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, Self-Hosted, Android, iPhone and Mac apps. The best Friendica alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Friendica are Bluesky, diaspora*, X and Minds.

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Friendica alternatives page was last updated May 21, 2025
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  1. Cato.social icon
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    Cato is an X (Twitter) alternative where you can post Meows, get Not So Anonymous Messages, connect with other Catos & grow your online social network.

    99 Cato.social alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Hashtags
    2.  Threaded Conversations
    3.  Progressive Web App

    Cato.social VS Friendica

     
  2. Threads icon
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    Say more with Threads — Instagram’s text-based conversation app.

    61 Threads alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone

    Threads Features

    1.  Support for @mentions
    2.  Dark Mode
    3. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    4. Instagram icon  Instagram integration
    5.  User Profiles
    6.  Support for Multiple threads
    7.  Multiple Profiles
    8.  Multi Account Switching

    Threads VS Friendica

     
  3. hollo icon
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    Hollo is a federated single-user microblogging software powered by Fedify. Although it is for single-user, it is designed to be federated through ActivityPub, which means that you can follow and be followed by other users from other instances, even from other software that...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for @mentions
    2. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Multiple Account support
    5.  Decentralized
    6.  Support for MarkDown
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Fediverse

    hollo VS Friendica

     
  4. Planetary icon
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    Social media for humans, control your data and algorithms.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Planetary Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Decentralized
    3.  End-to-End Encryption
    4.  No Tracking

    Planetary VS Friendica

     
  5. Micro.blog icon
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    Social network for indie blogs.

    25 Micro.blog alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Micro.blog Features

    1.  Support for @mentions
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    4.  WYSIWYG Support

    Micro.blog VS Friendica

     
  6. Ocelot.social icon
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    Ocelot.social is an open source program code that is freely available for operating social networks. Its development is supported by a community of programmers and interested network operators.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Ocelot.social VS Friendica

     
  7. BuddyPress icon
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    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 directly through your WordPress dashboard plugins page, or download it manually from the WordPress.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress

    BuddyPress Features

    1.  ITunes-like user interface

    BuddyPress VS Friendica

     
  8. EasySocial icon
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    Social Network For Joomla to grow your communities with the least time.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • SG flagSingapore

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Joomla

    EasySocial Features

    1.  Joomla Extension

    EasySocial VS Friendica

     
    • EasySocial is the most popular commercial alternative to Friendica.

    • EasySocial is Paid and ProprietaryFriendica is Free and Open Source
  9. Friendio icon
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    Friendio is a social networking utility that helps you share with friends & family. It's private and keeps your circles between those within it.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

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  10. D.Buzz icon
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    D.Buzz is a decentralised censorship resistant social media app.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    D.Buzz Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  No Censorship
    3.  Blockchain

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  11. Efimero icon
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    At Efimero, we believe it's essential that we begin to reduce our online social impact and footprint, and that's what Efimero aims to do, by bringing social back to the bare minimum by stripping 3 core components:

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

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  12. Ktistec icon
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    Ktistec is an ActivityPub server. It is intended for individual users, not communities of users, although support for additional users will be added in the future. It is designed to have few runtime dependencies -- for example, it uses SQLite as its database, instead of...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Support for @mentions
    3. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    4.  Metrics

    Ktistec VS Friendica

     
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