Alternatives to Facebook for Self-hosting with any license

  • Diaspora

    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.

    • Decentralized federated social networks are the only hope for a future internet where discussion is free and private. I doubt most people will use Diaspora or Mastodon, but hopefully the more privacy-conscious of us will help it grow and keep it alive. lazysami00 • Apr 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Security focused, privacy, open, and without censorship Guest • Dec 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • more privacy-aware, self controll OSS not so dangerus for democracy Guest • Jul 2018 Disagree   Agree
    • You choose where your data is hosted. Your stream can be refined by aspects (categories of contacts) or followed tags. Posts can be formatted with markdown. There are no advertisements! the_real_dvs1 • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • It is like email, you can choose your provider (pod) and share with everyone! Guest • Mar 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Diaspora's key advantage is that it's based on open source software that multiple servers can run. It does not put your private information, your likes, your contacts and your photos in the hands of one corporation who then use it to increase their own private profits by selling your privacy. Diaspora is much smaller though. The UI feels more like Google Plus than Facebook. JohnFastman • Dec 2016 • 9 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • So many possibilities are available. Respectful. Nice and clear. Can be self-hosted. Yrdael • Dec 2016 • 8 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Decentralized, free as in freedom, no censorship, no push of particular agenda Guest • Jul 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Decentralized, open source ... no ads Nolc • Feb 2017 Disagree   Agree
    • Similar appearance and functionality, easy to use, free software, decentralized, doesn't collect nor sell your personal info. riveravaldez • Nov 2016 • 5 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree   Agree

    Free Open Source Linux Web BSD Self-Hosted Ruby

    Decentralized Support for ActivityPub Distributed Encrypted Connection ... Fediverse MarkDown support Privacy focused Privacy-friendly Privacy Protected Add a feature

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  • Mastodon

    Mastodon is a decentralized microblogging engine. FEATURES - Free and open-source. - Decentralized, no worries about a single company controlling your...

    • Mastodon is federated, open source and not commercial NickFreeman • Apr 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Mastodon is small, and it has a long way to go. But it works well, it's decentralized and (more) private, and if you don't want to trust someone's server, you can make your own. lazysami00 • Apr 2019 Disagree   Agree
    • OStatus and ActivityPub support, lots of mobile applications to choose from Guest • Mar 2019 Disagree   Agree
    • Mastodon is decentralized and open to all kinds of people. It is closer to Twitter than it is to Facebook. It doesn't seem to attract the alt right like other Facebook alternatives do. I love the interface. It is very well structured and even though you join up for only one instance, you can interact with the whole world! Guest • Apr 2018 • 5 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Decentralized, anonymous, aliases allowed alternative_be • Apr 2018 Disagree   Agree
    • free(freedom,ad-free,privacy), decentralized, open source... what more do you want Guest • Apr 2017 • 8 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Completely open source , decentralized Guest • Jun 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

    Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted

    Decentralized Open Source apps Support for ActivityPub Ad-free ... Content warnings Fediverse Support for ActivityPub Autopause gifs Decentralisation Delete and re-draft Distributed Federated Cloud Free Speech IFTTT integration Open API Privacy-friendly Server Moderation Trigger warning Two factor authentication Add a feature

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  • Friendica

    Distributed social network. With focus on decentralization, privacy, interoperability.

    • Interacts with other social network APIs, is feature rich, and is decentralized. Guest • Feb 2019 Disagree   Agree
    • It's independent, feature rich and decentralized. arndtadler • Jul 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Friendica interacts with many other social networking platforms in the fediverse... Diaspora, GNUSocial, Hubzilla etc. You can also make groups and the privacy settings are great. Guest • Oct 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree

    Free Open Source Linux BSD Self-Hosted PHP

    Decentralized Distributed Group collaboration Add a feature

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  • Hubzilla

    Hubzilla is a powerful platform for creating interconnected based websites featuring a decentralised identity, communications, and permissions framework built using...

    • Feature for feature, Hubzilla is the best decentralized, open source competitor to Facebook. Compatibility with the Diaspora, OStatus (includes Mastodon), & ActivityPub (includes NextCloud) protocols allows it to communicate with nearly every other existing. I am happy that after he created Friendica, Mike Macgirvin & friends have continued to push forward by creating and developing Hubzilla. themagician • Mar 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Every user can make private or public forums, a static webpage, an editable markdown based wiki, categorize posts and format them with BBCode. You choose what hub hosts your data, and you can clone your account on another hub to prevent distruption or data loss. the_real_dvs1 • Apr 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

    Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted

    Decentralized Ad-free Anticensorship Calendar integration ... Categories Distributed Free Speech Group chat Included wiki Privacy focused Privacy Protected Add a feature

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  • Movim

    Our philosophy is that your data are yours and you must always be in control. Movim achieves this through a complete decentralisation of users' data and accounts. ...

    • Nice looking interface and good chat integration. Guest • Apr 2018 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree

    Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... Android Tablet Self-Hosted

    Integrated Chat Decentralized Group chat Group Messaging ... Private messaging Public groups chat Video calling Add a feature

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  • BuddyPress

    Social networking in a box. Build a social network for your company, school, sports team or niche community all based on the power and flexibility of WordPress. Install...

    • BuddyPress can be a Facebook alternative, depending on your needs. It's a Wordpress add-on, which means if you self-host or have hosted for you a Wordpress blog or website, you can add BP to enable you to create a social network of your own. Do it on your server and keep your privacy! JohnFastman • Dec 2016 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree

    Free Open Source Self-Hosted Wordpress

    ITunes-like user interface Add a feature

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  • Libertree

    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...

    Free Open Source Self-Hosted

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  • JomSocial

    The award-winning Open Source Community software for Joomla. JomSocial is a powerful social networking software, loaded with plenty of social network features to empower...

    Commercial $ $ $ Web Self-Hosted Joomla

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  • Community Builder

    Community Builder (CB) is an extremely flexible and robust social networking solution for Joomla.

    Freemium Open Source Self-Hosted Joomla

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