Pixelfed is now available as mobile apps for iOS and Android. The open source and decentralized platform offers image sharing similar to Instagram. However, Pixelfed does not serve any advertising or share user data with third parties. The platform launched in 2018, but was only available on the web or through third-party client apps. The Android app debuted on January 9, and the iOS app was released today.
Creator Daniel Supernault on Mastodon on Monday evening, the platform recorded 11,000 users in the previous 24 hours and more than 78,000 posts have been shared on Pixelfed to date. The platform runs on ActivityPub, the same protocol that powers several other decentralized social networks in the fediverse, such as Mastodon and .
Many Instagram users searched for alternatives to the Meta-owned platform after the company announced it would do so. And to allow denigrating comments against women and trans people, among other changes. Meta too certain links to Pixelfed on Facebook, treating them as spam and removing these posts. A company representative said this was an error and the positions would be reinstated.
