Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Mastodon

Mastodon

Mastodon is a decentralized, open source social network. This is just one part of the network, run by the main developers of the project It is not focused on any particular niche interest - everyone is welcome!

The top open-source alternatives to Mastodon are Diaspora, Friendica, and Manyverse. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Diaspora Landing Page
1

Diaspora

The online social world where you are in control.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralised Social Network #Social Networks 29 social mentions
Friendica Landing Page
2

Friendica

Decentralisation - Privacy - Interoperability
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralized Social Network #Social Networks 32 social mentions
Manyverse Landing Page
3

Manyverse

A social network off the grid
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralized Social Network #Social Networks 9 social mentions
Scuttlebutt Landing Page
4

Scuttlebutt

A decent(ralised) secure gossip platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralised Social Network #Decentralized Social Network 50 social mentions
Jerboa for Lemmy Landing Page
5

Jerboa for Lemmy

Lemmy
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 613 social mentions
Elk.zone Landing Page
6

Elk.zone

A nimble Mastodon web client
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Twitter Tools #Twitter Automation #Social Media Marketing 15 social mentions
PeerTube Landing Page
7

PeerTube

Federated (ActivityPub) video streaming platform using P2P (BitTorrent) directly in the web browser...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Video #Video Platform #Social Media 172 social mentions
BuddyPress Landing Page
8

BuddyPress

WordPress social networking in a box.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Social Networks #Project Management 15 social mentions
Movim Landing Page
9

Movim

Our philosophy is that your data are yours and you must always be in control.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social Network #Decentralized Social Network 21 social mentions
Hacker News Landing Page
10

Hacker News

Hacker News is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by Paul Graham's investment fund and startup incubator, Y Combinator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Startups 501 social mentions
Discourse Landing Page
11

Discourse

Discourse is an open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $100.0 / Monthly
#Forums #Forums And Forum Software #Community Platform 23 social mentions
4chan Landing Page
12

4chan

4chan is a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 61 social mentions