Self-Hosted Social Networks

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  1. Mastodon icon
     566 likes

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

    • Social Network
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    • Android Tablet
    Screenshot of the Mastodon web interface
    130 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good73 reviews
  2. Pixelfed icon
     265 likes

    Pixelfed is an image sharing platform with focus on Privacy, Safety and Security, an ethical alternative to centralized platforms like Instagram.

    • Social Network
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    Pixelfed screenshot 1
    130 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good24 reviews
  3. Lemmy icon
     183 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...

    Lemmy screenshot 1
    75 alternatives
    4.1
    Very Good23 reviews
  4. Nitter icon
     85 likes

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

    Nitter screenshot 1
    11 alternatives
    4.8
    Excellent13 reviews
  5. BookWyrm icon
     43 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...

    BookWyrm screenshot 1
    33 alternatives
  6. 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'.

    Logo
    118 alternatives
  7. ActivityPub icon
     14 likes

    ActivityPub is a decentralized social networking protocol based on the ActivityStreams 2.0 data format. ActivityPub is an official W3C recommended standard published by the W3C Social Web Working Group.

    2 alternatives
  8. Pleroma icon
     67 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.

    Pleroma screenshot 1
    55 alternatives
  9. Hubzilla icon
     87 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).

    Channel
    72 alternatives
  10. GNU social icon
     98 likes

    GNU social is a continuation of the StatusNet project. It is social communication software for both public and private communications. It is widely supported and has a large userbase.

    Screenshot of a GNU social website with Swedish localization.
Source Wikipedia / FSF
    86 alternatives
  11. inventaire.io icon
     34 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).

    inventaire.io screenshot 1
    34 alternatives
  12. Sharkey icon
     7 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...

    Sharkey screenshot 1
    14 alternatives
  13. Akkoma icon
     9 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...

    Akkoma screenshot 1
    50 alternatives
  14. Wafrn icon
     11 likes

    Wafrn is a social network inspired by tumblr, that also can connect with other wafrn instances, or with mastodon, pleroma, firefish and other platforms that use activitypub.

    • Social Network
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Self-Hosted
    • UNIX Web Browser
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • iPhone
    A post with tags of two wafrn users
    9 alternatives
  15. HumHub icon
     68 likes

    HumHub is a free social network software and framework built to give you the tools to make teamwork easy and successful.

    • Social Network
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    HumHub screenshot 1
    89 alternatives
  16. Movim icon
     51 likes

    Our philosophy is that your data are yours and you must always be in control. Movim achieves this through a complete decentralisation of users' data and accounts.

    Website
    65 alternatives
  17. Social Home icon
     7 likes

    Decentralized social network on the fediverse. Usable for both #microblogging and full length #blog posts. Editing both content and replies is supported.

    Social Home screenshot 1
    34 alternatives
  18. BuddyPress icon
     58 likes

    Social networking in a box. Build a social network for your company, school, sports team or niche community all based on the power and flexibility of WordPress. Install BuddyPress directly through your WordPress dashboard plugins page, or download it manually from the WordPress.

    BuddyPress screenshot 1
    81 alternatives
  19. Iceshrimp icon
     4 likes

    Iceshrimp is a derivative of Misskey that has been offering practical solutions, enhancements, and improvements since 2023. It is designed to address user needs directly, focusing on delivering straightforward fixes and features that users find valuable.

    23 alternatives