[PixelFed] Photo sharing platform federated with ActivityPub

no idea if you can change your username, maybe you should ask at pixelfed repository

#Pixelfed for #YunoHost has been upgraded to version [0.10.8]

#Pixelfed is a free and ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation.

More informations at https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/releases/tag/v0.10.8

Upgrade with the following command:

$ yunohost app upgrade pixelfed -u https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/pixelfed_ynh

#Pixelfed for #YunoHost has been upgraded to version [0.10.9]

#Pixelfed is a free and ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation.

More informations at https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/releases/tag/v0.10.9

Upgrade with the following command:

$ yunohost app upgrade pixelfed -u https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/pixelfed_ynh

Hi, I’m trying to use my yunohosted Pixelfed with a new app PixelDroid, but it gives me an error of “Could not register the application with this server”.

Do I need to turn a setting on to allow apps to connect?

I don’t know
 have you tried PixelDroid on another instance ?
Maybe you should ask them if there is particular configuration requested in pixelfed for pixeldroid


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Apparently it needs mobile APIs switched on. When I run https://instance.tld/api/v1/instance I can see "mobile_apis": false

I can’t see an option for this in the .env config file. Do you know where it is?

seems like to have mobile_apis :true:

we need to enable oauth

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De toute façon Ă  l’installation c’est indiquĂ© non si on mets un domaine.tdl/dossier que ça ne fonctionne pas, non ?

En fait à l’installation, il ne demande pas si on veut installer dans domaine.tdl/dossier, cela demande juste quel domaine on souhaite utiliser.

C’est juste.
Peut-ĂȘtre qu’il faudrait l’indiquer. Je ne sais pas si on peut le faire Ă  l’installation.

AprĂšs, si d’autres applications sont installĂ©es, il dira que ce n’est pas possible, et sinon on s’en rendra compte trĂšs vite.

En fait c’est indiquĂ© dans le readme:
Pixelfed require a dedicated root domain, eg. pixelfed.domain.tld

Et lors de l’installation, ça demande quel domaine on souhaite utiliser mais pas quel path_url on souhaite. Il utilise / par dĂ©faut.

Et en effet si une autre app utilise dĂ©ja le domaine choisi, l’installation s’arrĂ©te en indiquant quelles applications utilisent dĂ©jĂ  le domaine :slight_smile:

heya, I installed Pixelfed on YNH4.0.8.
I upgraded the first account to admin.

Now trying to upload my first picture, but b00m; error.

Anyone here with an idea as to what to do or what to check?

I had similar issues when trying to upload on mobile. This may sound obvious but have you tried on different browsers?

I tried both Safari and Firefox on MacOS.
Safari and Firefox on iOS strangely show me the YNH SSO page, instead of pixelfed


If it sends you to the SSO page, is it possible the Let’s Encrypt certificate is not updated?

Nope, the subdomain was created two days ago, I also installed the Lets Encrypt Cert then.

I did install the app first on the wrong (main) domain. Noticed that the URL change function in YNH did not work and this removed the app and reinstalled is on its own subdomain.

Maybe something went wrong there?

Since it’s not working at the moment anyway have you tried uninstalling and re-installing?

ok, some development. Although I do not think it is related to reinstalling pixelfed


I tried uploading an avatar: no problem.
Then I tried uploading my avatar pic (of 1.1MB) to Pixelfed; this was also not a problem

A little testing seems to reveals that the issue lies around 2MB. Bigger pictures give issues. Smaller upload fine.

Also; the mobile interface still defaults to the YNH SSO page


Do you use alternative text ?

Maybe it’s bigger than your instance configuration about image size limit :thinking:

I don’t use alternative text. But I am not entirely sure what you mean
 are you referring to the alt-text of an image?