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layout: "post" title: "Themed servers"
Unsure where to register to join Fediverse? Choose a website from this curated list of themed servers. Currently it includes Mastodon, Pleroma and Friendica servers. Other Fediverse networks will be added in future updates. Servers are not restricted to their theme. They simply help people with common interests find their community.
- lugnasad.eu - for French speaking science lovers
- realscience.social - for naturalists and scientists that appreciate evidence based science
- scicomm.xyz - for scientists and science enthusiasts
- scholar.social - for researchers, undergrads, journal editors, librarians, administrators
- mastodon.cc - for art
- writing.exchange - community for poets, writers, bloggers
- bookwor.ms - for book-lovers
- imaginair.es - for writers, photographers, painters, cartoonists and people with imagination
- vis.social - for anyone into data, visualization, creative coding, related arts and research
- photographer.pro - for working professional photographers
- photog.social - place for your photos
- oulipo.social - a lipogrammatic server
- literatur.social - for German speaking authors and literary people
- mograph.social - for motion design community, VFX / 3D artists, animators and illustrators
- socel.net - for animation professionals and freelancers
- veenus.art - for artists and art lovers
- tusk.schoollibraries.net - helping educators improve the School Libraries Resource Network
- openbiblio.social - German libraries and information facilities
- ausglam.space - Australian galleries, libraries, archives, museums and records people
- rcsocial.net - for Catholics and those interested in Catholicism
- theres.life - for Christians
- metalhead.club - for metal friends
- linernotes.club - for discussing music recordings
- diymusic.space - for those who make music
- koreadon.com - for K-POP music fans
- vocalounge.cafe - dedicated to Vocaloid, UTAU, and other aspects of vocalsynth culture
- mysound.directory - community for musicians, audio creatives, producers, rappers
- bostonmusic.online - digital space serving the Boston music scene
- happyband.es - for musicians looking for other musicians
- fedimaker.space - for makers of Fediverse
- scramble.city - transformers, super robots, mecha and related subjects
- mhz.social - for radio amateurs, DXers and anyone interested to geek out about radio
- afu.social - for radio amateurs in German-speaking countries
- mastodon.radio - for Amateur (Ham) Radio community
- boardgames.social - for board gamers
- mastodon.beerfactory.org - for beermakers
- mastd.racing - dedicated to motosports
- ocr.social - for the global Obstacle Course Running (OCR) community
- kith.kitchen - food and cooking
- rollenspiel.social - (German) roleplay, Pen & Paper, tabletop, TCG, for all gamers
- wrestlr.social - for fans of wrestling
- pano.community - for fans of 360° photos, videos and virtual reality stuff
- btc.gdn - bitcoin Fediverse instance (note: uses CLoudflare)
- polyglot.city - for polyglots, multilinguals, interested in languages and translating
- esperanto.masto.host - for those interested in Esperanto
- tooot.im - main instance language is Hebrew
- toot.si - Slovenian (multilingual) instance
- mastodontti.fi - Finnish (public toots should be in Finnish)
- fikaverse.club - Swedish and other Scandinavian languages
- mastodon.sk - for Slovak users
- the.wired.sehol.se - for Hungarian speakers
- mastodon.uno - for Italian speakers
- mastodon.eus - for Euskera/Basque speakers
- bong.social - friendly online Adda for Bengalis
- muenchen.social - Munich, Germany
- mastodon.bayern - Bavaria, Germany
- toot.koeln - Koeln, Germany (generalistic)
- ruhr.social - Ruhr area, Germany
- social.saarland - Saarland, Germany
- dresden.network - Dresden, Germany
- machteburch.social - Magdeburg, Germany
- bonn.social - Bonn, Germany
- darmstadt.social - Darmstadt, Germany
- norden.social - Northern Germany
- wue.social - Würzburg (and the neighbourhood), Germany
- augsburg.social - Augsburg, Germany
- voi.social - Austria
- graz.social - Graz, Austria
- mastodon.herrliberg.online - Herrliberg and Lake Zurich region, Switzerland
- oslo.town - Oslo, Norway
- snabelen.no - Norway
- norge.social - Norway
- mastodon.uy - Uruguay
- chilemasto.casa - Chile
- mastodon.scot - Scotland, or who identify as Scottish
- net.scot - Scotland (experimental social network with a Scottish twist)
- glasgow.social - Glasgow, Scotland
- toot.wales - Wales and the Welsh
- mastodon.london - London, UK
- mastodon.me.uk - UK tech community
- rva.party - Richmond, USA
- triangletoot.party - Triangle region of North Carolina, USA
- socialclub.nyc - New York, USA
- sparklesin.space - Seattle, USA
- social.tulsa.ok.us - Tulsa, Northeast Oklahoma, USA
- mastodon.mg - Madagascar
- balkan.fedive.rs - the Balkans (generalistic)
- mastodon.fedi.quebec - Quebec, Canada
- allo.digital - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- mastodon.ml - Russia
- social.net.ua - Ukraine
- mastodos.com - Kyoto, Japan
- kopiti.am - Singapore
- mastodon.madrid - Madrid, Spain
- mstdn.es - Spain
- toot.brussels - Brussels, Belgium
- mastodon.in.th - Thailand
- zoltasila.pl - Poland
- mastodon.opencloud.lu - Luxembourgish / European private and public organisations
- mastodon.green - green European Union
- tenforward.social - theme Star Trek
- kirakiratter.com - for Aikatsu fans
- donphan.social - for Pokémon enthusiasts
- cmdr.social - dedicated to Elite: Dangerous
- fsmi.social - free software movement of India
- floss.social - for people who support or build Free Libre Open Source Software
- miaou.drycat.fr - for geeks, FOSS and cat lovers, CHATONS member
- linuxrocks.online - dedicated to Linux and technologies
- oldbytes.space - for old hardware fans
- mathstodon.xyz - for Maths people
- digipres.club - conversations about digital preservation
- indieweb.social - for participants and supporters of the IndieWeb movement
- osrc.pw - for people interested in open-source software, free web
- cybur.nl - for anyone in Dutch infosec
- noc.social - focused on technology, networking, Linux, BSD, privacy and security
- kitty.systems - for people who like kitties and computers
- ruby.social - for people interested in Ruby, Rails and related topics
- phpc.social - PHP community
- functional.cafe - for people interested in functional programming and languages
- pythondevs.social - for Python developers of all experience levels
- haskell.social - a Haskell instance for programmers, user groups, etc (note: uses Cloudflare)
- mastodon.gamedev.place - gamedev and related professions
- gamemaking.social - amateur videogame making: game writers, game players welcome
- gameliberty.club - mainly gaming / nerd instance
- pcgamer.social - by PC gamer, for PC gamers
- hispagatos.space- for hackers, social anarchists, and anarchist hackers
- activism.openworlds.info - for activists
- campaign.openworlds.info - for campaigners and NGOs
- eupublic.social - for people interested in a united, post-national and truly democratic Europe
- leftist.network -for those with Leftist politics
- traboone.com - pro-freedom of speech and expression social media platform
- birdity.club - post-coronavirus libertarian social network
- donteatanimals.org - discussion of animal rights and veganism
- toot.cat - instance for cats, the people who love them, and kindness in general
- climatejustice.global - for activist groups of the global climate justice movement
- climatejustice.social - for activists of the global climate justice and social justice movement
- dads.cool - anyone with a kid can be a dad
- cooler.mom - anyone with a kid can be a mom
- tech.lgbt - for tech workers, academics, students, and others in tech who are LGBTQA+ allies
- eldritch.cafe - for queer, feminist and anarchist people
- deadinsi.de - anti-fascist, LGBT friendly
- colorid.es- LGBTQIA+ / queer instance primarily for Portuguese speakers
- pipou.academy - emphasis on kindness
- notbird.site
- fandom.ink - for fans and fandoms of all types
- this.mouse.rocks - furry instance for all the mouse adjacent folks who rock
- vulpine.club - community for foxes, friends, and other furry (and non-furry) creatures
- meow.social - general furry/safe-space instance
- snouts.online - general furry/safe-space instance
- wolfhowl.me - general alterhuman (therianthropy, otherkin, etc) instance that welcomes all
- birds.garden - a quiet, peaceful place where any bird can find refuge
- kartoffel.cafe - the best place for all potatoes
- pl.wizards.zone - for wizards only
- venera.social - friendly humans are welcome
- meld.de - your data is yours, only you decide when, where and how you share it
- friendica.xyz - node for everyone, based in Northern Germany
- h-y-p-e-r.space - public server located in the Netherlands
- unhu.xyz
- kindred.haus
- kafuka.me
- kernel.social
- libertalia.world - named after a legendary colony forged by pirates
- nerdculture.de
- weirder.earth - for thoughtful weirdos
- nulled.red - refuses to block or silence any instances
- ieji.de - no logs, has Tor .onion address
- mstdn.fr - by sysadmins, with a goal to provide robust experience for tens of thousands of users
- gentoo.live - everyone is welcome to join
- sorcie.re - a general-discussion Fediverse instance
- neue.city - a place for you and your friends
- pleroma.fr - be nice to each others and eat cheese
- blob.cat
- sonogatto.it -a social network for cats, no registration of human beings accepted
- ephemeral.glitch.social - toots are ephemeral and disappear after a while
- botsin.space - for bots
- en.osm.town - for the OpenStreetMap Community
- mastodon.hackerlab.fr - by Hackerlab
- mi.pede.rs - by Hacklab-in-Mama hackerspace, Zagreb
- social.weho.st - by WeHost, non-profit internet service provider, Amsterdam
- m.g3l.org - by G3L, libre software association
- mastodon.nzoss.nz - by New Zealand Open Source Society
- mastodon.roflcopter.fr - by Roflcopter, CHATONS member
- libretooth.gr - by LibreOps, who contribute to (re-)decentralizing the net
- mastodon.mit.edu - for the MIT community
- mastodon.ocf.berkeley.edu - for Berkeley students, faculty, and staff
- mastodon.acc.sunet.se - by Academic Computer Club at Umeå University, Sweden
- mastodon.utwente.nl - for the University of Twente community
- pleroma.debian.social - a microblogging space for Debianites
- ikbenpiraat.nl - run by Pirate Party Netherlands
- w3c.social - for people involved in the activities of the World Wide Web Consortium (Closed Reg.)
- mastodon.greenpeace.ch - by Greenpeace Switzerland
💡 Sciences
🎨 Humanities
🎓 Education
🙏 Religion
🎵 Music
🔭 Interests and hobbies
🎏 Language specific
⛺ Regional
🎬 Game / Book / Show theme
🐧 For techies
💻 Programming
🎮 Gamedev
🔴 Political and social views
🐰 Ecology and animals
🐒 Family / Social relations
🌈 Safe spaces
👽 Fandoms
🐾 Subcultures
🌏 Notable generalistic
// small-to-medium sized instances that will be happy to have new users
😸 For people with a sense of self-irony
🐚 Run by tech-savvy organizations
🎉 Notable mention
// some are open only to particular audience, i.e., to students of university
Disclaimer
Following instances skipped: number of users > 5.000, closed registration at the moment of checking, 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. 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
- Friendica world overview
- Fediverse pirate servers
- Mastodon server distribution research by Leah
- Fediverse server distribution by href