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Social Networking and Forum software.

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Federated Social Networks

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Mastodon

Federated microblogging server.
  • Source Code: GitHub | Clients
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: Ruby

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Akkoma

Federated microblogging server with Mastodon, GNU social, and ActivityPub compatibility.
  • Source Code: akkoma.dev
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: Elixir, Docker

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Pleroma

Federated microblogging server, Mastodon, GNU social, & ActivityPub compatible.

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GoToSocial

ActivityPub federated social network server implementing the Mastodon client API.
  • Source Code: Codeberg
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: Docker, Go

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Misskey

Decentralized app-like microblogging server/SNS for the Fediverse, using the ActivityPub protocol like GNU social and Mastodon.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: Nodejs, Docker

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Iceshrimp.NET

Federated microblogging server that communicates over ActivityPub.
  • Source Code: iceshrimp.dev
  • License: EUPL-1.2
  • Tech Stack: .NET, C#, Docker

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PixelFed

Ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation (alternative to Instagram).
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: PHP

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Lemmy

Link aggregator for the fediverse (alternative to Reddit).
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: Docker, Rust

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diaspora*

Distributed social networking server.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: Ruby

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Friendica

Social Communication Server.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: PHP

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Hubzilla

Decentralized identity, privacy, publishing, sharing, cloud storage, and communications/social platform.

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Movim

Modern, federated social network based on XMPP, with a fully featured group-chat, subscriptions and microblogging.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: PHP, Docker

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Hatsu

Bridge that interacts with Fediverse on behalf of your static site.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: Docker, Rust

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yarn.social

Self-Hosted, Twitter™-like Decentralised micro-logging platform. No ads, no tracking, your content, your data.

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Modern Forums

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Discourse

Advanced forum / community solution based on Ruby and JS.

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Flarum

Delightfully simple forums. Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun again.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: MIT
  • Tech Stack: PHP

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NodeBB

Forum software built for the modern web.

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Misago

Fully featured modern forum application that is fast, scalable and responsive.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: GPL-2.0
  • Tech Stack: Docker

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Talkyard

Create a community, where your users can suggest ideas and get questions answered. And have friendly open-ended discussions and chat (Slack/StackOverflow/Discourse/Reddit/Disqus hybrid).

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Traditional Forums

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phpBB

Flat-forum bulletin board software solution that can be used to stay in touch with a group of people or can power your entire website.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: GPL-2.0
  • Tech Stack: PHP

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MyBB

Free, extensible forum software package.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: LGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: PHP

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Simple Machines Forum

Free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Tech Stack: PHP

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AsmBB

Fast, SQLite-powered forum engine written in ASM.
  • Source Code: asm32.info
  • License: EUPL-1.2
  • Tech Stack: Assembly

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Niche Forums & BBS

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Enigma 1/2 BBS

Enigma 1/2 is a modern, multi-platform BBS engine with unlimited “callers” and legacy DOS door game support.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: BSD-2-Clause
  • Tech Stack: Shell, Docker, Nodejs

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Q&A Platforms

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Answer

Knowledge-based community software. You can use it to quickly build your Q&A community for product technical support, customer support, user communication, and more.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Tech Stack: Docker, Go

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Scoold

Stack Overflow in a JAR. An enterprise-ready Q&A platform with full-text search, SAML, LDAP integration and social login support.

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qpixel

Q&A-based community knowledge-sharing software.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: Ruby

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Comment Systems

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Isso

Lightweight commenting server written in Python and Javascript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: MIT
  • Tech Stack: Python, Docker

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remark42

Lightweight and simple comment engine, which doesn’t spy on users. It can be embedded into blogs, articles or any other place where readers add comments.

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Coral

A better commenting experience from Vox Media.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Tech Stack: Docker, Nodejs

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Chirpy

Privacy-friendly and customizable Disqus (comment system) alternate.

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Artalk

Comment system built in Golang, providing a lightweight and highly customizable solution for adding comments to your website.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: MIT
  • Tech Stack: Go, Docker

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Social Networking Platforms

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HumHub

Flexible kit for private social networks.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: PHP

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Elgg

Powerful open source social networking engine.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: GPL-2.0
  • Tech Stack: PHP

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BuddyPress

Powerful plugin that takes your WordPress.org powered site beyond the blog with social-network features like user profiles, activity streams, user groups, and more.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: GPL-2.0
  • Tech Stack: PHP

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OSSN

Social networking software that allows you to make a social networking website and helps your members build social relationships, with people who share similar professional or personal interests.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: CAL-1.0
  • Tech Stack: PHP

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Socialhome

Federated and decentralized profile builder and social network engine.

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Decision-Making & Collaboration

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Loomio

Collaborative decision-making tool that makes it easy for anyone to participate in decisions which affect them.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: Docker

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Alternative Frontends

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Redlib

This application has anti-features. Please review before deploying.
An alternative private front-end to Reddit, with its origins in Libreddit.
  • Source Code: GitHub
  • License: AGPL-3.0
  • Tech Stack: Rust