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-# PixelFed: Federated Image Sharing
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-PixelFed is a federated social image sharing platform, similar to Instagram.
-Federation is done using the [ActivityPub](https://activitypub.rocks/) protocol,
-which is used by [Mastodon](http://joinmastodon.org/), [PeerTube](https://joinpeertube.org/en/),
-[Pleroma](https://pleroma.social/), and more. Through ActivityPub PixelFed can share
-and interact with these platforms, as well as other instances of PixelFed.
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-**_Please note this is alpha software, not recommended for production use,
-and federation is not supported yet._**
+## Introduction
-PixelFed is very early into the development stage. If you would like to have a
-permanent instance with minimal breakage, **do not use this software until
-there is a stable release**. The following setup instructions are intended for
-testing and development.
+A free and ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation.
-## Requirements
- - PHP >= 7.1.3 < 7.3 (7.2.x recommended for stable version)
- - MySQL >= 5.7 (Postgres, MariaDB and sqlite are not supported)
- - Redis
- - Composer
- - GD or ImageMagick
- - OpenSSL PHP Extension
- - PDO PHP Extension
- - Mbstring PHP Extension
- - Tokenizer PHP Extension
- - XML PHP Extension
- - Ctype PHP Extension
- - JSON PHP Extension
- - BCMath PHP Extension
- - JpegOptim
- - Optipng
- - Pngquant 2
- - SVGO
- - Gifsicle
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-## Installation
+## Official Documentation
-This guide assumes you have NGINX/Apache installed, along with the dependencies.
-Those will not be covered in these early docs.
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-```bash
-git clone https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed.git
-cd pixelfed
-composer install
-cp .env.example .env
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-**Edit .env file with proper values**
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-```bash
-php artisan key:generate
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-```bash
-php artisan storage:link
-php artisan migrate
-php artisan horizon
-```
+Documentation for Pixelfed can be found on the [Pixelfed documentation website](https://pixelfed.github.io/docs/master/).
+## License
+Pixelfed is open-sourced software licensed under the AGPL license.
## Communication
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* IRC: #pixelfed on irc.freenode.net ([#freenode_#pixelfed:matrix.org through
-Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#freenode_#pixelfed:matrix.org)
+Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#freenode_#pixelfed:matrix.org))
* Project on Mastodon: [@pixelfed@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed)
* E-mail: [hello@pixelfed.org](mailto:hello@pixelfed.org)
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### Contributors
This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute.
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### Backers
-Thank you to all our backers! 🙏 [[Become a backer](https://opencollective.com/pixelfed-528#backer)]
+Thank you to all our backers! 🙏 [[Become a backer](https://opencollective.com/pixelfed#backer)]
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### Sponsors
-Support this project by becoming a sponsor. Your logo will show up here with a link to your website. [[Become a sponsor](https://opencollective.com/pixelfed-528#sponsor)]
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