## Introduction
Photo sharing the way it should be. Pixelfed lets your casual shots and creative photography find their audience naturally, without algorithmic barriers. Join [millions](https://fedidb.com) of people sharing across the [fediverse](https://fediverse.info).
## Database Support (Please report any regressions)
* MySQL 9+ is officially supported (Strict mode is not default).
* MariaDB 11+ is officially supported (Strict mode is default).
* PostgreSQL 14+ is best effort _as of writing_.
Notice: We need to improve the ecosystem to test/validate the codebase to be database agnostic, but this will require considerable engineering effort. Thank you for your understanding.
## Official Documentation
Documentation for Pixelfed can be found on the [Pixelfed documentation website](https://docs.pixelfed.org/).
## Host your own instance with
[](https://install-app.yunohost.org/?app=pixelfed)
Pixelfed app for [YunoHost](https://yunohost.org "YunoHost"). See [the package source code](https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/pixelfed_ynh "pixelfed_ynh repository on GitHub")
[](https://repocloud.io/details/Pixelfed/)
## License
Pixelfed is open-sourced software licensed under the AGPL license.
## Communication
The ways you can communicate on the project are below. Before interacting, please
read through the [Code Of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
- Mastodon: [@pixelfed@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed)
- E-mail: [hello@pixelfed.org](mailto:hello@pixelfed.org)
## Pixelfed Sponsors
We would like to extend our thanks to the following sponsors for funding Pixelfed development. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please visit the Pixelfed [Patreon Page](https://www.patreon.com/dansup/overview)
- [NLnet Foundation](https://nlnet.nl) and [NGI0
Discovery](https://nlnet.nl/discovery/), part of the [Next Generation
Internet](https://ngi.eu) initiative.
