Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Ello

The top open-source alternatives to Ello are Friendica, Manyverse, and Scuttlebutt. 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.

Friendica Landing Page
1

Friendica

Decentralisation - Privacy - Interoperability
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralized Social Network #Social Networks 32 social mentions
Manyverse Landing Page
2

Manyverse

A social network off the grid
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralized Social Network #Social Networks 9 social mentions
Scuttlebutt Landing Page
3

Scuttlebutt

A decent(ralised) secure gossip platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralised Social Network #Decentralized Social Network 50 social mentions
Diaspora Landing Page
4

Diaspora

The online social world where you are in control.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralised Social Network #Social Networks 29 social mentions
BuddyPress Landing Page
5

BuddyPress

WordPress social networking in a box.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Social Networks #Project Management 15 social mentions
Movim Landing Page
6

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
eXo Platform Landing Page
7

eXo Platform

Digital workplace solution
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $5.0 (Professional 5$ / user / month)
#Project Management #Communication #Task Management 8 user reviews
Misskey Hub Landing Page
8

Misskey Hub

Misskey is a distributed social networking platform designed to allow developers to build and deploy their own social applications without the need to set up a server.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social & Communications #Social Network #Social Networks
Gotify Landing Page
9

Gotify

a simple self-hosted server for sending and receiving messages
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Push Notifications #Web Push Notifications #Open Source 35 social mentions
pump.io Landing Page
10

pump.io

A stream server that does most of what people really want from a social network.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Twitter Tools #Social Networks
WriteFreely Landing Page
11

WriteFreely

Write Freely is free and open source software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Blogging #Blogging Platform #CMS 33 social mentions
Discourse Landing Page
12

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