The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global "social" network once and for all.
Threads Alternatives
Threads is described as 'Say more with Threads — Instagram’s text-based conversation app' and is a Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Threads for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Self-Hosted and iPad apps. The best Threads alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Threads are X, Bluesky, diaspora* and Facebook.
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Solcial is a decentralised social network built for privacy and freedom of speech. It give users the ability to interact with each other without fear of censorship and to allow content creators to monetize their work fairly at market value.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
Squawker is an open-source anonymous X (Twitter) client. It was created as a fork of fritter.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
117 Steemit alternativesA non-censored social platform where users are incentivized to contribute and curate content. The users decide what is valuable by voting, and content regarded valuable is rewarded with money.
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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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- Kubernetes
- YunoHost
GoToSocial is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Threads.
- GoToSocial is Free and Open Source
- GoToSocial is Lightweight
67 Movim alternativesOur philosophy is that your data are yours and you must always be in control. Movim achieves this through a complete decentralisation of users' data and accounts.
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128 Known alternativesKnown 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.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Self-Hosted
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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...
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...
114 Bastyon alternativesBastyon is a revolutionary anti-censorship decentralized publishing and social platform voted to freedom of speech. Based on the blockchain technology, it runs on a set of computers around the world, not controlled by any single entity.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
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- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- gevent
- Self-Hosted
- Python
- JavaScript
- ZeroNet
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