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Per-file image_size_limit = video_size_limit = 15360000 bytes (14.6 MiB); 12 attachments pe...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":8,"free_unit":"unlimited"},"record":{"topic":"storage","slug":"pixelfed-de-pixelfed-15-mb-per-object-unlimited-per-acco","provider":"pixelfed.de — Pixelfed, 15 MB per object, unlimited per account","url":"https://pixelfed.de","category":"fediverse-pixelfed","free_tier":{"stated":"Per-account unlimited (Pixelfed has no per-user storage counter). Per-file image_size_limit = video_size_limit = 15360000 bytes (14.6 MiB); 12 attachments per status; image_matrix_limit 2,073,600 px (1920x1080).","unit":"unlimited","metered_on":"stored-bytes","source_url":"https://pixelfed.de/api/v1/instance","read_on":"2026-10-21","notes":null},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"Per-file image_size_limit = video_size_limit = 15360000 bytes (about 14.65 MiB)","bytes":15360000,"source_url":"https://pixelfed.de/api/v1/instance","notes":"not stated"},"retention":{"stated":"not stated","source_url":"https://pixelfed.de/api/v1/instance","notes":"not stated"},"egress":{"terms":"Free, plain CDN path, no meter.","metered":false},"interface":["rest"],"interface_detail":"rest","tooling":"Pixelfed is a Mastodon-API derivative: POST /api/v1/media (multipart) then POST /api/v1/statuses with media_ids[]. OAuth2 via /api/v1/apps. Any Mastodon client library mostly works.","chaining":"Worst per-object cap (14.6 MiB, and photos-only MIME list: jpeg/png/gif/webp/mp4). The multiplier is broad: hundreds of Pixelfed instances, most open. Useful only as a fan-out target, never as primary.","limits":[{"kind":"per-object-cap","value":"Per-file image_size_limit = video_size_limit = 15360000 bytes (about 14.65 MiB)","source":"https://pixelfed.de/api/v1/instance"}],"limits_note":"per-object-cap 14.6 MiB; per-account unlimited; supported MIME restricted to image/jpeg,png,gif,webp + video/mp4 — no arbitrary blobs (PNG/JPEG wrapper needed).","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"the registration form asks name, username, email, password and a box confirming the user is at least 16 years old; no phone or card field","country":null},"reliability_note":"pixelfed.social itself returned HTTP 521 (origin down) throughout this probe; pixelfed.art also 521. The software is fine, the flagship host was not.","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"reported: the pages read on 2026-11-03 are https://pixelfed.de/api/v1/instance, which states registrations true with approval_required false, image_size_limit and video_size_limit of 15360000, the MIME types image/jpeg, image/png, image/gif, image/webp and video/mp4, and max_media_attachments 12, and https://pixelfed.de/register, which shows a form with an age-confirmation box. Neither page states a per-account storage quota, so the 'unlimited per account' value of free_tier.stated is not confirmed by them and the rung stays reported.","evidence":[{"url":"https://pixelfed.de/api/v1/instance","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"probe: GET -> 200, configuration.media_attachments.image_size_limit=15360000, video_size_limit=15360000, image_matrix_limit=2073600, statuses.max_media_attachments=12, registrations=true, version 3.5.3 (Pixelfed 0.15.1)"},{"url":"https://pixelfed.social/api/v1/instance","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"probe: GET -> 521 (Cloudflare origin down); pixelfed.art -> 521"},{"url":"https://pixelfed.de/api/v1/instance","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"image and video per-file limits are both 15360000 bytes","capture":"sha256:14ad22a43be72916f3ac1b14b8677bc571da4ab4815a58a01076af512ba7afbc","quote":"\"image_size_limit\":15360000,\"supported_mime_types\":[\"image/jpeg\",\"image/png\",\"image/gif\",\"image/webp\",\"video/mp4\"],\"video_frame_rate_limit\":120,\"video_matrix_limit\":2073600,\"video_size_limit\":15360000"},{"url":"https://pixelfed.de/register","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"the registration form carries a 16-years-old box after the name, username, email and password fields","capture":"sha256:8cac50b5f8d0e4862ed0cb20ee61b741f1593f893bd6e7ea4b990d943a8fbea7","quote":"I am at least 16 years old"},{"url":"https://pixelfed.de/api/v1/instance","date":"2026-11-03","proved":"registrations are open and need no approval","capture":"sha256:14ad22a43be72916f3ac1b14b8677bc571da4ab4815a58a01076af512ba7afbc","quote":"registrations\":true,\"approval_required\":false,\"contact_account\""},{"url":"https://pixelfed.de/api/v1/instance","date":"2026-11-04","proved":"the instance JSON states the per-file image limit of 15360000 bytes","capture":"sha256:11b7fd45263b79799ced3671a3867c9f6794640eb664c37d1199685b589981be","quote":"\"image_size_limit\":15360000"}],"verdict":"fails-quota","verified_at":"2026-11-04T02:22:32.526Z","notes":"Per-account unlimited (Pixelfed has no per-user storage counter). Per-file image_size_limit = video_size_limit = 15360000 bytes (14.6 MiB); 12 attachments per status; image_matrix_limit 2,073,600 px (1920x1080).","extras":{"verdict_note":null,"dead_end":{"failure_class":"quota","why":"Per-account unlimited (Pixelfed has no per-user storage counter). Per-file image_size_limit = video_size_limit = 15360000 bytes (14.6 MiB); 12 attachments per status; image_matrix_limit 2,073,600 px (1920x1080).","retry_when":null,"first_recorded":"2026-10-21"}},"binding":"per-object-cap","binding_note":null},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier","kind":"has-free-tier","num":1.0,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":14.6,"unit":"MiB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:per-object-cap","num":14.65,"unit":"MiB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"}],"unknown":[["$.binding_note","boilerplate"],["$.extras.dead_end.retry_when","process"],["$.extras.verdict_note","withheld"],["$.free_tier.notes","process"],["$.identity_cost.kind","identity-defaulted"],["$.per_object_cap.notes","not-extracted"],["$.retention.notes","not-extracted"],["$.retention.stated","not-extracted"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}]}