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Pixelfed

Photo sharing the way it should be, without algorithmic barriers

Alternative to: Instagram


About Versions (44)

v0.12.11

2026-09-14

Upgrades to Laravel 13, enhances ActivityPub federation, improves localization with Crowdin automation, and updates the default image driver to vips.

v0.12.10

2026-09-11

This release includes extensive refactoring for Laravel 12/13 readiness, new administrative diagnostic and media migration commands, expanded translation support, and various security and performance fixes.

v0.12.9

2026-08-24

This update includes fixes for account migration and post likes modals, a refactor of UserFilterService, and the addition of alt tags to avatars.

v0.12.8

2026-08-24

This update includes several security fixes, an SMTP bypass for broken TLS in mail.php, and a passport update.

v0.12.7

2026-02-17

Updates include improvements to status storage, app configuration, media storage pipelines, and bug fixes for post counts and partial status updates.

v0.12.6

2025-09-03

Introduces pinned posts, custom filters, OIDC support, expanded image format support (Avif, HEIC, webp), a legal notice page, and a new StoryIndexService for optimized story rendering.

v0.12.5

2025-03-24

Pixelfed adds AVIF support, WebGL photo filters, and various API improvements, while now requiring PHP 8.3+.

v0.12.4

2024-11-09

Introduces Admin Domain Blocks API, profile carousels, moderated profiles, and various federation improvements including ActivityPub Move validation and sharedInbox caching.

v0.12.3

2024-07-01

Fixed a bug related to migrations.

v0.12.2

2024-07-01

Updated to Laravel 11 (requiring PHP 8.2+), added new API endpoints and settings, and introduced various improvements to direct messaging, federation, and embed support.

v0.12.1

2024-05-07

Fixed an app registration bug affecting auth flow and resolved a database race condition in the config cache service.

v0.12.0

2024-04-29

This release introduces extensive configuration caching, improves ActivityPub profile handling, refactors admin settings to Vue components, and enhances account deletion federation.

v0.11.13

2024-03-05

Introduces account migrations, curated onboarding, improved Docker support, and various API and admin dashboard enhancements.

v0.11.12

2024-02-16

Introduces Autospam Live Filters, an admin software update banner, and various fixes for timelines and federation content-type validation.

v0.11.11

2024-02-10

Fixed API endpoints.

v0.11.10

2024-02-10

This release introduces resilient media storage, parental controls, user domain blocks, and an experimental home feed, alongside numerous federation updates and performance optimizations.

v0.11.9

2023-08-22

Introduces Instagram import, Mastodon sign-in, account migrations, and reblogs in home feeds, alongside various admin tools and API updates.

v0.11.8

2023-05-29

Introduced post editing, a new app settings API endpoint, and various bug fixes and performance updates.

v0.11.7

2023-05-25

Expanded API capabilities with new tag and instance endpoints, added advanced autospam detection, and introduced S3 storage options for remote media.

v0.11.6

2023-05-03

Updates include PHP 8.2 and Laravel 10 support, a new landing page design, various Postgres fixes, and a renamed filesystem driver environment variable.

v0.11.5

2023-03-25

Introduces mobile app registration, portfolios, server directories, and admin tools, alongside significant performance optimizations for followers, timeline caching, and cloud media storage migration.

v0.11.4

2022-10-05

Introduces custom content warnings, a customizable legal notice page, and various performance and API improvements, while transitioning the default redis driver to phpredis.

v0.11.3

2022-05-09

Introduces the Metro 2.0 UI featuring dark mode, hovercards, and a new Discover layout, alongside new features like custom emojis and LDAP authentication.

v0.11.2

2022-01-10

Introduces Metro 2.0 UI enhancements, cloud backups, and improved federation performance, while dropping support for PHP 7.3.

v0.11.1

2021-09-08

Introduces WebP support, polls, federated stories, archive posts, and new administrative tools including spammer marking and diagnostics.

v0.11.0

2021-06-02

Version v0.11.0 introduces autocomplete support, Creative Commons licenses, a network timeline, profile pronouns, instance rules, and updated admin and home timeline layouts.

v0.10.10

2021-01-29

Version 0.10.10 introduces direct messages, shared inboxes, automated spam detection, blurhash support, and several federation and UI improvements.

v0.10.9

2020-04-18

Introduces profile following search, remote posts and profiles, a new landing page, and various bug fixes and API updates.

v0.10.8

2020-01-30

Introduces banned usernames, restricted mode middleware, various garbage collection tasks, and multiple bug fixes across stories and admin settings.

v0.10.7

2020-01-07

Introduces media editing in post composition, enhanced API metadata and pagination, and various federation and UI fixes.

v0.10.6

2019-09-30

Introduces Mastodon API endpoints for app compatibility, exposes follow/unfollow methods, and fixes user filtering and activity ID handling.

v0.10.4

2019-09-27

Added Welsh translations, preliminary Mastodon v1 API support, and language settings, alongside various bug fixes and UI updates.

v0.10.5

2019-09-24

Restored software field to AccountTransformer and fixed a caching bug on privacy and terms pages.

v0.10.3

2019-09-09

This update adds JSON views for status URLs, fixes cookie-related session issues, updates translations, and deprecates Personalized Discover.

v0.10.2

2019-09-07

Fixed a typo in the Inbox to enable proper federation support.

v0.10.1

2019-09-07

Introduces remote follows, a reworked Compose UI, short video Loops, direct message support, and city imports, alongside various UI improvements and bug fixes.

v0.10.0

2019-07-18

Introduced Collections, added profile donation links, fixed follower view modes, updated profile IDs to snowflakes, and removed legacy OStatus code.

v0.9.6

2019-07-11

Fixed an off-by-one error in the hashtag post count.

v0.9.5

2019-07-11

Introduces Compose UI v3, instance contact forms, and hashtag following, alongside various bug fixes and updated rate limits.

v0.9.4

2019-06-03

Introduces a notification service, emoji reactions, looping short videos, and various 'Labs' features, while removing support for Google Recaptcha.

v0.9.0

2019-04-18

Introduces profile photo deletion, developer token management, a new Moment UI, and various usability improvements, while replacing commentsDisabled with LiCE.

v0.8.6

2019-04-06

Introduced COSTAR, a filtering system allowing admins to apply block, content warning, or unlist policies to posts based on domain, actor, or keyword scopes.

v0.8.5

2019-04-03

This update introduces a new Compose UI, a custom iOS home screen icon, updated views, and the ability to hide comments on a per-post basis.

v0.8.0

2019-03-16

Version 0.8.0 introduces federation support, mobile UI updates, faster timelines, and improved APIs for mobile applications.