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, Glitch-soc and Hometown (Mastodon forks), Pleroma and Akkoma (Pleroma fork), Friendica, Misskey and Calckey (Misskey fork), and Hubzilla servers. Websites are not restricted to their theme. They help people with common interests find their community.

Information about adding a server can be found here.

💡 Sciences

• lugnasad.eu - for French speaking science lovers (Friendica)
• astronomy.city - for astronomy and astronomy-adjacent users (Mastodon)
• astronomy.social - astronomy, space travel and related fields of knowledge (Mastodon)
• humangenetics.social - for people interested in the science of human genetics (Mastodon)

🎨 Humanities

• oulipo.social - a lipogrammatic server (Mastodon)
• archaeo.social - for archaeologists, historians and lovers of all things ancient (Mastodon)
• zirk.us - for readers, writers, thinkers, artists, academics, enthusiasts in arts and humanities (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)
• akademienl.social - for anyone working in or with a general interest in Dutch academia (Mastodon)
• mastodon.education - for everyone who works for and with education (Mastodon)
• sotl.social - talk about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (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)
• metalverse.social - from Metalheads for everybody (Mastodon)
• drumstodon.net - a place for drummers, musicians and music lovers in general (Mastodon)
• musician.social - for musicians who create, play, or love jazz, rock, pop, indie, classical and all other types of music (Mastodon)
• douzepoints.social - for all Eurovision fans (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)
• hamradio.tel - ham radio community (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)
• bikesare.cool - space for competitive and casual cyclists (Mastodon)
• social.vtopia.live - for Vtubers, their fans, and the creators that make them possible (Misskey)
• gametoots.de - for gamers and streamers (Mastodon)
• mastodon.triggerphra.se - for the hypnosis community; 18+, queer, and getting very sleepy (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)
• toot.pizza - NYC-leaning urbanism and transit instance (Mastodon)
• towns.gay - for radical queers, who believe that cities are for us too (Mastodon)

🎏 Language specific

• toki.social - for those interested in toki pona (Mastodon)
• mastodon.sk - for Slovak users (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)
• norrebro.space - for Danish speakers (Mastodon)
• loðfíll.is - for Icelandic speakers (Mastodon)
• best-friends.chat - for Japanese speakers (Mastodon)
• mastodon.in.th - for Thai speakers (Mastodon)
• occitania.social - community of Occitan culture and language (Mastodon)
• samenet.social - Sámi language (Mastodon)
• mastodo.fi - Finnish language (Mastodon)
• twitteregypt.online - Arabic language (Mastodon)
• vkl.world - Belarusian language (Mastodon)
• 9kb.me - Chinese language (Mastodon)
• fairy.id - Chinese language (Mastodon)
• e.fo - Faroese language (Mastodon)
• kanoa.de - German language (Mastodon)
• electricrequiem.com - Greek language (Calckey)

🛡 Safer spaces

Instances run by and for people belonging to some minority and moderated more strictly than usual to cater to it.

• neovibe.app - for fans of music, movies, gaming and all forms of entertainment, LGBTQ+ friendly and Black-run (Mastodon)
• qdon.space - a queer-friendly Korean-language instance - 퀴어 친화적인 마스토돈 인스턴스입니다 (Mastodon)
• bark.lgbt - for critters that like to bark, LGBTQ+ run and friendly, active moderation (Mastodon)

⛺ Regional

Australia

• bne.social - Brisbane (Mastodon)

Austria

• krems.social - Krems (Mastodon)
• fedi.at - Austria (Mastodon)
• sbg-social.at - Salzburg (Mastodon)
• aut.social - Austria (Mastodon)

Belgium

• wokka.be - Belgium
• mastodon-belgium.be - Belgium (Mastodon)

Canada

• halifaxsocial.ca - Halifax (Mastodon)
• vancity.social - Vancouver (Calckey)

Czech Republic

• witter.cz - Czech Republic (Mastodon)

Denmark

• norrebro.space - Denmark (Mastodon)
• fynbo.social - Denmark (Mastodon)

Egypt

• twitteregypt.online - Egypt (Mastodon)
• masr.social - Egypt (Mastodon)

Finland

• mastodo.fi - Finland (Mastodon)

Germany

• mastodon.bayern - Bavaria (Mastodon)
• ruhrpott.social - Ruhr area (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)
• harz.social - Harz area (Mastodon)
• rheinneckar.social - Rhein-Neckar area (Mastodon)
• moessingen.social - Mössingen area (Mastodon)
• chemnitz.network - Chemnitz (Mastodon)
• chemnitz.rocks - Chemnitz (Friendica)
• mfr.social - (Mittel-)Franken (Mastodon)
• cas.social - Castrop-Rauxel (Mastodon)
• im.allmendenetz.de - Cologne, Germany (Hubzilla)
• toot.berlin - Berlin (Mastodon)
• bz.pawdev.me - Bautzen (Calckey) (Cloudflared)
• kowelenz.social - Koblenz (Akkoma)

Indonesia

• mstdn.id - Indonesia (Mastodon)
• mastodonindonesia.com - Indonesia (Mastodon)

Italy

• www.foxyhole.io - Italy (Calckey)

Netherlands

• nwb.social - Nieuw West-Brabant (Mastodon)

Paraguay

• mastodon.com.py - Paraguay (Mastodon)

Portugal

• lisboa.social - Lisbon (Mastodon)

Spain

• mstdn.es - Spain (Mastodon)
• malaga.social - Malaga (Mastodon)

Switzerland

• swiss.social - Switzerland (Mastodon)
• basel.social - Basel and Basel region (Mastodon)
• mastodon.free-solutions.org - Switzerland (Mastodon)
• swiss-talk.net - Switzerland (Mastodon)

Ukraine

• soc.ua-fediland.de - Ukraine (Mastodon)
• lviv.social - Lviv (Mastodon)

UK

• bath.social - Bath (Mastodon)
• gib.social - Gibraltar (Mastodon)

USA

• socialclub.nyc - New York (Mastodon)
• social.tulsa.ok.us - Tulsa, Northeast Oklahoma (Mastodon)
• cityofchicago.live - Chicago, Illinois (Mastodon)
• gardenstate.social - New Jersey (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)
• devschile.social - for Spanish-language techies of Chile (Mastodon)
• k8s.social - for kubernetes, container and cloud native enthusiasts (Mastodon)
• gnulinux.social - community dedicated to Free Software enthusiasts and supporters
• h4x0r.army - community for hackers, pentesters, programmers, and more (Mastodon) (Cloudflared)
• dataanalytics.social - for data and analytics topics (Mastodon)

💻 Programming

• pythondevs.social - for Python developers of all experience levels (Pleroma)
• pythonist.as - for Pythonistas (Mastodon)
• dotnet.social - .NET (Mastodon)
• jvm.social - JVM technologies related server (Mastodon)

🎬 Book / Game / Show theme

• osrs.club - themed around Old School Runescape (Pleroma)
• greenhill.zone - multilingual instance for fans of Sonic the Hedgehog (Mastodon)

🐰 Environmentalism

• 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 (Mastodon)
• ecocentraal.social - about eco-central world (Mastodon)
• bhre.social - talk about business, human rights and the environment (BHRE) (Mastodon)
• vegoon.party - focus on veganism (Mastodon)
• veganism.social - for vegans and animal rights activists (Mastodon)

⚕ Healthcare

• fedisabled.social - for all disabled people (Mastodon)
• diabetes.masto.host - safe harbor for people affected by diabetes (Mastodon)
• medibubble.org - for medical professionals and everyone else, in German (Mastodon)

👽 Fandoms

• bungle.online - fandom instance, post media, fan art and fanfiction (Misskey)
• mastodol.jp - talk about idols in Japanese (Mastodon)

🐾 Subcultures

• birds.garden - a quiet, peaceful place where any bird can find refuge (Pleroma)
• stop.voring.me - fun hangout for furries and normies alike (Calckey)

🙏 Religion

• elizur.me - for German-speaking Christians (Mastodon)
• babka.social - for Jews and Jewish allies (Mastodon)

🔴 Political and social views

• elonsucks.org - English-speaking server open to anyone, especially those who are anti-capitalist, pro-democracy and strive to bridge inequality (Mastodon) (Cloudflared)

🌏 Notable generalistic

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

• venera.social - friendly humans are welcome (Friendica)
• 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)
• social.yesterweb.org - hosted in the USA, mainly in English (Mastodon)
• wetdry.world - talk about tech, gaming, bad jokes (Mastodon)
• masto.bike - riding a bike is a plus, French speaking (Mastodon)
• astronomique.de - main language is German (Mastodon)
• blueplanet.social - for people interested in making this planet a better place, primarily German language
• convo.casa - general for everyone (Mastodon)
• mstodon.eu - EU based English language server (Mastodon)
• publicsquare.global - safe place in Fediverse dedicated to providing online communication as a basic human right (Mastodon) (Cloudflared)

🐚 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)
• 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)
• metu.life - for METU university of Turkey (Mastodon)
• mastodon.librelabucm.org - for Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) people and free/libre software talk in Spanish (Mastodon)
• mastodon.acc.sunet.se - by Academic Computer Club at Umeå University, Sweden (Mastodon)
• akademienl.social - for anyone working in, affiliated with, or with a general interest in Dutch academia (Mastodon)
• social.sunet.se - by the Swedish Research Council for anyone belonging to a Swedish university (Mastodon)

🎉 Various (registration by application)

// these servers can be kept because they have a reason to not be open

Minorities (registration by application)

Instances which are focused on providing a safe space for minorities such as LGBTQ+ people and require approval for registration.

• 4bear.com - for the LGBT+ Bear Community (Mastodon)
• indiepocalypse.social - for independent creators of all sorts (Mastodon)
• is.nota.live - queer-run instance (Mastodon)
• lediver.se - für Leipzig, Diversität - diversity-friendly German-language instance (Mastodon)
• lgbtqia.space - for all LGBTQIA people who want a caring and safe environment (Mastodon)
• meemu.org - a queer-friendly instance (Mastodon)
• outdoors.lgbt - a safe space for LGBTQIA+ individuals and staunch allies that love the outdoors (Mastodon)
• pipou.academy - a French-language queer instance - une instance queer, qui vise à être aussi confortable et safe que possible (Mastodon)
• poweredbygay.social - for those LGBTQIA+ (and Allies) that are into fun adventurous things, like playing/watching sports, hiking, camping (Mastodon)
• retro.pizza - a queer-run poly-fandom nerd culture instance (Mastodon)

Furry (registration by application)

Instances which are focused on providing a safe space for furry interests and require approval for registration.

• chitter.xyz - for a friendly, inclusive, and incredibly soft community (Mastodon)
• furry.engineer - echies and engineers of all types within the furry fandom, LGBTQ+ friendly (Mastodon)
• pawb.fun - for the furry fandom, LGBTQ+ friendly safe space (Mastodon)
• pounced-on.me - a generalistic furry mastodon instance (Mastodon glitch)
• thicc.horse - for body positivity, LGBTQIA+, Furry, horny on main (Mastodon)
• pony.social - for nerds, LGBTQ+ or just people looking for a comfy place (Mastodon)

Other

// 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)
• 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)
• mastodos.com - Kyoto, Japan (Mastodon)
• mograph.social - for motion design community, VFX / 3D artists, animators, illustrators (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)
• 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)
• digipres.club - conversations about digital preservation (Mastodon)
• phpc.social - PHP community
• dads.cool - anyone with a kid can be a dad (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)
• tooting.ch - generic instance hosted by the FairSocialNet association (Mastodon)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• esperanto.masto.host - for those interested in Esperanto (Mastodon)
• masto.nobigtech.es - for Spanish speakers (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)
• mastodontti.fi - for Finnish speakers (Mastodon)
• snabelen.no - for Norwegian speakers (Mastodon)
• mastodon.ml - Russia (Mastodon)
• cmdr.social - dedicated to Elite: Dangerous and space exploration (Mastodon)
• fsmi.social - free software movement of India (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)
• graz.social - Graz, Austria (Mastodon)
• leafposter.club - Canada (Pleroma)
• 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)
• beo.social - Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
• greennuclear.online - nuclear community (Mastodon)
• indiehackers.social - for all indie hackers (Mastodon)
• musicians.today - for musicians of all levels, instruments, regions, languages, and genres (Mastodon)
• kalmar.social - Kalmar region, Sweden (Mastodon)
• blasmusik.social - specially, but not only for brass musicians, Germany (Mastodon)
• poketopia.city - For Pokémon furries, Pokéfurs. Also transformation and inanimate TF. (Mastodon)
• social.seattle.wa.us - Seattle (Mastodon)
• social.bau-ha.us - part of CCC family, hosted in Weimar (Mastodon)
• poliversity.it - Italian instance dedicated to the world of science and journalism (Mastodon)
• astrodon.social - for anyone interested in astronomy, astrophysics, astrophotography (Mastodon)
• artisan.chat - for creators, crafters, and artists (Mastodon)
• onlycosplays.social - safe place for cosplayers and their communities (Mastodon)
• mastodon.eus - for Euskera/Basque speakers (Mastodon)
• xarxa.cloud - for Catalan and Spanish speakers (Mastodon)
• myhobby.zone - for all kinds of hobbies (Mastodon)
• neurodifferent.me - a friendly space for neurodifferent folks (Mastodon)
• aviators.network - for aviation enthusiasts (Mastodon)
• machteburch.social - Magdeburg (Mastodon)
• frankfurt.social - Frankfurt (Mastodon)
• nahe.social - Nahe region (Mastodon)
• oslo.town - Oslo (Mastodon)
• ecoevo.social - for the biological ecology and evolution community (Mastodon)
• veterinary.education - veterinary medicine (Mastodon)
• this.mouse.rocks - furry instance for all the mouse adjacent folks who rock (Mastodon)
• flower.afn.social - talk about flower night girl (フラワーナイトガール) in Japanese (Mastodon)
• bardown.space - for hockey fans and players (Hometown)
• idlethumbs.social - hosted in California (Mastodon)
• okla.social - for those from or interested in Oklahoma (Mastodon)

🌟 Other research links

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