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One of the most popular alternatives to X is Mastodon, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Bluesky, diaspora*, Minds and Pleroma. There's no shortage of Social Networks like X, with more than 50 alternatives for the web, Android, iPhone, self-hosting and iPad.

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  1. Hackers' Pub icon
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    Hackers' Pub is an ActivityPub-enabled social network for hackers. You can think of it as a federated version of DEV Community with a Mastodon-like timeline.

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  2. MindViewers icon
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    MindViewers is a freemium social platform for meeting people and sharing interesting reactions or commentaries on current news headlines.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  3. W Social icon
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    W is a social media platform made in Europe, for the world. Governed by European law, data hosted on European infrastructure, and designed for conversations among humans around the world.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
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  4. Posthaven icon
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    What would it be like to make a service that lasts for 10 years? 100 years? That’s what we’re trying to build at Posthaven. We’re as sick as you are to have to switch services every few years, or worry about running your own servers and getting hacked all the time.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  5. Koo icon
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    Koo is a Thoughts and Opinion sharing micro-blogging platform. It empowers people to express their thoughts in their mother tongue.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  6. FediHood icon
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    FediHood connects you with people around you, by topic. You pick your city, never a precise location. Built on ActivityPub and OpenStreetMap.

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    • Online
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  7. monocles social is based on mastodon. A privacy friendly social network.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  8. hollo icon
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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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  9. murlog icon
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    Single user ActivityPub server.

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    • Online
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  10. Nitterium icon
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    A privacy-focused Android app and wrapper for Nitter, allowing you to browse Twitter/X content without an account and subscribe to your favorite user profiles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Obtainium
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  11. A customizable social media platform that works on the fediverse.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  12. 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)

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    • Self-Hosted
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