.com]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr Flickr]
| colspan="3" |Centralised
|-
! rowspan="3" |Videos
!Video hosting
!PeerTube
!{{PeerTube}}
|[https://joinpeertube.org joinpeertube.org]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerTube PeerTube]
|[https://peertube.fediverse.observer/list peertube]
|[https://fedidb.org/network?s=peertube peertube]
|[https://fediverse.party/en/peertube peertube]
|-
!Video streaming
!Owncast
!{{Owncast}}
|[https://owncast.online owncast.online]
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|-
!Video blogging
!Goldfish
!{{Goldfish}}
|
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|-
! rowspan="3" |Audio
! rowspan="3" |Audio Hosting
!Funkwhale
!{{Funkwhale}}
|[https://funkwhale.audio funkwhale.audio]
|
|[https://funkwhale.fediverse.observer/list funkwhale]
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|-
!Castopod
!{{Castopod}}
|[https://castopod.org castopod.org]
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|-
!reel2bits
!{{reel2bits}}
|[https://reel2bits.org reel2bits.org]
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Events
! rowspan="2" |Event Planning
!Mobilizon
!{{Mobilizon}}
|[https://mobilizon.org mobilizon.org]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobilizon Mobilizon]
|[https://mobilizon.fediverse.observer/list mobilizon]
|
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|-
!Gancio
!{{Gancio}}
|[https://gancio.org gancio.org]
|
|[https://gancio.fediverse.observer/list gancio]
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Cataloguing
! rowspan="2" |Book cataloguing
!BookWyrm
!{{BookWyrm}}
|[https://joinbookwyrm.com joinbookwyrm.com]
|
|[https://bookwyrm.fediverse.observer/list bookwyrm]
|
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|-
!Inventaire
!{{Inventaire}}
|[https://inventaire.io inventaire.io]
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|}
</center>
==User interface==
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan="2" |Different<br />Web frontends
! colspan="2" |Themes for<br />Web frontends
! rowspan="2" |Switchable<br />dark mode
! colspan="2" |Public timelines
|-
! for instances
! for users
! <abbr title="themeable Web frontend">🎨</abbr>
! <abbr title="user-customisable themes">🔧</abbr>
! Local
! Federated
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Manual}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|
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|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|
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|-
!{{Misskey}}
|
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|{{Yes|Local,<br />Social<br />(Home + Local)}}
|{{Yes|Global}}
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|
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|{{Yes|Local,<br />Social<br />(Home + Local)}}
|{{Yes|Global}}
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|
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|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes|Global}}
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|
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|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
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|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|
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|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|
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|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
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|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
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|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
|{{No|Single<br />user}}
|
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|-
!{{Tumblr}}
|{{No|Centralised}}
|
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|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
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|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
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|-
!{{Threads}}
|{{No|Centralised}}
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|-
!{{Friendica}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
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|-
!{{diaspora*}}
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|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|
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|-
!{{(streams)}}
|
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| colspan="2" style="background:#FF9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-maybe" |Optional, either local or federated, off by default
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
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|-
!{{Honk}}
|
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|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Currently only one<br />supported frontend
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes|Optionally<br />automatic}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-maybe" |Optional, either local or federated, off by default
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|
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|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
!{{Plume}}
|
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|-
!{{WordPress}}
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|-
!{{Drupal}}
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|-
!{{Lemmy}}
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|-
!{{Kbin}}
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|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
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|-
!{{Flickr}}
|{{No|Centralised}}
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|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|
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|-
!{{Owncast}}
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|-
!{{Goldfish}}
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|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
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|-
!{{Castopod}}
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|-
!{{reel2bits}}
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|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
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|-
!{{Gancio}}
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|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
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|-
!{{Inventaire}}
|
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|}
</center>
==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.
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="3" |Name
! rowspan="3" |Mastodon<br />API<br />support
! colspan="6" |Project-specific desktop apps
! colspan="5" |Project-specific mobile apps
! colspan="4" |OAuth support
|-
! rowspan="2" |Official
! rowspan="2" |Windows
! rowspan="2" |macOS
! colspan="2" |Linux
! rowspan="2" |Other
! rowspan="2" |Official
! rowspan="2" |iOS
! colspan="2" |Android
! rowspan="2" |Other
! colspan="2" |OAuth
! colspan="2" |OAuth2
|-
! CLI
! GUI
! Google<br />Play Store
! F-Droid
! Client
! Server
! Client
! Server
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes|3rd-party only;<br />SailfishOS}}
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
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|
|{{No}}
|
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|
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
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|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
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|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
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|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
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|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
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|
|
|{{No}}
|
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|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
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|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
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|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
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|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
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|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Misskey}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Firefish}}
|Partial
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Tumblr}}
|
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|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Threads}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Friendica}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{(streams)}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|{{No}}
|
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|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No|Defunct}}
|{{No|Defunct}}
|{{No}}
|{{Maybe|Optional}}
|{{Maybe|Optional}}
|{{Maybe|Optional}}
|{{Maybe|Optional}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
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|-
!{{Plume}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
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!{{WordPress}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Drupal}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Lemmy}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Kbin}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Pixelfed}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
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|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes|3rd-party only}}
|
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!{{Flickr}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{PeerTube}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Owncast}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Goldfish}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Funkwhale}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Castopod}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{reel2bits}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Mobilizon}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Gancio}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{BookWyrm}}
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|{{No}}
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!{{Inventaire}}
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|{{No}}
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|}
</center>
==Accounts==
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Multiple<br />identities/{{Internal link |target=What are channels on Hubzilla and (streams)? |link-name=channels}}<br />per account<br />with separate content<br />and separate connections
! colspan="2" |Account/channel role
! rowspan="2" |Account/channel<br />verification
! colspan="3" |OpenWebAuth<br />single sign-on
|-
! Variable<br />role
! Preset roles
! Your<br />login<br />recognised
! Recognises<br />logins<br />of others
! Limit to only<br />instances with<br />connections
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|Planned
|Planned?
|
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Threads}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|{{Yes|Unlimited}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|{{Yes|Unlimited}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|{{Yes}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{Yes}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Plume}}
|
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{WordPress}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Drupal}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Flickr}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Owncast}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{reel2bits}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Gancio}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Inventaire}}
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|}
==Profiles==
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="3" |Name
! colspan="3" |Multiple profiles per account/channel
! colspan="2" |Profile fields
|-
! rowspan="2" |Number
! colspan="2" |Assign to...
! rowspan="2" |Number
! rowspan="2" |Tag<br >field
|-
!Connections
!Groups
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Ecko}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Hometown}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Threads}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|{{Yes|Unlimited}}
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|{{Yes|Unlimited}}
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|{{Yes|Unlimited}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|29 free-text fields<br >3 lists
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Plume}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{WordPress}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Drupal}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Flickr}}
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|
|
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Owncast}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{reel2bits}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Gancio}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Inventaire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|}
==Moving==
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan="3" |Move from where
! colspan="6" |Take what with you
! colspan="2" |Account/channel<br />import/export
! rowspan="2" |{{Internal link |target=What is nomadic identity? |link-name=Nomadic identity}}
|-
!Instances<br />of the same<br />project
!Instances<br />with the same<br />underlying<br />protocol
!Instances<br />with a different<br />underlying<br />protocol
!Posts
!Profile(s)
!Followed
!Followers
!Images,<br />media,<br />other files
!Settings
!Export
!Import
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
|{{No}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|{{Yes}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Mastodon and forks
|{{No}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks,<br />Mastodon and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
|{{No}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
|{{No}}
| style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes" |Misskey and forks
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|{{No}}
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
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|{{No}}
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|
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|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|
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|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
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|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
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|
|
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|{{No}}
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | Centralised
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
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|
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|{{No}}
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
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|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Threads}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | Centralised
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|
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|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes|Zot6}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Plume}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{WordPress}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Drupal}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes|Instagram}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Flickr}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | Centralised
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Owncast}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
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|
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|{{No}}
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{reel2bits}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Gancio}}
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Inventaire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|}
</center>
==File uploads and file space==
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |File space with<br />file manager
! rowspan="2" |Maximum<br />file size<br />(green =<br />adjustable)
! rowspan="2" |Subfolders
! colspan="3" |Access permissions
! rowspan="2" |Flag images/media<br />as sensitive
! rowspan="2" |WebDAV<br />access
|-
! Adjustable<br />permissions
! Access permissions<br />control<br />for images/media<br />when embedded
! Guest tokens
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|40MB
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|{{yes|80MB}}
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Threads}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|{{Yes}}
|Unlimited
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|{{No|Uploads<br />to posts}}
|
| colspan="6" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|{{Yes}}
|Unlimited
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|{{Yes}}
|Unlimited
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
| colspan="8" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|-
!{{Plume}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|-
!{{WordPress}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Drupal}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Flickr}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Owncast}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{reel2bits}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Gancio}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Inventaire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
</center>
==Multimedia==
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan="3" |Supported formats
! rowspan="2" |Image gallery
! colspan="3" |Playback/<br />Streaming
! colspan="6" |Limits
! colspan="5" |Media files modified upon upload
|-
!<abbr title="image file formats">🖼️</abbr>
!<abbr title="audio file formats">🎧</abbr>
!<abbr title="video file formats">🎞️</abbr>
!<abbr title="audio playback">🎧</abbr>
!<abbr title="video playback">🎞️</abbr>
!<abbr title="live video streaming">📺</abbr>
!Image<br />file size
!Audio<br />file size
!Video<br />file size
!Image<br />size
!Audio<br />duration
!Video<br />duration
!Lossy image<br />compression
!Image<br />resizing
!Lossy audio<br />compression
!Lossy video<br />compression
!Video<br />resizing
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Threads}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="6" |Unlimited
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|
|
|
|{{Yes|Optional}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="6" |Unlimited
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|
|
|
|{{Yes|Optional}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="6" |Unlimited
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| colspan="11" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" |No uploads possible
|-
!{{Plume}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{WordPress}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Drupal}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|See file size limit
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Flickr}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|See file size limit
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|See file size limit
|
|{{No|None}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|-
!{{Owncast}}
|{{No|None}}
|{{No|None}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{No|None}}
|See file size limit
|
|{{No|None}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|See file size limit
|{{No|None}}
|
|
|{{No|None}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|See file size limit
|{{No|None}}
|
|
|{{No|None}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{reel2bits}}
|
|
|{{No|None}}
|{{No}}
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|
|See file size limit
|{{No|None}}
|
|
|{{No|None}}
|
|
|
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
!{{Mobilizon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Gancio}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{BookWyrm}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Inventaire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{No}}
| colspan="3" |See file size limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
</center>
==Features==
==Features==
<center>
<center>
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!rowspan="2"|Name
! rowspan="4" |Name
!rowspan="2"|Main medium
! colspan="14" |hover over emojis to see explanation
!colspan="6"|Default limits per post (green=editable)
|-
! colspan="10" |Default limits per post<br>(green=editable)
! rowspan="3" |<abbr title="crosspost">♻️</abbr>
|-
! colspan="6" |<abbr title="character limit">🔠</abbr>
! colspan="3" |<abbr title="poll options">📊</abbr>
! rowspan="2" |<abbr title="media uploads">🖼</abbr>
! rowspan="2" |<abbr title="editable posts">✏️</abbr>
|-
|-
!Characters
! Post<br />local
!Poll options
! Post<br />inbound
!Images
! Handling of longer posts
!Image size
! Alt-text<br />local
!Video size
! Alt-text<br />inbound
!Audio size
! Handling of longer alt-text
! Number (local)
! Character limit
! Choose multiple options (local)
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Mastodon?|Mastodon]]
!{{Mastodon}}
|Text
|500
|500
|100,000
|Reject post
|1,500
|1,500
|Truncate
|4
|4
|20
|{{no}}
|4
|4
|?
|{{yes}}
|?
|{{yes}}
|?
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Ecko?|Ecko]]
!{{Ecko}}
|Text
|{{yes|500}}
|{{yes|500}}
|100,000
|Reject post
|1,500
|1,500
|Truncate
|{{yes|4}}
|{{yes|4}}
|
|{{no}}
|4
|4
|?
|{{yes}}
|?
|{{yes}}
|?
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Pleroma?|Pleroma]]
!{{Hometown}}
|Text
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{koyu.space}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|{{yes|5000}}
|{{yes|5000}}
|100,000
|Reject post
|
|
|
|{{yes|20}}
|{{yes|20}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Misskey?|Misskey]]
!{{Akkoma}}
|Text
|
|50,000
|Reject post
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|3000
|3000
|<10,000?
|Reject post
|1,500
|1,500
|Truncate?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Calckey?|Calckey]]
!{{Firefish}}
|Text
|{{yes|3000}}
|3000
|<10,000?
|Reject post
|1,500
|1,500
|Truncate?
|10
|
|
|16
|
|
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|
|<10,000?
|Reject post
|1,500
|1,500
|Truncate?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is GNUSocial?|GNUSocial]]
!{{GNU_social}}
|Text
|1000
|1000
|
|
|
|
|
|5
|
|
|1
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is GoToSocial?|GoToSocial]]
!{{GoToSocial}}
|Text
|{{yes|5000}}
|{{yes|5000}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Threads}}
|500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|unlimited
| colspan="2" |unlimited
|unlimited; included in post
| colspan="2" |unlimited
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|unlimited; embedding
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|unlimited
| colspan="2" |unlimited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Friendica?|Friendica]]
!{{Acropolis}}
|Text
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is diaspora*?|diaspora*]]
!{{(streams)}}
|Text
|unlimited
| colspan="2" |unlimited
|unlimited; included in post
| colspan="2" |unlimited
|unlimited
|unlimited
|{{yes}}
|unlimited; embedding
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is streams?|streams]]
!{{SocialHome}}
|Text
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is SocialHome?|SocialHome]]
!{{Honk}}
|Text
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is WriteFreely?|WriteFreely]]
!{{Hubzilla}}
|Text
|unlimited
|Unlimited
| colspan="2" |unlimited
|{{no|no polls}}
|unlimited; included in post
|Unlimited<br>(hosted elsewhere)
| colspan="2" |unlimited
|Unlimited<br>(hosted elsewhere)
|unlimited
|Unlimited<br>(hosted elsewhere)
|unlimited
|{{yes}}
|unlimited; embedding
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|{{yes}}
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{no|unlimited; embeds externally hosted media}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
!{{Plume}}
|{{yes}}
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|unlimited; included in post
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|
|
|
| unlimited; embedding
|
|
|-
!{{WordPress}}
|
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|unlimited; included in post
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Drupal}}
|
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|unlimited; included in post
| colspan="2" |does not import external posts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|{{no}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Plume?|Plume]]
!{{Kbin}}
|Text
|
|Unlimited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Pixelfed?|Pixelfed]]
!{{Pixelfed}}
|Images
|{{yes|500}}
|{{yes|500}}
|{{no|no polls}}
|
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{yes|4}}
|{{yes|4}}
|{{yes|?}}
|
|{{yes|?}}
|{{no}}
|-
!{{Flickr}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
| colspan="3" style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no" | ✖️
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is PeerTube?|PeerTube]]
!{{Owncast}}
|Videos
|
|?
|
|{{no|no polls}}
|
|{{no|no images}}
|
|{{no|no images}}
|
|{{yes|?}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Owncast?|Owncast]]
!{{Goldfish}}
|Video streams
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Mobilizon?|Mobilizon]]
!{{Funkwhale}}
|Events
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Gancio?|Gancio]]
!{{Castopod}}
|Events
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is BookWyrm?|BookWyrm]]
!{{reel2bits}}
|Book reviews
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Funkwhale?|Funkwhale]]
!{{Mobilizon}}
|Audio
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Castopod?|Castopod]]
!{{Gancio}}
|Audio
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is reel2bits?|reel2bits]]
!{{BookWyrm}}
|Audio
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Lemmy?|Lemmy]]
!{{Inventaire}}
|Links & other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
|}
</center>
</center>
'''Note:''' "Unlimited" for post length doesn't mean absolutely unlimited, but within the limits and the capacity of the underlying Web server. There is no defined or adjustable limit within the server application.


==Technical==
==Technical==
<!-- Here's a detailed Fediverse timeline: https://codeberg.org/ddfon/federated-sns/src/branch/main/fediverse-history.markdown Also see here for Misskey and the more important Forkeys: https://trypancakes.com/misskey-comparison/ -->


<center>
<center>
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Name
!Name
!License<br>(green=copyleft)
!Inception
!Federating since
!last updated<br>(red=ended)
!Protocols
!License<br>(green=copyleft)<br>(yellow=anti-capitalist)<br>(red=proprietary)
!Git repository<br>(green=federated)<br>(red=evil)
!Git repository<br>(green=federated)<br>(red=evil)
!Main developer(s)
!Main developer(s)
!Written in
!Written in
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Mastodon?|Mastodon]]
!{{Mastodon}}
|2016-03-16
|2016-03-16 - 2019-10-04 (OStatus)<br />2017-09-03 (ActivityPub)
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon Github]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon Github]}}
|Eugen Rochko
|[[Fedizen:Eugen Rochko|Eugen Rochko]]
|Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (React.js, Redux)
|Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (React.js, Redux)
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Ecko?|Ecko]]
!{{Ecko}}
|2021
|2021
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/magicstone-dev/ecko GitHib]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/fedibird/mastodon GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Glitch-soc}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Hometown}}
|2019-08-20
|2019-08-20
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{No|[https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown GitHub]}}
|Darius Kazemi
|
|-
!{{Koyu.space}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/koyuspace/mastodon GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Smalltown}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/chandrn7/smalltown GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Pleroma}}
|2016-02-22 <!-- Not to be confused with the first official "stable" release which was on 2016-20-26 -->
|2016-02-22 - 2020-03-08 (OStatus)<br />? (ActivityPub)
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|[https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma git.pleroma.social]
|
|
|-
!{{Akkoma}}
|2022-01-29
|2022-01-29
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|[https://akkoma.dev/AkkomaGang/akkoma akkoma.dev]
|
|
|-
!{{Misskey}}
|2014
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey GitHub]}}
|Syuilo
|
|-
!{{Firefish}}
|2022-07-19 (Calckey)<br />2023-06-25 (Firefish rebrand)
|2022-07-19
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{yes|[https://codeberg.org/thatonecalculator Codeberg]}}
|ThatOneCalculator
|NodeJS (Typescript), Vue 3
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
|2022-06-13
|2022-06-13
|{{no|2023-06-05}}
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{yes|[https://akkoma.dev/FoundKeyGang/FoundKey akkoma.dev]}}
|Norm
|
|-
!{{GNU_social}}
|2008-07-02 (Laconica, later StatusNet)<br />2013-06-08 (StatusNet merged into GNU social)
|2008-07-02 (OpenMicroBlogging; OStatus)<br />2021-07-18 (ActivityPub)
|
|OStatus, ActivityPub
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|[https://notabug.org/diogo/gnu-social notabug.org]
|
|
|-
!{{GoToSocial}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Pump.io}}
|2012-10-04
|2012-10-04
|
|ActivityPump
|[https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache v2]
|
|
|
|-
!{{Identi.ca}}
|2008-07-02
|2008-07-02 - 2013-07-12 (OpenMicroBlogging; OStatus)<br />2013-07-12 (ActivityPump)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|2022
|2022
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|[https://choosealicense.com/licenses/bsd-3-clause/ BSD3 new]
|{{no|[https://github.com/jointakahe/takahe GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://gitlab.com/bashrc2/epicyon gitlab.com]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
|2017
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{no|proprietary}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
!{{Tumblr}}
|2007
|{{maybe|Announced}}
|
|
|{{no|proprietary}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|
|
|
|
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bonfire-app GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Threads}}
|2023
|{{maybe|Announced}}
|
| -
|{{no|proprietary}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|2010-07-02
|2010-08-17 (DFRN)<br />2010-09-09 (OpenMicroBlogging)<br />2010-10-13 (OStatus)<br />2011-03-19 (diaspora*)<br />2018-11-18 (ActivityPub)
|
|ActivityPub, diaspora*, OStatus
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/friendica/friendica GitHub]}}
|
|PHP
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|2010
|2010
|
|diaspora*
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|
|
|
|diaspora*
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/magicstone-dev/acropolis GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|2021-10
|2021-10
|
|Nomad, Zot, ActivityPub
|Public domain + various free licenses for third-party contributions
|[https://codeberg.org/streams/streams Codeberg]
|The community; Mike Macgirvin
|PHP
|-
!{{SocialHome}}
|2017-07-27
|2017-07-27 (diaspora*)<br />2019-10-06 (ActivityPub)
|
|ActivityPub, diaspora*
|
|
|Jason Robinson
|
|-
!{{Honk}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Hubzilla}}
|2012-07 (Red)<br />2015 (rebranded Hubzilla)
|2012-07
|
|Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora*,
OStatus
|[https://mit-license.org MIT License]
|[https://framagit.org/hubzilla/core framagit]
|Mario Vavti
|PHP
|-
!{{WriteFreely}}
|2018-11-10
|2018-11-10
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely GitHub]}}
|Matt Baer
|
|-
!{{Plume}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/Plume-org/Plume GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{WordPress}}
|2003
|
|
|ActivityPub, diaspora*, OStatus
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Drupal}}
|2001
|
|
|ActivityPub, diaspora*
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Lemmy}}
|2019-05-06
|2019-05-06
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Kbin}}
|2022-10-30
|2022-10-30
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Pixelfed}}
|2018-11-03
|2018-11-03
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed GitHub]}}
|Daniel Supernault
|
|-
!{{Flickr}}
|
|{{maybe|Announced}}
|
| -
|{{no|proprietary}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
!{{PeerTube}}
|2018-03-20
|2018-03-20
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|{{no|[https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Owncast}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|[https://mit-license.org MIT License]
|{{no|[https://github.com/owncast GitHub]}}
|
|
|-
!{{Goldfish}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!{{Funkwhale}}
|
|
|
|{{ActivityPub}}
|{{yes|[https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3]}}
|[https://dev.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale dev.funkwhale.audio]
|
|
|-
!{{Castopod}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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</center>
 
==JoinFediverseWiki Info==
 
Moved [[Join_the_Fediverse:Todos#Priority_software_projects|here]].
 
==more==
 
<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Name
|-
!{{Mastodon}}
|-
!{{Ecko}}
|-
!{{Fedibird}}
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!{{Glitch-soc}}
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!{{Hometown}}
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!{{Koyu.space}}
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!{{Smalltown}}
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!{{Pleroma}}
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!{{Akkoma}}
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!{{Misskey}}
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!{{Firefish}}
|-
!{{FoundKey}}
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!{{GNU_social}}
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!{{GoToSocial}}
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!{{Pump.io}}
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!{{Identi.ca}}
|-
!{{Takahē}}
|-
!{{Epicyon}}
|-
!{{Micro.blog}}
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!{{Tumblr}}
|-
!{{Bonfire}}
|-
!{{Swanye}}
|-
!{{Threads}}
|-
!{{Friendica}}
|-
!{{diaspora*}}
|-
!{{Acropolis}}
|-
!{{(streams)}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Pleroma?|Pleroma]]
!{{SocialHome}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Misskey?|Misskey]]
!{{Honk}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Calckey?|Calckey]]
!{{Hubzilla}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is GNUSocial?|GNUSocial]]
!{{WriteFreely}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is GoToSocial?|GoToSocial]]
!{{Plume}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Friendica?|Friendica]]
!{{WordPress}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is diaspora*?|diaspora*]]
!{{Drupal}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is streams?|streams]]
!{{Lemmy}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is SocialHome?|SocialHome]]
!{{Kbin}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is WriteFreely?|WriteFreely]]
!{{Pixelfed}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Plume?|Plume]]
!{{Flickr}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Pixelfed?|Pixelfed]]
!{{PeerTube}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is PeerTube?|PeerTube]]
!{{Owncast}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Owncast?|Owncast]]
!{{Goldfish}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Mobilizon?|Mobilizon]]
!{{Funkwhale}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Gancio?|Gancio]]
!{{Castopod}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is BookWyrm?|BookWyrm]]
!{{reel2bits}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Funkwhale?|Funkwhale]]
!{{Mobilizon}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Castopod?|Castopod]]
!{{Gancio}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is reel2bits?|reel2bits]]
!{{BookWyrm}}
|-
|-
![[Special:MyLanguage/What is Lemmy?|Lemmy]]
!{{Inventaire}}
|}
|}
</center>
</center>

Latest revision as of 10:50, 31 March 2024

This article is a draft!
A lot of info might still be missing and the page might change at any time.


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
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
Red Matrix/
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
Red Matrix 		  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

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) Optional, either local or federated, off by default
  Socialhome
  Honk
  Hubzilla Currently only one
supported frontend 		✔️ ✔️ Optionally
automatic 		Optional, either local or federated, off by default
  WriteFreely ✖️ ✔️
  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 ✖️
  Pump.io ✖️
  Identi.ca ✖️
  Takahē ✖️
  Epicyon ✖️
  Micro.blog ✖️
  Tumblr
  Bonfire ✖️
  Swanye ✖️
  Threads ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✖️ ✖️
  Friendica ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  diaspora* ✖️
  Acropolis ✖️
  (streams) ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
  Socialhome ✖️
  Honk ✖️
  Hubzilla ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ Defunct Defunct ✖️ 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 ✔️ ✖️ ✖️ ✔️ ✔️
  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) Unlimited
  Socialhome
  Honk
  Hubzilla Unlimited ✔️ ✖️ 29 free-text fields
3 lists 		✔️
  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) ✔️ ✔️ Zot6 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
  Socialhome ✖️
  Honk ✖️
  Hubzilla ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
  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

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

Note: "Unlimited" for post length doesn't mean absolutely unlimited, but within the limits and the capacity of the underlying Web server. There is no defined or adjustable limit within the server application.

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 2016-03-16 2016-03-16 - 2019-10-04 (OStatus)
2017-09-03 (ActivityPub) 		  ActivityPub AGPLv3 Github Eugen Rochko Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (React.js, Redux)
  Ecko 2021 2021   ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHib
  Fedibird   ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
  Glitch-soc   ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
  Hometown 2019-08-20 2019-08-20   ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub Darius Kazemi
  koyu.space   ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
  Smalltown   ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
  Pleroma 2016-02-22 2016-02-22 - 2020-03-08 (OStatus)
? (ActivityPub) 		  ActivityPub AGPLv3 git.pleroma.social
  Akkoma 2022-01-29 2022-01-29   ActivityPub AGPLv3 akkoma.dev
  Misskey 2014   ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub Syuilo
  Firefish 2022-07-19 (Calckey)
2023-06-25 (Firefish rebrand) 		2022-07-19   ActivityPub AGPLv3 Codeberg ThatOneCalculator NodeJS (Typescript), Vue 3
  FoundKey 2022-06-13 2022-06-13 2023-06-05   ActivityPub AGPLv3 akkoma.dev Norm
2008-07-02 (Laconica, later StatusNet)
2013-06-08 (StatusNet merged into GNU social) 		2008-07-02 (OpenMicroBlogging; OStatus)
2021-07-18 (ActivityPub) 		OStatus, ActivityPub AGPLv3 notabug.org
  GoToSocial   ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
  Pump.io 2012-10-04 2012-10-04 ActivityPump Apache v2
  Identi.ca 2008-07-02 2008-07-02 - 2013-07-12 (OpenMicroBlogging; OStatus)
2013-07-12 (ActivityPump)
  Takahē 2022 2022   ActivityPub BSD3 new GitHub
  Epicyon   ActivityPub AGPLv3 gitlab.com
  Micro.blog 2017   ActivityPub proprietary ✖️
  Tumblr 2007 Announced proprietary ✖️
  Bonfire AGPLv3 GitHub
  Swanye
  Threads 2023 Announced - proprietary ✖️
  Friendica 2010-07-02 2010-08-17 (DFRN)
2010-09-09 (OpenMicroBlogging)
2010-10-13 (OStatus)
2011-03-19 (diaspora*)
2018-11-18 (ActivityPub) 		ActivityPub, diaspora*, OStatus AGPLv3 GitHub PHP
  diaspora* 2010 2010 diaspora* AGPLv3 GitHub
  Acropolis diaspora* AGPLv3 GitHub
  (streams) 2021-10 2021-10 Nomad, Zot, ActivityPub Public domain + various free licenses for third-party contributions Codeberg The community; Mike Macgirvin PHP
  Socialhome 2017-07-27 2017-07-27 (diaspora*)
2019-10-06 (ActivityPub) 		ActivityPub, diaspora* Jason Robinson
  Honk   ActivityPub
  Hubzilla 2012-07 (Red)
2015 (rebranded Hubzilla) 		2012-07 Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora*,

OStatus

MIT License framagit Mario Vavti PHP
  WriteFreely 2018-11-10 2018-11-10   ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub Matt Baer
  Plume   ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
  WordPress 2003 ActivityPub, diaspora*, OStatus
  Drupal 2001 ActivityPub, diaspora*
  Lemmy 2019-05-06 2019-05-06   ActivityPub
  Kbin 2022-10-30 2022-10-30   ActivityPub
  Pixelfed 2018-11-03 2018-11-03   ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub Daniel Supernault
  Flickr Announced - proprietary ✖️
  PeerTube 2018-03-20 2018-03-20   ActivityPub AGPLv3 GitHub
  Owncast   ActivityPub MIT License GitHub
  Goldfish
  Funkwhale   ActivityPub AGPLv3 dev.funkwhale.audio
  CastoPod
  reel2bits
  Mobilizon 2019 2019   ActivityPub AGPLv3 framagit
  Gancio
  BookWyrm 2020-12-31 2020-12-31 ActivityPub, OStatus Anti-Capitalist Software License GitHub
  Inventaire   ActivityPub

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