ʻO Pixelfed kahi lawelawe ʻoihana pūnaewele manuahi a wehe ʻia. Ua decentralized, no laila ʻaʻole mālama ʻia ka ʻikepili mea hoʻohana ma kahi kikowaena kikowaena, ʻaʻole like me nā paepae ʻē aʻe. Hoʻohana ʻo Pixelfed i ka protocol ActivityPub e hiki ai i nā mea hoʻohana ke launa pū me nā ʻoihana pūnaewele ʻē aʻe i loko o ka protocol, e like me Mastodon, PeerTube, a me Friendica. Ke hoʻohana nei i kēia protocol e hana ʻo Pixelfed i ʻāpana o ka Fediverse. Aia ka pūnaewele i kekahi mau pūnaewele kūʻokoʻa e kamaʻilio pū ana kekahi i kekahi, kahi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mea hoʻolako leka uila. ʻAʻole pono nā ʻaoʻao i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia me ka mea hoʻolako like, akā hiki ke kamaʻilio pū kekahi me kekahi. No laila, hiki i nā mea hoʻohana ke kau inoa ma kekahi kikowaena a hahai i nā mea ʻē aʻe ma nā manawa ʻē aʻe.