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pixelfed/pixelfed
=================

Open and ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation.

v0.12.7(2mo ago)6.9k406↓100%833[748 issues](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues)[12 PRs](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/pulls)AGPL-3.0-onlyPHPPHP ^8.3|^8.4|^8.5CI passing

Since Nov 3Pushed 1mo ago112 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pixelfed/pixelfed)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/dansup)[ Fund](https://opencollective.com/pixelfed)[ RSS](/packages/pixelfed-pixelfed/feed)WikiDiscussions dev Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (42)Versions (67)Used By (0)Security (4)

   ![Pixelfed logo](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a8f9ff63f92b31ec72e45b0025dde00939e0edc83ce54478e1472553cfcfc23f/68747470733a2f2f706978656c6665642e6e7963332e63646e2e6469676974616c6f6365616e7370616365732e636f6d2f6c6f676f732f706978656c6665642d66756c6c2d636f6c6f722e737667)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/34b766184cd15138d2ffc6b0bc3e11559d2feed0d7b3eadb694d4bb1def1472f/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f706978656c6665642f706978656c6665642f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/pixelfed/pixelfed)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/204ca3289537a2f8fff81fed98f4647fb582aeb69ba397dc4f227c8274882435/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f706978656c6665642f706978656c6665642f6c6963656e73652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/pixelfed/pixelfed)[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1c073e61dc5b1d340daccd81ea69155d3b631a13dfb28b8cda65ca2aa38441bd/68747470733a2f2f6261646765732e63726f7764696e2e6e65742f706978656c6665642f6c6f63616c697a65642e737667)](https://crowdin.com/project/pixelfed "Crowdin")[![Total Pixelfed users from FediDB](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f6c77f291a510b0ef544f9076803b2751aedf99d95a0813002945d277179d040/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f64796e616d69632f6a736f6e3f75726c3d68747470732533412532462532466170692e6665646964622e6f72672532467631253246736f667477617265253246706978656c6665642671756572793d2532342e757365725f636f756e74266c6f676f3d706978656c666564266c6f676f436f6c6f723d7768697465266c6162656c3d546f74616c2532305573657273)](https://fedidb.org/software/pixelfed)

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/86f51ad067499ae31274ea288701bea03f97a669d7c24ec65e17ea3f90e90409/68747470733a2f2f646362616467652e6c696d65732e70696e6b2f6170692f7365727665722f68747470733a2f2f646973636f72642e67672f6d735873334d756d734b)](https://discord.gg/msXs3MumsK)

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

Photo sharing the way it should be. Pixelfed lets your casual shots and creative photography find their audience naturally, without algorithmic barriers. Join [millions](https://fedidb.com) of people sharing across the [fediverse](https://fediverse.info).

   ![Pixelfed web user interface in light mode](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d0051ee1c55ce8465c7bea26b466b58c63f8e0c5306cc860144f3fd5d95a1986/68747470733a2f2f706978656c6665642e6e7963332e63646e2e6469676974616c6f6365616e7370616365732e636f6d2f6d656469612f706978656c6665642d726561646d652d6c696768742e6a7067)

Official Documentation
----------------------

[](#official-documentation)

Documentation for Pixelfed can be found on the [Pixelfed documentation website](https://docs.pixelfed.org/).

Run on YunoHost
---------------

[](#run-on-yunohost)

[![Install on YunoHost](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/42862428/139559471-9495f1e9-e7a4-49f1-9a4b-675ddcc510a2.png "Install on YunoHost")](https://install-app.yunohost.org/?app=pixelfed)

Pixelfed app for [YunoHost](https://yunohost.org "YunoHost"). See [the package source code](https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/pixelfed_ynh "pixelfed_ynh repository on GitHub")

License
-------

[](#license)

Pixelfed is open-sourced software licensed under the AGPL license.

Communication
-------------

[](#communication)

The ways you can communicate on the project are below. Before interacting, please read through the [Code Of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).

- Mastodon: [@pixelfed@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed)
- E-mail:

Pixelfed Sponsors
-----------------

[](#pixelfed-sponsors)

We would like to extend our thanks to the following sponsors for funding Pixelfed development. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please visit the Pixelfed [Patreon Page](https://www.patreon.com/dansup/overview)

- [NLnet Foundation](https://nlnet.nl) and [NGI0 Discovery](https://nlnet.nl/discovery/), part of the [Next Generation Internet](https://ngi.eu) initiative.

This project is supported by:

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 [ ![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bbed225b7b0ffa5d4c6c991ce9c155447132f44a168b0bc4571931a915bf3ab4/68747470733a2f2f6f70656e736f757263652e6e7963332e63646e2e6469676974616c6f6365616e7370616365732e636f6d2f6174747269627574696f6e2f6173736574732f5356472f444f5f4c6f676f5f686f72697a6f6e74616c5f626c75652e737667) ](https://www.digitalocean.com/?utm_medium=opensource&utm_source=pixelfed)

###  Health Score

67

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance92

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity46

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community38

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity83

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~60 days

Recently: every ~149 days

Total

45

Last Release

81d ago

PHP version history (10 changes)v0.1.9PHP ^7.1.3

v0.10.7PHP ^7.2

v0.10.10PHP ^7.3

v0.11.2PHP ^7.4|^8.0

v0.11.5PHP ^8.0.2|^8.1

v0.11.6PHP ^8.1|^8.2

v0.11.13PHP ^8.1|^8.2|^8.3

v0.12.2PHP ^8.2|^8.3

v0.12.5PHP ^8.2|^8.3|^8.4

v0.12.7PHP ^8.3|^8.4|^8.5

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e9ffb34f00c576aeec06057bb4b00f97914e5062c5d3702222bb4eeb44f36b33?d=identicon)[pixelfed](/maintainers/pixelfed)

---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

activitypubfederationfediverselaravelpixelfedsocial-networkframeworklaravelFederationsocialnetworkactivitypubpixelfed

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Code StyleLaravel Pint

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/pixelfed-pixelfed/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/pixelfed-pixelfed/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/pixelfed-pixelfed)
```

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