Zap AlternativesSocial Networks and other similar apps like Zap

Zap is described as 'Open source decentralised social network with more privacy and less drama. Supports Zap and ActivityPub, starting with the latest release from 2019-09-22' and is a Social Network in the social & communications category. There are six alternatives to Zap for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, BSD, Ruby and PHP apps. The best Zap alternative is diaspora*, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Zap are Friendica, Hubzilla, GNU social and pump.io.

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  1. diaspora* icon

    diaspora*

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    Diaspora is a federated social networking service, designed to be a more privacy-aware alternative to Facebook . Share what you want, with whom you want.

    121 diaspora* alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    diaspora* screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Federated
    3.  Encrypted Connection
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Distributed
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Fediverse
    8. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    9.  Self-hosted
    10.  Support for MarkDown

    diaspora* VS Zap

     

    • diaspora* is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Zap.

    • diaspora* is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Zap.

    • diaspora* is Free and Open SourceZap is also Free and Open Source
    • diaspora* is Privacy focusedZap is not according to our users
  2. Friendica icon

    Friendica

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    Friendica is a distributed social network application. Which allow users to connect with others via their own Friendica server, but may also fully integrate contacts from other platforms including Twitter, diaspora*, Pump.io and StatusNet into their 'newsfeed'.

    115 Friendica alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Online
    • Docker
    Logo

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Federated
    2. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    3.  Decentralized
    4.  Ad-free
    5. diaspora* icon  Diaspora integration
    6.  Support for @mentions
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Rsvp
    9.  Commodity hosting support
    10. X icon  X Integration
    11.  Team Messaging
    12.  Community events

    Friendica VS Zap

     
  4. Hubzilla icon

    Hubzilla

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    Hubzilla is a powerful platform for creating interconnected based websites featuring a decentralised identity, communications, and permissions framework built using common webserver technology. Hubzilla is very suitable for communities (of any size).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Channel

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Free Speech

    Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    3.  Federated
    4.  Publishing
    5.  Calendar Integration
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Wide API Support
    8.  OpenID Provider
    9.  Wiki
    10.  Distributed
    11.  Categories

    Hubzilla VS Zap

     
  5. GNU social icon

    GNU social

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Screenshot of a GNU social website with Swedish localization. Source Wikipedia / FSF
    Discontinued

    Not actively developed/maintained anymore.

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Free Speech

    Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  End-to-End Encryption
    4. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub

    GNU social VS Zap

     

  6. pump.io

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    A stream server that does most of what people really want from a social network.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    Discontinued

    The last version (5.1.4) is from 2020.

    pump.io Features

    1.  Activity stream

    pump.io VS Zap

     
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    Libertree

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    Libertree is free, libre, open-source software which is intended to provide a way for people to create their own social network. Libertree social networks can be free from commercial influence and manifestation, such as behaviour tracking, user profiling, advertising, data...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Signup
    Discontinued

    Has not been updated since 2015. Source: https://github.com/Libertree/libertree

    Libertree VS Zap

     
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