Pixelfed, a decentralized competitor to Instagram, is now available on iOS and Android

Pixelfed is now available as mobile apps for iOS and Android. The decentralized, open-source platform offers photo sharing similar to Instagram. However, Pixelfed does not contain any ads and does not share user data with third parties. The platform launched in 2018, but was only available on the web or through third-party app clients. The Android app debuted on January 9 and the iOS app was released today.

Creator Daniel Supernault Mastodon said on Monday evening that the platform had been joined by 11,000 users in the past 24 hours and that more than 78,000 posts have been shared on Pixelfed so far. The platform runs on ActivityPub, the same protocol that powers many other decentralized social networks in the world, such as Mastodon and .

Many Instagram users are looking for alternatives to the Meta-owned platform after the company said it would do so and To allow offensive comments against women and transgender people, among other changes. Also dead Some links to Pixelfed on Facebook, treat them as spam and delete those posts. A representative from the company said this was an error and that the posts would be reinstated.