X Alternatives

X is described as 'Transforming the digital space by enabling public conversation, live audio and video streaming, while offering enhanced features through premium subscriptions' and is a leading Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to X for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Self-Hosted and iPad apps. The best X alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like X are Gab, Bluesky, diaspora* and Minds.

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  1. Solcial icon
     56 likes

    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
     
  2. GoToSocial icon
     13 likes

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

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    • Online
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    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
    • YunoHost
     
  3. Nerimity icon
     14 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.

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    • Mac
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    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Akkoma icon
     10 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Known icon
     83 likes

    Known 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.

    126 Known alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Soapbox.pub icon
     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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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. 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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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Ahlan social  icon
     2 likes

    an open-source, privacy-first social platform providing a safe digital home and voice for unrepresented nations & communities.

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    • Android
     
  9. Bastyon icon
     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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
     
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  10. Pillowfort icon
     9 likes

    [Pillowfort is currently in closed beta with over 40,000 users. Everyone who donates $5 or more will get a registration key (or keys) to create an account on the site]

    106 Pillowfort alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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  11. Post News icon
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    Post is a social platform that aims to bring back the fun and informative side of social media while creating a civil space for users to converse and debate ideas freely. It upholds the principle that all humans are created equal and everyone has the right to express themselves...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
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