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title: "Self-hosting and federation"
description: "Self-hosting Fluxer and the plan for federation."
url: "https://fluxer.com/help/category/self-hosting"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-11-01"
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# Self-hosting and federation

Self-hosting Fluxer and the plan for federation.

- [Self-hosting Fluxer: costs, requirements and control](https://fluxer.com/help/self-hosting-fluxer.md): Self-hosting Fluxer is free with no license key, Fluxer can't ban you from your own instance, and the operator docs walk you through setup step by step.
- [Is self-hosting Fluxer free?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-self-hosting-free.md): Yes. Fluxer is free to self-host under the AGPL, with no license key, paid tier or reduced edition, and the Operator Pass is optional.
- [Is another Fluxer instance run by Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-this-instance-run-by-fluxer.md): No. Anyone can run Fluxer's open source code, and instances Fluxer doesn't run have their own admins, rules and moderation.
- [Is Fluxer federated? Federation and polyproto](https://fluxer.com/help/federation.md): Not yet. Federation is on Fluxer's roadmap as an experimental draft in 2026 and a stable release in 2027, will always be optional, and will be built on polyproto, not Matrix.
- [Is Fluxer based on Matrix?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-based-on-matrix.md): No. Fluxer has its own API and real-time gateway, and its planned federation will use polyproto, not Matrix.

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Canonical page: https://fluxer.com/help/category/self-hosting

Last updated on November 1, 2026