Author Archives: FediGarden

camp.smolnet.org

This server is part of the smol internet. The smol internet is an initiative from a group of friends who share a certain weariness of huge internet services that exploit their users. This server has a love for openness, the internet, and pangolins. We hope you enjoy it. We are based in Sweden and so are most of our current users.

Website: camp.smolnet.org ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Languages: English, Svenska (Swedish)
Founded: April 2022

urusai.social

A friendly and non-toxic English-first Mastodon community for anime, manga, and other otaku subjects. It runs on a customised version of Glitch Mastodon which includes extended posts, emoji reactions, additional themes, hover-zoom for emoji etc.

This server has a post size of up to 800 characters.

Website: urusai.social ⧉

Server type: Glitch Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: November 2022

nerdculture.de

Wenn Du erwartest, von anderen freundlich behandelt zu werden, behandle auch die Anderen freundlich. Hier ist kein Platz für Hassreden oder für Nazis. Keine Bots im Allgemeinen! (nur nach vorheriger Genehmigung).

Be excellent to each other, live humanism, no nazis, no hate speech. Not only for nerds, but the domain is somewhat cool. No bots in general.

Website: nerdculture.de ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Languages: Deutsch (German), English
Founded: November 2019

tkz.one

La comunidad Mastodon más grande en Español para gamers, otakus y geeks. Libre de toxicidad. Contenido de anime, manga, videojuegos, tecnología, cómics, literatura, cine… ¡Únete a la familia!

This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters.

Website: tkz.one ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: Español (Spanish)
Founded: April 2022

biplus.social

biplus.social ist der Mastodon-Server für die Bi+Community. Wenn Du Dich unter dem Bi+Regenschirm wiederfindest, bist Du hier richtig – egal, ob Du cis, trans, nichtbinär, inter bist oder welches Label Du für Dich verwendest. Auch Allies sind hier herzlich willkommen.

Website: biplus.social ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: Deutsch (German)
Founded: November 2022

aus.social

Built to be a stable, long term, safe Mastodon server. Mainly Australian members, but signups welcome from anywhere. Aus.Social is a “progressive” server, and we recommend you read the rules to get an understanding of what that means to us.

Website: aus.social ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: August 2018

Artsio.com

Artsio is an inclusive community for creativity! We welcome illustrators, 3D modelers, game developers, fine artists, dancers, photographers, musicians, writers, sculptors, fiber artists, art lovers, and artists of all kinds.

Website: artsio.com ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: April 2022

mograph.social

The main purpose of this server is to connect people from the broad motion design community, including 3D graphics, VFX artists, animators, designers and artists interested in moving images. It is also a place to offer to people in these fields an open space for discussion outside the toxic boxes of mainstream social media.

Website: mograph.social ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: November 2022

ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net

Is ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net fear de dh’iomadh frithealaiche Mastodon neo-eisimeileach as urrainn dhut cleachdadh airson pàirt a ghabhail sa cho-shaoghal. Tha am frithealaiche seo ann do luchd na Gàidhlig.

Website: ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)
Founded: December 2022

elekk.xyz

Elekk.xyz is by gamers, for gamers. People interested in games of any type are welcome here: computer games, console games, tabletop games, etc. Whether you make games or play games, this is the place for you. (NOTE: The ideologies of Gamergate and the alt-right are not welcome here.)

Website: elekk.xyz ⧉

Server type: Glitch Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: December 2018

Tube Free

Tube Free is a general video hosting server intended to help on-boarding for PeerTube. Backed by BT Free, a non-profit dedicated to digital privacy rights, advocacy and consulting.

Website: tubefree.org ⧉

Server type: PeerTube
Language: English
Founded: May 2025

snowfan.masto.host

Questa è una piccola istanza. ‘Cos’ha in più delle altre?’ Niente. ‘Di meno?’ Sempre niente. ‘Quindi?’ È Fediverso. ‘Cioè?’ I numeri stanno a zero, conta la voglia di interagire con gli altri. ‘E gli iscritti?’ Sono membri di un’istanza e parte di una comunità. ‘Qual è la comunità?’ Il Fediverso. ‘Allora ci ritroviamo tutti se vogliamo?’ Sì. ‘Quindi i numeri non contano nulla?’ Esatto. ‘Quindi siamo tutti padroni dei nostri spazi?’ Certo. ‘Ci vediamo in giro allora!’

Website: snowfan.masto.host ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: Italiano (Italian)
Founded: January 2024

WeHaveCookies.social

This server is for everyone who is up for a relaxed and open community. Everything and everyone is welcome here: humor, technology, politics, cats, dogs, nerds, entertainment, incoherent thoughts, you name it.

Website: wehavecookies.social ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Languages: English, Deutsch (German)
Founded: November 2022

raphus.social

Raphus Social 🦤 is a better bird site, a safe and inclusive place for bringing together open minded people interested in technology, open source, games, and other general geekery. (In case you are wondering, Raphus is the Latin for the dodo bird.)

This server has a post size of up to 1024 characters.

Website: raphus.social ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: November 2022

mastodon.radio

Mastodon.Radio is a Mastodon server for radio enthusiasts including the Amateur (Ham) Radio community, anyone interested in Shortwave Listening (SWL), etc. Come join us and talk radio, technology, and more!

Website: mastodon.radio ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: August 2018

toot.garden

Toot.Garden is a server that is meant for art, gaming, and musings about the world, with the occasional meme and lighthearted joke. Running since 2022, this server is dedicated to providing you a place to be social without being the product.

This server has a post size of up to 1000 characters.

Website: toot.garden ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: November 2022

djs.social

We are a Mastodon instance for DJs (and related fields) of any kind, be it in the club, radio, mobile sound-systems, livestreaming etc.

Website: djs.social ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Languages: English
Founded: November 2022

zeroes.ca

Zeroes.ca is a COVID-aware community hosted on servers in Canada, open to people from anywhere in the world. This is a volunteer-run service for dissemination of science, experiences, information, and ideas; conversation and discussions; questions and answers. Misinfo, disinfo, and other unlawful, harmful, and/or bad faith content is not permitted. Zeroes.ca runs on a customised version of Mastodon with extended post sizes, up to 8 poll options and extra themes on the web interface.

This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters.

Website: zeroes.ca ⧉

Server type: Glitch Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: April 2022

Toot.Kiwi

Mastodon server for anyone that has a connection to Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Pōneke / Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. It’s a local instance to help build community, but of course the Fediverse is here too.

Website: toot.kiwi ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Languages: English
Founded: November 2024

Sakurajima.moe

An inclusive place for fans and content creators interested in Japanese anime, manga, games etc. The server is highly moderated to provide a safe, non-toxic environment. Run by same people as the Sharkey server sakurajima.social.

This server has a post size of up to 3000 characters.

Website: sakurajima.moe ⧉

Server type: Glitch Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: November 2022

flipping.rocks

This server is for people who appreciate arthropods, amphibians, reptiles fungi, etc. and who are open to helping other people appreciate them, too. If you want a general Fediverse home for chatting with friends and posting about other interests, that’s okay too.

This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters.

Website: flipping.rocks ⧉

Server type: Hometown Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: October 2022

The Gamer’s Tavern

The Gamer’s Tavern is a cozy community talking mainly about gaming and other topics, fully committed to the Fediverse. The main goal is providing gamers a cozy and safe home to play together. (The same people also run a PeerTube server at video.gamerstavern.online.)

This server has a post size of up to 1500 characters.

Website: gamerstavern.online ⧉

Server type: Glitch Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: August 2024

ieji.de

ieji.de is a generalistic mastodon instance, with the goal of being the fastest mastodon instance in Europe and with a focus on user privacy, like being usable via the tor network.

Website: ieji.de ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Languages: English, Deutsch (German)
Founded: May 2017

livellosegreto.it

Livello Segreto è un’oasi social incentrata sul rispetto e la libertà.

La comunità è nata per parlare di videogiochi, fumetti, musica, diritti, underground, controcultura, arte. LS è uno spazio senza pubblicità, annunci commerciali e gossip. Più che un’istanza generalista, è un’istanza nata intorno agli interessi e ai valori della sua comunità. Frequentatela e scopritela!

Website: livellosegreto.it ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: Italiano (Italian)
Founded: February 2022

tooting.ch

Instance Mastodon suisse pour les personnes de suisses et hébergée par l’association FairSocialNet. / Swiss Mastodon instance for people of Switzerland, hosted by the FairSocialNet association.

Website: tooting.ch ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: Français (French)
Founded: July 2020

skastodon.com

A Mastodon server for ska musicians, artists, fans, and anyone else in the ska community. We welcome everyone from the ska, punk, reggae, rocksteady, new wave, or other related music fandoms. We are also proud proponents of the Ska Goth Alliance. You can also talk about whatever is on your mind (as long as you follow our server rules).

Website: skastodon.com ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: October 2022

dads.cool

A server for fathers of all kinds, including biological and non-biological parents, foster parents, adoptive parents and people of all gender identities.

Website: dads.cool ⧉

Server type: Hometown Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: May 2019

toot.wales

We are the Mastodon social network for Wales and the Welsh, at home and abroad! Y rhwydwaith cymdeithasol annibynnol i Gymru, wedi’i bweru gan Mastodon!

Website: toot.wales ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Languages: English, Cymraeg (Welsh)
Founded: August 2018

exquisite.social

A delightful and innocuous generic themed Glitch Mastodon server, with a slight focus on technology, privacy and *BSD. We are here to play and make friends in a supportive atmosphere.

This server has a post size of up to 1250 characters.

Website: exquisite.social ⧉

Server type: Glitch Mastodon
Languages: English, Nederlands (Dutch)
Founded: December 2022

lgbtqia.space

This is a cute server for all LGBTQIA ppl out there that want a caring and safe environment. If you are part of the LGBTQIA community you are very cordially invited to join this server.

Website: lgbtqia.space ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: November 2022

datasci.social

Community of researchers & practitioners in human-centric data science, broadly defined, like human-centric network science, social data science, computational social science, geospatial data science.

Website: datasci.social ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: November 2022

Balkanski fedivers

Balkanski fedivers je regionalna instanca za sve ljude iz Slovenije, Hrvatske, Bosne i Hercegovine, Srbije, Crne Gore i Severne Makedonije i sve one koji mogu da pročitaju ovaj tekst:) Ovo je i sigurno mesto za sve ljude koji žele da isprobaju ili pobegnu od drugih društvenih mreža, a žele da diskutuju i o lokalnim problemima (ili možda samo ne žele da pričaju engleski na ostalim instancama:).

Website: balkan.fedive.rs ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Languages: Hrvatski (Croatian), Bosanski / Босански (Bosnian), Cрпски / Srpski (Serbian)
Founded: January 2018

apobangpo.space

A fediverse home for BTS ARMY and KPop Fans. All welcome! Share your favourite music, scream for your Idol(s), learn together. All fun and no drama. Bangtan Forever, ARMY forever. KPop Forever. (NOTE: You must be over 18 to join.)

Website: apobangpo.space ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Languages: English
Founded: November 2022

musicians.today

Mastodon server for musicians of all levels, instruments, regions, languages, and genres. You don’t have to be a professional musician to join, but you should at least play an instrument or sing as a hobby.

Website: musicians.today ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: November 2022

cooler.mom

A server for mothers of all kinds, including biological and non-biological parents, foster parents, adoptive parents and people of all gender identities.

Website: cooler.mom ⧉

Server type: Hometown Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: August 2019

mathstodon.xyz

A Mastodon instance for people who love maths. We have LaTeX rendering in the web interface! We hope there’ll be lots of maths chat, but any topic of conversation following the code of conduct and the principle of getting along together is OK.

This server has a post size of up to 1729 characters.

Website: mathstodon.xyz ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: April 2017

corteximplant.com

An international cyberpunk’ish LGBTQIA+ friendly Glitch Mastodon server for edgerunners, netrunners and cyberpunks and all who want to become one. Includes extended character limits, a variety of front ends and additional features through the Glitch fork of Mastodon.

This server has a post size of up to 2077 characters.

Website: corteximplant.com ⧉

Server type: Glitch Mastodon
Language: English
Founded: October 2022

mastodon.ie

A server intended for people connected to Ireland, but open to all who respect the server rules.

Freastalaí atá dírithe ar dhaoine a bhfuil baint acu le hÉirinn, ach atá oscailte do gach duine a urramaíonn ár rialacha.

Website: mastodon.ie ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: English, Gaeilge (Irish)
Founded: March 2019

masto.es

Bienvenidos a masto.es, servidor de Mastodon para hispanohablantes de temática general.

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Website: masto.es ⧉

Server type: Mastodon
Language: Español (Spanish)
Founded: November 2022