Minds AlternativesTop Social Networks & Microblogs like Minds

Minds is described as 'A free, open-source platform enabling decentralized and centralized social networking. Supporting free speech, monetization, and the sharing of various media' and is a very popular Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Minds for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Self-Hosted and iPad apps. The best Minds alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Minds are Pixelfed, Bluesky, X and diaspora*.

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  1. Mastodon icon

    Mastodon

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    Decentralized and federated social platform with no ads, focusing on personal interaction, and offering 500 character posts, custom emojis, content warnings, and robust moderation tools.

    133 Mastodon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    • Android Tablet
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    Snow Code
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    Because it is also Open Source AND it is like twitter too. Minds are like a mix of Facebook and Twitter alternative. And Mastodon is mainly a Twitter alternative.

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    • Most users think Mastodon is a great Minds alternative.

    • Mastodon is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Minds.

    • Mastodon is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Minds.

    • Mastodon is Free and Open SourceMinds is Freemium and Open Source
    • Mastodon is LightweightMinds is not according to our users
  2. Pixelfed icon

    Pixelfed

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    Pixelfed is an image sharing platform with focus on Privacy, Safety and Security, an ethical alternative to centralized platforms like Instagram.

    131 Pixelfed alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
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    • Pixelfed is Free and Open SourceMinds is Freemium and Open Source
    • Pixelfed is LightweightMinds is not according to our users
  4. Bluesky icon

    Bluesky

     98 likes
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    An open social network that gives creators independence from platforms, developers the freedom to build, and users a choice in their experience.

    74 Bluesky alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    PlushForums

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  6. X icon

    X

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    Experience global interaction with public conversations, real-time news updates, live audio Spaces, streaming video, exclusive content monetization, and niche Communities.

    81 X alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
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    • Some users think X is a great Minds alternative, some don't.

    • X is the most popular Windows alternative to Minds.

    • X is Freemium and ProprietaryMinds is Freemium and Open Source
    • X is MinimalisticMinds is not according to our users
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    diaspora*

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    Diaspora is a federated social networking service, designed to be a more privacy-aware alternative to Facebook . Share what you want, with whom you want.

    124 diaspora* alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
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    Gab

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    Gab Social is an open source and fully decentralized social network powered by the Gab Platform. It is the new social network of Gab.com. This change was made to further Gab's commitment to its users trust and privacy online.

    121 Gab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
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    Ehsan Mohammadi
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    Gab has been widely described as a haven for people who have been banned from other social networks. There are also extremists as well. But that's what you get when you start extreme-censorship.

    keithnolan
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    Gab supports free speech, which means that everyone should support Gab.

    TheClassicalLiberal
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    Free Speech is under attack and needs to be defended. "Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. " Frederick Douglass

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    • Almost everyone thinks Gab is a great Minds alternative.

    • Gab is Freemium and Open SourceMinds is also Freemium and Open Source
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    Friendica

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    Friendica is a distributed social network application. Which allow users to connect with others via their own Friendica server, but may also fully integrate contacts from other platforms including Twitter, diaspora*, Pump.io and StatusNet into their 'newsfeed'.

    120 Friendica alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Online
    • Docker
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    Pleroma

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    Pleroma is a free, federated social networking server built on open protocols. It is compatible with GNU Social, Mastodon, and many other ActivityPub and OStatus implementations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Hubzilla

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    Hubzilla is a powerful platform for creating interconnected based websites featuring a decentralised identity, communications, and permissions framework built using common webserver technology. Hubzilla is very suitable for communities (of any size).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Channel
     
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    GNU social

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    GNU social is a continuation of the StatusNet project. It is social communication software for both public and private communications. It is widely supported and has a large userbase.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    Misskey

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    A forever evolving, sophisticated microblogging platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Mbin

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    Mbin: a federated content aggregator, voting, discussion and microblogging platform (By the community, for the community).

    39 Mbin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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