fediparty/source/en/portal/servers/index.md

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post	Themed servers

Unsure where to register to join Fediverse? Choose a website from this curated list. It includes Mastodon and Hometown, Pleroma and Akkoma, Friendica, Misskey and Hubzilla servers. Websites are not restricted to their theme. They help people with common interests find their community.

💡 Sciences

• lugnasad.eu - for French speaking science lovers (Friendica)
• astrodon.social - for anyone interested in astronomy, astrophysics, astrophotography (Mastodon)
• mstdn.science - for microbiologists, scientists in general, and science enthusiasts (Mastodon)

🎨 Humanities

• oulipo.social - a lipogrammatic server (Mastodon)
• dju.social - German journalists union (Mastodon)

🎓 Education

• tusk.schoollibraries.net - helping educators improve the School Libraries Resource Network (Mastodon)
• mastodon.oeru.org - for educators and learners involved in the OERu (Mastodon)

🎵 Music

• koreadon.com - for K-POP music fans (Mastodon)
• feedbeat.me - dedicated to culture and events such as music, poetry, comedy (German) (Mastodon)
• piano.masto.host - dedicated to piano music, in English/Japanese (Mastodon)

🔭 Interests and hobbies

• screenwriting.space - a place for storytellers (Mastodon)
• rollenspiel.social - (German) roleplay, Pen & Paper, tabletop, TCG, for all gamers (Mastodon)
• radiosocial.de - for German radio amateurs (Mastodon)
• pl.nudie.social - for naturists, nudists, clothes-free living (Akkoma)
• prf.me - for perfume, fragrance and scent lovers (Mastodon)
• makerspace.social - space for makers (CNC, woodworking, microcontrollers, etc) (Mastodon)
• 3dp.chat - 3D printing (Mastodon)

🚄 Travel, Transport and Infrastructure

• rail.chat - discussions about long-distance, passenger and freight rail networks for economic, environmental and equity benefits (Mastodon)
• aircrew.rocks - for pilots, flight attendants, and flight enthusiasts (Mastodon)
• bahn.social - for rail enthusiasts, in German (Mastodon)
• matitodon.com - exploring geography (traffic and towns), in Japanese (Mastodon)
• urbanists.social - for people who like bikes, transit, and walkable cities (Mastodon)
• bikejam.social - for bike and pedestrian infrastructure (Mastodon)

🎏 Language specific

• toki.social - for those interested in toki pona (Mastodon)
• mastodon.sk - for Slovak users (Mastodon)
• mastodon.eus - for Euskera/Basque speakers (Mastodon)
• xarxa.cloud - for Catalan and Spanish speakers (Mastodon)
• mastodon.fedi.bzh - for Breton and Gallo speakers (Mastodon)
• gomastodon.cz - for Czech users (Mastodon)
• mk.phreedom.club - for Russian users (Misskey)
• librosphere.fr - for French speakers (Pleroma)
• mastodon.nu - for Swedish speakers (Mastodon)
• norrebro.space - for Danish speakers (Mastodon)
• loðfíll.is - for Icelandic speakers (Mastodon)
• tea.codes - for Chinese speakers (Mastodon)
• planet.moe - for Korean speakers (Mastodon)
• mastodon.com.tr - for Turkish speakers (Mastodon)
• best-friends.chat - for Japanese speakers (Mastodon)
• mastodon.in.th - for Thai speakers (Mastodon)
• hub.mtf.party - for Chinese speakers, trans-friendly (Mastodon)

⛺ Regional

Australia

• bne.social - Brisbane (Mastodon)

Austria

• krems.social - Krems (Mastodon)
• tyrol.social - Tyrol (Mastodon)
• wien.rocks - Vienna (Mastodon)
• fedi.at - Austria (Mastodon)

Belgium

• wokka.be - Belgium

Denmark

• norrebro.space - Denmark (Mastodon)

Germany

• muenchen.social - Munich (Mastodon)
• mastodon.bayern - Bavaria (Mastodon)
• ruhr.social - Ruhr area (Mastodon)
• social.saarland - Saarland (Mastodon)
• dresden.network - Dresden (Mastodon)
• machteburch.social - Magdeburg (Mastodon)
• fulda.social - Fulda (Mastodon)
• brandenburg.social - Brandenburg (Mastodon)
• berlin.social - Berlin (Mastodon)
• osna.social - Osnabrück (Mastodon)
• fem.social - Ilmenau (Mastodon)
• friendica.a-zwenkau.de - Zwenkau (Friendica)
• hessen.social - Hesse (Mastodon)
• frankfurt.social - Frankfurt (Mastodon)
• harz.social - Harz area (Mastodon)
• rheinneckar.social - Rhein-Neckar area (Mastodon)
• nahe.social - Nahe region (Mastodon)
• moessingen.social - Mössingen area (Mastodon)

Norway

• oslo.town - Oslo (Mastodon)

Scotland

• glasgow.social - Glasgow (Mastodon)

Spain

• barcelona.social - Barcelona (Pleroma)
• mstdn.es - Spain (Mastodon)

Switzerland

• swiss.social - Switzerland (Mastodon)

Ukraine

• soc.ua-fediland.de - Ukraine (Mastodon)

UK

• toot.wales - Wales (Mastodon)
• bath.social - Bath (Mastodon)

USA

• socialclub.nyc - New York (Mastodon)
• social.tulsa.ok.us - Tulsa, Northeast Oklahoma (Mastodon)

🐧 For techies

• techlover.eu - talk about new technologies like development, digital art or science (Mastodon)
• layer8.space - talk about Linux, anime, music, software and more (Mastodon)
• hachyderm.io - for respectful professionals in the tech industry (Mastodon)
• devschile.social - for Spanish-language techies of Chile (Mastodon)
• techhub.social - for passionate technologists and everyone in Canada (Mastodon)
• k8s.social - for kubernetes, container and cloud native enthusiasts (Mastodon)
• techspace.social - for techies and tech-curious people (Mastodon)

💻 Programming

• pythondevs.social - for Python developers of all experience levels (Pleroma)
• dotnet.social - .NET

🎬 Book / Game / Show theme

• osrs.club - themed around Old School Runescape (Pleroma)

🔴 Political and social views

• campaign.openworlds.info - for campaigners and NGOs (Mastodon)

🐰 Ecology and animals

• toot.cat - instance for cats, the people who love them, and kindness in general (Mastodon)
• floe.earth - talk about climate, society, but also pleasant things in life (Mastodon)
• sauropods.win - for sauropod appreciators

⚕ Healthcare

• fedisabled.social - for all disabled people (Mastodon)
• diabetes.masto.host - safe harbor for people affected by diabetes (Mastodon)

👽 Fandoms

• bungle.online - fandom instance, post media, fan art and fanfiction (Misskey)
• mastodol.jp - talk about idols in Japanese (Mastodon)
• flower.afn.social - talk about flower night girl (フラワーナイトガール) in Japanese (Mastodon)

🐾 Subcultures

• this.mouse.rocks - furry instance for all the mouse adjacent folks who rock (Mastodon)
• birds.garden - a quiet, peaceful place where any bird can find refuge (Pleroma)
• stop.voring.me - fun hangout for furries and normies alike (Calckey)
• mstdn.beer - conscientious adult social gathering place in English/Japanese (Mastodon)

🌏 Notable generalistic

// small-to-medium sized instances that will be happy to have new users

• appalachian.town
• venera.social - friendly humans are welcome (Friendica)
• ieji.de - has Tor .onion address (Mastodon)
• misskey.de - hosted in Helsinki (Misskey)
• wienermobile.rentals - for all reasonable people (Pleroma)
• howlr.me - for members of niche and alternative lifestyle communities; originally alterhuman focused (Akkoma)
• social.sp-codes.de - main language is German (Mastodon)
• toot.io - hosted in Germany, mainly in English (Mastodon)
• social.yesterweb.org - hosted in the USA, mainly in English (Mastodon)
• idlethumbs.social - hosted in California (Mastodon)
• bardown.space - for hockey fans and players (Hometown)
• wetdry.world - talk about tech, gaming, bad jokes (Mastodon)
• earthlings.socia - for all precious earthlings (Mastodon)
• troet.crynet.one - English and German, all frieendly creatures may join (Mastodon)

🐚 Run by tech-savvy organizations

Instances which declare to be affiliated with an incorporate non-profit (usually an association or cooperative) and to follow its policies

• en.osm.town - for the OpenStreetMap Community (Mastodon)
• pouet.chapril.org - Chapril/April, free software association, France (Mastodon)
• swiss-chaos.social - Chaos Computer Club Switzerland (Mastodon)

🎉 Notable mention

// are open to particular audience, i.e., to students of university

• mastodon.mit.edu - for the MIT community (Mastodon)
• mastodon.acc.sunet.se - by Academic Computer Club at Umeå University, Sweden (Mastodon)
• metu.life - for METU university of Turkey (Mastodon)
• hci.social - for human-computer interaction researchers and practitioners, hosted by Princeton University (Mastodon)
• mastodon.librelabucm.org - for Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) people and free/libre software talk in Spanish (Mastodon)

🎉 Various (registration by application)

// these servers may be removed in future automated updates due to signups by application

• augsburg.social - Augsburg, Germany (Mastodon)
• wue.social - Würzburg (and the neighbourhood), Germany (Mastodon)
• bonn.social - Bonn, Germany (Mastodon)
• krefeld.life - Krefeld, Germany (Mastodon)
• darmstadt.social - Darmstadt, Germany (Mastodon)
• norden.social - Northern Germany (Mastodon)
• snabelen.no - Norway (Mastodon)
• mastodon.se - Sweden (Mastodon)
• tukkers.online - Twente region, Netherlands (Mastodon)
• mastodon.opencloud.lu - Luxembourg (private and public organisations) (Mastodon)
• mastodon.uy - Uruguay (Mastodon)
• chilemasto.casa - Chile (Mastodon)
• mastodon.ie - Ireland (Mastodon)
• mastodon.me.uk - UK tech community (Mastodon)
• mastodos.com - Kyoto, Japan (Mastodon)
• masto.pt - Portugal (Mastodon)
• scicomm.xyz - for scientists and science enthusiasts (Mastodon)
• fediscience.org - for publishing scientists, from natural sciences to the humanities (Mastodon)
• imaginair.es - for writers, painters, cartoonists and people with imagination (Mastodon)
• mograph.social - for motion design community, VFX / 3D artists, animators, illustrators (Mastodon)
• socel.net - for animation professionals and freelancers (Mastodon)
• iztasocial.site - discussions about psychology for professors of SUAyED Psicología university of Mexico (Mastodon)
• openbiblio.social - German libraries and information facilities (Mastodon)
• ausglam.space - Australian galleries, libraries, archives, museums and records people (Mastodon)
• linernotes.club - for discussing music recordings (Mastodon)
• bostonmusic.online - digital space serving the Boston music scene (Mastodon)
• mastodon.radio - for Amateur (Ham) Radio community (Mastodon)
• kith.kitchen - food and cooking (Mastodon)
• tooot.im - main instance language is Hebrew (Mastodon)
• toot.si - Slovenian (multilingual) instance (Mastodon)
• mastodontti.fi - Finnish, public toots should be in Finnish (Mastodon)
• floss.social - for people who support or build Free Libre Open Source Software (Mastodon)
• linuxrocks.online - dedicated to Linux and technologies (Mastodon)
• mathstodon.xyz - for Maths people (Mastodon)
• digipres.club - conversations about digital preservation (Mastodon)
• phpc.social - PHP community
• eupublic.social - for people interested in a united, post-national, truly democratic Europe (Mastodon)
• dads.cool - anyone with a kid can be a dad (Mastodon)
• tech.lgbt - for tech workers, academics, students, and others in tech who are LGBTQA+ allies (Mastodon)
• colorid.es- Spanish LGBTQIA+ / queer instance primarily for Portuguese speakers (Mastodon)
• fandom.ink - for fans and fandoms of all types (Mastodon)
• aspiechattr.me - for aspies and other NDs where you can chat to other peeps with ASD, ADHD, and related conditions (Mastodon)
• meow.social - general furry/safe-space instance (Mastodon)
• tooting.ch - generic instance hosted by the FairSocialNet association (Mastodon)
• weirder.earth - for thoughtful weirdos (Hometown)
• m.g3l.org - by G3L, libre software association (Mastodon)
• digitalcourage.social - by DigitalCourage (Mastodon)
• mastodon.nzoss.nz - by New Zealand Open Source Society (Mastodon)
• mastodon.roflcopter.fr - by Roflcopter, CHATONS member (Mastodon)
• libretooth.gr - by LibreOps, who contribute to (re-)decentralizing the net (Mastodon)
• photog.social - place for your photos (Mastodon)
• mastodon.cc - for art (Mastodon)
• theres.life - for Christians (Mastodon)
• fikaverse.club - Swedish and other Scandinavian languages (Mastodon)
• wpbuilds.social - for those who love Wordpress and open source (Mastodon)
• feuerwehr.social - for all firefighters in German-speaking countries (Mastodon)
• dragonscave.space - instance with a blind and visually impaired membership, welcome to everyone who is a nice person (Mastodon)
• mastodon.gougere.fr - Auxerre, France (Mastodon)
• stereodon.social - self-managed social network devoted to underground music (Italian, English languages) (Mastodon)
• solarpunk.moe - for solarpunk nerds (Mastodon)
• leftist.network - for those with Leftist politics (Mastodon)
• PCGamer.social - by the PC gamer, for the PC gamer (Mastodon)
• poliverso.org - dedicated to politics and digital rights (Italian speaking) (Friendica)
• rheinland.social - Rheinland, Germany (Mastodon)
• social.politicaconciencia.org - community about politics, science and culture for Spanish speakers (Mastodon)
• esperanto.masto.host - for those interested in Esperanto (Mastodon)
• masto.nobigtech.es - for Spanish speakers (Mastodon)
• triangletoot.party - Triangle region of North Carolina, USA (Mastodon)
• ruby.social - for people interested in Ruby, Rails and related topics (Mastodon)
• pcgamer.social - by PC gamer, for PC gamers (Mastodon)
• activism.openworlds.info - for activists (Mastodon)
• pipou.academy - French community with emphasis on kindness (Mastodon)
• mastodontti.fi - for Finnish speakers (Mastodon)
• snabelen.no - for Norwegian speakers (Mastodon)
• sociale.network - for Italian speakers (Mastodon)
• mastodon.ml - Russia (Mastodon)
• cmdr.social - dedicated to Elite: Dangerous and space exploration (Mastodon)
• fsmi.social - free software movement of India (Mastodon)
• indieweb.social - for participants and supporters of the IndieWeb movement (Mastodon)
• handmade.social - for all handmade artisans and their Etsy shops
• sciencemastodon.com - for science journalists and scientists
• recht.social - focus on legal topics (Mastodon)
• medic.cafe - for employees in the medical field (Mastodon)
• social.cologne - Cologne, Germany (Mastodon)
• graz.social - Graz, Austria (Mastodon)
• kcmo.social - Kansas City, USA (Mastodon)
• leafposter.club - Canada (Pleroma)
• aus.social - Australia (Mastodon)
• sciences.social - for social scientists (Mastodon)
• indiepocalypse.social - for independent creators of all sorts (Mastodon)
• brettspiel.space - for boardgame players (Mastodon)
• podcasts.social - for podcasters (Mastodon)

Disclaimer

Following instances skipped: number of users > 5.000, closed registration at the moment of checking, behind Cloudflare, running old code, theme / description not understood due to language barrier or scarce description, long blocklists, experimental servers.

Note: new server additions welcome, however, this is a curated list for newcomers - for this reason second-level, human-friendly domain names will more likely be accepted than 3-level, long, unintelligible strings of letters.

Note: servers with closed registration may be placed only in "Notable mention" category, only if they represent well-known organizations or establishments.

Add your own themed instance via merge request or send a suggestion to @lightone@mastodon.xyz via Fediverse. If your server already has many users, it will be nice of you to let other servers grow, for a healthier decentralization.

🌟 Other research links

• Pirate Parties in Fediverse
• Mastodon server distribution research by @Leah