Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to 4chan

4chan

4chan is a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images.

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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
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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.
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#Startups #Social Networks #Social News 660 social mentions
SaidIt.net Landing Page
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SaidIt.net

Saidit.net - say your truth.
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- Open Source
#Startups #Social Networks #Social News 130 social mentions
Aether Landing Page
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Aether

Aether is a free app that you use to read, write in, and create community moderated, distributed...
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#Startups #Social Networks #Social News 101 social mentions
Lemmy Landing Page
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Lemmy

Federated link aggregator and Reddit alternative built with Rust
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- Open Source
#Startups #Social Networks #Social News 409 social mentions
Lobsters Landing Page
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Lobsters

Lobsters is a technology-focused link-aggregation site.
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- Open Source
#Startups #Social Networks #Social News 135 social mentions
Minds Landing Page
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Minds

The open-source, encrypted social network that expands your reach for using it.
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- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social Network #Decentralized Social Network 1 social mentions
exhentai.org
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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...)
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#Social Networks #Social News #Action 2 social mentions
Jerboa for Lemmy Landing Page
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Jerboa for Lemmy

Lemmy
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- Open Source
#Startups #Social Networks #Social News 616 social mentions
non.io
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Nonio

Reddit-like platform that shares profits with creators.
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- Open Source
#Web Analytics #Project Management #Social Networks 3 social mentions
Reddit Enhancement Suite Landing Page
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Reddit Enhancement Suite

The Definitive Reddit Add-on
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- Open Source
#Startups #Social Networks #Social News 1304 social mentions
Diaspora Landing Page
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Diaspora

The online social world where you are in control.
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- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social Network #Decentralised Social Network 30 social mentions
Question2Answer Landing Page
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Question2Answer

A Q&A site helps an online community to share knowledge.
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#Questions And Answers #Communication #Knowledge Sharing