## Introduction
A free and ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation.
## Official Documentation
Documentation for Pixelfed can be found on the [Pixelfed documentation website](https://docs.pixelfed.org/).
## 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).
* IRC: [#pixelfed](irc://chat.freenode.net/pixelfed) on irc.freenode.net
* Matrix: [#pixelfed:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#pixelfed:matrix.org)
* Mastodon: [@pixelfed@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed)
* E-mail: [hello@pixelfed.org](mailto:hello@pixelfed.org)
### Development
For more development focused communication methods, please visit the following:
* IRC: [#pixelfed-dev](irc://chat.freenode.net/pixelfed-dev) on irc.freenode.net
* Matrix: [#pixelfed-dev:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#pixelfed-dev:matrix.org)
* Mastodon: [@pixeldev@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@pixeldev)
## 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.
- [](https://oscillas.com/)
- Managed Pixelfed Hosting by [Spacebear](https://app.spacebear.ee/)