List of Free Software Social Media platforms

Platforms

This is a list of Social Media platforms, available as Free Software

Social Media platforms

Name	Website	Type	Scope	Protocol	License	Source
Briar	https://briarproject.org/	Instant Messaging, Forums (P2P)	Decentralized		GPL v3	https://code.briarproject.org/akwizgran/briar/tree/master
Diaspora	https://diasporafoundation.org/	Microblog+	Federated	OStatus+	GNU AGPL v3	https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora
Friendica	http://friendica.com/	Microblog+	Federated	OStatus+	GNU AGPL v3	https://github.com/friendica/friendica
GAB	https://gab.ai
GNU social	https://gnu.io/social/	Microblog	Federated	OStatus	GNU AGPL v3	https://git.gnu.io/gnu/gnu-social
Hubzilla (Red Matrix)	https://hubzilla.org/hubzilla/		Federated	Ostatus+	Hubzilla custom	https://github.com/redmatrix/hubzilla/
Matrix	http://matrix.org/	Instant Messaging	Federated	OStatus+	Apache v2	https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse
Pjuu	https://pjuu.com/	Microblog	Standalone		GNU AGPL v3	https://github.com/pjuu
Pump.io	http://pump.io/	Microblog	Federated	ActivityStream	Apache v2	https://github.com/e14n/pump.io
ring.cx	https://ring.cx/	Instant Messaging	Federated	SIP	GPL v3	https://gerrit-ring.savoirfairelinux.com/
rstat.us	https://rstat.us/	Microblog	Federated	OStatus	CC0	https://github.com/hotsh/rstat.us
Trsst	https://home.trsst.com/	News Aggregator + Microblog			Apache v2	https://github.com/TrsstProject/trsst
Twister	http://twister.net.co/	Microblog (P2P)	Decentralized	Blockchain + Bittorrent	MIT	https://github.com/miguelfreitas/twister-core (daemon) https://github.com/miguelfreitas/twister-html (WebUI)
Voat	http://voat.co	News Aggregator	Standalone		GPL v3	https://github.com/voat/voat
ZeroNet	http://zeronet.io/	Microblog (P2P)	Decentralized	Blockchain + Bittorrent	GNU GPL v2	https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet

See also:

• Erkan Yılmaz's List of Federated Communication Platforms
• Wikipedia:List of social networking websites
• SecureShare's Capability Comparison

Social Media Connectivity Matrix

Which Free Software Social Media platforms connect to which?

The !Fediverse with protocols

Notes:

• Pleroma works with ActivityPub and OStatus, not Diaspora
• GNUsocial does not (yet) support ActivityPub (2018-10-10)
• Pump.io does not (yet) support ActivityPub (2018-10-10)

Social Media Protocol Connectivity Chart

The Social Network Protocol/Alliance Map

Social Connectivity Matrix

Social Media Connectivity Matrix

From → To ↓	Briar	Diaspora	Friendica	GNU social	Hubzilla	Mastodon	Matrix	Pjuu	Pump.io	rstat.us	Trsst	Twister	Voat	Zeronet
Briar
Diaspora
Friendica
GNU social and derivatives PostActiv, Pleroma, Quitter
Hubzilla
Mastodon
Matrix
Pjuu
Pump.io
rstat.us
Trsst
Twister
Voat
Zeronet

Needed: Nomenclature

Type

The following terms are used in the table, but we need to find better terms for some of these services. Help?

Instant Messaging 

(What do we mean by this?)

Forum 

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Microblog 

(What do we mean by this?)

Microblog+ 

(What do we mean by this?)

News Aggregator 

(What do we mean by this?)

P2P 

(Is this really a type of platform?)

Scope

Distributed 

(What do we mean by this?)

Federated 

(What do we mean by this?)

Standalone 

Has no connectivity to other services, even ones based on the same platform running the same software.