Mastodon Alternatives

Mastodon is described as 'Federated and open-source social network with no ads, 500-character limit, custom emojis, and content warnings, emphasizing privacy and personal interaction' and is a leading Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Mastodon for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Self-Hosted and iPad apps. The best Mastodon alternative is diaspora*, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mastodon are Pixelfed, Pleroma, Bluesky and X.

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Mastodon alternatives are mainly Social Networks, but if you're looking for Microblogs or Photo Sharing Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Mastodon.
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  1. Ktistec icon
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    Ktistec is an ActivityPub server. It is intended for individual users, not communities of users, although support for additional users will be added in the future. It is designed to have few runtime dependencies -- for example, it uses SQLite as its database, instead of...

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. MeWe icon
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    Used to be called Sgrouples, now its MeWe offered by the company Sgrouples Inc. On its homepage their motto is "The World's Private Communication Network" and "Join the privacy revolution".

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  3. Goldkarpfen icon
     2 likes

    A p2p-share-hosted daily-routine blogging system without any central authority.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
     
  4. Urbit icon
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    Urbit is a social media available in either client or server format. The Urbit client is called an "Urbit ID". And the Urbit server is called an "Urbit OS". Urbit ID are easy and quick to get started with. As they are meant for non-technical users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  5. thoughts.page icon
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    thoughts.page is a platform for hosting a small webpage for your thoughts. it's basically like twitter, but nobody can @ you.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. e-Sathi icon
     4 likes

    Create an account or log into e-Sathi.com. Connect with friends, family and other people you know. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
     
  7. Lyfeloop icon
     1 like

    A new social claiming to protect free-speech, user's private data, no algorithm. There are android Ios apps, browser access.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Verismile icon
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    Microblogging social media where security is priority. All accounts are verified, thus the number of fake account is drastically reduced. This improve overall security of platform.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Onreef icon
     8 likes

    Onreef is a global, freedom based social network of the new generation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Koo icon
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    Koo is a Thoughts and Opinion sharing micro-blogging platform. It empowers people to express their thoughts in their mother tongue.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  11. Gazzetta icon
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    Gazzetta is the best way to read news and links on Mastodon.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
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