4chan AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Social Networks

The best Social Network alternative to 4chan is Lainchan, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to 4chan and many of them are Social Networks so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Social Network alternatives to 4chan are Aether, Tildes, Nonio and Raddle.

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  1. Lainchan icon
     14 likes

    Lainchan is a great imageboard package, actively building on it and adding a lot of features and other improvements. This imageboard's topic focused to anime, manga, politic, and technology.

    26 Lainchan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  2. Aether icon
     31 likes

    Open source, self-governing communities with auditable moderation and mod elections.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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  3. Tildes icon
     18 likes

    A non-profit community site driven by its users' interests.

    91 Tildes alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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  4. Nonio icon
     2 likes

    Nonio is a Reddit-like platform that gives directly back to content creators. Nonio takes a small portion of subscription costs to run the service and anything over that is split evenly between everything users upvote that month.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  5. Raddle icon
     24 likes

    Unsatisfied with the few link sharing communities that were available and their proprietary, untransparent and non-secure nature, ziq made the original raddle.me (then known as raddit.me) with Wordpress, but it had a lot of limitations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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  6. HiddenLayer icon
     7 likes

    HiddenLayer.app is a discussion and information platform consisting of layers. Layers personify concepts, ideas, and data as independently run communities. Powered by a UI and infrastructure capable of organizing and analyzing millions of posts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  7. 8chan.moe icon
     3 likes

    8chan.moe's goal is to recreate the feeling of freedom and camaraderie that once blessed imageboard users in the year 2014. Many users have lost their Internet homes to the current cultural shifts in the electronic landscape, and we want to give the best of them a place...

    10 8chan.moe alternatives

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    • Online
     
  8. [RAMBLE] icon
     10 likes

    A reddit-like site focused on privacy and free speech that is available through various anonymity networks such as TOR, I2P, LokiNet and Yggdrasil as well as the clearnet.

    27 [RAMBLE] alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  9. Chonkler icon
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    The Strategic Meme Reserve", makes it easy to find the perfect meme for any situation when spreading our message and onboarding to CHONK, the first proof-of-meme consensus network, where participants create and tip creators with $CHONK - shaping the network and turning meme...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  10. Mainchan icon
     4 likes

    Mainchan is a content aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, images, videos, and polls, which are then voted up or down by other members.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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  11. Discuit icon
     6 likes

    Discuit is a centralised content aggregation and discussion platform. Users submit links to content or text posts, alongside a title, to various communities. Users of those communities then vote those link up or down by other members.

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    • Online
     
  12. Remixx icon
     1 like

    A social network that allows users to remix and share images with others.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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