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.
Trust Café Alternatives
Trust Café is described as '(formerly WT Social / WikiTribune) is a privacy-focused and ad-free social network that places a special emphasis on evidence-based journalism. The platform survives on the generosity of individual donors to ensure privacy is protected and social space is ad-free' and is a Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Trust Café, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Self-Hosted and iPad apps. The best Trust Café alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Trust Café are Bluesky, X, diaspora* and Facebook.
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The simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global "social" network once and for all.
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.
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- Android
- iPhone
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- Google Chrome
- Firefox
110 Steemit alternativesA non-censored social platform where users are incentivized to contribute and curate content. The users decide what is valuable by voting, and content regarded valuable is rewarded with money.
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94 SpaceHey alternativesSpaceHey 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.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Android
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63 Movim alternativesOur philosophy is that your data are yours and you must always be in control. Movim achieves this through a complete decentralisation of users' data and accounts.
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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...
109 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.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Discontinued
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- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- gevent
- Self-Hosted
- Python
- JavaScript
- ZeroNet
Decentralized social network on the fediverse. Usable for both #microblogging and full length #blog posts. Editing both content and replies is supported.
a decent(ralised) secure gossip platform sea-slang for gossip - a scuttlebutt is basically a watercooler on a ship.
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- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
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- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Patchwork
136 News as Facts alternativesRead the most important global news in minutes presented as quick and unbiased facts. Forever ad-free and privacy respecting.
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