Photo and video sharing social networks
Open source federated photo sharing network
Open sourceOpen sourceFree planPixelfed is open source software for sharing images on a federated social network. It is not one platform: many servers run the Pixelfed software and exchange posts through the ActivityPub protocol, the same protocol Mastodon uses, so you can follow and like accounts that live on another server. The project was started by the Canadian developer known as dansup.
Because Pixelfed is a self-hosted open source project, it is not necessarily European, although several of the largest servers are run in Europe. Choosing a European instance makes it a workable European alternative to centralised photo apps, and running your own server is always an option.
Data and operations
Verified operational dependencies, shown separately from ownership and from the service's core data hosting.
Public website
Why this matters
Public DNS routes website visits through Cloudflare. Visitor IP addresses and request metadata can reach this non-European provider; this does not identify the core service's data location.
Incoming business email
Why this matters
Published MX records route incoming business email through Google Workspace. Correspondent details and message content can therefore enter this non-European provider's systems; MX does not reveal the configured storage region.
Authorised outbound email
Why this matters
This domain authorises Google Workspace to send email. If active, recipient details and message content can be processed by this non-European provider. SPF does not reveal its configured storage region.
