List of Free Software Social Media platforms
This is a list of Social Media platforms, available as Free Software
Name | Website | Type | Scope | Protocol | License | Source |
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Diaspora | OStatus+ | |||||
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 Affero | 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 |
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?
Contents
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
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Briar | Diaspora | Friendica | GNU social | Hubzilla | Mastodon | Matrix | Pjuu | Pump.io | rstat.us | Trsst | Twister | Voat | Zeronet |
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Friendica | ||||||||||||||
GNU social and derivatives PostActiv, Pleroma, Quitter |
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Matrix | ||||||||||||||
Pjuu | ||||||||||||||
Pump.io | ||||||||||||||
rstat.us | ||||||||||||||
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Twister | ||||||||||||||
Voat | ||||||||||||||
Zeronet |