GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. A first service implemented on top of the networking layer allows anonymous censorship-resistant file-sharing.
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ZeroMe Alternatives
ZeroMe is described as 'Social network for the distributed P2P network ZeroNet' and is a Social Network in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to ZeroMe for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Windows and Linux apps. The best ZeroMe alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ZeroMe are Bluesky, diaspora*, I2P and Facebook.
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Solcial is a decentralised social network built for privacy and freedom of speech. It give users the ability to interact with each other without fear of censorship and to allow content creators to monetize their work fairly at market value.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
79 i2pd (I2P Daemon) alternativesI2P (Invisible Internet Protocol) is a universal anonymous network layer. All communications over I2P are anonymous and end-to-end encrypted, participants don't reveal their real IP addresses.
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- Free
- Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Raspberry Pi
- C++
- I2P
- F-Droid
97 VK alternativesVK (originally VKontakte) is a largest social network service from Europe. Available in many languages and highly popular particularly among Russian-speaking users around the world, especially in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Belarus, and Israel.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Kindle Fire
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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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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Alerts
- Discontinued
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- Self-Hosted
125 Aether alternativesOpen source, self-governing communities with auditable moderation and mod elections.
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Manyverse is a social network app using the SSB protocol (Secure Scuttlebutt) where you can write posts and share with friends nearby or over the internet. It's different from mainstream social networks because your data is yours, it lives on your phone, not in the cloud.
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- Free
- Open Source
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Alerts
- Discontinued
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- Android
- iPhone
- F-Droid
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
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101 Movim alternativesDecentralized 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.
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a decent(ralised) secure gossip platform sea-slang for gossip - a scuttlebutt is basically a watercooler on a ship.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
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Alerts
- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Patchwork
The I2Pd Browser Bundle is a folder consisting of Purple I2P/I2Pd & Portable Firefox.
identi.ca is a free personal web server that implements a distributed social networking service. It is based on pump.io, a free software which make up the distributed social network.
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