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

Pixelfed is now available as a mobile app for iOS and Android. An open-source, sustainable platform that offers photo sharing similar to Instagram. However, Pixelfed has no ads and does not share data with third parties. The platform was launched in 2018, but was only available online or through third-party clients. The Android app launched on January 9 and the iOS app was released today.

Creator Daniel Supernault on Mastodon on Monday evening that the platform had 11,000 users who joined in the last 24 hours and that more than 78,000 articles have been shared on Pixelfed so far. The platform is run on ActivityPub, the same protocol that powers other social networking sites, such as Mastodon and .

Many Instagram users have been looking for alternatives to the Meta platform after the company announced that it would and allowing comments derogatory to women and trans people, among other changes. Shave as well other Pixelfed links on Facebook, consider them as spam and delete the posts. A representative of the company said that this was a mistake and the documents will be returned.