postActiv AlternativesMicroblogs & Social Networks like postActiv

postActiv is described as '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' and is a Microblog in the social & communications category. There are seven alternatives to postActiv for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Android, iPhone and Android Tablet apps. The best postActiv alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like postActiv are Friendica, Pleroma, VK and GNU social.

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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

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    • Android Tablet
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    • Mastodon is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to postActiv.

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

    • Mastodon is Free and Open SourcepostActiv is also Free and Open Source
    • Mastodon is Privacy focused and LightweightpostActiv is not according to our users
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    Friendica

     141 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'.

    120 Friendica alternatives

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

     67 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. VK icon

    VK

     166 likes

    VK (originally VKontakte) is a largest social network service from Europe. Available in many languages and highly popular particularly among Russian-speaking users around the world, especially in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Belarus, and Israel.

    100 VK alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
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  6. GNU social icon

    GNU social

     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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  7. Akkoma icon

    Akkoma

     9 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Identi.ca icon

    Identi.ca

     56 likes

    identi.ca is a free personal web server that implements a distributed social networking service. It is based on pump.io, a free software which make up the distributed social network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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