Pixelfed

Pixelfed is a decentralized, federated photo-sharing platform and open-source alternative to Instagram. Built on the ActivityPub protocol, it connects with the broader Fediverse — including Mastodon, PeerTube, and other federated networks — while giving users full ownership of their content. Pixelfed exposes a REST API that is broadly compatible with the Mastodon v1/v2 API, covering media uploads, status management, timelines, notifications, follower graphs, direct messages, stories, collections, and administrative functions. Developers can register OAuth2 applications against any public Pixelfed instance and build clients using the same patterns used for Mastodon- compatible apps.

Pixelfed publishes 17 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Accounts API, Blocks and Mutes API, Bookmarks API, and 14 more. Tagged areas include Fediverse, ActivityPub, Photo Sharing, Social-Media, and Open-Source.

The Pixelfed catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

Pixelfed’s developer surface includes authentication and 9 more developer resources.

📡 Source on GitHub

44.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 27/100 agent aware open core · AGPL-3.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

Fediverse ActivityPub Photo Sharing Social-Media Open-Source DecentralizedMastodon CompatibleFederation

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 44.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 11.8 / 20

Developer Ergonomics 1.5 / 16

Access Clarity 6.3 / 16

Operational Transparency 6.6 / 10

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Open Source Surface 10.0 / 10

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 27/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Open Source Surface applies to this provider. This product is open source and we read its repository directly, so Open Source Surface carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from what the repository actually publishes — a security policy, a contribution guide, a release history, a code of conduct — read live from the provider rather than inferred from our own catalog pointers. This facet adds; nothing was taken away to make room for it. An open-source project is not excused from the commercial facets, because exemption would strip it of the points it does earn. If we have the wrong repository, or this product is not open source, say so on your provider repo and we will drop the facet rather than have you publish against it.

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APIs 17

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Pixelfed Accounts API

Account management, follow/block/mute operations

Pixelfed Blocks and Mutes API

Blocked accounts and muted accounts

Pixelfed Bookmarks API

Bookmarked statuses

Pixelfed Collections API

Pixelfed-specific photo collections (v1.1)

Pixelfed Direct Messages API

Pixelfed-specific direct messaging (v1.1)

Pixelfed Discovery API

Trending content, suggestions, and directory

Pixelfed Favourites API

Favourited statuses

Pixelfed Follow Requests API

Pending follow requests

Pixelfed Instance API

Instance and federation metadata

Pixelfed Lists API

List management and membership

Pixelfed Media API

Media upload and management

Pixelfed Notifications API

Notification retrieval and management

Pixelfed Push Notifications API

Web push subscription management (v1.1)

Pixelfed Search API

Full-text and entity search

Pixelfed Statuses API

Creating, reading, and interacting with statuses (posts)

Pixelfed Stories API

Pixelfed-specific ephemeral stories (v1.1)

Pixelfed Timelines API

Home, public, tag, and list timelines

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Open Collections 18

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Blocks and Mutes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Bookmarks API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Collections API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Direct Messages API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Discovery API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Favourites API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Follow Requests API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Instance API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Lists API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Media API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Notifications API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Push Notifications API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Statuses API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Stories API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pixelfed REST Accounts Timelines API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Plans

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Pixelfed Context

0 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Pixelfed Authentication

http/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Pixelfed Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Pixelfed Scopes

4 scopes · authorizationCode

4 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Pixelfed Agentic Access

68 operations · 28 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Releases

Releases

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Source (apis.yml)

name: Pixelfed
description: 'Pixelfed is a decentralized, federated photo-sharing platform and open-source alternative to Instagram. Built
  on the ActivityPub protocol, it connects with the broader Fediverse — including Mastodon, PeerTube, and other federated
  networks — while giving users full ownership of their content. Pixelfed exposes a REST API that is broadly compatible with
  the Mastodon v1/v2 API, covering media uploads, status management, timelines, notifications, follower graphs, direct messages,
  stories, collections, and administrative functions. Developers can register OAuth2 applications against any public Pixelfed
  instance and build clients using the same patterns used for Mastodon- compatible apps.

  '
deliveryModel:
  model: open-core
  license: AGPL-3.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Open core · an OSS project plus a commercial hosted product
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://pixelfed.org/img/logo.svg
tags:
- Fediverse
- ActivityPub
- Photo Sharing
- Social-Media
- Open-Source
- Decentralized
- Mastodon Compatible
- Federation
tags_raw:
- Fediverse
- ActivityPub
- Photo Sharing
- Social Media
- Open Source
- Decentralized
- Mastodon Compatible
- Federation
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-06-13'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-accounts-api
  name: Pixelfed Accounts API
  description: Account management, follow/block/mute operations
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Account
  tags_raw:
  - Accounts
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- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-blocks-and-mutes-api
  name: Pixelfed Blocks and Mutes API
  description: Blocked accounts and muted accounts
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Blocks and Mutes
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  - type: FinOps
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- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-bookmarks-api
  name: Pixelfed Bookmarks API
  description: Bookmarked statuses
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Bookmarks
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  - type: Documentation
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- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-collections-api
  name: Pixelfed Collections API
  description: Pixelfed-specific photo collections (v1.1)
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Collection
  tags_raw:
  - Collections
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- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-direct-messages-api
  name: Pixelfed Direct Messages API
  description: Pixelfed-specific direct messaging (v1.1)
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Direct Messages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pixelfed-direct-messages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  - type: GitHubRepository
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- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-discovery-api
  name: Pixelfed Discovery API
  description: Trending content, suggestions, and directory
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Discovery
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  - type: OpenAPI
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
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  - type: Plans
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  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-favourites-api
  name: Pixelfed Favourites API
  description: Favourited statuses
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Favourites
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pixelfed-favourites-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/technical/api/
  - type: Plans
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    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-follow-requests-api
  name: Pixelfed Follow Requests API
  description: Pending follow requests
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Follow Requests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pixelfed-follow-requests-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/technical/api/
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    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-instance-api
  name: Pixelfed Instance API
  description: Instance and federation metadata
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Instance
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pixelfed-instance-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/technical/api/
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  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-lists-api
  name: Pixelfed Lists API
  description: List management and membership
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - List
  tags_raw:
  - Lists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pixelfed-lists-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/technical/api/
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    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-media-api
  name: Pixelfed Media API
  description: Media upload and management
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Media
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pixelfed-media-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/technical/api/
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    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-notifications-api
  name: Pixelfed Notifications API
  description: Notification retrieval and management
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Notification
  tags_raw:
  - Notifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pixelfed-notifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/technical/api/
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    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-push-notifications-api
  name: Pixelfed Push Notifications API
  description: Web push subscription management (v1.1)
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Push Notifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pixelfed-push-notifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/technical/api/
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  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-search-api
  name: Pixelfed Search API
  description: Full-text and entity search
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pixelfed-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/technical/api/
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  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-statuses-api
  name: Pixelfed Statuses API
  description: Creating, reading, and interacting with statuses (posts)
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Status
  tags_raw:
  - Statuses
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pixelfed-statuses-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/technical/api/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
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    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-stories-api
  name: Pixelfed Stories API
  description: Pixelfed-specific ephemeral stories (v1.1)
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Stories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pixelfed-stories-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/technical/api/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
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    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: pixelfed:pixelfed-timelines-api
  name: Pixelfed Timelines API
  description: Home, public, tag, and list timelines
  humanURL: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  baseURL: https://{instance}/api
  tags:
  - Timelines
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pixelfed-timelines-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.pixelfed.org/technical/api/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixelfed/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  X-twitter: kinlane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/releases
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/blob/dev/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/blob/dev/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: AGPL-3.0
  url: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/blob/dev/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/pixelfed-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pixelfed-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/pixelfed-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/pixelfed-scopes.yml

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