GNU social is described as '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' and is a popular Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GNU social for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Self-Hosted and iPad apps. The best GNU social alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNU social are Bluesky, X, diaspora* and Facebook.
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.
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...
postActiv is a free and open source social networking project based on GNU Social. It uses OStatus, which means that users can for example connect to users on Mastodon and GNU Social instances as well.
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.
Mumblit is a free speech social media platform for those who are tired of being censored and blocked on the larger social media giants.
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.
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:
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...
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.
OpenVK is an attempt to create a simple CMS that cosplays imitates old VK. Code provided here is not stable yet.
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...
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