A free, federated marketplace for second-hand goods
flohmarkt is a self-hostable, decentralised platform for buying and selling second-hand items. Each instance is run independently, but all instances are interconnected through ActivityPub — the same open protocol used by Mastodon, Pixelfed, and the wider Fediverse.
You can browse items from many instances at once, contact sellers directly, and follow listings that interest you, without creating a separate account for every site.
flohmarkt is available in many languages. You can help translate it into yours!
flohmarkt is used all over the place. You can make one for your town, your community, or even your animal rescue.
flohmarkt is free and open-source software licensed under the AGPL-3.0.
2026-08-09
and the "best bug report of the year"-award in the categories "beauty" "structure" and "completeness" goes to @BaltschunJoerg from @neufeldt_kuhnke for his issue https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/issues/1063
I don't like nagging, but i gotta admit, i sometimes grow desperate handling nondescriptive bug reports, so thank you for this beautiful counterexample.
Don't be like "stuff doesnt work". Be like Joerg.
Hello #flohmarkt,
thanks for providing an alternative to kleinanzeigen and such.
Love you :-*
2026-07-30
mi ero colpevolissimamente perso l'esistenza di una istanza #flohmarkt italiana !
2026-07-29
If, like me, you have always been wondering if #eBay is a more ethical alternative to #Amazon, your question has just been answered:
Luckily we already have an alternative on the #Fediverse for local listings!
The #Flohmarkt instances:
🗺️ https://flohmarkt.fediverse.observer/map
📑 https://flohmarkt.fediverse.observer/list
It's still small but growing steadily :)
2026-07-12
Today the #flohmarkt team releases flohmarkt 0.20.0. The most important new feature is a opt-out workflow that requires items and user bios to be approved by moderation before going public. Find the full changelog at:
https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/releases/tag/0.20.0
The new process is on per default. You can deactivate it in Administration → Settings → [X] Moderate new items and [X] Moderate user profiles.
2026-06-27
Glad to see that #Flohmarkt is finally getting a language selection option. This has been sorely needed!
https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/pulls/1026
2026-06-20
Da schaut man mal ein paar Tage nicht drauf und schon finden sich auf dem Cyberboulevard viele interessante neue Artikel, vom Handy, über eine Smartwatch, bis hin zu einem Motorrad. Und das tolle ist, du kannst alles mit Taler zahlen.
2026-06-10
#flohmarkt celebrating 333+ stars now in https://meet.ffmuc.net/flohmarkt
AUA (Ask Us Anything) there or just hang out for a cold drink 🍋🟩
Cya there =]
2026-05-27
@Niall @phil_stevens
There is already #flohmarkt (German for 'flea market'), which is an #ActivityPub based private ads system.
https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt
Now ... the problem is to get critical mass. Like the RNZ piece describes, Facebook is already quite embedded in many people's daily lives ...
2026-05-13
Man, is #catawiki a shitty platform. We really should all fight the online culture of #monopolist "services". Just had a very negative experience and my fair and friendly negative review was deleted because the seller asked catawiki to do so.
Good thing for the future, #flohmarkt exists!
https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/wiki/flohmarkt-instances
Please all check it out, such platform only works when many people use it!
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