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

ZIP archive with profile, posts, likes, bookmarks and media; following and bookmarks also as CSV.

Only follows can be imported; blocks and mutes cannot.

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

OpenID Connect, configured with PF_OIDC_* environment variables.

Admins can configure sign in with Google, Microsoft or Apple.

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

No header image; the API returns a placeholder.

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

Local posts are plain text with links, mentions and hashtags; formatting is only shown for remote posts.

Admin can set any limit beyond 500 characters.

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

Comments can only be turned off entirely for a post.

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.

The preview card endpoint always returns an empty result.

Instance config reports translation as disabled.

Converted to JPEG on upload.

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

Off by default; admins enable it in settings.

Converted to JPEG on upload.

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

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

AVIF is only accepted as an optional HDR version next to a JPEG, PNG or WebP photo.

Off by default; admins enable it in settings.

Not in the allowed media types list.

Not in the allowed media types list.

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

Default limit is 4; admins can raise it in settings.

Focus is always reported as 0,0.

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

Images are re-exported without metadata; GPS from EXIF is only published if the user opts in.

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

Photo-only; video upload is not supported.

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.

Curated registration mode.

Needs hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile or a Cap server.

Built-in quick captcha; reCAPTCHA is also supported.

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

Searches the text of public top-level posts.

Opt-in directory shown on the landing page.

RSS and Atom feeds for users, hashtags, categories and timelines.

Only draft-cavage signatures are implemented.

NodeInfo lists ActivityPub as the only protocol.

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

Uses its own client API rather than the Mastodon API.

Apps for iOS and Android.

iOS only.

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

Developer API documentation at developers.pixelfed.org.

DocC API documentation at docs.joinvernissage.org.

README recommends PostgreSQL for production.

Admins can add custom CSS.

Admins can add custom CSS and scripts.

Remote posts and their media are purged after a set number of days (default 180).