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# PixelFed: Federated Image Sharing
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PixelFed is a federated social image sharing platform, similar to Instagram.
Federation is done using the [ActivityPub](https://activitypub.rocks/) protocol,
which is used by [Mastodon](http://joinmastodon.org/), [PeerTube](https://joinpeertube.org/en/),
[Pleroma](https://pleroma.social/), and more. Through ActivityPub PixelFed can share
and interact with these platforms, as well as other instances of PixelFed.
**_Please note this is alpha software, not recommended for production use,
and federation is not supported yet._**
PixelFed is very early into the development stage. If you would like to have a
permanent instance with minimal breakage, **do not use this software until
there is a stable release**. The following setup instructions are intended for
testing and development.
## Requirements
- PHP >= 7.1.3 (7.2+ recommended for stable version)
- MySQL >= 5.7, Postgres (MariaDB and sqlite are not supported yet)
- Redis
- Composer
- GD or ImageMagick
- OpenSSL PHP Extension
- PDO PHP Extension
- Mbstring PHP Extension
- Tokenizer PHP Extension
- XML PHP Extension
- Ctype PHP Extension
- JSON PHP Extension
- JpegOptim
- Optipng
- Pngquant 2
- SVGO
- Gifsicle
## Installation
This guide assumes you have NGINX/Apache installed, along with the dependencies.
Those will not be covered in these early docs.
```bash
git clone https://github.com/dansup/pixelfed.git
cd pixelfed
composer install
cp .env.example .env
```
**Edit .env file with proper values**
```bash
php artisan key:generate
```
```bash
php artisan storage:link
php artisan migrate
php artisan horizon
php artisan serve --host=localhost --port=80
```
Check your browser at http://localhost
## 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 on irc.freenode.net ([#freenode_#pixelfed:matrix.org through
Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#freenode_#pixelfed:matrix.org)
* Project on Mastodon: [@pixelfed@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed)
* E-mail: [hello@pixelfed.org](mailto:hello@pixelfed.org)
## Support
The lead maintainer is on Patreon! You can become a Patron at
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https://www.patreon.com/dansup