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Wafrn

Wafrn is a social network inspired by tumblr, that also can connect with other wafrn instances, or with mastodon, pleroma, firefish and other platforms that use activitypub.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Self-Hosted  You can host your own instance, but you don't have to
  • UNIX Web Browser  You do not
  • Android  Releases on F-Droid might be delayed a couple days compared to IzzyOnDroid or using the direct download option either natively or through Obtainium
  • F-Droid
  • iPhone
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Support for Themes

Features

  1. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
  2.  Decentralized
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  No Tracking
  5.  Dark Mode
  6.  Support for @mentions
  7.  Fediverse

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Wafrn News & Activities

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Recent activities

  • Writizzy icon
    hlassiege added Wafrn as alternative to Writizzy
  • soul1472 updated Wafrn
  • Freeplay liked Wafrn
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    soul1472 added Wafrn as alternative to Pillowfort
  • soul1472 thinks Decentralized is a important feature of Wafrn
  • soul1472, PiraHxCx and Opensourcelover liked Wafrn
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    kualts added Wafrn as alternative to Fountain.ink
  • crse liked Wafrn
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Wafrn information

  • Developed by

    gabboman
  • Licensing

    Open Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Alternatives

    9 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •   4.5 avg rating
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GitHub repository

  •  283 Stars
  •  78 Forks
  •  68 Open Issues
  •   Updated  (Archived)
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Wafrn, and it has gotten 11 likes

Wafrn was added to AlternativeTo by gabboman on and this page was last updated .

Comments and Reviews

   
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arokk
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I looked everywhere for a federated blogging platform that was simple to use and integrated well with ActivityPub instances. I tried Write.as, and it was good, but a bit too barebones for what I wanted, pro version included. WordPress has an ActivityPub plugin, but it has a bit too much...Mattitude. Tumblr isn't federated (yet) and is also in the Automattic camp, so that's a no. Ghost is more for organizations. Drupal is too bloated--simply overkill. WAFRN is decentralized, federated, respects user privacy, and even works with BlueSky (I'm not a fan of BS, but it's a far cry more desirable than Elon the Ghoul's social network so far).

The only problem I see is that the founder has this weird habit of talking about himself in the third person, but other than that, it's great.

Review by a new / low-activity user.

What is Wafrn?

Wafrn is a social network inspired by tumblr, that also can connect with other wafrn instances, or with mastodon, pleroma, firefish and other platforms that use activitypub.

The important bit of this is that if the team behind it goes rogue, you could host your own wafrn and take your followers to your server with no hassle!