Friendica Alternatives

Friendica is described as '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'' and is a very popular Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Friendica for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, Self-Hosted, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Friendica alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Friendica are Bluesky, diaspora*, X and Facebook.

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  1. Bastyon icon
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    Bastyon is a revolutionary anti-censorship decentralized publishing and social platform voted to freedom of speech. Based on the blockchain technology, it runs on a set of computers around the world, not controlled by any single entity.

    108 Bastyon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
     
  2. Ahlan social  icon
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    an open-source, privacy-first social platform providing a safe digital home and voice for unrepresented nations & communities.

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    • Android
     
  3. Scuttlebutt.nz icon
     12 likes

    a decent(ralised) secure gossip platform sea-slang for gossip - a scuttlebutt is basically a watercooler on a ship.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Patchwork
     
  4.  11 likes

    A stream server that does most of what people really want from a social network.

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
  5. ZeroMe icon
     44 likes

    Social network for the distributed P2P network ZeroNet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • gevent
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • ZeroNet
     
  6. Iceshrimp icon
     5 likes

    Iceshrimp is a derivative of Misskey that has been offering practical solutions, enhancements, and improvements since 2023. It is designed to address user needs directly, focusing on delivering straightforward fixes and features that users find valuable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Identi.ca icon
     56 likes

    identi.ca is a free personal web server that implements a distributed social networking service. It is based on pump.io, a free software which make up the distributed social network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Human Connection is an independent, not-for-profit online platform that wants to combines a social network, a knowledge network and an action network – with useful tools to exchange, research and discuss ideas and the space to start projects together.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Takahe icon
     3 likes

    While it’s always nice to have more Fediverse software, we have some specific features and goals that we think makes Takahe a great choice of server software:

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    • Online
     
  10. Libertree icon
     24 likes

    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 from commercial influence and manifestation, such as behaviour tracking, user profiling, advertising, data...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Zap icon
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    Zap is an open source decentralised social network with more privacy and less drama. Supports Zap and ActivityPub, starting with the latest release from 2019-09-22.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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