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The best alternative to X is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to X and five of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to X are Movim, snac, Blips and monocles 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.

    130 Mastodon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    • Android Tablet
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    Comment summary: Mastodon offers a decentralized, ad-free alternative to X. Users appreciate its open-source features, including the ability to self-host and moderate content independently. Mastodon's federated structure allows diverse server communities with customized rules, contrasting with X's centralized model. While not as polished as X, Mastodon draws praise for its friendly community and absence of manipulative algorithms, making it a preferred choice for privacy-conscious users.
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    Goldmaster
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    Many people are moving to mastodon due to being centralised the Twitter basket with eggs is beginning to crack.

    artiman
    Positive
    0

    It's decentralized, open source and made by a German non-profit you can make your own Instance so you can't get censored, but you can get defederated by other Instances

    Joseph Leskey
    Positive
    1

    Mastodon is a very solid, open source, and pretty well decentralized alternative to Twitter. It's fairly minimalistic and easy to work with, but there are some caveats. It does not appear that you are currently able to quote posts, and sometimes the synchronization between decentralized pods is not quite what one would like it to be. Still, it is very much worth a try.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Mastodon is a great X alternative.

    • Mastodon is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to X.

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

    • Mastodon is Free and Open SourceX is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Mastodon is Privacy focused and LightweightX is not according to our users
  2. Movim icon

    Movim

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    Our 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.

    65 Movim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Website
     
  4. snac icon

    snac

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    A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub server written in portable C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Posting
     
  5. Blips icon

    Blips

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    Blips is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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