Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to 4chan

Product categories

Action Bookmark Manager Communication Decentralised Social Network Forums Knowledge Sharing Marketing Questions And Answers Social Social Networks Social News Startups

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to 4chan are Hacker News, SaidIt.net, and Aether. 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.

Hacker News Landing Page
1

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 500 social mentions
SaidIt.net Landing Page
2

SaidIt.net

Saidit.net - say your truth.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Knowledge Sharing #Social News 130 social mentions
Aether Landing Page
3

Aether

Aether is a free app that you use to read, write in, and create community moderated, distributed...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 100 social mentions
Lobsters Landing Page
4

Lobsters

Lobsters is a technology-focused link-aggregation site. The site is driven by ...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 120 social mentions
exhentai.org
5

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Exhentai

Exhentai is an anime/manga image site which has a lot of hentai images (as the name implies) and content (such as doujin/doujinshi scans from Japanese magazines, CG artwork, hentai manga series, fan art, etc...)
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Photos & Graphics 2 social mentions
Diaspora Landing Page
6

Diaspora

The online social world where you are in control.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralised Social Network #Social Networks 29 social mentions
Reddit Enhancement Suite Landing Page
7

Reddit Enhancement Suite

The Definitive Reddit Add-on
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Marketing 1302 social mentions
Dissenter Landing Page
8

Dissenter

Dissenter is the comment section of the internet. It creates a digital public square on every URL.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Startups 4 social mentions
Question2Answer Landing Page
9

Question2Answer

A Q&A site helps an online community to share knowledge.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Social #Knowledge Sharing
pocketnet.app
10

Pocketnet.app

A Revolutionary anti-censorship decentralized publishing and social platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Productivity
Scoold Landing Page
11

Scoold

An open-source, enterprise-friendly Q&A platform inspired by Stack Overflow.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Social #Knowledge Sharing
non.io
12

Nonio

Reddit-like platform that shares profits with creators.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Project Management #Social News 2 social mentions