PixelFed
★ 7.1kGNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No Paywall5 Containers — 5 containers — moderate hosting footprintPackage · SourceNeeds MySQL2 documented maintainers
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Pixelfed is a photo-sharing social platform designed for people who want to publish casual shots and creative photography in a community-oriented environment. The README positions it as an...
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Features
- photo sharing
- fediverse integration
- web user interface
- documentation website
- YunoHost app
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- Created
- Apr 17, 2018
- Install Methods
- package-managersource
- Runtime / Stack
- PHP
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud Required
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓5 Containers — moderate hosting footprintRuns as 5 containers
Docker Compose
5 services · database: mysql · infra: mysql, redis
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (5 volumes)
docker-compose.yml · @ e6edffc · scanned Sep 12, 2026
services:
## MariaDB and Redis (optional)
db:
image: mysql:9
container_name: pixelfed-db
restart: unless-stopped
env_file:
- .env
environment:
MYSQL_DATABASE: ${DB_DATABASE}
MYSQL_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}
volumes:
- ./mysql-9-data:/var/lib/mysql
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "127.0.0.1", "-u", "root", "-p$$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD"]
interval: 10s
timeout: 5s
retries: 3
# ...
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