hey.cafe Alternatives

hey.cafe is described as 'Hey.Café is a new social network designed to be easy to use. When you join you can create new conversations and join communities that we call cafés based on your interests, and it's free to use' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to hey.cafe for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Android Tablet and iPad apps. The best hey.cafe alternative is Lemmy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like hey.cafe are Reddit, Quora, Hacker News and SaidIt.net.

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  1. Lemmy icon

    Lemmy

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    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...

    75 Lemmy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Lemmy is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & Self-Hosted alternative to hey.cafe.

    • Lemmy is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to hey.cafe.

    • Lemmy is Free and Open Sourcehey.cafe is Free and Proprietary
    • Lemmy is Privacy focused and Minimalistichey.cafe is not according to our users
  2. Reddit icon

    Reddit

     595 likes
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    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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Tor
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    • Reddit is the most popular Windows, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to hey.cafe.

    • Reddit is Freemium and Proprietaryhey.cafe is Free and Proprietary
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    Quora

     256 likes
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    People come to Quora to ask questions about any subject, read high quality knowledge that's personalized and relevant to them, and share their own knowledge with others. Quora is a place to share knowledge and better understand the world.

    83 Quora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  5. Hacker News icon

    Hacker News

     132 likes
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    Hacker News is a social news website that caters to programmers and entrepreneurs, delivering content related to computer science and entrepreneurship.

    66 Hacker News alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  6. SaidIt.net icon

    SaidIt.net

     45 likes
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    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.

    132 SaidIt.net alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  7. Steemit icon

    Steemit

     104 likes
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    A non-censored social platform where users are incentivized to contribute and curate content. The users decide what is valuable by voting, and content regarded valuable is rewarded with money.

    116 Steemit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  9. Aether icon

    Aether

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Aether is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to hey.cafe.

    • Aether is Free and Open Sourcehey.cafe is Free and Proprietary
    • Aether is Privacy focusedhey.cafe is not according to our users
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    Lobsters

     31 likes
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    Lobsters is a technology-focused link-aggregation site. The site is driven by Ruby on Rails with the source code being freely available for those seeking to create a site similar to Reddit or Hackernews.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Ruby on Rails
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    Tildes

     16 likes
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    A non-profit community site driven by its users' interests.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  12. Slashdot icon

    Slashdot

     39 likes
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    News for nerds, stuff that matters. Slashdot (aka /.) is a technology-related news and discussion site with a focus on Linux, free and open source software and information freedom and privacy issues. The software it runs on, called Slashcode, is open source.

    44 Slashdot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  13. Raddle icon

    Raddle

     22 likes
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    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.

    91 Raddle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  14. Phuks icon

    Phuks

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    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

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    • Online
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