pixelfed/pixelfed
Photo Sharing. For Everyone. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
91/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 75
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 163
- age_days: 3061
- days_rel: 9
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
7071 stars · 875 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Pixelfed is a free, open-source, decentralized photo-sharing social network built on Laravel, compatible with the ActivityPub federation protocol. It serves as a self-hosted, ad-free alternative to Instagram within the fediverse.
Use cases
- self-host an Instagram alternative for my community
- share photos on the fediverse without algorithms
- federate photo posts with Mastodon users
- run a decentralized image-sharing instance
- give photographers an ad-free social platform
When to choose
- you want a federated, ActivityPub-compatible photo-sharing platform you control
- you need a privacy-respecting, ad-free Instagram alternative
- you want to join or grow a fediverse community around photography
When to avoid
- you need a simple image gallery or CDN rather than a full social network
- you cannot operate a PHP/Laravel web server with database and background workers
- you want a centralized platform with built-in audience and discovery
Facets
application · maturity active
web-framework self-hosted image-processing social-media web-development self-hosted media photography php self-hosted fediverse activitypub photo-sharing instagram-alternative decentralized laravel social-network web-server linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed · fetched 2026-08-28 · 37eaf1b273f9
- homepage: https://pixelfed.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · fb1ef63763b0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pixelfed/pixelfed | main | 91 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="pixelfed/pixelfed")
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