Mastodon Alternatives

Mastodon is described as 'Federated and open-source social network with no ads, 500-character limit, custom emojis, and content warnings, emphasizing privacy and personal interaction' and is a leading Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Mastodon for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Self-Hosted and iPad apps. The best Mastodon alternative is diaspora*, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mastodon are Pleroma, Pixelfed, Bluesky and X.

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Mastodon alternatives are mainly Social Networks, but if you're looking for Microblogs or Photo Sharing Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Mastodon.
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  1. Truth Social icon
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    Truth Social is America's "Big Tent" social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating against political ideology.

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    • Free
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    Isn't it weird how "big tents" always seem to have room for bigots, racists, antisemites and transphobes, but not for the people they hate?

    Basically Trump's personal blog and propaganda outlet these days, anyway.

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    • Truth Social is Free and Open SourceMastodon is also Free and Open Source
  2. Threads icon
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    Say more with Threads — Instagram’s text-based conversation app.

    67 Threads alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Really depends on how much you trust Facebook/Meta.

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    • Threads is Free and ProprietaryMastodon is Free and Open Source
  3. Spoutible icon
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    The creator of Bot Sentinel, a site that for many years tracked bot/harassment activity of users on twitter, has launched a new Twitter alternative that feels like "old twitter" w/o the toxic content.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  4. Takahe icon
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    While it’s always nice to have more Fediverse software, we have some specific features and goals that we think makes Takahe a great choice of server software:

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    • Free
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    Takahe was doing some really interesting stuff with multi-faceted profiles. Sadly it seems to have been abandoned

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    • Takahe is Free and Open SourceMastodon is also Free and Open Source
  5. Hylo icon
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    Social network focused on coordination, building interconnections and organizing impactful action to regenerate our communities and our planet.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Hylo is the most popular SaaS alternative to Mastodon.

    • Hylo is Free and Open SourceMastodon is also Free and Open Source
  6. Planetary icon
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    Social media for humans, control your data and algorithms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  7. Huddle App icon
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    Huddle is a social app where you can be yourself and share anything. Dive straight into posts, journals, threads, GIFs, capsules, and a bunch of other cool features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
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    Notes is a new space where writers can publish short-form posts and share ideas with each other and their readers. Through Notes, writers and readers can recommend posts, links, images, and quotes, leave comments, and more.

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
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    • Android Tablet
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  9. Efimero icon
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    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:

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    • Free
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  10. Mumblit icon
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    Mumblit is a free speech social media platform for those who are tired of being censored and blocked on the larger social media giants.

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    • Free
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