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Mbin vs PieFed: catalog facts
Mbin	PieFed
Free Free and open source.	Free Free to run yourself or to join an existing instance.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Combines link aggregation, voting and microblogging in one site Federates with the fediverse over ActivityPub	Compatible with Lemmy communities Docker and standard install guides
Requires running and maintaining your own server Smaller project than Lemmy with fewer instances	Self-hosting requires maintaining a Python web application Many open issues as the project grows
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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