Federated and open-source social network with no ads, 500-character limit, custom emojis, and content warnings, emphasizing privacy and personal interaction.
- Social Network
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
- Cloudron
+6
Best alternatives are
diaspora*and
Pleroma129 alternatives
PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform developed as an alternative to other platforms that centralize our data and attention, such as YouTube, Dailymotion or Vimeo. But one organization hosting PeerTube alone may not have enough money to pay for bandwidth...
- Video Sharing Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
- Cloudron
+2
Best alternatives are
YouTubeand
Odysee72 alternatives
Pixelfed is an image sharing platform with focus on Privacy, Safety and Security, an ethical alternative to centralized platforms like Instagram.
- Social Network
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Android
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
+3
Best alternatives are
Mastodonand
Bluesky129 alternatives
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 Client
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
Best alternatives are
Redditand
/kbin71 alternatives
Diaspora is a federated social networking service, designed to be a more privacy-aware alternative to Facebook . Share what you want, with whom you want.
- Social Network
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
- Ruby
+2
Best alternatives areMastodonandBluesky123 alternatives
The world's most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform.
- Blog Publishing Tool
- Free Personal • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
- Node.JS
+1
Best alternatives are
WordPressand
Drupal281 alternatives
Explore and share 60-second video clips with creative sounds and remixes on a new social media platform that supports captions and category tags.
- Social Network
- Free • Open Source
- Online
+1
Best alternatives are
Instagramand
Snapchat51 alternatives
Ibis is a federated encyclopedia which uses the ActivityPub protocol, just like Mastodon or Lemmy. Users can create, browse, edit articles and use many other features. If you want to start a wiki for a TV series, a video game, or an open source project, then Ibis is for you!
- Wiki Engine
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Docker
- Self-Hosted
- PostgreSQL
Best alternatives are
BookStackand
MediaWiki29 alternatives
/kbin is an open source reddit-like content aggregator and microblogging platform for the fediverse.
- Social Network
- Free • Open Source
- Online
+1
Best alternatives are
LemmyandReddit37 alternatives
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.
- Social Network
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Best alternatives areMastodonandBluesky55 alternatives
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.
- Social Network
- Freemium • Open Source
- Online
- Android
+3
Best alternatives areMastodonand
X119 alternatives
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...
- Social Network
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Best alternatives are
Goodreadsand
Open Library27 alternatives
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.
- Social Network
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- Wordpress
Best alternatives are
nostrand
AT Protocol2 alternatives
+2
Best alternatives areMastodonand
Tusky51 alternatives
Owncast is a self-hosted live video and web chat server for use with existing popular broadcasting software. Point your live stream at a server you personally control and regain ownership over your content.
- Live Streaming Tools and Service
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Best alternatives are
PeerTubeand
Twitch18 alternatives
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