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 Pleroma.

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Transforming the digital space by enabling public conversation, live audio and video streaming, while offering enhanced features through premium subscriptions.

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  1. Friendica icon
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    Friendica is a distributed social network application. Which allow users to connect with others via their own Friendica server, but may also fully integrate contacts from other platforms including Twitter, diaspora*, Pump.io and StatusNet into their 'newsfeed'.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Online
    • Docker

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Federated
    2. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    3.  Decentralized
    4.  Ad-free
    5. diaspora* icon  Diaspora integration
    6.  Support for @mentions
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Rsvp
    9.  Commodity hosting support
    10. X icon  X Integration
    11.  Team Messaging
    12.  Community events

    Friendica VS X

     
    Comments about Friendica as an Alternative to X
    clacke_
    Positive May 4, 2019
    3

    Friendica is part of the OStatus fediverse, the ActivityPub fediverse and the Diaspora Federation. Your service is only one out of many, and you can interact with users running Diaspora, SocialHome, Mastodon, Pleroma, PixelFed, PeerTube and other services, and like and comment on their content. If you don't like how your service is run, you can run your own and still be part of the same networks.

    skyling
    Negative May 6, 2019
    5

    Designed after the Facebook-style model, not microblogging

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    • Most users think Friendica is a great X alternative.

    • Friendica is Free and Open SourceX is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Friendica is Decentralized and Privacy focusedX is not according to our users
  2. Misskey icon
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    A forever evolving, sophisticated microblogging platform.

    48 Misskey alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Fediverse
    2. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    3.  Federated
    4.  Decentralized
    5.  Emoji reactions
    6.  Support for MarkDown
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Support for @mentions
    9.  Multiple Account support
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Communities
    12.  Content warnings

    Misskey VS X

     
    Comments about Misskey as an Alternative to X
    clacke_
    Positive May 4, 2019
    1

    Misskey is part of the ActivityPub fediverse. Your service is only one out of many, and you can interact with users running SocialHome, Mastodon, Pleroma, PixelFed, PeerTube and other services, and like and comment on their content. If you don't like how your service is run, you can run your own and still be part of the same networks.

    MaterialFuture
    Positive May 13, 2022
    1

    Misskey federated and allows you to host your own service via ActivityPub similar to Mastodon or Pleroma. What Misskey has that others don't is the fully customized dashboards for each instance and the ability to play games and integrate other APIs into your application. The userbase is mostly Japanese but there are more English speaking instances popping up as of late.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Misskey is a great X alternative.

    • Misskey is Free and Open SourceX is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Misskey is Decentralized and LightweightX is not according to our users
  3. Hubzilla icon
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    Hubzilla is a powerful platform for creating interconnected based websites featuring a decentralised identity, communications, and permissions framework built using common webserver technology. Hubzilla is very suitable for communities (of any size).

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Free Speech

    Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    3.  Federated
    4.  Publishing
    5.  Calendar Integration
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Wide API Support
    8.  OpenID Provider
    9.  Wiki
    10.  Distributed
    11.  Categories

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  4. Solcial icon
     55 likes
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Monetization
    2.  Decentralized
    3.  Blockchain
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  End-to-End Encryption
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Live Preview
    9.  No Coding Required
    10.  Gamification
    11.  Support for @mentions
    12.  Real time collaboration

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  5. nostr icon
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    The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global "social" network once and for all.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Multiple Account support
    6.  Real time collaboration
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Support for @mentions

    nostr VS X

     
  6. Threads icon
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    Say more with Threads — Instagram’s text-based conversation app.

    61 Threads alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone

    Threads Features

    1.  Support for @mentions
    2.  Dark Mode
    3. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    4. Instagram icon  Instagram integration
    5.  User Profiles
    6.  Support for Multiple threads
    7.  Multiple Profiles
    8.  Multi Account Switching

    Threads VS X

     
    Comments about Threads as an Alternative to X
    Mauricio B. Holguin
    Positive Jul 6, 2023
    0

    Threads offers more characters and longer videos to its users compared to the free version of Twitter. The integration with Instagram also allows for expanded user information, which may help reduce the prevalence of trolls, pretty common on Twitter.

    Ola Johansson
    Positive Jul 6, 2023
    -2

    Will be interesting to see where this goes!

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    • Almost everyone thinks Threads is a great X alternative.

    • Threads is Free and ProprietaryX is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. Akkoma icon
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    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...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Fediverse
    2.  Decentralized
    3. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    4.  Support for MarkDown
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Support for @mentions
    8.  Multiple Account support

    Akkoma VS X

     
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