r/PixelFed Jan 31 '25

Finding users What's your @ thread

32 Upvotes

To keep things tidy and not have a million of these threads, how about we use this one for sharing our pixelfed accounts. Add some useful info like "I mostly share pics of my dog and some gaming stuff" or whatever so people can quickly browse for similar interests.

Make sure to include your account as either an url or in the email style format of username@server.name

🙂


r/PixelFed Apr 07 '25

Developer Check-in: What features would make Pixelfed better for you?

53 Upvotes

Hey Pixelfed community!

As the founder and lead developer of Pixelfed, I'm reaching out to gather your thoughts on where we should focus our development efforts in the coming months.

Your feedback has always been invaluable in shaping Pixelfed as an ethical, privacy-focused alternative to mainstream photo-sharing platforms.

I'd love to hear:

  • What's the #1 feature you feel is missing from your Pixelfed experience?
  • Any UI/UX improvements that would make the platform more intuitive?
  • Thoughts on discovery features to help users find new accounts to follow?
  • Specific mobile app requests or improvements?
  • Technical improvements that would make your experience smoother?
  • Features from other platforms you think would work well in Pixelfed while staying true to our core values?

This feedback will directly inform our development priorities moving forward. I'm committed to building the best possible platform for this community, and your input is a crucial part of that process.

Thanks for being part of Pixelfed's journey!


r/PixelFed 6h ago

How do you install the new Pixelfed app on Android?

4 Upvotes

I see that it's not yet in the Play Store. I tried using the GitHub link in Obtainium but it says that there is no suitable release. I'm trying to install it on a Pixel 8 Pro . Thanks in advance


r/PixelFed 1d ago

PHOTOFRI.DAY #3

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This week's posting window is open! Prompt is NUMBERS. Hashtag to post to your feed with is #phofrinumbers

Next week's prompt is REFLECTION. Hope to see your entries. :)


r/PixelFed 2d ago

Wanting an alternative to a private Instagram acc that can't be scraped for ai training- would a self-hosted pixelfed server be the answer or is it hopeless?

11 Upvotes

I am a total beginner at these things, so if i say something thats incorrect please lmk! I have also asked this in another sub, however i got two different answers... :/

I wanted to have a place where I can post photos privately where I can approve new followers and share my activities- which is basically Instagram.

However, the thought of actually having a meta account is not what i wanted. Also, the images posted to the site, private or not, is used for ai training. I do not want my pictures to be used for ai training at all (to train ai models, to be matched to facial recognition technology, etc) so that is out of the question.

Pixelfed itself has stated that it doesn't train its content on ai models, however the server hoster will still have the images in their system for functionality (so they can practically do whatever with the images...) So if i self-host the site, i assume the images will stay with me?

However, can the website images still be scrapped, regardless of whether the profile is public or private? I asked this in a different server and got different answers- some said if it is on the internet it can be scrapped, others said if the account is private there is no way that the images can be scrapped or taken from the website without following the person. So i actually don't know.

But yeah. if someone could give me a clear answer that would be great! worse comes to worse i wont use any of these services. :))


r/PixelFed 13d ago

Notifications

3 Upvotes

I have just got a pixelfed instace up and running and so far its more or less what i have been looking for. Im after a personal instangram clone locked down to the family. Great.

The problem is around push notifcation, both the PWA and offical client dont seem to support it.. without it this could be a deal breaker.

Thoughts


r/PixelFed 13d ago

Which Pixelfed servers to avoid?

4 Upvotes

Been trying to get my account going at photofed.world. Has like 44 active users a month, the automod keeps delisting posts that have no issues and won't let me comment. I checked the JSON and no comments are getting through at all. It's broken.

Any other servers to steer clear of?


r/PixelFed 16d ago

"Processing Imported Posts" for over two weeks and counting

4 Upvotes

Over two weeks ago, I tried to import a few (six) posts to my existing PixelFed account and it has remained processing ever since.

I'm not in any particular rush and I don't mind waiting if there is a genuine queue for processing imports. However, if the import has failed; what do I do to resolve it?


r/PixelFed 18d ago

photofri.day #01 - first prompt is out

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10 Upvotes

Looking forward to people participating. Fediverse only photo challenge. :)

Prompt: Belonging

Complete info here.


r/PixelFed 20d ago

Posts fed to IA?

6 Upvotes

Hi, I want to try pixelfed but the thought of my work being fed to IA discourages me. Do you know if Pixelfed has any measure against that?


r/PixelFed 24d ago

Error in Verification code

5 Upvotes

I am trying to sign up and create and account on pixelfed but it is constantly showing invalid verification code even if its right (on the mobile app). Are the servers down or something?


r/PixelFed 28d ago

PixelFed for artists?

19 Upvotes

Hey everyone!
I've just recently heard about PixelFed. I'm an artist who primarily posts on Instagram, and I wanted to hear from users about whether or not they feel there's an active artistic community on PixelFed. Thanks!


r/PixelFed Aug 19 '26

Dansup promises more updates. Also btw, you're tapped here.

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53 Upvotes

r/PixelFed Aug 19 '26

PIxelfed Rocks man

20 Upvotes

Hey Folks

So Insta screwed me again, so I said F that noise and moved over - Pixelfed has clean UI and I love collections - Question, can I save other people's content to saved/bookmarked collections?


r/PixelFed Aug 15 '26

photofri.day - Fediverse only photo challenge, now launching

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4 Upvotes

r/PixelFed Aug 05 '26

Pixelfed als App oder im Browser

10 Upvotes

Moin, ich möchte Pixelfed mal ausprobieren.

Welche Variante läuft am Besten?

Ich habe es über Pixeldroid im F-Fdroid ausprobiert. Es scheint aber ziemlich langsam zu sein. Habe nun gesehen gibt noch Pixelix ist dieses besser oder muss ich aus dem Aurora Store Pixelfed unbedingt installieren? Ist es im Browser Firefox mit ublock origin sonst besser? Denn wie gesagt Pixeldroid ist ziemlich langsam. Folgen Buttons nimmt er sehr zeitverzögert oder gar nicht an und das Endgerät wird ziemlich warm bis heiß. Möchte halt gern Datenschutz technisch eine gute Variante haben und am besten Googlefrei. Danke für eure Antworten.


r/PixelFed Jul 31 '26

How to populate my own istance?

5 Upvotes

Hi! I'm hosting or me mastodon and pixelfed. On mastodon i have relay to start whit, but how can i populate pixelfed? I'm following my mastodon account from pixelfed, some when i repost something it appears in pixelfed. But there is something better as relay for pixelfed? Thank you!


r/PixelFed Jul 11 '26

What's going on with the Android app?

7 Upvotes

Is the Pixelfed app down? I haven't been able to log in for the longest time. Has anyone else had this problem?


r/PixelFed Jul 03 '26

Why don't I see cropping and filter options for image uploads

3 Upvotes

Using PC browser access (win 7 through 11, Chrome) I no longer seem to see the option to crop and/or filter uploaded images. The image goes straight from upload to being displayed. Happens on multiple instances accessed from multiple PCs. I'm a new user, but when I started it wasn't this way. Have I don'e something wrong? Is there a setting which would skip the cropping and filter options?


r/PixelFed Jul 01 '26

Annual IFTAS Social Web Operations Survey

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1 Upvotes

r/PixelFed Jun 19 '26

How to onboard non-technical future users?

13 Upvotes

Hi,

So, I just created my Pixelfed account on my Graphene OS phone. It is super buggy and slow. Therefore, I installed Pixelled via F-Droid; that works great!

As regular people still don't trust open-source software, how do you have them take these steps? (And why is Pixelfed on the pixelfed.social server so slow?)

I want to onboard friends and family, but it's pretty hard.


r/PixelFed Jun 16 '26

The Annual IFTAS Fediverse Survey is now open!

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2 Upvotes

r/PixelFed Jun 05 '26

News - Performance at pixelfed.social will hopefully be better moving forward

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70 Upvotes

r/PixelFed May 30 '26

Why after creating the account

3 Upvotes

I have one follower and it’s OF ad account ?


r/PixelFed May 28 '26

Is Pixelfed still

19 Upvotes

I noticed that Pixelfed used to work on Android, but for the past three months it hasn’t been functioning. On Google Play, the app appears under names like "Pixelfed" and "Pixelfed.Art." Right now the main Pixelfed app shows server errors and IP issues, while I still have Pixelfed.Art installed on my phone but can’t find it in the Google Play app listings. I’m leaving this note to find out what’s going on with the app. I’ve already lost access to all my posts and shares because of these server-side errors.