PieFed 1.8 is released - multi-image posts, reposter filter, new admin tools

By Autobot 6 Oct 2026 in Die4Ever Original post by Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 6 Oct 2026 on fediverse@lemmy.world

Linked article codeberg.org ↗

Gallery posts, which is an image post with multiple images in it, compatible with Mastodon and Pixelfed. Check out this example from Mastodon.
"Reposters" as a separate thing from "Bots" with the same Show and Hide options for filtering that bots have. Reposters are more targeted, with higher quality content than true bots and often have a human operator writing comments. However many people find this inauthentic so now they can be filtered out. More details
/c/microblogs can show posts from people you're following OR all posts.
Recent hashtags shown on the home page sidebar.
Support for receiving posts with jpegxl images.
Communities can have a default hashtag for new posts - posters can edit or remove it if they want.

For admins:

Option to manually approve posts by new accounts, to cut down on spam while having open registrations (no approval on the new account). This will let people dip their toes in without waiting.
Easily contact other instance admins, see /admin/instances
Vote manipulation detection tools for simple sockpuppets and complex coordinated voting networks. See /admin/voting
Serial downvoter report showing who made lots of downvotes against a single person in a short time.
Other bot detection tools - e.g. easily spot unnatural runs of very quick post creation.
Display list of alts on user profiles to more easily investigate activity by alts.
Filter emoji with keywords rather than importing absolutely everything - this will speed up the emoji reaction dialog.
Identify instances likely to be used by spammers in future. See /admin/instances?filter=liability
Microblog posts with no replies can be automatically deleted - set the MICROBLOG_CONTENT_RETENTION environment variable to how many months you want to keep them for.

To upgrade from 1.7.x

git pull  
git checkout v1.8.x

Then,

./deploy.sh or ./deploy-docker.sh

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9 comments

realitista1

The only thing holding me back from migrating is the clients I use- Voyager and Alexandrite. I need to be able to see my upvoted, down voted,and hidden content
- lokalhorst1
  
  For me it was the missing support for "auto fill" when using Link posts on Voyager. Small issue, but annoying enough. Also PieFed.social blocking some stuff without it being obvious why at the beginning. I could have changed instances though.
- Microw1
  
  I'm using Voyager and can see the "Hidden" content overview
  - realitista1
    
    You're right, hidden is there but not upvoted or down voted.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai6via piefed_meta@piefed.social

Communities can have a default hashtag for new posts - posters can edit or remove it if they want.

Amazing thanks!! now I can set c/SouthAfrica to have "South Africa" tagged by default to it gets more visibility to the ~1,000,000 active mastodon users
- Rimu5
  
  Try SouthAfrica - I don't think spaces will work out well because then it'll become two tags - South and Africa.
  - Ek-Hou-Van-Braai2
    
    Oh damn ok, I thought it was comma separated list.
    
    eg. "South Africa, Cape Town, Nature"
    
    Hopefully this too will help boost my community a bit more
JohnnyEnzyme1via piefed_meta@piefed.social

Nice update, and about that-- I've typically tried to keep media in image posts to about 500k or less, and for gallery posts, will do the same unless that's an issue.
Cherry1via piefed_meta@piefed.social

I cant contribute financially at the mo. I will when possible. I appreciate the product and the work you do.