Open Source Web-based Apps tagged with 'Social Networks'

Browse 98 Open Source Web-based Apps tagged with 'Social Networks' on AlternativeTo.

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  1. Mastodon icon
     604 likes

    Federated and open-source social network with no ads, 500-character limit, custom emojis, and content warnings, emphasizing privacy and personal interaction.

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    Screenshot of the Mastodon web interface
    Social networking, back in your hands
    You're in control. You decide who you see in your home feed. No surprises.
    +6
    Build an audience. Connect with diverse folks across thousands of servers.
    135 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good74 reviews
  2. Pixelfed icon
     284 likes

    Federated image sharing platform prioritizing privacy, safety, and user control, ad-free operation, no algorithms, open-source, and supports self-hosting.

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
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    +7
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    134 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good24 reviews
  3. Lemmy icon
     200 likes

    Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are...

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    Lemmy screenshot 1
    Lemmy screenshot 1
    78 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good25 reviews
  4. Bluesky icon
     114 likes

    An open social network that gives creators independence from platforms, developers the freedom to build, and users a choice in their experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    +1
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    77 alternatives
    3.7
    Good18 reviews
  5. Nitter icon
     91 likes

    Nitter is a free and open-source front-end mirror of Twitter, which allows you to consult Twitter, with a focus on privacy.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Nitter screenshot 1
    13 alternatives
    4.8
    Excellent13 reviews
  6. BookWyrm icon
     47 likes

    BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. Federation allows BookWyrm users to join small, trusted communities that can connect with one another, and with other ActivityPub services like...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Main instance page
    Book entry
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    +1
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    43 alternatives
  7. Minds icon
     327 likes

    A free, open-source platform enabling decentralized and centralized social networking. Supporting free speech, monetization, and the sharing of various media.

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    +8
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    126 alternatives
    2.8
    Poor13 reviews
  8. Pleroma icon
     71 likes

    Pleroma is a free, federated social networking server built on open protocols. It is compatible with GNU Social, Mastodon, and many other ActivityPub and OStatus implementations.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    59 alternatives
  9. Friendica icon
     141 likes

    Friendica is a distributed social network application. Which allow users to connect with others via their own Friendica server, but may also fully integrate contacts from other platforms including Twitter, diaspora*, Pump.io and StatusNet into their 'newsfeed'.

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    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Docker
    Timeline of the user meeting forum. Duepunto Zero theme.
    User status page
    Profile page of the UX Watchdogs forum. Vier theme.
    +3
    Public events of the Berliner Luft forum. Vier theme.
    119 alternatives
  10. PieFed icon
     16 likes

    PieFed is a link aggregator, a forum, a hub of social interaction and information, built for the fediverse. the focus is on individual control, safety, and decentralised power.

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    16 alternatives
  11. Gab icon
     257 likes

    Gab Social is an open source and fully decentralized social network powered by the Gab Platform. It is the new social network of Gab.com. This change was made to further Gab's commitment to its users trust and privacy online.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
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    +3
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    117 alternatives
    3.3
    Fair42 reviews
  12. ListenBrainz icon
     41 likes

    Keeps track of music you listen to and gives you insights into your listening habits. You can use ListenBrainz to track listening habits, discover music with recommendations, and share your musical taste with others. User Listen data and text is made public under the open CC0 license.

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    • Online
    Front page, new design
    Feed
    Dashboard
    +2
    Explore
    8 alternatives
  13. Hubzilla icon
     88 likes

    Hubzilla is a powerful platform for creating interconnected based websites featuring a decentralised identity, communications, and permissions framework built using common webserver technology. Hubzilla is very suitable for communities (of any size).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Hubzilla 11.0
    Channel
    Photos album
    +16
    Post
    68 alternatives
  14. inventaire.io icon
     35 likes

    Inventaire is a book sharing webapp, inviting everyone to make the inventory of their books, define what they want to do with it (giving, sharing, selling), as well as who should be able to see it (shared publicly, or only visible to your friends and groups).

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    +2
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    40 alternatives
  15. Steemit icon
     106 likes

    A non-censored social platform where users are incentivized to contribute and curate content. The users decide what is valuable by voting, and content regarded valuable is rewarded with money.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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    +1
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    109 alternatives
  16. Sharkey icon
     9 likes

    Sharkey is a Misskey fork following upstream changes when possible, with added features. Like any other ActivityPub software Sharkey can interface with the thousands of servers that form the fediverse, an interconnected social network, working in tandem with software such as...

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    18 alternatives
  17. Kitsu icon
     57 likes

    Kitsu (formerly Hummingbird) is a social network for Asian media fans. Kitsu provides users with tracking feature to show other users what shows and manga they’ve seen. Users can read reviews, connect with others shared interests, and discover new content to watch or read from...

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    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    +3
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    46 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good6 reviews
  18. Akkoma icon
     10 likes

    This is a fork of Pleroma, which is a microblogging server software that can federate (= exchange messages with) other servers that support ActivityPub. What that means is that you can host a server for yourself or your friends and stay in control of your online identity, but...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Akkoma screenshot 1
    54 alternatives