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.
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
United States
VK Alternatives
VK is described as '(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' and is a very popular Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to VK for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Self-Hosted and iPad apps. The best VK alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like VK are Bluesky, diaspora*, Facebook and Friendica.
Alternatives list
- 90 GNU social alternatives
101 Rumble alternativesRumble is your rights management video platform. Host, distribute and monetize all your professional, social and viral video.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- United States
83 VidLii alternativesThis site mimics old YouTube and has the 2008 header and 2009 looking pages. This fixes many problems YouTube has, like lack of customization and community issues.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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- Online
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- United States
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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Online
- Self-Hosted
108 Bastyon alternativesBastyon is a revolutionary anti-censorship decentralized publishing and social platform voted to freedom of speech. Based on the blockchain technology, it runs on a set of computers around the world, not controlled by any single entity.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Global
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61 TikTok alternativesMobile platform for short music-powered video creation for a new generation of creators. It encourages user-generated content with quick video creation, offering a vast library of songs and multiple editing features, gaining global popularity among the youth as a cultural benchmark.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- iPad
- Samsung Galaxy Store
- Online
- Windows
China
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- gevent
- Self-Hosted
- Python
- JavaScript
- ZeroNet
Soapbox is customizable open-source software that puts the power of social media in the hands of the people. Feature-rich and hyper-focused on providing a user experience to rival Big Tech, Soapbox is already home to some of the biggest alternative social platforms on the...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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- Online
- Self-Hosted
Canada
Decentralized social network on the fediverse. Usable for both #microblogging and full length #blog posts. Editing both content and replies is supported.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
80 BuddyPress alternativesSocial networking in a box. Build a social network for your company, school, sports team or niche community all based on the power and flexibility of WordPress. Install BuddyPress directly through your WordPress dashboard plugins page, or download it manually from the WordPress.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Wordpress
- United States
71 MeWe alternativesUsed 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
- United States
