Open Source Self-Hosted Friendica Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Friendica as a self-hosted solution if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Self-Hosted alternative is Mastodon. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Friendica and many of them are open source and available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Self-Hosted alternatives to Friendica are diaspora*, Pleroma, Hubzilla and Misskey.

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  1. Mastodon icon
     579 likes

    Decentralized and federated social platform with no ads, focusing on personal interaction, and offering 500 character posts, custom emojis, content warnings, and robust moderation tools.

    131 Mastodon alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    • Android Tablet
     
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    Mastodon vs Friendica Comments
    loziniak
    Negative
    0

    It has a limitation of post size. Default 500 characters, configurable per server.

    • Mastodon is Free and Open SourceFriendica is also Free and Open Source
    • Mastodon is LightweightFriendica is not according to our users
  2. diaspora* icon
     442 likes

    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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    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
     
  3. Pleroma icon
     68 likes

    Pleroma 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Hubzilla icon
     87 likes

    Hubzilla is a powerful platform for creating interconnected based websites featuring a decentralised identity, communications, and permissions framework built using common webserver technology. Hubzilla is very suitable for communities (of any size).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Hubzilla vs Friendica Comments
    Tan Akinci
    Positive
    1

    It lets you to customize everything and use it as your own instance. It is fully open source so you can fork it and make another project upon it.

    • Hubzilla is Free and Open SourceFriendica is also Free and Open Source
  5. Misskey icon
     30 likes

    A forever evolving, sophisticated microblogging platform.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. GNU social icon
     98 likes

    GNU 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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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Sharkey icon
     9 likes

    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...

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. nostr icon
     19 likes

    The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global "social" network once and for all.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. GoToSocial icon
     11 likes

    GoToSocial is an ActivityPub social network server, written in Golang.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    • Kubernetes
    • YunoHost
     
  10. Akkoma icon
     9 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Soapbox.pub icon
     10 likes

    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...

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    • Online
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  12. Socialhome icon
     7 likes

    Decentralized social network on the fediverse. Usable for both #microblogging and full length #blog posts. Editing both content and replies is supported.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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