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.
- So many possibilities are available. Respectful. Nice and clear. Can be self-hosted. Yrdael • Dec 2016 • 9 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Security focused, privacy, open, and without censorship Guest • Dec 2018 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees
- 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 • 9 agrees and 2 disagrees
- group/collaboration function is absent. not a developer, so im sure i do not understand the difficulties in making this happen. but im pretty sure this is the nr 1 reason diaspora is NOT an fb alternative. Guest • Oct 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- more privacy-aware, self controll OSS not so dangerus for democracy Guest • Jul 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- I have less privacy concerns with Diaspora than I have when using FB markswiderski • Oct 2019
- 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 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It is like email, you can choose your provider (pod) and share with everyone! Guest • Mar 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- 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 • 10 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Decentralized, free as in freedom, no censorship, no push of particular agenda Guest • Jul 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Decentralized, open source ... no ads Nolc • Feb 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Similar appearance and functionality, easy to use, free software, decentralized, doesn't collect nor sell your personal info. riveravaldez • Nov 2016 • 6 agrees and 5 disagrees
Free Open Source Linux Web BSD Self-Hosted Ruby
Decentralized Self-hosted in intranet or private cloud Support for ActivityPub Distributed ... Encrypted Connection Federated Fediverse MarkDown support Privacy focused Privacy-friendly Privacy Protected Ruby Social network 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 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
- OStatus and ActivityPub support, lots of mobile applications to choose from Guest • Mar 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- 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 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Has only a tiny fraction of the functionality Facebook has. ndlinn • Aug 2019 • 0 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Non-commercial, allows me to curate a following Guest • Dec 2019
- It's is decentralized, without owners, free to post whatever you like and to block whatever you dislike. Guest • Oct 2019
- Decentralized, anonymous, aliases allowed alternative_be • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- 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 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees
- free(freedom,ad-free,privacy), decentralized, open source... what more do you want Guest • Apr 2017 • 9 agrees and 4 disagrees
- Completely open source , decentralized Guest • Jun 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted
Decentralized Federated Content warnings Support for ActivityPub ... Ad-free Fediverse Community based Delete and re-draft Federated Cloud Pinnable topics Privacy-friendly Privacy settings Security & Privacy Trigger warning Support for ActivityPub Autopause gifs Communities Decentralisation Distributed Free Speech IFTTT integration Open API Ruby Server Moderation Social network Two factor authentication Add a feature

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Gab

A social network that champions free speech, individual liberty and the free flow of information online.
- Warning
  Gab has been widely described as a haven for extremists who have been banned from other social networks.
- Free speech. No censoring. Say what you want, mute anyone that you don't like. GabTV so you can live broadcast. Free. Guest • Apr 2017 • 24 agrees and 6 disagrees
- Without dabbing into politics and stuff, the architecture of Gab is more like Twitter than Facebook. bird • Jul 2019 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
- No censorship, free, no data harvesting, few bots, friendly and helpful community. Guest • Apr 2017 • 19 agrees and 4 disagrees
- It has free registration, decentralized, Fediverse-compatible. retrojedi7 • Mar 2020
- Gab is a platform where free speech reigns. There is no censorship. Guest • Oct 2019 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Not a replacement for Facebook. Gab is a Twitter clone. I need something Facebook-ish. Twitter is a bad and confusing format for me personally. Gab being a Twitter clone doesn't fit as a FB alternative. williamnapier • Jun 2018 • 7 agrees and 2 disagrees
- 300 character limit means you can actually get a decent thought out. Guest • Apr 2017 • 11 agrees and 4 disagrees
- Video upload feature, no ads, and like a true social media platform, it doesn't regulate its users speech. Guest • Aug 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Freedom of speech and being able to speak freely Guest • Dec 2017 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees
- GAB is a NO CENSOR zone by them, but if you want to control your feed you can censor yourself. You can share from GAB your videos or go live anywhere and anytime. There are many groups or start one for yourself. Post premium content and build subscribers if you want. Follow many sites and people and comment or up/down vote content. And you can control your feed. If something shows up that you do not want mark as spam or mute. Works great. Guest • Sep 2018
- you get honest opinions even if they don't agree with you, aaand you don't get those braindead "what i had for breakfast this morning" spam posts as well as the "likes" brigade bios • Sep 2018
- No censor or spy ware, no adverts. Guest • Sep 2018
- truly free speech so far. Not all posts are to my liking but I can chose what I read and let others have their say. It is free, no ads, and no data harvesting. Guest • Sep 2018
- Simple, easy to use and fun people pavel1234 • Jan 2018
- Developers are transparent about how they collect and use your data. ngjarhead • Apr 2017 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- They are dedicated to free speech. Guest • Apr 2017
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Free Speech Ad-free Live topics Apps that Bypass Censorship ... Community based Anonymity Content creators Decentralized Information aggregator Live Broadcasting Night mode/Dark Theme Privacy focused Ruby Social network Word filtering Add a feature

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Friendica

Distributed social network. With focus on decentralization, privacy, interoperability.
- "Facebook-like" in its operation and general feel, and is interoperable with other social networks as well. Guest • Dec 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Federated and focused on keeping in touch with friends and family kylepiira • Nov 2019
- Interacts with other social network APIs, is feature rich, and is decentralized. Guest • Feb 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- 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 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It's independent, feature rich and decentralized. arndtadler • Jul 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Linux BSD Self-Hosted PHP
Federated Commodity hosting support Community events Decentralized ... Diaspora integration FLOSS Group Messaging Privacy focused Rsvp Twitter integration Distributed Events Group collaboration Php Social network Add a feature

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GNU social

GNU social is a continuation of the StatusNet project. It is social communication software for both public and private...

Free Open Source Self-Hosted
Decentralized Ad-free Free Speech Social network ... Php 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 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- 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 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted
Decentralized Support for ActivityPub OpenID Provider Wide API Support ... Ad-free Anticensorship Calendar integration Categories Distributed Federated Free Speech Group chat Included wiki Privacy focused Privacy Protected Publishing Social network 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 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... Android Tablet Self-Hosted
Integrated Chat Decentralized Group chat Group Messaging ... Private messaging Public groups chat Social network Video calling Xmpp Add a feature

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HumHub

HumHub is a free social network software and framework built to give you the tools to make teamwork easy and successful. It's lightweight, powerful and comes...
- i have installed many of the opensource self-hosted and by far Humhub is the easiest feature rich Facebook alternative Guest • Apr 2020
Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web BSD ... Self-Hosted
Intranet Function Php Real time collaboration Social network ... Task Management Team Collaboration Add a feature

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ZeroMe

ZeroMe - Social network for the distributed P2P network zeroNet Eventual common source code: https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroMe Accessible from HTTP proxy:...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web gevent ... Self-Hosted Messagepack Python JavaScript ZeroNet
Decentralized Peer-To-Peer Python Add a feature

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Known

Known is a simple platform for publishing words, pictures, podcasts and more to a site that you control. Choose to share it on social networks like Twitter and Facebook...

Freemium Web Self-Hosted
Blogging Decentralized Encrypted chat Group chat ... Integrated Chat Photo Sharing Public Status Page Publish on Twitter Publishing Social Bookmarking Social Media Publishing Social network Add a feature

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