Live instances

Public

These are public sites running GNU MediaGoblin:

http://roaming-initiative.com/mediagoblin/ running on http://hyperboria.net/ apparently! reddit thread
http://mediagoblin.com -- Currently registration and video are disabled; you have to ping Chris Webber for an invite.
https://efjz.in -- "EricFontaineJazZmediagoblIN" is for me to archive recordings of music performances of me and my fellow musicians.
https://goblinrefuge.com -- Registration open. Images and video enabled.
https://mediagoblin.pixelminers.net/ -- Fast, secure (HTTPS enforced) Mediagoblin server. Open, free for all. Supports Pictures, Music and Videos. Currently requires Persona registration (even though once registered you can have a password mailed to you)
https://papers.goblinrefuge.com/ -- Registration open. Document uploads enabled. Targeted toward papers and presentations.
https://mediafrom.me - Registration by request, but new requests are welcome!! Contact j1mc on IRC / Jim Campbell (jcampbell - ate - gnome - dot - org) for an account. Supports pictures, raw images, video, & partly supports 3d printing schemas (fancy, live Blender rending doesn't work with Rackspace Cloud files).

https://gobblin.se (previously mg.wandborg.se) -- Registration open, but uploads are currently broken (help fixing is welcome!); all media types enabled (except STL/3D, at the moment) -- details; Joar/mg.wandborg.se.
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http://barn.kerosenecow.net/ -- Registration disabled. This is mainly a showcase for development of the MG-GIMP project (a Mediagoblin plug-in that permits hosting of GIMP images and resources).

http://isengaara.de (not running as of 13 Oct 2014) -- IsengaaraP's mediahub for sharing eCantorix songs and コスプレ photos.

These are instances run by organizations, usually having registration limited to organization members:

http://medii.ceata.org -- Fundația Ceata, Romanian Free Software and Free Culture activist organization. Registration is currently disabled.

http://media.libreplanet.org -- Videos of the LibrePlanet 2013 conference (Free Software Foundation). Registration is currently disabled.

https://mediagoblin.chicagolug.org -- Slides and photos from events and meetings of the Chicago GNU/Linux User Group. Registration is currently disabled.

http://midiacapoeira.in/midia -- Material from Mídia Capoeira, a brazilian independent journalism initiative which promotes tactical-radical mediactivism. Registrations are open to facilitate non-identifiable uploads and leaked material.

http://media.bibliolabs.cc -- Repository for handling media at Sistema de Bibliotecas Públicas de Medellín (SBPM), installed as part of the biibliolabs project which aimed at exploring open source software and open licenses for knowledge management for public libraries in Medellín, Colombia, South America

http://mediagoblin.tami.org.il -- Media repository (documents, videos, images) for Tel Aviv Makers (telavivmakers.org / tami.org.il), a hackerspace in Tel Aviv, Israel. Lots of random stuff.

http://biblioteca.pirata.xyz -- Archive of pictures, documents and e-books for the Pirate Party in Brasil

Also, these sites are running MediaGoblin, but are for more limited audiences (family/friends of person who's running it, etc):

haise family photos (currently with a baby focus)
jpope's instance -- Registration currently disabled.
thelovebug's instance (registration closed)
photos.katsarov.org Photos by Anton Katsarov (registration closed)
media.micha.elmueller.net Photos by Michael Müller, all licensed under CC-BY (registration closed)
mediagoblin.aurka.com janssen’s personal mediagoblin-instance with concerts, demonstrations and other stuff (registration closed)
media.deadsuperhero.com Artwork and photos from Sean Tilley, who writes MediaGoblin themes for fun.
media.chrishancockart.com Artwork from Chris Hancock. (registration closed)
photos.technicallyandrew.com Photos by Andrew Browning (registration closed)
media.larjona.net Laura Arjona's pictures and videos, family, and libre software stuff (registration closed)
media.mnalis.com family photos and cycling events for biciklijade.com (registration closed)

maiki’s baby photo site (can't connect on 16 Oct 2014)
spaetz' private pics (under construction on 16 Oct 2014) Sebastian Spaeth's pictures, family and stuff (registration closed)
gallery.Dick-Thomas.co.uk (can't connect on 16 Oct 2014) Dick Thomas' pictures, family and stuff (registration closed)
media.wigunnara.com (can't connect on 16 Oct 2014) Giri Alam's pictures, family and stuff (registration closed)
noreal.info/galeria (does not open on 16 Oct 2014) Run in a Raspberry-pi by Arder Vegan (registration closed)
ardervegan.info/media (error 404 on 16 Oct 2014) Run in a Raspberry-pi by Arder Vegan (registration closed)
[1] (can't connect on 16 Oct 2014) Pictures and music from Charles Pehlivanian, hosted on a Raspberry Pi.

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