GoToSocial
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GoToSocial is an ActivityPub social network server, written in Golang.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- Kubernetes
- YunoHost
Features
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GoToSocial News & Activities
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Recent activities
Fla added GoToSocial as alternative to Speakyyy
Paul added GoToSocial as alternative to anti·ntwrk
Eli Wayman added GoToSocial as alternative to Agora MMXXV
Paul added GoToSocial as alternative to mu social
Jouzt added GoToSocial as alternative to Jouzt
Paul added GoToSocial as alternative to HyperTexting
Yang added GoToSocial as alternative to Mateflow
cel added GoToSocial as alternative to PI.FYI
cel added GoToSocial as alternative to Hackers' Pub
c17s5qhu added GoToSocial as alternative to Zocial
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AI Slopfree Software Catalog
A more optimistic homage to the slopware catalog https://alternativeto.net/lists/44427/slopware/, this list is designed to showcase projects, both FOSS and proprietary, which reject contributions from Generative AI LLM slop machines. The most pessimistic thing about this list is how short it is and how so many commonly used software solutions and websites are not included.
I have to give it up to the following sites for providing references:
https://codeberg.org/brib/slopfree-software-index
https://github.com/melissawm/open-source-ai-contribution-policies
There are a lot more projects on this list which I didn't include because they aren't on AlternativeTo (yet). I'll be adding more entries to this site (and removing those who fold to the AI overlords) on a regular basis. I'm including references, which are all first-hand declarations from the development teams for each entry to ensure items aren't included based on hearsay or conjecture.
Updated 10-2-2026
Fediverse.
A list with 20 apps by RemovedUser without a description.
Fediverse: ActivityPub software
This is a list for all of social platform (and other services) that uses ActivityPub protocol.
Sorted either by the most popular or the project maturity.
Cover by David Revoy (CC-BY-SA 4.0): https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1043/my-neighbor-mastodon-and-fediverse/show
Not on list: Librate (https://codeberg.org/mjh/LibRate development halted)
Comments and Reviews
A very lightweight Fediverse server, with a very clean web interface for viewing public posts. Compatible with Mastodon apps and interacts well with Mastodon and other major ActivityPub platforms.
It's not meant for handling zillions of users. GoToSocial is more for setting up a server for your group or family or friends (or even just yourself) on a spare Raspberry Pi or cheap VPS host. I've had it running quite well on a 1GB Linode for several years now. It has better anti-harassment tools than Mastodon. You can run it as a semi-private server, so your group can interact locally without the posts leaking, and still share public posts with followers on Mastodon etc.
It's server-only, though. You can manage settings on its website, and view public posts, but all the interaction has to be done through an app like Phanpy, Elk, Ivory or Tusky.
Since I first reviewed it, it's moved from alpha to beta. There are still some features that aren't implemented yet, but compatibility has improved dramatically, and I would no longer hesitate to recommend it for self-hosting.