PieFed
A link aggregator / reddit clone for the fediverse (alternative to Reddit).
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 290 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.8.8 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Reddit.
At a glance
PieFed quick facts
- Health score
- 90/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 266
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.8.8, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
PieFed scores 90/100, #11 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 290 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.8.8, 8 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 266 stars add 9.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 10.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the Codeberg API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
290 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.8.8 released 8 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 9.7 / 20
266 stars on Codeberg (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 290
- Last 90 days
- 369
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between GoToSocial (#10) and Habitat (#12) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Latest release | v1.8.8 · 8 days ago |
| Stars | 266 |
| Open issues | 395 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi ↗ |
PieFed vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with PieFed (Communication - Social Networks and Forums), scored on the same five terms.
PieFed: common questions
What does PieFed replace?
Repoly lists PieFed as an open-source alternative to Reddit. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where PieFed stands against the others.
Is PieFed still maintained?
PieFed had 290 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.8.8, is from 8 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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