Loops was originally a Pixelfed feature that was launched back in 2019, and it was inspired by Vine.
In 2020 it was removed, and remained in the back of my mind until 2023, when I started considering building a separate service.
Fast forward to 2025, we launched Pixelfed to the App and Play Stores and shipped quite a few new features, but the later part of 2025 I spent on Loops.
Now it's fully open source, server and mobile apps, and federates!
But that doesn't mean Pixelfed is dead π