diff --git a/lib/di_initialization.dart b/lib/di_initialization.dart
index 24f1aff..560fd79 100644
--- a/lib/di_initialization.dart
+++ b/lib/di_initialization.dart
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import 'data/memory/memory_groups_repo.dart';
 import 'data/objectbox/objectbox_cache.dart';
 import 'data/objectbox/objectbox_connections_repo.dart';
 import 'data/objectbox/objectbox_hashtag_repo.dart';
+import 'friendica_client/friendica_client.dart';
 import 'globals.dart';
 import 'models/auth/profile.dart';
+import 'models/instance_info.dart';
 import 'services/auth_service.dart';
 import 'services/connections_manager.dart';
 import 'services/direct_message_service.dart';
@@ -40,6 +42,9 @@ Future<void> dependencyInjectionInitialization() async {
   getIt.registerSingleton<ActiveProfileSelector<IConnectionsRepo>>(
       ActiveProfileSelector(null));
 
+  getIt.registerSingleton<ActiveProfileSelector<InstanceInfo>>(
+      ActiveProfileSelector(null));
+
   final secretsService = SecretsService();
   final serviceInit = await secretsService.initialize();
 
@@ -93,4 +98,13 @@ Future<void> updateProfileDependencyInjectors(Profile profile) async {
       getIt<ActiveProfileSelector<IConnectionsRepo>>();
   connectionReposSelector.injectEntry(
       profile, ObjectBoxConnectionsRepo(objectBox));
+
+  final instanceSelector = getIt<ActiveProfileSelector<InstanceInfo>>();
+  final instanceInfo = await InstanceDataClient(profile).getInstanceData();
+  instanceInfo.andThenSuccess(
+    (instanceInfo) => instanceSelector.injectEntry(
+      profile,
+      instanceInfo,
+    ),
+  );
 }
diff --git a/lib/friendica_client/friendica_client.dart b/lib/friendica_client/friendica_client.dart
index 5856ec6..f081c0c 100644
--- a/lib/friendica_client/friendica_client.dart
+++ b/lib/friendica_client/friendica_client.dart
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import '../models/exec_error.dart';
 import '../models/gallery_data.dart';
 import '../models/group_data.dart';
 import '../models/image_entry.dart';
+import '../models/instance_info.dart';
 import '../models/media_attachment_uploads/image_types_enum.dart';
 import '../models/timeline_entry.dart';
 import '../models/user_notification.dart';
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import '../serializers/friendica/gallery_data_friendica_extensions.dart';
 import '../serializers/friendica/image_entry_friendica_extensions.dart';
 import '../serializers/mastodon/connection_mastodon_extensions.dart';
 import '../serializers/mastodon/group_data_mastodon_extensions.dart';
+import '../serializers/mastodon/instance_info_mastodon_extensions.dart';
 import '../serializers/mastodon/notification_mastodon_extension.dart';
 import '../serializers/mastodon/timeline_entry_mastodon_extensions.dart';
 import '../services/network_status_service.dart';
@@ -260,6 +262,41 @@ class InteractionsClient extends FriendicaClient {
   }
 }
 
+class InstanceDataClient extends FriendicaClient {
+  static final _logger = Logger('$InteractionsClient');
+
+  InstanceDataClient(super.credentials);
+
+  FutureResult<InstanceInfo, ExecError> getInstanceData() async {
+    _logger.finest(() => 'Getting $serverName instance info');
+    final v2Result = await getInstanceDataV2();
+    if (v2Result.isSuccess) {
+      return v2Result;
+    }
+
+    return getInstanceDataV1();
+  }
+
+  FutureResult<InstanceInfo, ExecError> getInstanceDataV1() async {
+    _logger.finest(() => 'Getting $serverName instance info via V1 endpoint');
+    final url = Uri.parse('https://$serverName/api/v1/instance');
+    final result = await _getApiRequest(url);
+    return result.andThen((json) {
+      return fromInstanceV1Json(json);
+    }).execErrorCast();
+  }
+
+  FutureResult<InstanceInfo, ExecError> getInstanceDataV2() async {
+    _logger.finest(() => 'Getting $serverName instance info via V2 endpoint');
+    final url = Uri.parse('https://$serverName/api/v2/instance');
+    final result = await _getApiRequest(url);
+    return result.andThen((response) {
+      final instanceInfoResult = fromInstanceV2Json(response);
+      return instanceInfoResult;
+    }).execErrorCast();
+  }
+}
+
 class NotificationsClient extends FriendicaClient {
   static final _logger = Logger('$NotificationsClient');
 
diff --git a/lib/models/instance_info.dart b/lib/models/instance_info.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1315b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/models/instance_info.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import 'friendica_version.dart';
+
+class InstanceInfo {
+  final int maxStatusCharacters;
+  final FriendicaVersion friendicaVersion;
+  final String versionString;
+  final int maxImageBytes;
+
+  InstanceInfo({
+    required this.maxStatusCharacters,
+    required this.friendicaVersion,
+    required this.versionString,
+    required this.maxImageBytes,
+  });
+
+  @override
+  String toString() {
+    return 'InstanceInfo{maxStatusCharacters: $maxStatusCharacters, version: $versionString, maxImageBytes: $maxImageBytes}';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/serializers/mastodon/instance_info_mastodon_extensions.dart b/lib/serializers/mastodon/instance_info_mastodon_extensions.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..253318e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/serializers/mastodon/instance_info_mastodon_extensions.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import 'package:result_monad/result_monad.dart';
+
+import '../../models/exec_error.dart';
+import '../../models/friendica_version.dart';
+import '../../models/instance_info.dart';
+
+const _defaultMaxImageBytes = 819200;
+const _defaultMaxCharacters = 4000;
+
+Result<InstanceInfo, ExecError> fromInstanceV1Json(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
+  return runCatching(() {
+    final maxStatusCharacters = json['max_toot_chars'] ?? _defaultMaxCharacters;
+    final versionString = json['version'];
+    return Result.ok(InstanceInfo(
+      friendicaVersion: FriendicaVersion.fromMastodonVersionString(
+        versionString,
+      ),
+      maxStatusCharacters: maxStatusCharacters,
+      versionString: versionString,
+      maxImageBytes: _defaultMaxImageBytes,
+    ));
+  }).execErrorCast();
+}
+
+Result<InstanceInfo, ExecError> fromInstanceV2Json(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
+  return runCatching(() {
+    final maxStatusCharacters = json['configuration']?['statuses']
+            ?['max_characters'] ??
+        _defaultMaxCharacters;
+    final maxImageBytes = json['configuration']?['media_attachments']
+            ?['image_size_limit'] ??
+        _defaultMaxImageBytes;
+    final versionString =
+        json['friendica']?['version'] ?? 'Not a friendica server';
+    final version = FriendicaVersion.fromVersionString(versionString);
+    return Result.ok(InstanceInfo(
+      friendicaVersion: version,
+      maxStatusCharacters: maxStatusCharacters,
+      versionString: versionString,
+      maxImageBytes: maxImageBytes,
+    ));
+  }).execErrorCast();
+}