# Pixelfed 🖼

**URL:** <https://discourse.eom.dev/t/pixelfed/684>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [June 23, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/pixelfed/684 "2026-06-23T19:28:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![eric](https://discourse.eom.dev/user_avatar/discourse.eom.dev/eric/32/610_2.png) [@eric](https://discourse.eom.dev/u/eric)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/pixelfed/684/1 "2026-06-23T19:28:25Z")

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# Image Sharing for the Fediverse

[https://pixelfed.eom.dev/](https://pixelfed.eom.dev/)

Pixelfed is Instagram for the Fediverse. I deployed an instance as a platform on which to share my own photographs, but am not sure it serves a distinct enough purpose to warrant a dedicated service. I already have Mastodon and Discourse on which I can upload images and maintaining another platform adds complexity to system maintenance - not to mention the Helm chart used in this deployment being unofficial.

[https://github.com/open-engineering-nl/pixelfed-chart](https://github.com/open-engineering-nl/pixelfed-chart)

> **[ansible-role-pixelfed](https://gitea.eom.dev/DevOps/ansible-role-pixelfed)**
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> Ansible role to deploy Pixelfed to Kubernetes

This deployment is a little too unstable for me to rely on it as a long-term home for this data, but it may be useful if I wanted to set up automations for publishing to third-party image sharing websites. For my current trip to the Appalachian Mountains, though, I will continue to use Discourse and Mastodon.

> [@Appalachian Mountains mountain](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/appalachian-mountains/447/3):
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> Photography and a Trip to Jimmy John’s [6U9A0232] [6U9A0234] [6U9A0235] [6U9A0241] [6U9A0245] These are some photographs I took while working at Grandview Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway yesterday. I enjoyed watching this storm arrive over the mountains as I finished up work for the day. I am considering different methods for sharing photography on my platform, but for now uploading images to Discourse and boosting the post on Mastodon seems to be a good starting point. Between thes…

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**Author:** ![eric](https://discourse.eom.dev/user_avatar/discourse.eom.dev/eric/32/610_2.png) [@eric](https://discourse.eom.dev/u/eric)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.eom.dev/t/pixelfed/684/2 "2026-07-03T16:35:26Z")

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# Decommissioned

It was a decent enough service, but given the ability to share images on Mastodon and Discourse, Pixelfed isn’t providing me with something I don’t already have. For these reasons I have taken down my instance. 🫡