Feature support
What piefed can do, answered by contributors with sources.
Accounts and profiles
- Move to another server with followersUnknown
- Accept followers moving inUnknown
- Export your dataPartial
community membership, blocks, etc but not posts
- Import follows, blocks and mutesPartial
community membership, blocks, etc but not posts
- Delete your own accountYes
- Two-factor authenticationPlanned
Coming in v1.9+
- Passkeys and security keysYes
- Sign in with an external providerYes
LDAP login was added in 1.2. Google OAuth login is also available. Source for Sign in with an external provider (opens in a new tab)
- Profile metadata fieldsYes
Up to four extra fields per profile. Source for Profile metadata fields (opens in a new tab)
- Verified profile linksYes
- Profile header imageYes
- Bot accountsYes
- Several identities under one loginNo
Posting
- Edit published postsUnknown
- Content warningsPartial
No separate warning field. Content can be hidden with spoiler tags or NSFW and NSFL flags. Source for Content warnings (opens in a new tab)
- Formatted text in postsYes
- Write in MarkdownYes
- PollsPartial
Native polls exist, but PieFed sends votes as a custom PollVote activity, so Mastodon-style servers may not count them. Source for Polls (opens in a new tab)
- Scheduled postsYes
- DraftsNo
- Control who can replyNo
- Custom emojiUnknown
- Post languageYes
- Pin posts to a profileNo
- Local-only postsPartial
Only per community: a community can be kept local so it does not federate. Source for Local-only posts (opens in a new tab)
- Automatically delete old postsYes
- Long-form articlesYes
- HashtagsYes
- Link previewsUnknown
- Translate postsPartial
Uses LibreTranslate, which the admin has to set up. Source for Translate posts (opens in a new tab)
Media
- Upload JPEG imagesYes
- Upload PNG imagesYes
- Upload animated GIFsYes
- Upload WebP imagesYes
- Upload HEIC imagesYes
- Upload AVIF imagesYes
- Upload MP4 videoPartial
if admin enables it
- Upload WebM videoPartial
if admin enables it
- Upload audioNo
- Several attachments per postYes
Gallery posts, compatible with Mastodon and Pixelfed.Since 1.8.0 Source for Several attachments per post (opens in a new tab)
- More than four attachments per postYes
- Image descriptions (alt text)Yes
- Sensitive mediaYes
- Removes location data from photosYes
Video and audio
- Video transcodingNo
Interactions
- LikesYes
- BoostsNo
- Emoji reactionsYes
Sent as a Like activity with the emoji in its content.Since 1.4.0 Source for Emoji reactions (opens in a new tab)
- DownvotesYes
- Direct messagesYes
- Approve followers manuallyYes
- BookmarksYes
- Join fediverse groupsYes
- Host groups or communitiesYes
- Interact from another serverUnknown
- EventsYes
Privacy and safety
- Followers-only postsNo
- Unlisted postsNo
- Block accountsYes
- Mute accountsUnknown
- Block whole servers (personal)Yes
Source for Block whole servers (personal) (opens in a new tab)
- Word filtersYes
- Hide follower and following listsUnknown
- Choose whether posts are searchableYes
The setting is federated to other PieFed instances. Source for Choose whether posts are searchable (opens in a new tab)
- Hide from search enginesYes
- Signed fetches required (secure mode)Unknown
Moderation
- Report contentYes
- Forward reports to other serversYes
- Block servers (admin)Yes
- Limit serversYes
- Allowlist federationYes
Since 1.7.0 Source for Allowlist federation (opens in a new tab)
- Import server blocklistsYes
servers can automatically defederate based on defederations of another server
- Approve sign-upsYes
- Invite linksUnknown
- CAPTCHA on sign upYes
- Moderation audit logYes
- Appeal moderation decisionsNo
- Custom content rulesYes
Discovery
- Full-text searchYes
- Trending contentPartial
Recently popular hashtags shown on home page sidebar
- Profile directoryYes
- Local timelineYes
- Federated timelineYes
- RSS feedsYes
- Relay supportNo
Federation and protocols
- NodeInfoYes
- RFC 9421 HTTP signaturesUnknown
- Object integrity proofsUnknown
- Group federation (FEP-1b12)Yes
- Fetches missing repliesPlanned
Coming in v1.9
- Diaspora protocolNo
- Nomadic identityNo
- ActivityPub client-to-server APINo
Apps and API
- Mastodon-compatible APINo
- Official mobile appPlanned
Coming soon
- Installable web appYes
- Push notificationsYes
- WebhooksUnknown
- Documented APIYes
- Supports OAuth for the APIUnknown
Running a server
- Official Docker imagePartial
comes with Dockerfile and compose.yml for building your own image
- S3-compatible object storageYes
- PostgreSQLYes
- MySQL or MariaDBNo
- SQLiteNo
- Single-user modeYes
- Handles on a different domainNo
- Custom themes or CSSYes
- Cleans up cached remote mediaYes
- Plugins or extensionsYes
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