Pixelfed
Photo sharing the way it should be, without algorithmic barriers
Alternative to: Instagram
v0.12.11
2026-09-14Upgrades to Laravel 13, enhances ActivityPub federation, improves localization with Crowdin automation, and updates the default image driver to vips.
v0.12.10
2026-09-11This 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
2026-08-24This 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
2026-08-24This update includes several security fixes, an SMTP bypass for broken TLS in mail.php, and a passport update.
v0.12.7
2026-02-17Updates include improvements to status storage, app configuration, media storage pipelines, and bug fixes for post counts and partial status updates.
v0.12.6
2025-09-03Introduces 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
2025-03-24Pixelfed adds AVIF support, WebGL photo filters, and various API improvements, while now requiring PHP 8.3+.
v0.12.4
2024-11-09Introduces Admin Domain Blocks API, profile carousels, moderated profiles, and various federation improvements including ActivityPub Move validation and sharedInbox caching.
v0.12.3
2024-07-01Fixed a bug related to migrations.
v0.12.2
2024-07-01Updated 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
2024-05-07Fixed an app registration bug affecting auth flow and resolved a database race condition in the config cache service.
v0.12.0
2024-04-29This release introduces extensive configuration caching, improves ActivityPub profile handling, refactors admin settings to Vue components, and enhances account deletion federation.
v0.11.13
2024-03-05Introduces account migrations, curated onboarding, improved Docker support, and various API and admin dashboard enhancements.
v0.11.12
2024-02-16Introduces Autospam Live Filters, an admin software update banner, and various fixes for timelines and federation content-type validation.
v0.11.11
2024-02-10Fixed API endpoints.
v0.11.10
2024-02-10This 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
2023-08-22Introduces Instagram import, Mastodon sign-in, account migrations, and reblogs in home feeds, alongside various admin tools and API updates.
v0.11.8
2023-05-29Introduced post editing, a new app settings API endpoint, and various bug fixes and performance updates.
v0.11.7
2023-05-25Expanded API capabilities with new tag and instance endpoints, added advanced autospam detection, and introduced S3 storage options for remote media.
v0.11.6
2023-05-03Updates 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
2023-03-25Introduces 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
2022-10-05Introduces 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
2022-05-09Introduces 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
2022-01-10Introduces Metro 2.0 UI enhancements, cloud backups, and improved federation performance, while dropping support for PHP 7.3.
v0.11.1
2021-09-08Introduces WebP support, polls, federated stories, archive posts, and new administrative tools including spammer marking and diagnostics.
v0.11.0
2021-06-02Version 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
2021-01-29Version 0.10.10 introduces direct messages, shared inboxes, automated spam detection, blurhash support, and several federation and UI improvements.
v0.10.9
2020-04-18Introduces profile following search, remote posts and profiles, a new landing page, and various bug fixes and API updates.
v0.10.8
2020-01-30Introduces banned usernames, restricted mode middleware, various garbage collection tasks, and multiple bug fixes across stories and admin settings.
v0.10.7
2020-01-07Introduces media editing in post composition, enhanced API metadata and pagination, and various federation and UI fixes.
v0.10.6
2019-09-30Introduces Mastodon API endpoints for app compatibility, exposes follow/unfollow methods, and fixes user filtering and activity ID handling.
v0.10.4
2019-09-27Added Welsh translations, preliminary Mastodon v1 API support, and language settings, alongside various bug fixes and UI updates.
v0.10.5
2019-09-24Restored software field to AccountTransformer and fixed a caching bug on privacy and terms pages.
v0.10.3
2019-09-09This update adds JSON views for status URLs, fixes cookie-related session issues, updates translations, and deprecates Personalized Discover.
v0.10.2
2019-09-07Fixed a typo in the Inbox to enable proper federation support.
v0.10.1
2019-09-07Introduces 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
2019-07-18Introduced Collections, added profile donation links, fixed follower view modes, updated profile IDs to snowflakes, and removed legacy OStatus code.
v0.9.6
2019-07-11Fixed an off-by-one error in the hashtag post count.
v0.9.5
2019-07-11Introduces Compose UI v3, instance contact forms, and hashtag following, alongside various bug fixes and updated rate limits.
v0.9.4
2019-06-03Introduces a notification service, emoji reactions, looping short videos, and various 'Labs' features, while removing support for Google Recaptcha.
v0.9.0
2019-04-18Introduces profile photo deletion, developer token management, a new Moment UI, and various usability improvements, while replacing commentsDisabled with LiCE.
v0.8.6
2019-04-06Introduced 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
2019-04-03This 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
2019-03-16Version 0.8.0 introduces federation support, mobile UI updates, faster timelines, and improved APIs for mobile applications.