It was asked a couple of months ago, but given the AI enshittification, it seems a good time to ask again.

I looked around and found:

  • Pinetta is/was in development but seems dead with only an alpha release. I am chasing this up on Matrix. edit: Apparently still, technically, active although progress has been slow
  • Pinry is a FOSS alternative, but not federated, that seems dormant. However, it works and is in Python, so someone could bolt an AP server to it, he says airily.
  • tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.gardenEnglish
    5·
    17 hours ago

    I use it to find inspiration for projects where I only have a rough idea of what I would like to build/make. Usually it’s enough to create a new board, enter a vague search term, add some things that seem fitting to your vague idea and then Pinterest does a really good job in suggesting things similar to the results you already added. It narrows down the search results by what you save.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      14 hours ago

      Ahhh, it a good image recommendation algorithm? That might be why I never got what to do with it. I just saved things I found, I didn’t search for new.