Headcycle AlternativesSocial News and other similar apps like Headcycle

Headcycle is described as 'A link aggregation site focusing on user submitted content with a voting system, private messaging, and curated subject groups - both public and private - called headcycles' and is a Social News in the social & communications category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Headcycle, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Android Tablet and iPad apps. The best Headcycle alternative is Lemmy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Headcycle are Reddit, Digg, SaidIt.net and Aether.

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  1. Lemmy icon
     188 likes

    Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are...

    76 Lemmy alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Reddit icon
     595 likes

    An extensive platform for user-shared content and discussions, organized into niche 'subreddits' across numerous interests like news and video games, with a dynamic voting system influencing what appears on the front page.

    196 Reddit alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Tor
     
  3. Digg icon
     74 likes

    Platform for discovering, following, and engaging in topic-specific communities through content submission, voting, transparent moderation, anti-spam verification, web or mobile access, integrations, favorite pinning, and an optional AI-created podcast featuring trending stories.

    28 Digg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  4. SaidIt.net icon
     45 likes

    Uncensored free speech alternative to the extreme Reddit and Voat forums, democratically civilized by Graham's Debate Pyramid, no illegal transactions nor porn. Truth-seeking anti-corruption news are among the popular themes. Android app, iOS soon.

    129 SaidIt.net alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  5. Aether icon
     30 likes

    Open source, self-governing communities with auditable moderation and mod elections.

    124 Aether alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Raddle icon
     22 likes

    Unsatisfied with the few link sharing communities that were available and their proprietary, untransparent and non-secure nature, ziq made the original raddle.me (then known as raddit.me) with Wordpress, but it had a lot of limitations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  7. Phuks icon
     22 likes

    An alternative to Reddit and Voat. It has the original Voat culture of open expression. Most users on the site are interested in web development but mostly only chat about that in IRC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
     
  8. Den.social icon
     3 likes

    den.social is a decentralized reddit-like community, where people can post inside "Lairs" akin to subreddits, and govern each lairs via votes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  9. SuccessValley icon
     3 likes

    SuccessValley is an online Network Community for students and aspiring entrepreneurs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  10. Voten icon
     1 like

    We are a small team of developers risen from the world of open-source. We believe in an open and modern Internet. Voten's mission is to give people the power to share their content with not just their friends but the world and interact in real-time.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Online
     
  11. Brutalinks icon
     3 likes

    Link aggregator inspired by Reddit using ActivityPub federation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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