We are no longer maintaining this list as instances are popping up too quickly for us to track them manually. Please standby while we work on another solution. In the meantime, there is an updated list at instances.mastodon.xyz showing realtime information about instances as well as proposing a selection of them.
Name | Theme/Notes, if applicable | Open Registrations | IPv6 |
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mastodon.social | Flagship, quick updates | No | No |
securitymastod.one | Information security enthusiasts and pros | Yes | Yes |
mastodon.nuzgo.net | Mastodon instance hosted in Paris | Yes | Yes |
mastodon.cx | Alternative Mastodon instance hosted in France | Yes | Yes |
mastodon.network | N/A | Yes | Yes |
awoo.space | Intentionally moderated, only federates with mastodon.social | Yes | No |
linuxrocks.online | Community-driven instance for people who love linux and open source software. Federation allowed | Yes | No |
animalliberation.social | Animal Rights | Yes | No |
socially.constructed.space | Single user | No | No |
epiktistes.com | N/A | Yes | No |
fern.surgeplay.com | Federates everywhere, Minecraft-focused | Yes | No |
gay.crime.team | the place for doin' gay crime online (please don't actually do crime here) | No | No |
icosahedron.website | Icosahedron-themed (well, visually), open registration. | Yes | No |
memetastic.space | Memes | Yes | No |
masto.razrnet.fr | Instance Française pour tout le monde ! Développeurs, gamers, etc... | Yes | No |
social.diskseven.com | Single user | No | Yes |
social.gestaltzerfall.net | Single user | No | No |
mastodon.xyz | N/A | Yes | Yes |
mastodon.land | N/A | Yes | Yes |
mastodon.partipirate.org | French Pirate Party Instance - Politics and stuff | Yes | No |
social.targaryen.house | Federates everywhere, quick updates. | Yes | Yes |
masto.themimitoof.fr | N/A | Yes | Yes |
mstdn.io | Fast and up-to-date instance, welcoming everyone around the world | Yes | Yes |
social.imirhil.fr | N/A | No | Yes |
social.wxcafe.net | Open registrations, queer people, activists, safe as much as possible | Yes | Yes |
octodon.social | Open registrations, federates everywhere, cutest instance yet | Yes | Yes |
mastodon.club | Open Registration, Open Federation, Mostly Canadians | Yes | No |
mastodon.irish | Open Registration | Yes | No |
hostux.social | N/A | Yes | Yes |
social.alex73630.xyz | Francophones | Yes | Yes |
oc.todon.fr | Modérée et principalement francophone, pas de tolérances pour misogynie/LGBTphobies/validisme/etc. | Yes | Yes |
maly.io | N/A | Yes | No |
social.lou.lt | Francophones | Yes | No |
mastodon.ninetailed.uk | Open registrations, furry-friendly, UK-based | Yes | No |
soc.louiz.org | "Coucou" | Yes | No |
7nw.eu | N/A | Yes | No |
mastodon.gougere.fr | N/A | Yes | No |
aleph.land | N/A | Yes | No |
share.elouworld.org | N/A | No | No |
social.lkw.tf | N/A | No | No |
manowar.social | N/A | No | No |
social.ballpointcarrot.net | N/A | No | No |
social.nasqueron.org | Dreamers, open source developers, free culture | Yes | Yes |
status.dissidence.ovh | N/A | Yes | Yes |
mastodon.cc | Art | Yes | No |
mastodon.technology | Open registrations, federates everywhere, for tech folks | Yes | Yes |
mastodon.systemlab.fr | Le mastodon Français, informatique, jeux-vidéos, gaming et hébergement. | Yes | |
mastodon.top | N/A | Yes | Yes |
niu.moe | 🎎 The most cutest node ever, FR/EN, anime and computer 🎈 | Yes | Yes |
im-in.space | SPAAAAACE! Probably with a lot of French people. (Invite-only, might randomly open registrations) | No | Yes |
social.bytestemplar.com | N/A | Yes | No |
digitalhumanities.club | Digital humanities community; invitations will open once code of conduct drafted. | No | No |
design.vu | — what's your design view‽ | Yes | No |
masto.raildecake.fr | Hebergé chez un FAI associatif dans le sud de la france, grillons & pins en options | Yes | No |
good-dragon.com | Quick updates, Relaxed Moderation, Federates Everywhere, Furries | Yes | No |
rich.gop | Federates everywhere, Open registration, Privacy respected | Yes | Yes |
social.nowa.re | Open Registration | Yes | No |
mastodon.ml | A chill place to hangout and chat about anime, programming and movies. | Yes | Yes |
off-the-clock.us | The work day is over. | Yes | No |
infinimatix.net | Informatics | Yes | Yes |
social.0day.agency | Infosec, Hacking, Fun (only protonmail) | Yes | Yes |
kagrumez.lerk.io | Open registration. German end english. | Yes | No |
meow.social | A furry fandom focused instance | Yes | No |
neumastodon.com | Northeastern University Mastodon | Yes | No |
dancingbanana.party | La banane qui danse. | Yes | No |
mastodon.brussels | Le mastodon pour les belges, si vous aimez la bonne ambiance venez nous rejoindre ! | Yes | Yes |
mastodon.llamasweet.tech | Mastodon about tech,dev and SysAdmin | Yes | Yes |
manx.social | Instance for the Isle of Man | Yes | Yes |
mastodon.host | Lightly moderated, federates everywhere and has a follow bot ( Huge federated timeline ) | Yes | No |
mastodon.fun | Mastodon for everyone ! | Yes | Yes |
oulipo.social | An Oulipo Mastodon in which that fifth symbol in Latin script is taboo | Yes | Yes |
indigo.zone | Open Registrations, General Purpose | Yes | No |
mastodon.cloud | An open Mastodon instance with people from all around the world | Yes | Yes |
mst3k.interlinked.me | Open registrations, general purpose | Yes | Yes |
reveal.today | Open Registrations, General Purpose, About everyday events | Yes | Yes |
m4570.xyz | Open registrations, federates everywhere, instance hosted in France | Yes | Yes |
Bonn.social | Local topics from the federal city of Bonn, Germany | Yes | No |