PixelFed
PixelFed is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Social & Forums category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in PHP. It is a self-hosted alternative to Twitter / X. It has 7,130 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 7,130
- Forks
- 895
- Open issues
- 95
- Commits, last 12 months
- 4,288
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.15.2Oct 21, 2026
- Created
- Apr 17, 2018
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 4,288 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases8 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 4,288 |
| Latest release | v0.15.2 (Oct 21, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 8 |
| Releases, all time | 56 |
| Open issues | 95 |
| Open pull requests | 9 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Apr 17, 2018 |
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About PixelFed
Ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation (alternative to Instagram).
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed.
Topics
- laravel
- activitypub
- federation
- pixelfed
- social-network
- fediverse
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Is PixelFed free and open source?
Yes. PixelFed is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run PixelFed with Docker?
PixelFed does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to PixelFed?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to PixelFed include Mastodon, Discourse and Flarum. PixelFed itself is a self-hosted alternative to Twitter / X.
Is PixelFed actively maintained?
The most recent commit to PixelFed was on Oct 25, 2026 with 4,288 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.15.2, published Oct 21, 2026. It had 95 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.