Tumblr Alternatives
Tumblr is described as 'Place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect you with your people' and is a very popular Blog Publishing tool in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Tumblr for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Android, iPhone and Linux apps. The best Tumblr alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tumblr are WordPress, Pixelfed, Minds and Pleroma.
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106 Pillowfort alternatives[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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- UNIX Web Browser
- F-Droid
31 Telegra.ph alternativesTelegra.ph is an anonymous publishing platform by Telegram that lets anyone post stories without having to register an account. Simply visit the site and you'll be presented with a light form for posting.
Where programmers share ideas and help each other grow. It is an online community for sharing and discovering great ideas, having debates, and making friends. Anyone can share articles, questions, discussions, etc. as long as they have the rights to the words they are sharing.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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Plume is not a single website, but an entire interconnected, yet independent network of what we call instances. You write content from your own instance, but anyone else on any other Plume instance can enjoy your stories too.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
This is a fork of Pleroma, which is a microblogging server software that can federate (= exchange messages with) other servers that support ActivityPub. What that means is that you can host a server for yourself or your friends and stay in control of your online identity, but...
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Decentralized social network on the fediverse. Usable for both #microblogging and full length #blog posts. Editing both content and replies is supported.
Decentralized 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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it's a good alternative for Tumblr users who don't mind slower pace.
some of the features are lacking: for example, you 1) can't follow tags. i would say, sometimes themed communities can replace this thing. also, 2) no integrated askbox (unless you link to external askbox like Revospring, for example). and 3) no video hosting (you should host it somewhere else and then use embedding feature, 4) no side-blogs (unless you create another account, which is allowed)
but other features, such as long posts, flexible image grid, inline links in post, rich text editor, "tag talks", "read more" cut, embedding & preview for link/video posts - all here.
better aspects: no ads, no transphobic staff, no shadowbanning without explaining why, no "callout posts" culture (it's prohibited).