Comparison of Fediverse software

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Features

Name Main medium Default limits per post (green=editable)
Characters Poll options Images Image size Video size Audio size
Mastodon Text 500 4 4 ? ? ?
Ecko
Text
500 4
4
?
?
?
Pleroma
Text
5000 20
Misskey
Text
3000
Calckey
Text
3000
GNUSocial Text 1000
GoToSocial
Text
5000
Friendica
Text
diaspora*
Text
streams
Text
SocialHome
Text
WriteFreely
Text
Unlimited
no polls
Unlimited
(hosted elsewhere)
Unlimited
(hosted elsewhere)
Unlimited
(hosted elsewhere)
Plume
Text
Unlimited
Pixelfed
Images
500 no polls 4 ? ?
PeerTube
Videos
?
no polls no images no images ?
Owncast
Video streams
Mobilizon
Events
Gancio
Events
BookWyrm
Book reviews
Funkwhale
Audio
Castopod
Audio
reel2bits
Audio
Lemmy
Links & other

Technical

Name License
(green=copyleft)
Git repository
(green=federated)
(red=evil)
Main developer(s) Written in
Mastodon AGPLv3 Github Eugen Rochko Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (React.js, Redux)
Ecko
Pleroma
Misskey
Calckey
GNUSocial
GoToSocial
Friendica
diaspora*
streams
SocialHome
WriteFreely
Plume
Pixelfed
PeerTube
Owncast
Mobilizon
Gancio
BookWyrm
Funkwhale
Castopod
reel2bits
Lemmy