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. Swivro icon
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    Swivro is an organization focused on cybersecurity, free-speech, online privacy, and anti-mass-surveillance. Our mission is to ensure that the internet operates in a way where people are not spied on, are not unethically tracked, and can speak freely.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. Welcome to Thoughts of Humanity, the platform where your thoughts take centre stage! Express yourself anonymously, connect with a diverse community, and celebrate the most inspiring thoughts every week. Here's what makes Thoughts of Humanity unique:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. postActiv icon
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    postActiv is a free and open source social networking project based on GNU Social. It uses OStatus, which means that users can for example connect to users on Mastodon and GNU Social instances as well.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Anancus icon
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    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
     
  5. Qwurty icon
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    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.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Distikt icon
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  7. monocles social is based on mastodon. A privacy friendly social network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  8. Mageo icon
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    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
     
  9. Qou icon
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    Unique social media experience.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  10. Versia icon
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    A simple, extensible federated protocol for building useful applications. Formerly known as Lysand.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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