pixelfed
federated photo sharing
public
registration: open · approval required
activitypub · federated
Pixelfed is a free, open-source photo-sharing platform - think Instagram without the ads, the tracking, or an algorithm deciding what you see. Feeds are chronological, your data is yours, and nobody's selling it.
It speaks ActivityPub, so an account here can be followed from Mastodon, PieFed, and the rest of the fediverse - you're not walled into one server.
details
- Registration: open, but new accounts are reviewed and approved by an admin before they go live. No instant free-for-all, no bot farms.
- Federation: posts and follows reach the wider fediverse over ActivityPub.
- No ads, no algorithm, no resale. Chronological timelines and nothing mining your attention.
- Bot defense: sits behind an Anubis challenge to keep scrapers out; federation and API paths stay open.