Facebook Alternatives for Linux

Facebook is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is GoToSocial, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Facebook and 13 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Facebook are ZeroMe, Manyverse, Bastyon and Scuttlebutt.nz.

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  1. GoToSocial icon
     13 likes

    GoToSocial is an ActivityPub social network server, written in Golang.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
    • YunoHost
     
  2. ZeroMe icon
     44 likes

    Social network for the distributed P2P network ZeroNet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • gevent
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • ZeroNet
     
  3. Manyverse icon
     18 likes

    Manyverse is a social network app using the SSB protocol (Secure Scuttlebutt) where you can write posts and share with friends nearby or over the internet. It's different from mainstream social networks because your data is yours, it lives on your phone, not in the cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • F-Droid
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4. Bastyon icon
     10 likes

    Bastyon is a revolutionary anti-censorship decentralized publishing and social platform voted to freedom of speech. Based on the blockchain technology, it runs on a set of computers around the world, not controlled by any single entity.

    108 Bastyon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
     
  5. Scuttlebutt.nz icon
     12 likes

    a decent(ralised) secure gossip platform sea-slang for gossip - a scuttlebutt is basically a watercooler on a ship.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Patchwork
     
  6. opensource-socialnetwork also know as OSSN is a social networking software written in PHP. It allows you to make a social networking website, helps your members build social relationships with people who share similar professional or personal interests.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Apache HTTP Server
     
  7. Ocelot.social icon
     3 likes

    Ocelot.social is an open source program code that is freely available for operating social networks. Its development is supported by a community of programmers and interested network operators.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Ecency icon
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    Ecency is a Decentralized, opensource, rewarding, communities, non-censored social platform where users are incentivized to contribute and curate content. The users decide what is valuable by voting and content is rewarded with cryptocurrencies.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. Swivro icon
     1 like

    Swivro is an organization focused on cybersecurity, free-speech, online privacy, and anti-mass-surveillance. Our mission is to ensure that the internet operates in a way where people are not spied on, are not unethically tracked, and can speak freely.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. Comrad icon
     2 likes

    Comrad is a socialist network: encrypted, insurveillable, unmontizeable, and self-governing. Meet fellow comrades and message them securely, organize safely into self-moderated groups, plan demonstrations secretly and spontaneously – and help fight back against the police state...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Linux Mobile
     
  11. OVBE.Club icon
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    OVBE.Club is an online community that gives people the power to share, learn, network, and become an entrepreneur if they choose.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Blackberry 10
     
  12. AtomJump.org icon
     2 likes

    A credible alternative to the Facebook & WhatsApp combination, AtomJump.org is open software designed for self-publishing and communicating instantly with your own group of people, while keeping it fully under your own control. The companion .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Node.JS
     
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