The best open source alternative to Facebook is diaspora*. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Facebook and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Facebook are Mastodon, Minds, Gab and Friendica.
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...
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.
Manyverse is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Facebook.
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...
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...
Decentralized social network on the fediverse. Usable for both #microblogging and full length #blog posts. Editing both content and replies is supported.
Bastyon is a revolutionary anti-censorship decentralized publishing and social platform voted to freedom of speech. Based on the blockchain technology, it runs on a set of computers around the world, not controlled by any single entity.
a decent(ralised) secure gossip platform sea-slang for gossip - a scuttlebutt is basically a watercooler on a ship.
identi.ca is a free personal web server that implements a distributed social networking service. It is based on pump.io, a free software which make up the distributed social network.
Human Connection is an independent, not-for-profit online platform that wants to combines a social network, a knowledge network and an action network – with useful tools to exchange, research and discuss ideas and the space to start projects together.
A cooperative social network designed for organizing and building community. Communities uses a bi-directional friend model and supports long form posts and groups. We're working on events, tags, local feeds, custom feeds, messaging, and more.
Libertree is free, libre, open-source software which is intended to provide a way for people to create their own social network. Libertree social networks can be free from commercial influence and manifestation, such as behaviour tracking, user profiling, advertising, data...
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It's a great way to interact directly with people you know and the groups are excellent for community building and communication. Plus no investors, billionaires, or meddling algorithms.