Version of Linux which makes it as easy as possible to install and maintain your own self-hosted online services. There’s a really easy graphical interface, it works on home servers or remote ones, and it supports older and lower powered computers too.
Fediverse address (main account in English and French):
@yunohost@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (video account in English and French):
@yunohost@cinema.yunohost.support
Community that promotes free open software which is lightweight, simply designed and easy to use.
Fediverse address:
@simpletools@fosstodon.org
Free open knowledge base, available for anyone to use on any project. It is collaboratively edited like Wikipedia, and its contents is public domain.
Fediverse address:
@wikidata@wikis.world
Free open source theme park game inspired by RollerCoaster Tycoon. The game uses entirely libre assets, so you don’t need any proprietary licences to play it. It’s still in alpha testing but playable.
Fediverse address:
@FreeRCT@floss.social
Free open source end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer messaging system for Android and Linux which can be used online through Tor, or locally through wifi or bluetooth. Because it has local support it can be used even if the internet is shut down or broken, for example at demonstrations or in disaster zones.
Fediverse address:
@briar@fosstodon.org
Very popular free open source e-mail app for Android. It is due to become the official Thunderbird app for Android devices.
Fediverse address:
@k9mail@fosstodon.org
A free open source game engine for little games that can be made and played entirely within a web browser.
Fediverse address:
@bitsy@digipres.club
Version of Linux aimed at software developers and system administrators.
Fediverse address:
@opensuse@fosstodon.org
Free open source Swift package library to help developers make apps that interact with the Fediverse.
Fediverse address:
@tootsdk@iosdev.space
Free open source XMPP app for Linux and Android, and part of the KDE project. Includes OMEMO support for end-to-end encryption.
Fediverse address:
@kaidan@fosstodon.org
Free open source Mastodon app for iPhone, iPad and Apple Mac.
Fediverse address:
@IceCubesApp@mastodon.online
Free open source platform-independent ad-blocker, which can also block trackers, malware etc.
Fediverse address:
@tblock@fosstodon.org
Videos devoted to the Linux OS, software for Linux, Linux-based phones, FOSS, de-Googlising and related topics. The videos include news items, reviews, features and tutorials aimed at a wide range of skill levels.
Fediverse address (main):
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@thelinuxexperiment@tilvids.com
Multi-disciplinary academic web search engine run by Bielefeld University in Germany. It has been operating since 2004 and is one of the largest in the world.
Fediverse address (in German and English):
@base@openbiblio.social
Website from the creator of Fedi.Directory (that’s me!) which helps non-technical people create their own online services through managed hosting providers. Managed hosting means the hosting company does all the technical stuff behind the scenes, but you own and run the service. This allows anyone to make their own Fediverse servers, personal clouds, music streaming services and much more.
Fediverse address:
@homegrown@social.growyourown.services
Free open source Android app for using many different Fediverse platforms including Mastodon, PixelFed, Friendica, PeerTube and more. It’s free if you download it from F-Droid, and paid if you download from Google Play.
Fediverse address:
@apps@toot.fedilab.app
Libre game developer, co-developer of the comedy turn-based strategy Hedgewars, and creator of games and mods for Minetest.
Fediverse address:
@Wuzzy@cyberplace.social
Free open source XMPP/Jabber app for Linux which includes support for end to end encrypted messaging, voice/video calls and conferencing.
Fediverse address:
@dino@fosstodon.org
Videos mostly about technology, especially free open source software, Linux and PC accessories. The videos are a mixture of features, tutorials and news items. There are also some interesting wild card non-technical videos too.
Fediverse address:
@art@tilvids.com
Free open source embroidery design extension for the FOSS drawing software Inkscape. Their Fediverse account provides video tutorials for using Ink/Stitch.
Fediverse address (in German and English):
@inkstitch@diode.zone
Make free open source command line interface apps, libs and back ends.
Fediverse address:
@charmcli@mastodon.social
Discussion group about Ubuntu Linux and the various other Ubuntu-based distros. (Click here ⧉ for more info on how to use Fediverse groups.)
Fediverse address:
@ubuntu@a.gup.pe
Technology writer and journalist, often discussing open standards and copyright, best known for the free software book “Rebel Code”. Moody is also a regular contributor to Techdirt.
Fediverse address:
@glynmoody@mastodon.social
IT expert, software developer, good guy hacker, long-time Fediverse user. Fighting for privacy rights, libre software and ethical tech. Did information security and infrastructure for Panama Papers journalists, amongst others.
Fediverse address:
@rysiek@mstdn.social
Blog all about Linux, FOSS and related topics. Sister publication to the OMG! Ubuntu website.
Fediverse address:
@omglinux@mastodon.social
Free open source XMPP messenger app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. It includes support for OMEMO end-to-end encryption.
Fediverse address:
@Monal@fosstodon.org
Official account for the free open map of the world that anyone can edit.
Fediverse address:
@openstreetmap@en.osm.town
One of the developers at Blender HQ who creates the brilliant FOSS 3D graphics package Blender, mainly focused on animation and rigging.
Fediverse address:
@sybren@mastodon.art
Third party Mastodon and Glitch app for Android, forked from the official app with lots of features added.
Fediverse address:
@megalodon@floss.social
German language site featuring tutorials for self-hosting your own free open source services, and the same site also provides a number of libre online services.
Fediverse address (in German):
@adminforge@kanoa.de
Free open source privacy-friendly front end for YouTube.
Fediverse address:
@invidious@social.tchncs.de
Version of Debian Linux designed for mobile devices.
Fediverse address:
@mobian@fosstodon.org
Lightweight and secure Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.
Fediverse address:
@alpinelinux@fosstodon.org
Photo sharing network on the Fediverse, this is sort of the Fedi’s alternative to Instagram. You can follow people on Pixelfed from Mastodon etc and vice versa.
Fediverse address:
@pixelfed@mastodon.social
Non-profit initiative helping people use technology in a more financially, socially and environmentally sustainable manner, mainly relying on FOSS wherever possible. Provides help to everyone, regardless of technical skill level. Based in South Yorkshire, UK.
Fediverse address (main):
@freetechproject@floss.social
Fediverse address (videos):
@freetechproject@tilvids.com
Federated free open source communications platform with support for messaging and calling. The platform has many different apps available with the most popular being Element (formerly known as Riot).
Fediverse address:
@matrix@mastodon.matrix.org
Flexible Linux distribution where the source is compiled locally according to the user’s preferences.
Fediverse address:
@gentoo@fosstodon.org
Graphical installer software that makes it extremely easy to install alternative operating systems on Android phones. Supports many devices and many kinds of Android ROMs.
Fediverse address:
@openandroidinstaller@fosstodon.org
Privacy-friendly free open source online office suite. It can be self-hosted, or you can use the official instance. It’s collaborative and anonymous, with “zero knowledge” encryption so no one can access your data except you and those you choose to share with.
Fediverse address:
@cryptpad@fosstodon.org
Aims to provide a next generation internet with better privacy, more decentralisation, less spam and better energy efficiency by using “multicast”.
Fediverse address:
@librecast@chaos.social
Fediverse server type with a Facebook-style interface and no character limit. It is extremely flexible and lets you follow many kinds of accounts in a single timeline including the Fediverse, RSS, Twitter and others.
Fediverse account:
@news@forum.friendi.ca
Researches, develops and promotes online services designed for human beings rather than corporate profits.
Fediverse address (live streaming):
@fedi@owncast.small-web.org
Fediverse address (co-founder Laura Kalbag):
@laura@mastodon.laurakalbag.com
Fediverse address (co-founder Aral Balkan):
@aral@mastodon.ar.al
Talented illustrator, creator of the Pepper & Carrot webcomic (available under creative commons), Krita instructor and a keen supporter of libre software. Many FOSS projects have artwork by Revoy.
Fediverse address:
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
Free open source encrypted XMPP app for Android produced alongside a member-funded XMPP service, currently in private beta testing. Developed and run by a co-operative based in India.
Fediverse address:
@prav@venera.social
A new type of Fediverse server software which runs on cheap lightweight hardware and emphasises user safety and privacy. It supports both allowlists and blocklists, imports of lists from other servers, non-federated servers etc. To keep it lightweight there is no built-in web app at all, it is used entirely through third party apps compatible with the Mastodon API. It’s still in alpha testing but the official account is already running on a GoToSocial instance, and it’s a public alpha so others can have a go too.
Fediverse address:
@gotosocial@superseriousbusiness.org
Regular meetings of people enthusiastic about the Godot FOSS game engine, based in hacker spaces in Berlin, Germany.
Fediverse address:
@GodotUserGroupBerlin@mastodon.gamedev.place
A co-operative organisation creating Go-based resources for the XMPP instant messaging protocol.
Fediverse address:
@mellium@social.coop
Free open source software organisation, probably best known for the Firefox web browser and many other libre projects.
Fediverse address:
@mozilla@mozilla.social
German company which sells smartphones with pre-installed de-googlised Android or Ubuntu Touch.
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@volla@mastodon.social
New project to make a Fediverse alternative to Tumblr. It’s still at a very early pre-Alpha stage, but is making progress.
Fediverse address:
@Swanye@fosstodon.org
A new project that aims to combine an open source hardware device with FOSS federated social networks to allow you to physically control your own data, and to operate offline too if you want.
Fediverse address:
@bonfire@indieweb.social
Free open privacy-friendly replacement for closed source Android apps that some accessories require, for example some brands of fitness trackers, smartwatches, headphones etc.
Fediverse address:
@gadgetbridge@social.anoxinon.de
Free open source 2D game engine designed mainly for RPGs. Solarus games run on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and Windows.
Fediverse address:
@solarus@mastodon.gamedev.place
Long-running free PDF magazine and podcast devoted to the Ubuntu and Linux communities, founded in 2007.
Fediverse address:
@fullcirclemagazine@mastodon.social
Free open source privacy and security focused mobile OS, compatible with nearly every Android app through a sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer.
Fediverse address:
@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social