Community supported pods

This is a list of pods (Diaspora servers) run by Diaspora community members. Remember, when you join one, you always log in to that site. But you can follow friends on any pod, including the main pod at joindiaspora.com.

This list is rather static. While it can be used as a reference, we recommend that when you are choosing which pod to sign up for, you also consider:

• PodUp - sorts pods by uptime and will give you an idea of how stable a given pod is.
• Podupti.me - similar service to PodUp, run by the fine folks at diasp.org.

If there is an unbroken image next to the pod name in the list below, the pod is probably online at the moment.

Pod maintainers:

• To add your pod to the list, please edit this page, adding details along the same pattern as the existing data. Pods are listed in alphabetical order by pod name.
• Please consider adding yourself to the PodUp list as well. It's free, people will notice your pod, and you can track how your pod performs in the management console.

Diaspora pods

• http://alt.md/

  • Opened: 21/09/2010
  • Updated: Multiple times per day
  • Maintainer
    • DIASPORA: plex@alt.md
  • Operating system: Ubuntu

• http://denizencity.com

  • Opened: 16/09/2010
  • Updated: Every 2 hours, but service restarted roughly daily
  • Maintained by: private individual
    • http://github.com/freedenizen
  • Operating system: Gentoo
  • Comments: Development, should be up 90% of the time, database may be reset if needed. Add me freedenizen at denizencity dot com

• https://despora.de/

  • Opened: 15/2/2011
  • Updated: Multiple times per day
  • Maintained by: Lennart Prelle
    • Contact: prellele@despora.de
  • Operating system: Ubuntu LTS 10.04
  • Comments: Over 99.9% uptime, facebook and twitter integration, public registration, mostly german users

• http://dhz.me/

  • Opened: 1/1/2011
  • Updated: Four times per day
  • Maintainer
    • Hao (David) Zhang: contact@dhz.me
  • Operating system: CentOS
  • Comments: Updates frequently, good security and uptime, facebook and twitter integration, public registration.

• https://diafor.me

  • Opened: 02/05/2011
  • Updated: Almost daily
  • Maintainer
    • IRC/Freenode: carmelosantana
    • Diaspora: carm@diafor.me
    • http://twitter.com/carmelosantana
  • Operating system: Linux (Ubuntu)
  • Comments: Public pod in the cloud!

• http://diaseeds.com

  • Opened: 17/09/2010
  • Updated: With all of the latest updates
  • Maintainer
    • IRC/Freenode: Mediashell
    • andrew@mediashell.com
    • http://twitter.com/mediashell
  • Operating system: Linux (CentOS)
  • Comments: Largest Free Diaspora seeds server; Dive in!

• http://diaspa.co.uk

  • Opened: 01/04/2011
  • Updated: daily
  • Maintained by : Neil Perry (http://www.nperry.eu)
    • http://twitter.com/NPerry
    • diaspora : nperry@diaspa.co.uk
  • Operating system: Linux (Ubuntu)
  • Comments: Public and free Diaspora pod for everyone

• http://diasp.be

  • Opened: 10/12/2010
  • Updated: daily
  • Maintained by : Hervé Delvaux (http://www.webadev.com)
    • http://twitter.com/diaspbe
    • diaspora : bachus@diasp.be
  • Operating system: Linux (Ubuntu)
  • Comments: Public and free Diaspora pod for Belgium

• http://diasp.de

  • Opened: 26/11/2010
  • Updated: major changes
  • Maintained by a private person
    • http://twitter.com/diasp_de
  • Operating system: Linux
  • Comments: Public and free Diaspora pod for Germany

• http://diasp.eu

  • Opened: 30/11/2010
  • Updated: major changes
  • Maintained by a private person
    • http://twitter.com/diasp_eu
  • Operating system: Linux
  • Comments: Public and free Diaspora pod for Europe

• http://diasp.org/

  • Opened: 01/11/2010
  • Updated: Once a day @ noon
  • Maintained by: http://www.diasp.org
  • Operating system: Fedora 14
  • Also has a Live list of other pods with Uptime stats http://pods.diasp.org

• http://diasp.es/

  • Opened: 01/01/2011
  • Updated: Once a week
  • Maintained by: http://www.diasp.es http://twitter.com/soukron

• http://diasp.se/

  • Opened: 13/03/2011
  • Updated: Once a week
  • Maintained by: olof.andersson@gmail.com
  • Comments: Swedish pod. Run by private person on Ubuntu 10.10.

• http://diaspora-vallibre.linux59.info

  • Opened: 25/12/2010
  • Updated:
  • Maintainer: Thierry Brasseur mygalaxia@free.fr
  • https://github.com/zeubuntu
  • Operating system: Ubuntu+apache 2
  • Comments: development. Server based in Valenciennes, FR, For members of vallibres Valenciennes http://www.mjc-athena.org/Mjc/activites/activites-scientifiques/val-libre

• http://diaspora.barmet.tk

  • Opened: 07/11/2010
  • Updated: Any time
  • Maintainer : private person
    • http://github.com/efix
    • efix.fx@gmail.com
    • http://identi.ca/efix
  • Operating system: Linux (CentOS)
  • Comments: Free, public Diaspora pod. Carefully run to be as stable as possible.

• http://diaspora.binaryfreedom.info

  • Opened: 09/11/2010
  • Maintainer: Chris Fernandez
    • cfernandez@binaryfreedom.info
    • http://identi.ca/chfernandez
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
  • Comments: Based in Cambridge MA, US, Following main branch. Updated every couple of days. also hosting a jabber server and mail server

• http://diaspora.chouchoune.fr

  • Opened: 16/09/2010
  • Updated: Any time
  • Maintainer : private person
    • IRC/Freenode: chouchoune
    • http://github.com/chouchoune
    • delcasse@gmail.com
    • http://twitter.com/arnauddelcasse
  • Operating system: Linux (Debian)
  • Comments: Development. Can be patched with unofficial code, reset or down at any time. Use it for quick testing but not as a production seed.

• http://diaspora.compadre.dk

  • Opened: 30/12/2010
  • Updated: Every 2-3 days
  • Maintainer : Søren Caspersen
    • IRC/Freenode: sbc
    • soeren.b.c@gmail.com
    • http://twitter.com/soerenbc
  • Operating system: Linux (Ubuntu 10.10)
  • Comments: Come one, come all.

• http://diaspora.digitalinsanity.de

  • Opened: 16/09/2010
  • Updated: Daily
  • Maintained by a private person
    • http://github.com/arrakaij
  • Operating system: Linux
  • Comments: For development and test purposes, images are uploaded to S3

• http://diaspora.gpeni.net

  • Opened: 20/04/2010
  • Updated: Periodically
  • Maintainer: Justin P. Rohrer – GpENI Project
    • rohrej@ittc.ku.edu
    • http://wiki.ittc.ku.edu/gpeni
  • Operating system: Linux (Scientific Linux 6.0)
  • Comments: Open, intended for those interested in future Internet testbeds and research

• https://diasp.fi/

  • Opened: 30/05/2011
  • Updated: Once a day
  • Maintained by a private person
    • http://twitter.com/diasp_fi
  • Operating system: Linux
  • Comments: Testing as a development platform.

• https://diaspora.hostmaster.org/

  • Opened: 27/11/2010
  • Updated: as needed
  • Maintained by a private person
    • http://twitter.com/R34lB0rg
  • Operating system: Ubuntu Maverick
  • Comments: Public and Free

• http://diaspora.now.im

  • Opened: 17.09.2010
  • Updated: ~daily
  • Maintained by a private person
    • IRC/Freenode: datagutt
    • http://github.com/datagutt
  • Operating system: Mac OS X
  • Comments: Only online on the day (UT+1), for development and test purposes.

• http://diaspora.numbski.com

  • Opened: 20.10.2010
  • Updated: ~daily
  • Maintained by a private person
    • IRC/Freenode: numbski
    • http://github.com/numbski
  • Operating system: Ubuntu
  • Comments: Testing as a development platform. Close friends will be on.

• http://diaspora.rueckgr.at

  • Opened: 2010-07-16
  • Updated: irregularly
  • Maintained by a private person
    • IRC/Freenode: paulchen
    • paulchen@rueckgr.at
  • Operating system: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.6 (Lenny)
  • Comments: just for testing, database will be reset whenever required

• 

  • Opened: 2011-07-14
  • Updated: irregularly
  • Maintained by a private person
    • IRC/Freenode: amck
    • alastair@sceal.ie
  • Operating system: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (squeeze)
  • Comments: mostly for friends. Others welcome to play.

• https://diaspora.subsignal.org/

  • Opened: 2010-09-21
  • Updated: irregularly
  • Maintained by a private person
    • IRC/Freenode: phaidros
    • phaidros@subsignal.org
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS (Lucid Lynx)
  • Comments: Testing, feel free to use for any purpose. Will try to keep database intact, only reset if needed by updates. SSL Cert will be CACert.org soon and replace the SnakeOil Cert (Within next week).

• http://diaspora.xilinus.com

  • Opened: 2010-07-17
  • Updated: daily
  • Maintained by a private person
    • http://github.com/sgruhier
    • http://twitter.com/sgruhier
  • Operating system: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.6 (Lenny)
  • Comments: Up all the time, database will be reset only if need be

• http://diasporahosts.com

  • Opened: 17/09/2010
  • Updated: Everyday with stable code
  • Maintainer
    • IRC/Freenode: Mediashell
    • andrew@mediashell.com
    • http://twitter.com/mediashell
  • Operating system: CentOS
  • Comments: High quality, secure, diaspora seed hosting; Dive in!

• http://diasporapages.com

  • Opened: 17/09/2010
  • Updated: With all of the latest updates
  • Maintainer
    • IRC/Freenode: Mediashell
    • andrew@mediashell.com
    • http://twitter.com/mediashell
  • Operating system: Linux (CentOS)
  • Comments: Free Diaspora seeds for anyone who wants it; carefully run

• http://pod.zauberstuhl.de/

  • Opened: 3/3/2011
  • Updated: Very often (no exactly details cause of security reason)
  • Admins: Lukas Matt
    • Contact: support@zauberstuhl.de && lukas@pod.zauberstuhl.de
  • Operating system: Debian
  • Comments: public registration open, twitter and facebook app enabled, SSL coming soon
  • Configuration: Apache2 proxy -> thin

• https://privit.us/

  • Opened: Jun 1, 2011
  • Updated: Daily when upstream code is stable
  • Maintained by: https://privit.us/people/1
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04
  • Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr integration. Nginx with passenger.

• https://spargo.me/

  • Opened: 3/3/2011
  • Updated: Every Day between 5 and 7 o'clock in the morning
  • Admins: Lukas Matt
    • Contact: support@spargo.me && lukas@pod.zauberstuhl.de
  • Operating system: Debian
  • Comments: public registration open, twitter and facebook app enabled, SSL
  • Configuration: Apache2 proxy -> thin

• http://goulag.su

  • Opened: 25/09/2010
  • Updated: every 12 hours
  • Maintainer : private person
    • IRC/freenode: wk_
  • Operating system: ArchLinux
  • Comments: Free, public Diaspora pod. Development mode for now. Carefully run to be as stable as possible, but database will be reset whenever required.

• http://li-la.de:3000

  • Opened: 31/12/2010
  • updated every couple of days
  • located in germany
  • Maintainer: Frank Boehm frank@thor.baldar.de
  • Operating system: Slackware 12.2
  • Comments: Following master branch. Free, public Diaspora pod. Will try to keep database intact, only reset if needed by updates.

• https://londondiaspora.org/

  • Opened: 17/05/2011
  • Updated: irregularly, 1-3 weeks
  • Maintainer: Levente Bagi
    • http://twitter.com/LondonDiaspora
    • http://github.com/bagilevi
    • DIASPORA: levente@londondiaspora.org
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04
  • Comments: Stability and uptime is priority over freshness, Facebook and Twitter integration, located in London, anyone welcome, open signups.

• http://mangaspora.com

  • Opened: 25/12/2010
  • updated every couple of days
  • located in New York City
  • Maintainer: Kevin kevinmangan13@gmail.com Michael mgaffney@fordham.edu
  • Operating system: Ubuntu
  • Comments: Diaspora seed maintained by two college students in Manhattan.

• http://monocle.dyndns.org:3000

  • Opened: 05/11/2010
  • Updated: weekly
  • Maintainer: private person
    • pg5779@monocle.dyndns.org
    • http://opensns.wordpress.com
  • Operating system: CentOS
  • Comments: A Diaspora pod for testing and development purposes. Visit http://opensns.wordpress.com for more information about this pod.

• http://my-seed.com

  • Opened: 2010-08-20
  • Updated: irregularly
  • Maintained by a private person
    • IRC/Freenode: duke_
  • Operating system: Gentoo
  • Comments: Free, public Diaspora pod. Development mode for now. Carefully run to be as stable as possible, but database will be reset whenever required..

• http://notfb.ca

  • Opened: 2010-07-17
  • Updated: irregularly
  • Maintained by a private person
    • IRC/Freenode: bengl
    • http://twitter.com/notfbdotca
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 9.4
  • Comments: Development mode for now. Database will be reset whenever required

• http://openspora.com

  • Opened: 15/09/2010
  • Updated: As changes in the official repository become stable
  • Maintainer
    • IRC/Freenode: chuck
    • charles.melbye@gmail.com
    • http://twitter.com/cmelbye
  • Operating system: ArchLinux
  • Comments: Free, public Diaspora pod. Carefully run to be as stable as possible.

• https://ottospora.nl

  • Opened: 4/03/2011
  • Updated: daily
  • Maintained by : Wouter Timmermans
    • diaspora : protowouter@ottospora.nl
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 11.04
  • Comments: Running in production mode with nginx as proxy/frontend

• http://pasarus.com

  • Opened: 18/09/2010
  • Updated: Daily
  • Maintained by: Areya Webservices
    • http://www.areya.de
  • Operating system: Ubuntu
  • Comments: Reset of Database only if needed

• https://piratendiaspora.de

  • Opened: 25/11/2010
  • Updated: daily
  • Maintained by a private person
    • http://twitter.com/PitaPoison
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
  • Comments: Public and free. Made for the german pirate party. HTTPS ONLY

• http://pod.geraspora.de

  • Opened: 2010-11-01
  • Updated: daily
  • Maintainer : Noncommercial group of 3 persons
    • IRC: #diaspora-de@freenode
    • Twitter: @geraspora
  • Operating system: Ubuntu
  • Comments: Free, public Diaspora-Pod for german users. Should run very stable, but database we'll reset database whenever needed.

• https://poddery.com

  • Opened: 2010-12-11
  • Updated: Biweekly
  • Maintainer: Joe Bivins
    • jbivins@gmail.com
    • http://twitter.com/poddery
  • Operating system: Debian Linux (Squeeze)
  • Comments: Following master branch.

• http://regged.de

  • Opened: 24/09/2010
  • Updated: irregularly
  • Maintainer
    • private individual
  • Operating system: Linux
  • Comments: just for testing, database will be reset whenever required

• https://the.diasperse.com/

  • Opened: 20/12/2010
  • Updated: Weekly
  • Maintained by: https://the.diasperse.com/
    • Diaspora handle admin@the.diasperse.com
    • IRC freenode.net flah00
    • joppershopper@gmail.com
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 10.10
  • Comments: Fully functional Diaspora installation (remote searches + adds and websockets all work)
  • Configuration: Nginx proxying multiple thins

• http://diasp.cg1.fr/

  • Opened: 02/02/2011
  • Updated: Any time
  • Maintainer : Benoit Anastay
    • http://github.com/benoit934
    • benoit@cg1.fr
    • Diaspora : benoit@diasp.cg1.fr
  • Operating system: Linux (CentOS)
  • Comments: Free, public Diaspora pod. Carefully run to be as stable as possible.

• https://hasst-euch-alle.de/

  • Opened: 1/2/2011
  • Updated: Often, if something has changed we post it to twitter http://twitter.com/#!/hassteuchalle
  • Admins: Nicolas & Gabriel, two students from Germany and Austria
  • How to Contact the Admin
    • Diaspora handle: nicolas@hasst-euch-alle.de
    • Email: kontakt@nicolas-berens.de
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04
  • Comments: public registration open, twitter & facebook enabled, ssl encryption, privacy aware statistics
  • Configuration: Nginx proxying multiple thin via sockets

• https://soc.ragriz.net/

  • Opened: 31/03/2011
  • Updated: Once a day
  • Maintainer
    • DIASPORA: ragriz44@soc.ragriz.net
  • Operating system: Debian 5
  • Comments: Open registration, Twitter and Facebook support. Only through https.

• https://foobar.cx

  • Opened: 09/05/2010
  • Updated: irregularly
  • Maintained by: private individual
  • Operating system: Debian Linux
  • Comments: public registration open, Twitter and Facebook support, HTTPS available

• http://yaspora.com

  • Opened: 18/12/2010
  • Updated: major changes
  • Maintained by: private individual
  • Operating system: Linux
  • Comments: Public and free Diaspora pod.

• http://yaspora.es

  • Opened: 19/06/2011
  • Updated: major changes
  • Maintained by: private individual
  • Operating system: Linux
  • Comments: Public and free Diaspora pod.