| Table | Description | 
| abconfig | arbitrary storage for connections of local channels | 
| abook | connections of local channels | 
| account | service provider account | 
| addon | registered plugins | 
| app | personal app data | 
| attach | file attachments | 
| auth_codes | OAuth usage | 
| cache | OEmbed cache | 
| cal | CalDAV containers for events | 
| channel | local channels | 
| chat | chat room content | 
| chatpresence | channel presence information for chat | 
| chatroom | data for the actual chat room | 
| clients | OAuth usage | 
| config | main configuration storage | 
| conv | Diaspora private messages meta conversation structure | 
| event | Events | 
| group_member | privacy groups (collections), group info | 
| groups | privacy groups (collections), member info | 
| hook | plugin hook registry | 
| hubloc | xchan location storage, ties a hub location to an xchan | 
| iconfig | extensible arbitrary storage for items | 
| issue | future bug/issue database | 
| item | all posts and webpages | 
| item_id | (deprecated by iconfig) other identifiers on other services for posts | 
| likes | likes of 'things' | 
| mail | private messages | 
| menu | webpage menu data | 
| menu_item | entries for webpage menus | 
| notify | notifications | 
| obj | object data for things (x has y) | 
| outq | output queue | 
| pconfig | personal (per channel) configuration storage | 
| photo | photo storage | 
| poll | data for polls | 
| poll_elm | data for poll elements | 
| profdef | custom profile field definitions | 
| profext | custom profile field data | 
| profile | channel profiles | 
| profile_check | DFRN remote auth use, may be obsolete | 
| register | registrations requiring admin approval | 
| session | web session storage | 
| shares | shared item information | 
| sign | Diaspora signatures.  To be phased out. | 
| site | site table to find directory peers | 
| source | channel sources data | 
| sys_perms | extensible permissions for OAuth | 
| term | item taxonomy (categories, tags, etc.) table | 
| tokens | OAuth usage | 
| updates | directory sync updates | 
| verify | general purpose verification structure | 
| vote | vote data for polls | 
| xchan | list of known channels in the universe | 
| xchat | bookmarked chat rooms | 
| xconfig | as pconfig but for channels with no local account | 
| xign | channels ignored by friend suggestions | 
| xlink | "friends of friends" linkages derived from poco, also ratings storage | 
| xperm | OAuth/OpenID-Connect extensible permissions permissions storage | 
| xprof | if this hub is a directory server, contains basic public profile info of everybody in the network | 
| xtag | if this hub is a directory server, contains tags or interests of everybody in the network |