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Mitra vs Sharkey: catalog facts
Mitra	Sharkey
Free Free to download and run on your own server.	Free Free to self-host.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Federates with the wider fediverse via ActivityPub Written in Rust with frequent releases	Tracks upstream Misskey while adding features Federates with Mastodon, Akkoma, Pixelfed and more
You need to host and maintain the server yourself Smaller community than larger fediverse servers	Hosting an instance requires server administration Smaller project with a small maintainer team
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	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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