The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global "social" network once and for all.
Firefish Alternatives
Firefish is described as 'A fun, new, open way to experience social media. Fork of Misskey' and is a Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Firefish for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Self-Hosted and iPad apps. The best Firefish alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Firefish are X, diaspora*, Tumblr and Facebook.
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46 nostr alternatives
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
Solcial is a decentralised social network built for privacy and freedom of speech. It give users the ability to interact with each other without fear of censorship and to allow content creators to monetize their work fairly at market value.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- Kubernetes
- YunoHost
93 SpaceHey alternativesSpaceHey is a friendly online community for you and your friends that lets you communicate with each other, share content and discover new content and people.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
- iPhone
- iPad
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Decentralized social and blog platform based on XMPP, enabling self-hosting, cross-network chat, video calls, and group collaboration. Users control and migrate their data, communicate across various networks, and access services from any node while preserving privacy and open-source principles.
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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...
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- UNIX Web Browser
- F-Droid
86 HumHub alternativesHumHub is a free social network software and framework built to give you the tools to make teamwork easy and successful.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
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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
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Soapbox is customizable open-source software that puts the power of social media in the hands of the people. Feature-rich and hyper-focused on providing a user experience to rival Big Tech, Soapbox is already home to some of the biggest alternative social platforms on the...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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