Wafrn
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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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- UNIX Web Browser
- Android
- F-Droid
- iPhone
Wafrn News & Activities
Highlights All activities
Recent activities
- soul1472 updated Wafrn
- Freeplay liked Wafrn
soul1472 added Wafrn as alternative to Pillowfort- soul1472 thinks Decentralized is a important feature of Wafrn
kualts added Wafrn as alternative to Fountain.ink- crse liked Wafrn
Wafrn information
Developed by
gabbomanLicensing
Open Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free product.Written in
Alternatives
9 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
AlternativeTo Category
Social & CommunicationsApple AppStore
- Updated
- 4.5 avg rating
GitHub repository
- 283 Stars
- 78 Forks
- 68 Open Issues
- Updated (Archived)
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!
Comments and Reviews
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.