The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global "social" network once and for all.
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Verismile has been discontinued. Similar sites and apps include Mastodon, which is free and open source. Other options are Pixelfed, Bluesky, Reddit and X. You're spoiled for choice with Social Networks like Verismile: we list more than 25 alternatives for self-hosting, Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows.
The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global "social" network once and for all.
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.




SpaceHey is a friendly online community for you and your friends that lets you communicate with each other, share content and discover new content and people.




A non-censored social platform where users are incentivized to contribute and curate content. The users decide what is valuable by voting, and content regarded valuable is rewarded with money.




GNU social is a continuation of the StatusNet project. It is social communication software for both public and private communications. It is widely supported and has a large userbase.


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





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...

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.




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...




