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.
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Facebook AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Microblogs
The best Microblog alternative to Facebook is diaspora*, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Facebook and many of them are Microblogs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Microblog alternatives to Facebook are Mastodon, Minds, Gab and Friendica.
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Alternatives list
- 126 diaspora* alternatives
146 Mastodon alternativesDecentralized and federated social platform with no ads, focusing on personal interaction, and offering 500 character posts, custom emojis, content warnings, and robust moderation tools.
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- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
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- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
- Cloudron
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129 Minds alternativesAn 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 facilitates sharing across networks and exploring global trends.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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117 Gab alternativesGab Social is an open source and fully decentralized social network powered by the Gab Platform. It is the new social network of Gab.com. This change was made to further Gab's commitment to its users trust and privacy online.
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- Freemium
- Open Source
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- Warning
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- Online
- Android
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121 Friendica alternativesFriendica is a distributed social network application. Which allow users to connect with others via their own Friendica server, but may also fully integrate contacts from other platforms including Twitter, diaspora*, Pump.io and StatusNet into their 'newsfeed'.
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89 GNU social alternativesGNU 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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- Discontinued
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- Self-Hosted
70 MeWe alternativesUsed to be called Sgrouples, now its MeWe offered by the company Sgrouples Inc. On its homepage their motto is "The World's Private Communication Network" and "Join the privacy revolution".
61 Pleroma alternativesPleroma is a free, federated social networking server built on open protocols. It is compatible with GNU Social, Mastodon, and many other ActivityPub and OStatus implementations.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- Kubernetes
- YunoHost
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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...
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So many possibilities are available. Respectful. Nice and clear. Can be self-hosted.