The thing about Pixelfed is that it’s part of the “fediverse”, hence the name. It’s an open-source and decentralized photo-sharing platform that comes free of ads, unlike Instagram. This isn’t a dig at Instagram, as Meta is primarily an ad company. However, that won’t mean anything to the average Joe who hates ads.

The Fediverse website offers users the same photo-sharing experience as Instagram without any of the surveillance.

Pixelfed is now available as a mobile apps for both iOS and Android. The open source, decentralized platform offers image sharing similar to Instagram. However, Pixelfed has no advertisements and does not share user data with third parties.

Pixelfed, a decentralized alternative to Instagram, has launched its official mobile apps. The service today runs on the same ActivityPub protocol that

Pixelfed, a decentralized and ad-free Instagram alternative, now has apps on iOS and Android, as reported by TechCrunch. The iOS app launched today, while the Android app launched on January 10th.

Pixelfed feels a lot like Instagram. It allows you to share photos, like posts, and leave comments but it is only when you take a closer look, you notice that it is not all the same.