Pixelfed is now available as a mobile app for iOS and Android. The decentralized, open-source platform offers image sharing similar to Instagram. However, Pixelfed does not have advertising and does not share user data with third parties. The platform launched in 2018, but was only available online or through third-party application clients. The Android app debuted on January 9, while the iOS app launched today.
Creator Daniel Superno Mastodon reported late Monday that 11,000 users had joined the platform in the previous 24 hours and that there had been more than 78,000 posts on Pixelfed to date. The platform runs on ActivityPub, the same protocol that powers several other decentralized social networks in the federal universe, such as Mastodon and .
Many Instagram users were looking for an alternative to the Meta-owned platform after the company said it would And allow, among other things, offensive comments about women and transgender people. Meta also some links to Pixelfed on Facebook, treating them as spam and deleting those posts. A company spokesman said it was a mistake and the positions would be reinstated.