Open Source Facebook Alternatives

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.

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Connect with friends and family, share photos and videos, organize events, and join groups on a cross-platform social network offering messaging, live streaming, and more.

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Facebook alternatives page was last updated Jan 10, 2025
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  1. Comrad icon

    Comrad

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    Comrad is a socialist network: encrypted, insurveillable, unmontizeable, and self-governing. Meet fellow comrades and message them securely, organize safely into self-moderated groups, plan demonstrations secretly and spontaneously – and help fight back against the police state...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Linux Mobile
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free

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    Community Builder

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    Social websites go far beyond Facebook look-alikes and CB has literally hundreds of built-in features and can be extended with extra (free or commercial) add-ons from the CB Team and other parties that will help you realize your very own - tailored to your specific needs -...

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Joomla

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  4. Ecency icon

    Ecency

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    Ecency is a Decentralized, opensource, rewarding, communities, non-censored social platform where users are incentivized to contribute and curate content. The users decide what is valuable by voting and content is rewarded with cryptocurrencies.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Properties

    1.  Free Speech

    Features

    1.  Blockchain
    2.  Community-based

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    Minds

    An open-source platform for decentralized social networking. Users can monetize posts through ads or monthly support, engaging in various features such as Blogs, Videos, and secure private chats. Minds supports free speech and fa...

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    Vevioz

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    Create an account or log into Vevioz. Connect with friends, family and other people you know. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    Vevioz screenshot 1

    Vevioz Features

    1.  Secure Chat
    2.  Communities
    3.  Voice Chat
    4.  Team Messaging

    Vevioz VS Facebook

     
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    Ktistec

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    Ktistec is an ActivityPub server. It is intended for individual users, not communities of users, although support for additional users will be added in the future. It is designed to have few runtime dependencies -- for example, it uses SQLite as its database, instead of...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Ktistec screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Support for @mentions
    3. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    4.  Metrics

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  8. Versia icon

    Versia

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    A simple, extensible federated protocol for building useful applications. Formerly known as Lysand.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    Versia Features

    1.  Fediverse

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    Communecter

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    Manage cities as a connected citizen (email & postal-code), it produces data for everyone about the registered cities.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    Communecter screenshot 1

    Communecter Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Real time collaboration
    4.  Distributed
    5.  Cities
    6. OpenStreetMap icon  Openstreetmap integration
    7. Wikipedia icon  Wikipedia integration
    8.  Multiple languages
    9.  Location Mapping
    10.  Integrated Chat

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