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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 seven 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
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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.

    131 Mastodon alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
     
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  2. Movim icon
     52 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.

    101 Movim alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. snac icon
     5 likes

    A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub server written in portable C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Blips icon
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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
     
  5. Seppo icon
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    Publish short texts and links, and socialise in the Social Web (a.k.a. the Fediverse).

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Driftya icon
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    A feed-less note system where short messages travel one person at a time. No followers, no public metrics, no endless scroll.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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