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Mbin: a federated content aggregator, voting, discussion and microblogging platform (By the community, for the community).

[Pillowfort is currently in closed beta with over 40,000 users. Everyone who donates $5 or more will get a registration key (or keys) to create an account on the site]

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.

SheezyArt/Sheezy.Art, or just Sheezy, is an online art site devoted to all types of media, including traditional, digital, photography, writing, pixel art, and animation.

Fur Affinity is an online art gallery dedicated to anthropormophic and furry artwork.

Sudomemo is the place to share flipbook animations - called Flipnotes - created and posted from Flipnote Studio on the Nintendo DSi and 3DS.

PictoVerse is where gamers draw, share, and connect. Post fan art, doodles, memes, or game tips and join communities for every game you love, from AAA hits to hidden indie gems. Whether you are vibing, venting, or showing off your creativity, PictoVerse is your space to geek out...

The StoryGraph helps you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes.

LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for people who love to read. It allows users to easily create their own catalogs of books that they have read, own, or would like to read.

Editable online catalog aiming to archive every published book, offering user-contributed entries, metadata, digital lending, and free access to over one million Public Domain titles.

BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. Federation allows BookWyrm users to join small, trusted communities that can connect with one another, and with other ActivityPub services like...

SpaceHey is a friendly online community for you and your friends that lets you communicate with each other, share content and discover new content and people.

Newgrounds.com, the large Flash games and animation site that spawned Alien Hominid, has been accepting user-produced submissions since 1999. That it has been quietly spearheading for eight years what is only now being trumpeted about in the mainstream media is indicative of how...

Miraheze is a wiki farm (hosts wikis) for free and with no ads, it also provides custom domains, extensions and many other features. It is based on MediaWiki.

Ibis is a federated encyclopedia which uses the ActivityPub protocol, just like Mastodon or Lemmy. Users can create, browse, edit articles and use many other features. If you want to start a wiki for a TV series, a video game, or an open source project, then Ibis is for you!

Comprehensive software providing screen recording and live streaming on Mac, Windows, and Linux with powerful encoding support and unlimited scenes.

Broadcasts live video to over 30 platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch, with chat aggregation, channel analytics, scheduler, and live interaction tools.

PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform developed as an alternative to other platforms that centralize our data and attention, such as YouTube, Dailymotion or Vimeo. But one organization hosting PeerTube alone may not have enough money to pay for bandwidth...

Owncast is a self-hosted live video and web chat server for use with existing popular broadcasting software. Point your live stream at a server you personally control and regain ownership over your content.

Vimeo is the best way to get your videos online in the highest quality with great tools to share publicly or privately.

An open-source, ad-free front-end to YouTube offering video downloads, audio-only mode, and subscription management without JS or registration.

Ad-free frontend for YouTube supporting channel subscriptions, playlist import/export, dark mode, SponsorBlock, and privacy features without Google connection.

Experience YouTube ad-free on desktop with enhanced privacy. FreeTube prevents Google tracking and works seamlessly across Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Offers an alternative Android streaming front-end for major platforms, with ad-free playback, SponsorBlock, advanced filters, danmaku chats, and playlist downloads.

Unofficial alternative for ad-free YouTube with SponsorBlock, background playback, auto-repeat, dislike counts, and offline downloads using custom patches.

Advanced Android TV player supporting 8K, 60fps, HDR playback, no ads, adjustable speed, customizable controls, SponsorBlock, and no Google Services.

Command line program that's a youtube-dl fork that downloads videos from YouTube and over 1000 sites. The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project.

Twire is an open source, ad free Twitch browser and stream player for Android. You can select multiple themes and also login with your twitch account. You can also follow and unfollow streamers through the app.

Create your own free website, and connect with others you by following their sites. You get 1 GB of space to make whatever you’d like with HTML, CSS, JS, image, text, and web font files.

Nekoweb is a free static website hosting service, created in 2024 by a group of coders, programmers and artists, passionate for the old web and personal websites.

With Straw.Page, you can create your own casual, dumb or professional website to share with the world.

Easy-to-use and creative-centric web page creator that embracing Geocities-alike with modern approach.

WriteFreely is an open-source, minimalist, federated, self-hosted blogging platform. It was built for and by Write.as and can be used to power a similar community or just a single blog.

Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator. It takes a template directory (representing the raw form of a website), runs it through and Liquid converters, and spits out a complete, static website suitable for serving with Apache or your favorite web server.

RocketCake is a free web editor for creating responsive websites. For beginners and professional web developers. No programming needed.

A free, open-source painting program for professional artists offering customizable UI, 9 brush engines, layer support, and color management.

Free open-source 3D software for modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, rendering, compositing, video editing, and simulation.

Glaze is a tool developed by the University of Chicago to protect digital artwork from being scraped and used to train generative AI models.

Free cross-platform DAW supporting VST plugins, MIDI, and lossless audio. Offers music loopers and sequencers with privacy, no ads, and offline capability.

FamiStudio is very simple music editor for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom. It is designed to be easier to use than FamiTracker, but its feature set is also much more limited.

Audio effects tool for PipeWire with limiter, compressor, equalizer, spectrum analyzer and real-time control of input/output, plus profile saves.

Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute a wide range of games and related media entirely over the internet, stretching from one-man independent efforts to some of...

Indie-focused digital marketplace and community platform offering customizable pricing, game hosting, stats tracking, asset sales, and manageable app downloads.

A community platform for gaming, anime, cosplay, and fandom. Engage in challenges, earn rewards, share creations, join dedicated communities, and more.

Heroic is an Open Source Game Launcher for Linux, Windows and macOS (10.15+, won't work properly on High sierra and older versions). Right now it supports launching games from the .

Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux. It allows you to gather and manage (install, configure and launch) all your games acquired from any source, in a single interface.