Open Source X Alternatives

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  1. Truth Social icon

    Truth Social

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

    17 Truth Social alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  2. piko icon

    piko

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    Revanced patches focused on Twitter/X.

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    • Android
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  4. Enafore icon

    Enafore

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    Maintained fork of Pinafore. A somewhat unstable fediverse client with better support for Akkoma, glitch-soc, and Iceshrimp instances.

    Cost / License

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    • Online
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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. Tokumei icon

    Tokumei

     3 likes

    What you have to say is more important than who you are — let your voice be heard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  7. SPARK - Social Platform icon

    SPARK - Social Platform

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    Open source social platform that is self-hosted allowing users to download and install the software on their hosting provider and run their social platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. hollo icon

    hollo

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    Hollo is a federated single-user microblogging software powered by Fedify. Although it is for single-user, it is designed to be federated through ActivityPub, which means that you can follow and be followed by other users from other instances, even from other software that...

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Stegodon (Blogging) icon

    Stegodon (Blogging)

     1 like

    Stegodon is an SSH-first federated blogging platform. Users connect via SSH to create notes in a terminal interface. Notes federate to the Fediverse via ActivityPub and are available through RSS feeds and a web interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Quacker icon

    Quacker

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    Quacker is a more private and clean way to browse Twitter/X. This also includes feed viewing, subscription grouping, offline tweet saving and more!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Viewing subscriptions
     
  13. Versia icon

    Versia

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    A simple, extensible federated protocol for building useful applications. Formerly known as Lysand.

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    • Self-Hosted
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  14. Brax.Me icon

    Brax.Me

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    A vibrant social community focused on privacy. No Identity. Encrypted. Open Source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  15. Verismile icon

    Verismile

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    Microblogging social media where security is priority. All accounts are verified, thus the number of fake account is drastically reduced. This improve overall security of platform.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Desktop App
     
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