Misskey AlternativesOnly Self-Hosted apps categorised as Social Networks

There are many alternatives to Misskey as a self-hosted solution if you are looking for a replacement. The best Self-Hosted Social Network alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Misskey and many of them are Social Networks available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted Social Network alternatives to Misskey are Bluesky, diaspora*, Pleroma and Friendica.

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  1. Mastodon icon
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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.

    135 Mastodon alternatives

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    • F-Droid
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  2. Bluesky icon
     119 likes

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

    80 Bluesky alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
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    • Cloudron
     
  3. diaspora* icon
     449 likes

    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.

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    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
     
  4. Pleroma icon
     72 likes

    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.

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    • Online
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  5. Friendica icon
     140 likes

    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'.

    114 Friendica alternatives

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    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Docker
     
  6. GNU social icon
     98 likes

    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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. nostr icon
     21 likes

    The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global "social" network once and for all.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. GoToSocial icon
     14 likes

    GoToSocial is an ActivityPub social network server, written in Golang.

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    • Windows
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    • Online
    • Android
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    • Kubernetes
    • YunoHost
     
  9. Sharkey icon
     9 likes

    Sharkey is a Misskey fork following upstream changes when possible, with added features. Like any other ActivityPub software Sharkey can interface with the thousands of servers that form the fediverse, an interconnected social network, working in tandem with software such as...

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Akkoma icon
     10 likes

    This is a fork of Pleroma, which is a microblogging server software that can federate (= exchange messages with) other servers that support ActivityPub. What that means is that you can host a server for yourself or your friends and stay in control of your online identity, but...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Known icon
     83 likes

    Known is a simple platform for publishing words, pictures, podcasts and more to a site that you control. Choose to share it on social networks like Twitter and Facebook, or extend it to integrate with the software you already use.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. Soapbox.pub icon
     11 likes

    Soapbox is customizable open-source software that puts the power of social media in the hands of the people. Feature-rich and hyper-focused on providing a user experience to rival Big Tech, Soapbox is already home to some of the biggest alternative social platforms on the...

    40 Soapbox.pub alternatives

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