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Outgoing and incoming Move both handled. Admins can turn migration off.

Outgoing moves via account migration and incoming Move activities are both supported.

community membership, blocks, etc but not posts

Follows, blocks, mutes, domain blocks, bookmarks, lists and filters.

community membership, blocks, etc but not posts

Coming in v1.9+

Second factor is TOTP only; no WebAuthn code in 0.15.0.

WebAuthn security keys work as a second factor after TOTP is enabled.

OpenID Connect, configured with PF_OIDC_* environment variables.

OIDC, SAML, CAS and LDAP via environment configuration.

LDAP login was added in 1.2. Google OAuth login is also available.

Profiles have fixed bio, website, pronouns and location fields only.

Up to four extra fields per profile.

No header image; the API returns a placeholder.

Actors are always Person and the API reports bot as false.

No separate warning field. Content can be hidden with spoiler tags or NSFW and NSFL flags.

Formatting in posts from other servers is shown; local posts are plain text.

Admin can set any limit beyond 500 characters.

Limit is a hardcoded constant of 500.

Native polls exist, but PieFed sends votes as a custom PollVote activity, so Mastodon-style servers may not count them.

Only through the API and third-party apps; the web interface has no scheduler.

Comments can only be turned off for a post, not limited to followers.

Off by default (admin setting). Works in posts, not in display names.

Pins show on the profile but are not published as a featured collection.

Only per community: a community can be kept local so it does not federate.

Local posts are always Note or Question; remote Articles are displayed.

The preview card endpoint always returns an empty result.

Instance config reports translation as disabled.

Admin must configure DeepL or LibreTranslate.

Uses LibreTranslate, which the admin has to set up.

GIFs are stored without re-encoding, so they keep animating.

GIFs are converted to looping MP4 (gifv).

Off by default; admins enable it in settings.

Off by default; converted to JPEG and needs libvips with HEIF support.

Converted to JPEG on upload.

Off by default; admins enable it. Converted to JPEG.

Converted to JPEG on upload.

Off by default; admins enable it in settings.

if admin enables it

Not in the allowed media types list.

if admin enables it

Not in the allowed media types list.

Gallery posts, compatible with Mastodon and Pixelfed.

Default limit is 4 per post; admins can raise it.

Limit is 4 attachments per post.

Focus is always reported as 0,0.

Metadata is stripped when images are re-encoded, which is on by default.

Only with the optional HLS setting; otherwise the uploaded MP4 is served.

No EmojiReact handling; Misskey style reactions arrive as plain favourites.

Sent as a Like activity with the emoji in its content.

Remote Events are shown as posts but cannot be created.

The setting is federated to other PieFed instances.

Incoming Flag reports are received; local reports are not forwarded.

Servers can be unlisted or have their media auto-marked sensitive.

Imports only Pixelfed's own JSON moderation backup, not CSV blocklists.

servers can automatically defederate based on defederations of another server

Curated registration mode.

Needs hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile or a Cap server.

Uses hCaptcha, a third-party service.

Post search is disabled; only accounts and hashtags are searched.

Needs Elasticsearch or OpenSearch; covers opted-in posts and posts you interacted with.

Recently popular hashtags shown on home page sidebar

Opt-in directory shown on the landing page.

Only draft-cavage signatures are implemented.

Inbound since 4.5; outbound as a fallback since 4.7.

Verifies incoming FEP-8b32 proofs; does not emit them.

Coming in v1.9

NodeInfo lists ActivityPub as the only protocol.

Only ActivityPub server-to-server is supported.

Mastodon apps can sign in, but text-only posts and direct visibility are rejected.

Apps for iOS and Android.

Coming soon

Mobile app push needs the admin to set a push gateway API key.

Developer API documentation at developers.pixelfed.org.

comes with Dockerfile and compose.yml for building your own image

Admins can add custom CSS.