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Sharkey vs Pleroma: catalog facts
Sharkey	Pleroma
Free Free to self-host.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL. Hosting is separate.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Tracks upstream Misskey while adding features Federates with Mastodon, Akkoma, Pixelfed and more	Runs comfortably on hardware far smaller than Mastodon needs Mastodon-compatible API, so existing apps work
Hosting an instance requires server administration Smaller project with a small maintainer team	Smaller contributor base and slower release cadence Moderation tooling is less developed than Mastodon's
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
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
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 22, 2026

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