Lainchan AlternativesImageboards & Social Networks like Lainchan

Lainchan is described as 'Great imageboard package, actively building on it and adding a lot of features and other improvements. This imageboard's topic focused to anime, manga, politic, and technology' and is a Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Lainchan, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Android, Windows, Self-Hosted and Tor apps. The best Lainchan alternative is Reddit, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Lainchan are SaidIt.net, Aether, 4chan and Tildes.

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  1. 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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Tor
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    • Reddit is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & iPhone alternative to Lainchan.

    • Reddit is the most popular free alternative to Lainchan.

    • Reddit is Freemium and ProprietaryLainchan is Free and Open Source
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    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    • SaidIt.net is the most popular Open Source alternative to Lainchan.

    • SaidIt.net is Free and Open SourceLainchan is also Free and Open Source
    • SaidIt.net is LightweightLainchan is not according to our users
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    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 Lainchan.

    • Aether is Free and Open SourceLainchan is also Free and Open Source
    • Aether is Privacy focusedLainchan is not according to our users
  5. 4chan icon

    4chan

     61 likes
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    4chan is a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images. There are boards dedicated to a variety of topics, from Japanese animation and culture to videogames, music, and photography.

    56 4chan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Tildes icon

    Tildes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Erischan icon

    Erischan

     4 likes
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    Small imageboard dedicated to Discordianism.

    6 Erischan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Erischan is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Lainchan.

    • Erischan is Free and ProprietaryLainchan is Free and Open Source
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    HiddenLayer

     7 likes
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    HiddenLayer.app is a discussion and information platform consisting of layers. Layers personify concepts, ideas, and data as independently run communities. Powered by a UI and infrastructure capable of organizing and analyzing millions of posts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. 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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    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. Nonio icon

    Nonio

     2 likes
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    Nonio is a Reddit-like platform that gives directly back to content creators. Nonio takes a small portion of subscription costs to run the service and anything over that is split evenly between everything users upvote that month.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  13. Farcaster icon

    Farcaster

     2 likes
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    Farcaster is a decentralized social network built on Ethereum.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  14. AnyChan icon

    AnyChan

     5 likes
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    AnyChan is a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images. There are boards dedicated to a variety of topics, from Japanese animation and culture to videogames, music, technology and photography.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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