GNU social Alternatives

Alternatives list

1. 

   

   Enafore

    4 likes

   Maintained fork of Pinafore. A somewhat unstable fediverse client with better support for Akkoma, glitch-soc, and Iceshrimp instances.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Online

   

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   Urbit

    Like

   Urbit is a social media available in either client or server format. The Urbit client is called an "Urbit ID". And the Urbit server is called an "Urbit OS". Urbit ID are easy and quick to get started with. As they are meant for non-technical users.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online

   • United States

   

   

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4. 

   

   Tokumei

    3 likes

   What you have to say is more important than who you are — let your voice be heard.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Social Network
   • Microblog

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Self-Hosted

   

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   Minds

   An 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 fa...

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   Mitra

    2 likes

   Federated micro-blogging platform with a content subscription service.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Online

   

   

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   Trust Café

    8 likes

   Trust Café (formerly WT Social / WikiTribune) is a privacy-focused and ad-free social network that places a special emphasis on evidence-based journalism. The platform survives on the generosity of individual donors to ensure privacy is protected and social space is ad-free.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Social Network
   • Microblog

   Platforms

   • Online

   

   

   

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   Mumblit

    8 likes

   Mumblit is a free speech social media platform for those who are tired of being censored and blocked on the larger social media giants.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Social Network

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone

   

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    hollo

     2 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Social Network

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    

    

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    Cato.social

     3 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Social Network
    • Microblog

    Platforms

    • Online

    

    

    

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    OpenVK

     1 like

    OpenVK is an attempt to create a simple CMS that cosplays imitates old VK. Code provided here is not stable yet.

    39 OpenVK alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (LGPL-2.1)

    Application type

    • Social Network

    Platforms

    • Online

    

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    Mageo

     1 like

    Mageo is a free-to-play network adventure, a geolocation-based role-playing game where all of your social and game activities contribute to your rank and position on the leaderboards. Make friends from all over the world, collect and display amazing clothing and accessories on...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Social Network

    Origin

    • Czechia
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    • Czechia
    • EU

    

    

    

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    Zap

     2 likes

    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

    • Social Network

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    

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    Ktistec

     1 like

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Social Network
    • Microblog

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    

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