Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Hubzilla

Hubzilla

Hubzilla is a powerful platform for creating interconnected websites featuring a decentralized identity, communications, and permissions framework built using common webserver technology.

Product categories

Blogging Blogging Platform CMS Community Management Community Platform Decentralised Social Network Decentralized Social Network Forums Knowledge Sharing Social Network Social Networks Social News

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Hubzilla are Diaspora, Friendica, and BuddyPress. 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
BuddyPress Landing Page
3

BuddyPress

WordPress social networking in a box.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Social Networks #Project Management 15 social mentions
WriteFreely Landing Page
4

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
Movim Landing Page
5

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
SaidIt.net Landing Page
6

SaidIt.net

Saidit.net - say your truth.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Knowledge Sharing #Social News 130 social mentions
Scuttlebutt Landing Page
7

Scuttlebutt

A decent(ralised) secure gossip platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralised Social Network #Decentralized Social Network 50 social mentions
BuddyCloud Landing Page
8

BuddyCloud

Buddycloud is built for people who care about their privacy.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Online Tests #Social Networks #Social Network
pump.io Landing Page
9

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
Aether Landing Page
10

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
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
Hacker News Landing Page
12

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