Concepts

Features

What Anahita does, set out by the 128 questions FediDB compares fediverse software by (https://fedidb.com/software/features (opens in a new tab)), answered from the code on 2026-11-03 and kept up to date as the roadmap's rows are done. It is what an operator choosing software reads, and what FediDB's answers for Anahita are taken from. The same answers are on Anahita's page there.

Yes is built; partly is done in Anahita's own way, said beside it; planned has a plan; no is not built and not planned. What is not built is gathered at the end, for planning.

Accounts and profiles

Feature	Anahita
Move to another server with followers	planned	Moving (opens in a new tab)
Accept followers moving in	planned	Moving (opens in a new tab)
Export your data	yes	Download your data
Import follows, blocks and mutes	partly, planned	Follows from one's own Bluesky account (Federation); Mastodon's files in Moving (opens in a new tab)
Delete your own account	yes	Thirty days to undo (Account lifecycle)
Two-factor authentication	yes	Codes from an authenticator app (Signing in)
Passkeys and security keys	yes	Signing in
Sign in with an external provider	no
Profile metadata fields	no	One website link, and pronouns
Verified profile links	planned	Verified domains (opens in a new tab)
Profile header image	yes	A cover photo
Bot accounts	no
Several identities under one login	partly	An admin of a website replies as it (Websites)

Posting

Feature	Anahita
Edit published posts	yes
Content warnings	planned	Content warnings (opens in a new tab)
Formatted text in posts	yes
Write in Markdown	yes	Posts are kept as Markdown
Posts over 500 characters	yes	Up to 8,000
Admin-configurable post length	no
Polls	no
Scheduled posts	no
Drafts	yes	Articles and topics
Quote posts	yes	Permissions
Control who can quote you	yes	Permissions
Control who can reply	yes	Permissions
Custom emoji	no
Post language	yes	The language of a post
Pin posts to a profile	yes
Local-only posts	yes	Anything not public stays on the server
Automatically delete old posts	no
Long-form articles	yes	Articles, and topics
Hashtags	yes	Hashtags and locations
Link previews	yes	Link previews
Translate posts	planned	Translation (opens in a new tab)

Media

Feature	Anahita
Upload JPEG images	yes
Upload PNG images	yes
Upload animated GIFs	yes	Played as video
Upload WebP images	no
Upload HEIC images	no
Upload AVIF images	no
Upload MP4 video	yes	Videos
Upload WebM video	yes	Videos
Upload audio	no
Several attachments per post	yes	Photo posts
More than four attachments per post	yes	Up to 20, set by the operator
Image descriptions (alt text)	yes
Image focal point	no
Sensitive media	planned	Content warnings (opens in a new tab)
Removes location data from photos	yes	Every image is written out again without its metadata
Albums or collections	planned	Collections (opens in a new tab)
Photo filters	no

Video and audio

Feature	Anahita
Video transcoding	yes	Videos
Adaptive streaming (HLS)	no
Live streaming	no
Subtitles and captions	no
Automatic captions	no
Peer-to-peer video delivery	no
Video chapters	no
Playlists	no
Podcast feeds	no

Interactions

Feature	Anahita
Likes	yes
Boosts	yes	Reposts
Emoji reactions	no
Downvotes	no
Direct messages	planned	Direct messages (opens in a new tab)
Approve followers manually	yes	Follow requests
Follow hashtags	yes	And locations
Lists	no	Custom feeds instead (Custom feeds)
Bookmarks	yes	Saved posts
Join fediverse groups	no
Host groups or communities	yes	Groups
Interact from another server	no
Events	yes	Events

Privacy and safety

Feature	Anahita
Followers-only posts	yes	Privacy
Unlisted posts	no
Block accounts	yes
Mute accounts	no
Block whole servers (personal)	no
Word filters	no
Hide follower and following lists	no
Choose whether posts are searchable	yes	Whether other servers may find them (Federation)
Hide from search engines	no
Signed fetches required (secure mode)	no

Moderation

Feature	Anahita
Report content	yes	Abuse reports
Forward reports to other servers	no
Block servers (admin)	yes	Federation
Limit servers	no
Allowlist federation	no
Import server blocklists	planned	Refusing servers from a file (opens in a new tab)
Approve sign-ups	yes	Registration
Invite links	yes	Registration
CAPTCHA on sign up	no	A hidden field and a timing check instead (Registration)
Moderation audit log	partly	Each case records who decided it and what was done
Appeal moderation decisions	no
Custom content rules	yes	The site's, a group's and an event's rules

Discovery

Feature	Anahita
Full-text search	yes	Search
Trending content	yes	Hashtags and locations
Profile directory	yes
Local timeline	no
Federated timeline	no
RSS feeds	no
Relay support	no

Federation and protocols

Feature	Anahita
NodeInfo	yes	Registration
RFC 9421 HTTP signatures	no	The older draft signatures Mastodon uses
Object integrity proofs	no
Group federation (FEP-1b12)	no	Put off on 2026-10-17: a group's posts are its members', each needing their consent
Fetches missing replies	no
Diaspora protocol	no
Nomadic identity	no
Webmentions	no
ActivityPub client-to-server API	no

Apps and API

Feature	Anahita
Mastodon-compatible API	no	Decided against on 2026-10-12: Anahita's apps are built for all of Anahita (CLI client (opens in a new tab))
Official mobile app	planned	Anahita Mobile, once the web app has settled
Installable web app	yes
Push notifications	no
Webhooks	no
Documented API	yes	The API
Supports OAuth for the API	yes	OAuth

Running a server

Feature	Anahita
Official Docker image	yes	Deploying
S3-compatible object storage	yes
PostgreSQL	no
MySQL or MariaDB	yes
SQLite	no
Single-user mode	no
Handles on a different domain	yes	`PUBLIC_DOMAIN` (Configuration)
Custom themes or CSS	yes	Customising
Cleans up cached remote media	yes	`REMOTE_MEDIA_DAYS` (Federation)
Plugins or extensions	partly	Extended by services: optional ones left out or replaced, and one's own calling the others over gRPC (Services over gRPC)

Not built

Every no and planned above, gathered for planning.

Planned, each with its plan:

Moving to another server with followers, followers moving in, and importing follows and blocks: Moving (opens in a new tab)
Content warnings and sensitive media: Content warnings (opens in a new tab)
Direct messages: Direct messages (opens in a new tab)
Translating posts: Translation (opens in a new tab)
Albums or collections: Collections (opens in a new tab)
Verified profile links: Verified domains (opens in a new tab)
Importing server blocklists: Refusing servers from a file (opens in a new tab)
An official mobile app, Anahita Mobile

Decided against, or put off, with why:

Mastodon's client API: Anahita's apps show all of Anahita, which Mastodon's do not have a place for (2026-10-12).
Group federation: a group's posts are its members', each needing their consent and an author on the fediverse (put off 2026-10-17).

Not built, and open to plan:

Accounts: signing in with another provider; profile fields; bot accounts.
Posting: polls; scheduled posts; a post length the operator sets; custom emoji; deleting old posts automatically.
Media: WebP, HEIC and AVIF images; audio; a focal point; photo filters.
Video: adaptive streaming (HLS); captions, and automatic ones; live streaming; chapters; playlists; podcast feeds; peer-to-peer delivery.
Interactions: emoji reactions; downvotes; lists; joining groups on other servers; interacting from another server.
Privacy and safety: unlisted posts; muting; blocking a server for oneself; word filters; hiding one's follower lists; hiding from search engines; requiring signed fetches.
Moderation: forwarding reports to other servers; limiting servers; federating only with a list; appeals.
Discovery: a local timeline; a federated timeline; RSS feeds of profiles; relays.
Federation: RFC 9421 signatures; object integrity proofs; fetching missing replies; Diaspora; nomadic identity; Webmentions; ActivityPub's client-to-server API.
Apps: push notifications; webhooks.
Running a server: PostgreSQL; SQLite; single-user mode.

From anahitasocial/anahita-services, 2026-11-03.

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