Anancus is an open-source, federated or self-hosted link aggregator built on Go, NodeJS and PostgreSQL.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
Mastodon Alternatives
One of the most popular alternatives to Mastodon is Pixelfed, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Bluesky, X, diaspora* and Tumblr. There's no shortage of Social Networks like Mastodon, with more than 100 alternatives for the web, Android, iPhone, self-hosting and iPad.
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Most Mastodon alternatives are Social Networks, but you can also narrow the list to Microblogs or Photo Sharing Apps. Another popular filter is Open Source.
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distrikt is a decentralized professional social media network that empowers users to own and control their identity and digital presence. The distrikt platform lives 100% on the blockchain.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
Qwurty is a social platform that strives to become a social hub for the web, for sharing creativity, having discussions, hanging out with friends, discovering great content, and building their own communities.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
+8
The IndieWeb Plugin for WordPress helps you establish your IndieWeb identity by extending the user profile to provide rel-me and h-card fields and optionally adding widgets to display this.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Wordpress
- Global
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- F-Droid
Germany
EU
Mageo is a free-to-play network adventure, a geolocation-based role-playing game where all of your social and game activities contribute to your rank and position on the leaderboards. Make friends from all over the world, collect and display amazing clothing and accessories on...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Czechia- EU
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Türkiye
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An ad-free, private social network. Cheddify is in an invite-only beta phase, and prospective users can join a waitlist to gain access.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
United States
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
Poland- EU
+3
Ktistec is an ActivityPub server. It is intended for individual users, not communities of users, although support for additional users will be added in the future. It is designed to have few runtime dependencies -- for example, it uses SQLite as its database, instead of...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
Hackers' Pub is an ActivityPub-enabled social network for hackers. You can think of it as a federated version of DEV Community with a Mastodon-like timeline.
South Korea
