@utzer I think if we look at the breakdown of what my #friendica instance sees, and claims to be a part of, your seeing everything that has been live in the lets say past 24 hours that is directly connected to the fedieverse via #activitypub, and a lot of these articles only gather stats for certain #mastadon instances and not the fediverse as a whole, I only have around 157 contacts, my DB is around 13GB, a lot of these stats are per the moment they are collected and most the articles only focus on a handfull of instances at best, here is what my instance is seeing right now,
Administration - Federation statistics
This page offers you the amount of known part of the federated social network your Friendica node is part of. These numbers are not complete and only reflect the part of the network your node is aware of.

Currently this node is aware of 45,339 nodes (2,255,139 active users last month, 4,189,933 active users last six months, 24,306,976 registered users in total) from the following platforms:

Friendica (450/29355)
Akkoma (584/15655)
BirdsiteLIVE (7/21616)
BookWyrm (114/30952)
Castopod (375/1264)
Cherrypick (58/8102)
Diaspora (51/229201)
firefish (Calckey) (35/3910)
Sharkey (537/25893)
Foundkey (4/10273)
Funkwhale (74/5826)
Gancio (217/3611)
Ghost (11518/11522)
Mastodon Glitch Edition (312/119884)
GNU Social/Statusnet (16/38)
GoToSocial (2359/3801)
Hometown (114/15283)
Honk (42/45)
Hubzilla/Red Matrix (170/14472)
iceshrimp (230/4355)
Lemmy (501/595175)
Mastodon (9248/13106196)
mbin (18/9546)
Microblog (98/99)
Misskey (1200/1182958)
Mobilizon (163/93791)
Nextcloud (20/20)
Nomad projects (Mistpark, Osada, Roadhouse, Streams. Zap) (5/7)
Owncast (320/324)
Peertube (1897/888907)
Pixelfed (741/1062016)
Pleroma (624/61952)
Plume (23/4088)
Postmarks (9/10)
ActivityPub Relay (138/139)
SocialHome (7/3786)
Snac (356/2189)
Takahē (31/666)
Wildebeest (3/3)
WordPress (10629/25614)
Write.as (4/4)
WriteFreely (757/134117)
Other (1280/6580311)
Friendica 450 apub
450 total systems
2,079 active users last month
5,053 active users last six months
29,355 registered users
1,163,408 locally created posts and comments
39.6 posts per user
65.2 users per system
3.1 (1)3.5.4 (1)2019.03 (2)2019.04 (1)2019.06 (3)2019.12 (1)2020.03 (2)2021.01 (3)2021.03-dev (1)2021.04 (2)2021.07 (1)2022.02 (1)2022.03 (4)2022.06 (1)2022.10 (4)2022.12 (2)2023.01 (6)2023.03-dev (1)2023.04-1 (1)2023.05 (8)2023.06 (3)2023.09-dev (1)2023.12 (2)2024.03 (13)2024.04 (1)2024.08 (11)2024.09-dev (1)2024.12 (72)2025.02-dev (6)2025.07-rc (11)2026.01 (236)2026.04-dev (21)2026.04-rc (20)2026.08-dev (6)
Akkoma 584 apub
584 total systems
2,455 active users last month
3,995 active users last six months
15,655 registered users
3,727,660 locally created posts and comments
238.1 posts per user
26.8 users per system
3.4.0 (2)3.5.0 (7)3.7.1 (2)3.8.0 (2)3.9.3 (12)3.10.2 (4)3.10.3 (4)3.10.4 (11)3.11.0 (1)3.12.0 (1)3.13.1 (4)3.13.2 (34)3.13.3 (5)3.14.0 (1)3.14.1 (8)3.15.1 (12)3.15.2+wl1 (2)3.15.2 (91)3.16.0 (40)3.17.0 (78)3.17.0+0 (1)3.18.0 (25)3.18.1 (131)3.19.0 (106)
BirdsiteLIVE 7 apub
7 total systems
24 active users last month
66 active users last six months
21,616 registered users
3,088.0 users per system
0.20.0 (1)1.0.0 (6)
BookWyrm 114 apub
114 total systems
1,388 active users last month
5,198 active users last six months
30,952 registered users
316,777 locally created posts and comments
10.2 posts per user
271.5 users per system
0.5.5 (1)0.6.0 (1)0.6.6 (2)0.7.1 (2)0.7.3 (1)0.7.4 (6)0.7.5 (11)0.8.0 (4)0.8.1 (2)0.8.2 (11)0.8.3 (13)0.8.4 (4)0.8.5 (56)
Castopod 375 apub
375 total systems
1,148 active users last month
1,195 active users last six months
1,264 registered users
7,479 locally created posts and comments
5.9 posts per user
3.4 users per system
develop_265cbbac (1)1.0.0 (3)1.0.5 (1)1.1.2 (9)1.2.4 (1)1.3.3 (1)1.4.1 (1)1.4.6 (1)1.5.0 (2)1.5.1 (1)1.5.2 (3)1.6.0 (1)1.6.5 (1)1.8.2 (1)1.9.0 (2)1.10.1 (1)1.10.5 (1)1.11.0 (7)1.12.1 (1)1.12.3 (2)1.12.4 (2)1.12.7 (1)1.12.9 (8)1.12.10 (1)1.12.11 (2)1.13.0 (7)1.13.1 (1)1.13.2 (2)1.13.3 (10)1.13.4 (46)1.13.5 (19)1.13.7 (17)1.13.8 (23)1.14.0 (6)1.14.1 (26)1.15.0 (2)1.15.1 (2)1.15.4 (53)1.15.5 (101)2.0.0 (5)
Cherrypick 58 apub
58 total systems
68 active users last month
113 active users last six months
8,102 registered users
2,372,618 locally created posts and comments
292.8 posts per user
139.7 users per system
4.14.0 (1)4.14.2+mk9 (1)4.14.2 (1)4.15.1 (3)4.16.0 (3)4.17.0 (43)4.18.0 (6)
Diaspora 51 dspr
51 total systems
2,150 active users last month
6,175 active users last six months
229,201 registered users
4,712,818 locally created posts and comments
20.6 posts per user
4,494.1 users per system
0.7.4.0 (1)0.7.10.0 (1)0.7.15.0 (1)0.7.18.0 (1)0.7.18.1 (1)0.7.18.2 (9)0.7.99.0 (1)0.9.0.0 (14)0.9.1.0 (14)0.10.0 (5)1.0.0 (3)
firefish (Calckey) 35 apub
35 total systems
284 active users last month
533 active users last six months
3,910 registered users
787,132 locally created posts and comments
201.3 posts per user
111.7 users per system
firefish-A.K:NoDM@20241205 (1)firefish-1.0.3 (3)firefish-1.0.4 (2)firefish-1.0.5-rc (2)calckey-13.1.0 (1)calckey-13.1.4.1 (3)calckey-14.0.0-rc (1)calckey-14.0.0-rc3 (1)firefish-20240216 (1)firefish-20240301 (2)firefish-20240413 (1)firefish-20240630 (2)firefish-20240714 (1)firefish-20240809 (1)firefish-20240818 (1)firefish-20240909 (2)firefish-20241121 (1)firefish-20241205.fork (1)firefish-20241205 (8)
Sharkey 537 apub
537 total systems
621,964 active users last month
1,645 active users last six months
25,893 registered users
11,098,243 locally created posts and comments
428.6 posts per user
48.2 users per system
Quollkey v1.2.1+g4596d7dcd3 (1)Quollkey v1.2.2+g2e9ba39a6c (1)2023.11.2 (1)2023.12.1 (1)2024.8.1 (1)2024.8.2 (3)2024.10.0.1-dev (1)2024.11.1 (2)2024.11.2 (7)2025.1.0-dev (1)2025.2.2 (7)2025.2.3 (2)2025.3.0-dev (2)2025.4.2-rc (1)2025.4.2 (3)2025.4.3 (3)2025.4.4 (39)2025.4.5 (27)2025.4.5.1 (1)2025.4.6-nik (1)2025.4.6 (385)2025.5.2-dev-stelpolva (5)2025.5.2-dev (2)2025.5.2 (40)
Foundkey 4 apub
4 total systems
185 active users last month
615 active users last six months
10,273 registered users
839,376 locally created posts and comments
81.7 posts per user
2,568.3 users per system
13.0.0 (4)
Funkwhale 74 apub
74 total systems
256 active users last month
947 active users last six months
5,826 registered users
78.7 users per system
1.1 (1)1.1.4 (2)1.2.0 (1)1.2.2 (1)1.2.7 (1)1.2.8 (2)1.2.9 (4)1.2.10 (2)1.3.1 (2)1.3.3 (2)1.3.4 (1)1.4.0.dev0 (5)1.4.0 (28)1.4.1 (21)2.0.0a2 (1)
Gancio 217 apub
217 total systems
14 active users last month
14 active users last six months
3,611 registered users
270,506 locally created posts and comments
74.9 posts per user
16.6 users per system
unknown (1)0.6.12 (1)1.4.4 (1)1.5.6 (1)1.18.0 (1)1.18.1 (1)1.18.9 (1)1.19.0 (3)1.19.4 (1)1.21.0 (4)1.23.1 (1)1.25.0 (10)1.25.1 (2)1.26.1 (5)1.27.0 (14)1.28.0-VM (1)1.28.0 (9)1.28.1 (11)1.28.2 (148)1.28.2.2 (1)
Ghost 11518 apub
11,518 total systems
38 active users last month
40 active users last six months
11,522 registered users
9,945 locally created posts and comments
0.9 posts per user
1.0 user per system
0.1.0 (11499)6.19 (4)6.22 (1)6.23 (1)6.27 (1)6.28 (1)6.30 (1)6.35 (2)6.37 (3)6.38 (1)6.39 (4)
Mastodon Glitch Edition 312 apub
312 total systems
15,301 active users last month
25,843 active users last six months
119,884 registered users
31,592,670 locally created posts and comments
263.5 posts per user
384.2 users per system
2.6.5+glitch (1)3.4.1+glitch (1)3.4.10+glitch+atsu1125 (2)3.5.2+glitch_0509_e8b8ac8 (1)3.5.3+glitch (1)3.5.17+glitch+brightfur (1)4.0.2+glitch (1)4.1.2+glitch+closedsocial (3)4.1.3+glitch+cutiecity (1)4.1.3+glitch (2)4.1.4+glitch (3)4.1.5+glitch (1)4.2.24+glitch+blobfox (1)4.3.0-alpha.3+glitch (1)4.3.1+glitch (3)4.3.2+glitch.donphan.social (1)4.3.4+glitch (2)4.3.5+glitch (4)4.3.6+glitch (1)4.3.8+glitch (3)4.3.9+glitch (1)4.3.16+glitch (1)4.3.17+glitch (1)4.4.1+glitch (6)4.4.2+glitch (1)4.4.3+glitch (1)4.4.4+glitch (1)4.4.5+glitch (1)4.4.6+glitch (1)4.4.8+glitch (1)4.4.13+glitch (1)4.5.0+glitch (3)4.5.1+glitch (2)4.5.2+glitch (3)4.5.3+glitch (9)4.5.4+glitch (7)4.5.5+glitch (5)4.5.6+glitch-th (1)4.5.6+glitch.vtsocial (1)4.5.6+glitch (9)4.5.7+glitch.vtsocial (1)4.5.7+glitch (15)4.5.8+glitch (59)4.5.8+glitch+0s (1)4.5.9+glitch.cathode (1)4.5.9+glitch.dftba (1)4.5.9+glitch.garden (1)4.5.9+glitch.techlgbt (1)4.5.9+glitch (139)4.5.9+sakyey.1.2.1.glitch (1)4.6.0-alpha.7+glitch.floofy (1)4.6.0-alpha.7+qdon.glitch (1)
GNU Social/Statusnet 16 stat
16 total systems
4 active users last month
4 active users last six months
38 registered users
35,514 locally created posts and comments
934.6 posts per user
2.4 users per system
hello world (1)1.1.1-release (1)1.1.3-beta3 (4)1.2.0-beta4 (5)1.20.9 (1)2.0.0 (1)2.0.1 (2)2.0.2 (1)
GoToSocial 2359 apub
2,359 total systems
159 active users last month
336 active users last six months
3,801 registered users
1,162,156 locally created posts and comments
305.8 posts per user
1.6 user per system
unknown (4)git (9)ls (1)v0.9.0 (1)v0.15.0 (1)v0.16.0 (3)v0.17.1 (1)v0.17.3 (1)v0.18.0 (1)v0.18.1 (1)v0.19.0 (2)v0.19.1 (4)v0.19.2 (1)v0.20.0 (11)v0.20.1 (2)v0.20.2 (7)v0.20.3 (5)v0.21.0 (27)v0.21.1 (3)v0.21.2 (17)0.3.7 (2)0.5.1 (1)0.5.2 (3)0.6.0 (3)0.7.0 (1)0.7.1 (1)0.9.0 (6)0.9.1 (1)0.10.0 (3)0.11.0 (2)0.11.1 (2)0.12.2 (1)0.13.2 (1)0.13.3 (1)0.14.0 (1)0.14.1 (1)0.14.2 (2)0.15.0 (4)0.15.1 (1)0.16.0 (21)0.17.0 (8)0.17.1 (1)0.17.2 (1)0.17.3 (36)0.17.4 (9)0.18.0 (7)0.18.1 (15)0.18.2 (7)0.18.3 (18)0.19.0 (28)0.19.1 (56)0.19.2 (32)0.20.0 (34)0.20.1 (81)0.20.2 (174)0.20.3 (125)0.21.0 (98)0.21.1 (174)0.21.2 (1293)3.3.0 (2)
Hometown 114 apub
114 total systems
2,741 active users last month
3,816 active users last six months
15,283 registered users
7,609,160 locally created posts and comments
497.9 posts per user
134.1 users per system
1.0.7+3.5.5 (1)4.0.2+hometown (1)4.0.6+hometown (3)4.0.13+hometown (2)4.0.15+hometown (4)4.2.10+hometown (3)4.2.17+hometown (25)4.5.6+hometown (4)4.5.7+hometown (63)4.5.9+hometown (8)
Honk 42 apub
42 total systems
4 active users last month
4 active users last six months
45 registered users
4,819 locally created posts and comments
107.1 posts per user
1.1 user per system
unknown (39)develop/git (1)develop/hg (2)
Hubzilla/Red Matrix 170 apub
170 total systems
1,192 active users last month
2,565 active users last six months
14,472 registered users
2,200,312 locally created posts and comments
152.0 posts per user
85.1 users per system
Red 6.5 (1)3.2.1 (1)4.0 (1)4.0.3 (1)5.4.2 (1)6.4.2 (1)7.0RC (1)7.0.3 (1)7.2.2 (2)7.6 (1)8.0 (3)8.2 (1)8.6 (1)8.6.1 (2)8.8.2 (1)8.8.7 (1)9.0.1 (3)9.2 (1)9.2.1 (1)9.4.3 (2)10.0.5 (1)10.0.6 (2)10.0.8 (4)10.2.1 (15)10.2.3 (15)10.4 (1)10.4.3 (1)10.4.4 (4)10.6 (3)10.6.1 (10)10.7.1 (1)11.0 (6)11.2 (75)11.3 (5)
iceshrimp 230 apub
230 total systems
872 active users last month
1,322 active users last six months
4,355 registered users
2,648,251 locally created posts and comments
608.1 posts per user
18.9 users per system
2023.12.6 (1)2023.12.8-dev (1)2023.12.9-dev (1)2023.12.9 (2)2023.12.11 (3)2023.12.13 (2)2023.12.14.shorks1 (1)2023.12.14+sophari.11 (1)2023.12.14-dev (5)2023.12.14 (30)2025.1 (54)2025.12.7+66bb0eaae2 (2)2026.1 (67)2026.4.1+eepy.zone (1)2026.4.1-dev (11)2026.4.1 (32)2026.4.2.withdrawal1 (1)2026.4.2-dev (6)2026.4.2 (9)
Lemmy 501 apub
501 total systems
27,901 active users last month
55,547 active users last six months
595,175 registered users
24,793,564 locally created posts and comments
41.7 posts per user
1,188.0 users per system
unknown version (2)nightly-2026 (1)0.16.7 (1)0.17.0 (1)0.17.3 (1)0.17.4 (2)0.18.1 (1)0.18.2 (2)0.18.4 (2)0.18.5 (4)0.19.2 (1)0.19.3 (12)0.19.4 (3)0.19.5 (10)0.19.6 (2)0.19.7 (3)0.19.8 (11)0.19.9 (8)0.19.10 (4)0.19.11 (27)0.19.12 (27)0.19.13 (49)0.19.14 (14)0.19.15 (63)0.19.16 (25)0.19.16-10 (1)0.19.17 (59)0.19.18 (160)0.19.18-1 (1)0.19.18-7 (2)1.0.0-alpha.12-74 (1)1.0.0 (1)
Mastodon 9248 apub
9,248 total systems
1,255,295 active users last month
2,943,309 active users last six months
13,106,196 registered users
1,122,592,284 locally created posts and comments
85.7 posts per user
1,417.2 users per system
unknown (2)Owncast (2)WordPress/6.8.5, (1)WordPress/6.9.1, (1)WordPress/6.9.2, (1)WordPress/6.9.4, (27)WordPress/7.0 (2)0.0.1 (1)0.21.2 (1)1 (13)1.2.2 (1)1.3.2 (1)1.4.1 (1)1.6.0 (1)1.6.1 (1)1.7.0 (2)2.4.2 (1)2.4.3 (1)2.4.5 (1)2.5.0 (1)2.6.2 (1)2.7.0 (2)2.8.0rc1 (1)2.8.0 (2)2.8.2 (2)2.9.2 (1)2.9.3 (1)3.0.0 (1)3.0.1 (4)3.1.1 (1)3.1.3 (4)3.1.4 (8)3.2.0 (5)3.2.1 (2)3.3.0 (10)3.4.0rc2 (1)3.4.0 (1)3.4.1 (11)3.4.3 (3)3.4.4 (2)3.4.6ht (1)3.4.6 (4)3.4.7 (1)3.4.8 (1)3.4.10 (2)3.5.0 (1)3.5.1 (1)3.5.2 (2)3.5.3 (40)3.5.5 (5)3.5.7 (3)3.5.8 (1)3.5.9 (3)3.5.10 (7)3.5.17 (1)3.5.18 (3)3.5.19 (18)3.5.19patch (1)4.0.0rc1 (1)4.0.0rc2 (1)4.0.0 (20)4.0.2 (71)4.0.4 (1)4.0.5 (2)4.0.6 (1)4.0.8 (1)4.0.10 (1)4.0.11 (1)4.0.12 (1)4.0.13 (3)4.0.14 (1)4.0.15 (7)4.1.0 (10)4.1.1 (5)4.1.2 (28)4.1.3 (9)4.1.4 (38)4.1.5 (6)4.1.6 (15)4.1.7 (6)4.1.9 (6)4.1.10 (2)4.1.11 (4)4.1.13 (9)4.1.15 (9)4.1.16 (6)4.1.18 (26)4.1.19 (5)4.1.20 (3)4.1.21 (2)4.1.22 (4)4.1.23 (2)4.1.24 (3)4.1.25 (15)4.2.0 (14)4.2.1 (35)4.2.3 (8)4.2.5 (15)4.2.6 (1)4.2.7 (16)4.2.8 (26)4.2.9 (4)4.2.10 (55)4.2.12 (24)4.2.13 (12)4.2.14 (2)4.2.15 (3)4.2.16 (1)4.2.17 (59)4.2.18 (13)4.2.19 (22)4.2.20 (22)4.2.21 (17)4.2.22 (10)4.2.23 (3)4.2.24 (11)4.2.25 (2)4.2.26 (9)4.2.27 (17)4.2.28 (9)4.2.29 (41)4.3.0 (39)4.3.1 (19)4.3.2 (18)4.3.3 (26)4.3.4 (111)4.3.5 (29)4.3.6 (79)4.3.7 (69)4.3.8 (105)4.3.9 (39)4.3.10 (6)4.3.11 (9)4.3.12 (5)4.3.13 (6)4.3.14 (19)4.3.15 (6)4.3.16 (16)4.3.17 (6)4.3.18 (10)4.3.19 (12)4.3.20 (11)4.3.21 (6)4.3.22 (34)4.4.0 (59)4.4.1 (29)4.4.2 (33)4.4.3 (86)4.4.4 (23)4.4.5 (68)4.4.6 (4)4.4.7 (13)4.4.8 (58)4.4.9 (4)4.4.10 (5)4.4.11 (9)4.4.12 (9)4.4.13 (6)4.4.14 (4)4.4.15 (18)4.4.16 (37)4.5.0 (128)4.5.1 (35)4.5.2 (102)4.5.3 (192)4.5.4 (110)4.5.5 (150)4.5.6 (242)4.5.7 (326)4.5.8 (707)4.5.9 (4744)4.6.0 (368)2026.03.02 (1)2026.03.03 (1)9001 (1)
mbin 18 apub
18 total systems
895 active users last month
2,038 active users last six months
9,546 registered users
279,213 locally created posts and comments
29.2 posts per user
530.3 users per system
1.8.4 (2)1.9.1 (7)1.10.0-rc1 (2)1.10.0-rc2 (7)
Microblog 98 apub
98 total systems
3 active users last month
3 active users last six months
99 registered users
5,130 locally created posts and comments
51.8 posts per user
1.0 user per system
microblog microblog hugo 0.91.2 (1)microblog hugo 0.117.0 (1)eleventy v4.0.0 (1)unknown (30)eleventy (1)microblog (3)hugo 0.91.2 (31)hugo 0.117.0 (7)hugo 0.158.0 (7)wordpress 5.2.1 (1)wordpress 6.1 (1)wordpress 6.2.9 (1)wordpress 6.6.5 (1)wordpress 6.7.1 (1)wordpress 6.7.5 (1)wordpress 6.8.5 (1)wordpress 6.9.4 (9)
Misskey 1200 apub
1,200 total systems
2,301 active users last month
5,500 active users last six months
1,182,958 registered users
428,674,371 locally created posts and comments
362.4 posts per user
985.8 users per system
estampie (1)hata (1)Nexus (1)1.4.4 (1)1.4.5 (1)11.37.1 (3)12.10.0 (1)12.75.0 (1)12.100.0 (1)12.108.1 (1)12.110.1 (1)12.119.0 (2)12.119.2 (13)12.120.0 (1)13.9.1 (1)13.9.2 (1)13.10.3 (1)13.13.2 (10)13.14.1 (2)13.14.2 (12)2023.9.3 (1)2023.10.0 (1)2023.10.2 (2)2023.11.0 (6)2023.11.1 (4)2023.12.2 (10)2024.2.0 (8)2024.3.1 (14)2024.5.0 (7)2024.7.0 (1)2024.8.0 (6)2024.9.0 (2)2024.10.0 (2)2024.10.1 (15)2024.10.2 (2)2024.11.0 (14)2025 (1)2025.1.0 (5)2025.2.0 (16)2025.2.1 (2)2025.3.0 (3)2025.3.1 (11)2025.3.2 (1)2025.4.0 (9)2025.4.1 (13)2025.5.0 (14)2025.5.1 (1)2025.6.0 (8)2025.6.1 (2)2025.6.3 (16)2025.7.0 (17)2025.8.0 (7)2025.9.0 (21)2025.10.0 (6)2025.10.1 (6)2025.10.2 (16)2025.11.0 (13)2025.11.1 (12)2025.12.0 (9)2025.12.1 (11)2025.12.2 (95)2026.1.0 (6)2026.2.0 (2)2026.3.0 (13)2026.3.1 (265)2026.3.2 (128)2026.4.0 (18)2026.5.0 (66)2026.5.1.md (1)2026.5.1 (217)2026.5.2 (8)2026.5.3 (10)
Mobilizon 163 apub
163 total systems
18 active users last month
18 active users last six months
93,791 registered users
630,014 locally created posts and comments
6.7 posts per user
575.4 users per system
unknown (1)main (1)2.0.2 (1)2.1.0 (3)3.0.4 (2)3.1.1 (1)3.2.0 (1)4.0.0 (1)4.0.2 (2)4.1.0 (8)5.0.1 (1)5.1.0 (14)5.1.1 (1)5.1.2 (3)5.1.3 (3)5.1.4 (5)5.1.5 (21)5.2.0 (15)5.2.1 (2)5.2.2 (23)5.2.3 (54)
Nextcloud 20 apub
20 total systems
20 registered users
1.0 user per system
0.6.0 (2)0.6.1 (13)0.7.0 (4)0.8.0 (1)
Nomad projects (Mistpark, Osada, Roadhouse, Streams. Zap) 5 apub
5 total systems
1 active user last month
1 active user last six months
7 registered users
7 locally created posts and comments
1.0 post per user
1.4 user per system
streams 22.09.25 (1)zap 22.12.30 (1)osada 22.12.30 (1)streams 26.2.10 (1)streams 26.2.14.1 (1)
Owncast 320 apub
320 total systems
250 active users last month
250 active users last six months
324 registered users
25,597 locally created posts and comments
79.0 posts per user
1.0 user per system
idn-arm64 (1)v0.1.0 (2)dev (9)0.0.11 (2)0.0.12 (3)0.0.13 (5)0.1.0 (3)0.1.1 (5)0.1.2 (8)0.1.3 (16)0.2.0 (2)0.2.1 (17)0.2.2 (3)0.2.3 custom 20250920 (1)0.2.3 (68)0.2.4 (52)0.2.5 (122)20230513 (1)
Peertube 1897 apub
1,897 total systems
51,165 active users last month
176,125 active users last six months
888,907 registered users
6,216,196 locally created posts and comments
7.0 posts per user
468.6 users per system
unknown (10)1.1.0 (1)1.2.1 (1)2.0.0 (1)2.3.0 (4)2.4.0 (4)3.0.0 (2)3.0.1 (4)3.1.0 (4)3.2.0 (1)3.2.1 (6)3.3.0 (1)3.4.0 (1)3.4.1 (4)4.0.0 (2)4.1.1 (5)4.2.0 (1)4.2.1 (1)4.2.2 (17)4.3.0 (7)4.3.1 (4)5.0.0 (2)5.0.1 (11)5.1.0 (16)5.2.0 (7)5.2.1 (36)6.0.0 (2)6.0.1 (3)6.0.2 (8)6.0.3 (18)6.0.4 (13)6.1.0 (19)6.2.0 (5)6.2.1 (15)6.3.0 (4)6.3.1 (2)6.3.2 (7)6.3.3 (41)7.0.0 (11)7.0.1 (48)7.1.0 (14)7.1.1 (43)7.2.0 (22)7.2.1 (30)7.2.2 (10)7.2.3 (56)7.3.0 (312)8.0.0 (19)8.0.1 (79)8.0.2 (117)8.1.0 (3)8.1.1 (11)8.1.2 (22)8.1.3 (66)8.1.4 (64)8.1.5 (673)8.2.0-rc.1-nightly-2026 (1)8.2.0 (6)
Pixelfed 741 apub
741 total systems
89,874 active users last month
430,843 active users last six months
1,062,016 registered users
43,211,443 locally created posts and comments
40.7 posts per user
1,433.2 users per system
0.10.10 (2)0.11.0 (1)0.11.1 (1)0.11.2 (3)0.11.3 (2)0.11.4 (4)0.11.5 (1)0.11.6 (1)0.11.7 (1)0.11.8 (6)0.11.9 (4)0.11.11 (1)0.11.12 (3)0.11.13 (3)0.12.1 (4)0.12.3 (12)0.12.4+glitch.1.8.0 (1)0.12.4+glitch.1.10.0 (1)0.12.4 (23)0.12.5+glitch.1.10.1 (5)0.12.5 (46)0.12.6+glitch.1.12.1? (2)0.12.6+glitch.1.12.1 (28)0.12.6 (157)0.12.7 (429)
Pleroma 624 apub
624 total systems
4,514 active users last month
8,457 active users last six months
61,952 registered users
15,524,529 locally created posts and comments
250.6 posts per user
99.3 users per system
1.0.6 (1)2.0.6 (1)2.1.2 (2)2.1.50 (1)2.2.1 (1)2.2.2 (1)2.2.50 (1)2.3.0 (3)2.4.1 (4)2.4.2 (3)2.4.3 (1)2.4.4 (3)2.4.5 (3)2.4.53+soapbox (2)2.4.53 (11)2.5.0 (19)2.5.1 (7)2.5.2 (11)2.5.4 (3)2.5.5+debian.1.1 (1)2.5.5 (9)2.5.50 (5)2.5.51 (3)2.5.52 (7)2.5.54 (4)2.6.0 (5)2.6.1 (9)2.6.2 (9)2.6.3 (17)2.6.50 (26)2.6.51 (2)2.7.0 (15)2.7.1 (5)2.8.0 (36)2.9.0 (4)2.9.1 (139)2.9.2 (1)2.10.0+debian.1 (1)2.10.0 (144)2.10.2 (101)
Plume 23 apub
23 total systems
4,088 registered users
52,697 locally created posts and comments
12.9 posts per user
177.7 users per system
0.4.0 (1)0.7.2 (11)0.7.3-dev (10)0.7.3-ale (1)
Postmarks 9 apub
9 total systems
9 active users last month
9 active users last six months
10 registered users
1,628 locally created posts and comments
162.8 posts per user
1.1 user per system
0.0.1 (9)
ActivityPub Relay 138 apub
138 total systems
94 active users last month
94 active users last six months
139 registered users
1.0 user per system
selective-relay-0.2.3 (1)pub-relay-0.2.0-a2 (2)pub-relay-0.2.1 (1)aoderelay-v0.3.102 (2)aoderelay-v0.3.104 (1)aoderelay-v0.3.104+musubi (1)aoderelay-v0.3.104-HEAD (2)aoderelay-v0.3.104-main (1)aoderelay-v0.3.105-HEAD (1)aoderelay-v0.3.106-neighborhood (1)aoderelay-v0.3.113 (1)aoderelay-v0.3.113-HEAD (1)aoderelay-v0.3.114-HEAD (1)aoderelay-v0.3.115-HEAD (4)aoderelay-v0.3.116 (4)aoderelay-v0.3.116-HEAD (14)aoderelay-v0.3.116-main (2)aoderelay-v0.3.117-HEAD (5)aoderelay-v0.3.119 (7)aoderelay-v0.3.119-main (1)aoderelay-v0.3.119-max (1)aoderelay-v0.3.120-HEAD (4)aoderelay-v0.3.120-main (1)aoderelay-v0.3.121 (2)aoderelay-v0.3.121-HEAD (29)aoderelay-v0.3.121-main (1)aoderelay-v0.3.52-HEAD (1)aoderelay-v0.3.82-HEAD (2)aoderelay-v0.3.85-HEAD (5)aoderelay-v0.3.98-HEAD (1)activityrelay-0.0.1 (1)activityrelay-0.1 (3)activityrelay-0.2.0 (1)activityrelay-0.2.2 (5)activityrelay-0.2.3 (13)activityrelay-0.2.4 (5)activityrelay-0.3.2 (1)activityrelay-0.3.5 (9)
SocialHome 7 dspr
7 total systems
24 active users last month
91 active users last six months
3,786 registered users
51,655 locally created posts and comments
13.6 posts per user
540.9 users per system
0.18.0-dev (1)0.20.0 (2)0.22.0 (1)0.23.0 (3)
Snac 356 apub
356 total systems
105 active users last month
190 active users last six months
2,189 registered users
51,375 locally created posts and comments
23.5 posts per user
6.1 users per system
2.31-dev (2)2.36-dev (1)2.45 (3)2.52-dev (1)2.55 (1)2.62 (1)2.68 (2)2.69 (1)2.70 (1)2.72-dev (1)2.73 (2)2.75-dev (1)2.75 (20)2.76-dev (1)2.77 (2)2.78-dev (1)2.78 (1)2.79-dev (1)2.80 (2)2.80-20250709 (1)2.81-dev (2)2.81 (3)2.82 (1)2.83-dev (1)2.83 (5)2.84 (10)2.85-dev (5)2.85 (4)2.86-dev (3)2.86 (2)2.87 (3)2.88 (7)2.89 (21)2.90-dev (8)2.90 (27)2.91-dev (6)2.91 (94)2.92-dev (36)2.92 (72)
Takahē 31 apub
31 total systems
666 registered users
124,536 locally created posts and comments
187.0 posts per user
21.5 users per system
0.9.0 (4)0.10.1 (9)0.11.0 (9)0.12.0 (9)
Wildebeest 3 apub
3 total systems
3 registered users
1.0 user per system
0.0.1 (2)0.1.0 (1)
WordPress 10629 apub
10,629 total systems
12,802 active users last month
13,141 active users last six months
25,614 registered users
21,958,567 locally created posts and comments
857.3 posts per user
2.4 users per system
unknown (4)0.2 (1)4.9.3 (1)5.0.21 (1)5.1.22 (1)5.5 (1)5.7 (1)5.8 (1)5.8.13 (1)5.9 (1)6.0 (1)6.0.11 (2)6.1 (1)6.1.1 (3)6.1.9 (1)6.1.10 (9)6.2 (19)6.2.3 (1)6.2.8 (1)6.2.9 (15)6.3 (4)6.3.2 (1)6.3.7 (1)6.3.8 (7)6.4 (11)6.4.2 (2)6.4.8 (9)6.5 (17)6.5.8 (3)6.6 (31)6.7 (64)6.7.2 (2)6.7.4 (1)6.7.5 (9)6.8 (185)6.8.2 (2)6.8.3 (2)6.8.5 (3)6.9 (4446)6.9.1 (1)6.9.2 (1)6.9.4 (82)7.0 (5678)7.1 (1)
Write.as 4 apub
4 total systems
4 registered users
1.0 user per system
unknown (4)
WriteFreely 757 apub
757 total systems
1,836 active users last month
9,870 active users last six months
134,117 registered users
374,308 locally created posts and comments
2.8 posts per user
177.2 users per system
unknown (30)0.8.1 (1)0.12.0 (7)0.12.0-277 (1)0.13.0 (1)0.13.1 (14)0.13.2 (19)0.14.0 (14)0.14.0-126 (1)0.14.0-132 (1)0.14.0-141 (1)0.14.0-146 (1)0.15.0 (35)0.15.1-c7 (1)0.15.1 (72)0.15.1-1 (1)0.16.0+tedomum.1 (1)0.16.0 (542)0.16.0-2 (1)0.16.0-10 (2)0.16.0-18 (1)0.16.0-19 (1)0.16.0-27 (1)0.16.0-69 (1)0.16.0-72 (1)0.16.0-85 (2)0.16.0-108 (2)0.16.0-131 (1)0.16.1 (1)
Other 1280 apub
1,280 total systems
155,726 active users last month
484,968 active users last six months
6,580,311 registered users
103,998,535 locally created posts and comments
15.8 posts per user
5,140.9 users per system
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That is an insane amount of data, and a fairly accurate one, I believe your numbers are right, but in relation to what you have read, they only report the numbers they either see, or that represent the message they are trying to convey, just my 2 cents;

Ok so recently I ran into a hiccup with an issue that effects how my jetstream and daemons run on my #friendica instance, as I am still working on the what I created a workaround that makes sure that they run as they should, I made one more semi useful script for a resource control hack, that helps throttle lsphp to reduce server loads on limited resources without compromising flow of feeds, then I have made some cron adjustments that may or may not help your #friendica instance; I am sharing my little scripts and hacks for those who may have resource issues where their daemon and jetstream keep getting killed, or where they are on a limited server environment, I offer no promise nor support, but for me it is working nicely;
Again I make no claims of actual usability or benefit, as of posting this it seems to be working well on my #friendica instance;

Crons

# --- Friendica Automation Suite ---
MAILTO="your-email@domain.com"
SHELL="/bin/bash"

# Core background tasks
0 */1 * * * /home/USER/friendica_cron.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
*/15 * * * * /usr/bin/flock -n /tmp/fc_worker.lock -c cd /home/USER/public_html && bin/console worker >/dev/null 2>&1

# Maintenance: Monthly Smarty purge (1st of the month)
0 0 1 * * /usr/bin/rm -rf /home/USER/public_html/view/smarty/compile/* >/dev/null 2>&1

# Maintenance: Weekly Storage & Cache clearing (Sundays)
0 1 * * 0 cd /home/USER/public_html; bin/console storage clear >/dev/null 2>&1
30 1 * * 0 cd /home/USER/public_html; bin/console cache clear >/dev/null 2>&1

# Watchdogs: StayAlive & Bouncer
@reboot /bin/bash /home/USER/scripts/StayAlive.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
0 * * * * pgrep -f StayAlive.sh > /dev/null || /bin/bash /home/USER/scripts/StayAlive.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &

@reboot /bin/bash /home/USER/scripts/bouncer.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
* * * * * pgrep -f bouncer.sh > /dev/null || /bin/bash /home/USER/scripts/bouncer.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &

README

⚙️ The Friendica Automation Suite (Crontab)
Scheduled Maintenance & Self-Healing Guards
This configuration file acts as the "Brain" of your Friendica instance. It manages the scheduling for background tasks, periodic cache cleaning, and—most importantly—ensures your custom stability scripts (Bouncer and StayAlive) never stop running.

⚠️ Implementation Note: Replace YOUR_HOME, YOUR_USER, and YOUR_INSTANCE_ROOT with your actual server paths.

These Crons are provided "as-is" for educational and personal use.

They will not be maintained or updated.

No support or bug fixes will be provided.

Use at your own risk..

🛠 What This Schedule Manages
1. Core Background Tasks
Hourly Maintenance: Runs friendica_cron.sh to handle general background cleanup.

Frequent Worker: Executes the Friendica worker every 15 minutes to keep the federation queue moving.

2. Housekeeping & Performance
To prevent disk bloat and keep the interface snappy, the following cleanup tasks are automated:

Monthly Smarty Purge: Clears compiled template files on the 1st of every month to refresh the UI engine.

Weekly Storage Cleanup: Clears the avatar and storage cache every Sunday at 1:00 AM.

Weekly Node Cache: Flushes the node cache every Sunday at 1:30 AM to keep remote directory info fresh.

3. The "Immortal" Guard System
The most critical part of this setup is the Watchdog for the Watchdogs.

Boot Persistence: Both the StayAlive.sh (Service Guard) and bouncer.sh (Resource Throttle) are set to trigger immediately upon a server reboot (@reboot).

The Safety Check: Every hour (for StayAlive) and every minute (for the Bouncer), the system checks if the scripts are still running. If they’ve been killed by the system, it automatically restarts them.

📋 Installation
To apply these rules to your server:

Open your crontab editor:

Bash
crontab -e
Paste the configuration, ensuring your paths are correct.

Save and exit.

🔍 Pro-Tip: Monitoring
You have MAILTO set at the top. If your server is configured for mail, any errors from these tasks will be sent directly to your inbox. If you prefer to log to a file instead, you can change the >/dev/null 2>&1 at the end of the lines to >> ~/cron_log.txt 2>&1.

Bouncer

#!/bin/bash

# These are the Bouncer's Rules
MAX_KIDS=3        # Only 3 people in the kitchen at once
MAX_HEAT=2        # Only 2% energy allowed
CHECK_TIME=5      # Wait 5 seconds before checking again

while true
do
  # 1. Count how many 'lsphp' workers are busy with your site
  CURRENT_KIDS=$(pgrep -f "lsphp.*YOUR_INSTANCE_ROOT" | wc -l)

 # Lower priority for all lsphp processes to keep the server cool
    pgrep -u *YOUR_USER lsphp | xargs -r renice -n 15 > /dev/null 2>&1

  # 2. If there are more than 3...
  if [ "$CURRENT_KIDS" -gt "$MAX_KIDS" ]; then
    echo "Bouncer: Too many kids! Making the extras wait in the hallway."
    
    # This finds the newest workers and tells them to 'STOP' (Pause)
    # They stay in line, but they don't use any CPU while paused.
    pgrep -f "lsphp.*YOUR_INSTANCE_ROOT" | tail -n +$((MAX_KIDS+1)) | xargs kill -STOP
    
    # Wait for things to cool down
    sleep $CHECK_TIME
    
    # Tell them they can 'CONT' (Continue) ONE BY ONE
        echo "$EXTRAS" | while read -r kid_pid; do
            if [ ! -z "$kid_pid" ]; then
                kill -CONT "$kid_pid"
                echo "Bouncer: Letting kid $kid_pid back in."
                sleep 1 
            fi
        done
  fi

  # Take a small breath so the Bouncer doesn't get tired
  sleep 1
done

README

🚪 The LSPHP Bouncer
Resource Throttle & Process Queue for Shared Hosting
The LSPHP Bouncer is a lightweight Bash watchdog designed for users on LiteSpeed-based hosting. It prevents your account from hitting "Resource Limit Reached" errors (508 errors) by pausing excess PHP processes (lsphp) instead of letting them crash the site or trigger a provider-level kill.

⚠️ Maintenance Notice
This project is provided "as-is" for educational and personal use.

It will not be maintained or updated.

No support or bug fixes will be provided.

Use at your own risk..

🧐 How It Works
LiteSpeed servers often spawn many lsphp workers to handle incoming traffic. If too many start at once, your host might lock your account for exceeding CPU or process limits.

The Headcount: Every second, the Bouncer counts how many PHP workers are active for your specific site.

The Velvet Rope: If the count exceeds your MAX_KIDS limit, the Bouncer sends a SIGSTOP signal to the extra processes. This pauses them—they stay in the queue but stop consuming CPU cycles.

The Entry: After a short cooldown (CHECK_TIME), the Bouncer sends a SIGCONT signal, letting those processes finish their work one by one.

🛠 Configuration
Open the script and adjust these "House Rules" to match your hosting plan:

MAX_KIDS: The maximum number of PHP processes you are allowed (e.g., 3).

CHECK_TIME: How many seconds to pause the "extras" before letting them work again.

Process Filter: The script looks for "lsphp.*your.domain". Ensure the string matches what shows up in your process monitor (usually top or htop).

🚀 Setup & Execution
1. Make it Executable
Bash
chmod +x bouncer.sh
2. Run the Bouncer
To keep the Bouncer running even after you log out of SSH:

Bash
nohup ./bouncer.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
📈 Why use this?
Avoids 508 Errors: Instead of the server showing a "Limit Reached" page, the site just feels a tiny bit slower while the Bouncer staggers the load.

CPU Friendly: Paused processes (kill -STOP) consume zero CPU, helping you stay under the "Energy" or "Heat" limits of your host.

Specific Targeting: Using pgrep -f, it only targets your specific site's workers, leaving other processes alone.

Persistent Service Guard

#!/bin/bash

# --- CONFIGURATION (Users change these) ---
# The absolute path to your application root
SITE_ROOT="/path/to/your/app"

# The path to the PHP binary (usually 'php' or a specific version)
PHP_CLI="/usr/bin/php"

# Name of the console executable
CONSOLE_APP="bin/console.php"

# Where to save the logs
LOG_FILE="./guard_log.txt"

# List of services to monitor
SERVICES=("daemon" "jetstream")

# --- CORE LOGIC (Do not edit below) ---
CONSOLE_PHP="$SITE_ROOT/$CONSOLE_APP"

echo "$(date): Persistent Guard started for services: ${SERVICES[*]}" >> "$LOG_FILE"

while true; do
    for SERVICE in "${SERVICES[@]}"; do
        # Check status
        STATUS=$($PHP_CLI $CONSOLE_PHP $SERVICE status 2>&1)

        if [[ "$STATUS" != *"is running"* ]]; then
            echo "$(date): $SERVICE is DOWN. Attempting start..." >> "$LOG_FILE"
            $PHP_CLI $CONSOLE_PHP $SERVICE start >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
        fi
    done
    sleep 60
done

README

Persistent Service Guard
A robust, lightweight Bash-based watchdog script designed to monitor and automatically restart background services (such as Friendica daemons or Jetstream workers) for PHP-based applications.

⚠️ Maintenance Notice
This project is provided "as-is" for educational and personal use.

It will not be maintained or updated.

No support or bug fixes will be provided.

Use at your own risk.

🚀 What It Does
The Service Guard addresses the common issue where background processes or daemons on shared or private hosting may crash or be killed by the system.

Active Monitoring: It loops indefinitely, checking the status of defined services every 60 seconds.

Automatic Recovery: If a service is reported as "not running," the script immediately attempts to restart it.

Logging: Every check, failure, and restart attempt is timestamped and recorded for auditing.

🛠 Setup & Usage
1. Configuration
Before running, ensure the following variables in guard.sh match your environment:

SITE_ROOT: The absolute path to your application root.

PHP_CLI: The path to the PHP binary (e.g., /usr/bin/php).

SERVICES: The names of the services to monitor (e.g., "daemon" "jetstream").

2. Permissions
Grant execution rights to the script:

Bash
chmod +x guard.sh
3. Execution
Run the script in the background to ensure it persists after your session ends:

Bash
nohup ./guard.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
📊 Managing Logs
The script appends data to guard_log.txt. To prevent this file from consuming excessive disk space, use one of the following methods:

Manual Truncation
Clear the log without stopping the script:

Bash
> guard_log.txt
Automatic Log Rotation (Improvement Example)
To automate log management, add this logic inside the while loop of the script:

Bash
# Improvement: Simple Log Rotation
MAX_SIZE=1048576 # 1MB in bytes
FILE_SIZE=$(stat -c%s "$LOG_FILE")

if [ "$FILE_SIZE" -gt "$MAX_SIZE" ]; then
echo "$(date): Log rotated (size limit reached)" > "$LOG_FILE"
fi
📈 Potential Improvements
Users wishing to extend the script's functionality can implement the following:

1. Auto-Discovery
Replace the hardcoded PHP_CLI path with dynamic discovery:

Bash
PHP_CLI=$(which php)
2. Failure Notifications
Integrate curl to send alerts to Discord or Telegram when a service fails:

Bash
# Discord Notification Example
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d "{\"content\": \"⚠️ Alert: $SERVICE has crashed. Restarting...\"}" YOUR_WEBHOOK_URL
3. Dependency Validation
Add a check to verify the application exists before the loop starts:

Bash
if [ ! -f "$CONSOLE_PHP" ]; then
echo "Error: Console application not found at $CONSOLE_PHP"
exit 1
fi

⚖️ License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2026 pasjrwoctx👽 (Philip A. Swiderski Jr.)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE

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