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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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  • 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
  • iPhone
  • Self-Hosted  You can host your own instance, but you don't have to
  • UNIX Web Browser  You do not
  • F-Droid
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Wafrn, and it has gotten 15 likes

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

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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.

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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!