Open Source X Alternatives

The best open source alternative to X is Mastodon. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to X and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to X are Gab, Bluesky, diaspora* and Minds.

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  1. GoToSocial icon

    GoToSocial

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

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  4. Movim icon

    Movim

     57 likes

    Decentralized social and blog platform based on XMPP, enabling self-hosting, cross-network chat, video calls, and group collaboration. Users control and migrate their data, communicate across various networks, and access services from any node while preserving privacy and open-source principles.

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    Minds

    An open-source platform for decentralized social networking. Users can monetize posts through ads or monthly support, engaging in various features such as Blogs, Videos, and secure private chats. Minds supports free speech and fa...

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  6. Nerimity icon

    Nerimity

     15 likes

    Open-source chat platform providing community-focused group messaging, video calls, profile customization with animated avatars, custom emojis, tags, post creation, discovery of communities, and full source code access on GitHub. Entirely donation-funded.

    49 Nerimity alternatives

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    Profile Interface [PC - 2025]
     
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    Akkoma

     11 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
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  9. Soapbox.pub icon

    Soapbox.pub

     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...

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  10. Bastyon icon

    Bastyon

     10 likes

    Bastyon 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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Bastyon is a great alternative to Twitter since it does not ask users for personal email or phone number and it bypasses the censorship that traditional social medias apply. It is growing fast and I like the idea of a place with real freedom of speech

    • Bastyon is Free and Open SourceX is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Bastyon is Decentralized and Privacy focusedX is not according to our users
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    piko

     5 likes

    Open Source Patches for Twitter (now X) and Instagram, patchable through CLI and Morphe Manager.

    11 piko alternatives

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    Socialhome

     7 likes

    Decentralized social network on the fediverse. Usable for both #microblogging and full length #blog posts. Editing both content and replies is supported.

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    Social profile
     
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    Truth Social

     5 likes

    Truth Social is America's "Big Tent" social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating against political ideology.

    21 Truth Social alternatives

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    • Free
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  14. Takahe icon

    Takahe

     3 likes

    While it’s always nice to have more Fediverse software, we have some specific features and goals that we think makes Takahe a great choice of server software:

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  15. snac icon

    snac

     5 likes

    A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub server written in portable C.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    Profile
     
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