I-Pixelfed yinkonzo yasimahla nevulelekileyo yokwabelana ngomfanekiso wenethiwekhi yoluntu. I-decentralized, ngoko ke idatha yomsebenzisi ayigcinwanga kwi-server ephakathi, ngokungafaniyo namanye amaqonga. I-Pixelfed isebenzisa i-ActivePub protocol evumela abasebenzisi ukuba banxibelelane nezinye iinethiwekhi zentlalo ngaphakathi kweprotocol, efana neMastodon, PeerTube, kunye ne-Friendica. Ukusebenzisa le protocol kwenza iPixelfed ibe yinxalenye yeFediverse. Uthungelwano lwenziwe ziisayithi ezininzi ezizimeleyo ezinxibelelanayo, nto leyo ephantse ithelekiswe nababoneleli nge-imeyile. Amaqela abandakanyekayo akufuneki ukuba abhaliswe kunye nomnikezeli omnye, kodwa angakwazi ukunxibelelana omnye nomnye. Ke, abasebenzisi banako ukubhalisa kuyo nayiphi na iseva kwaye balandele abanye kwezinye iimeko.