# Fediverse | ![img \|150](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/A_view_into_the_Fediverse.png/320px-A_view_into_the_Fediverse.png) | The **Fediverse** is an ensemble of social networks, which, while independently hosted, can communicate with each other. ActivityPub, a W3C standard, is the most widely used protocol that powers the fediverse. Users on different websites can send and receive updates from others across the network. Noted fediverse platforms include Mastodon, Lemmy, PeerTube, and Pixelfed. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse) | [[Mastodon]] [[Matrix (protocol)]] [[ActivityPub]] [[Lemmy (social network)]] [[PeerTube]] [[Pixelfed]] [[Decentralized computing]] [[Distributed computing]] Sometimes implicates [[Homelab & Self-hosting]] as in you can host your own servers [[IndieWeb]] ## Instances - [Instances - Join the Fediverse](https://joinfediverse.wiki/Instances)