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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Unleashing the Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

January 31, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Here’s the finest free and open source software for social networking.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Pleroma – microblogging server software

January 31, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Pleroma is a microblogging server software that can federate (= exchange messages with) other servers that support ActivityPub.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

GNU social – social communication software used in federated social networks

January 31, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

GNU social is a free social networking platform.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Misskey – decentralized social media platform

January 31, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Misskey is a distributed microblogging software that has been developed since 2014.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Firefish – powerful microblogging server

January 31, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Firefish is a powerful microblogging server on ActivityPub with features such as emoji reactions, a customizable web UI, rich chatting

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Oxwall – social networking software platform

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Oxwall is a software package PHP/MySQL social networking software platform for building social networks, family sites and more.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Bootcamp – enterprise social network

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Bootcamp is an enterprise social network of open purpose, on which you can build for your own ends.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

pump.io – social server with an ActivityStreams API

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

pump.io is a decentralized/federated social network. It’s a stream server that aims to offer what people really want from a social network.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

HumHub – Open Source Social Network

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

HumHub is a feature rich and highly flexible Social Network Kit using the Yii PHP framework.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Drupal Commons – community collaboration website in a box

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Drupal Commons is a Drupal distribution from Acquia. It is a ready-to-use open source solution for creating both internal and/or external communities.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Friendica – decentralised communications platform that integrates social communication

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Friendica is a software to create a distributed social network. It is part of the federation of servers.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Elgg – social networking engine

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Elgg is a highly respected open source social networking framework that offers the functionality to allow you to run your own social networking site.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

BuddyPress – social networking software package

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

BuddyPress is open source social networking. It is a powerful plugin that transforms a WordPress powered site into a social network platform.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

diaspora – privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

diaspora is a privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Community Builder (for Joomla)

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Community Builder is a popular social networking solution that offers the tools and usability needed to grow and maintain a website community.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Mastodon – open-source social network server based on ActivityPub

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Mastodon is a self-hosted social networking service. It allows anyone to host their own server node in the network.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Yammer

September 15, 2021 Steve Emms Internet

Yammer is a social-networking platform designed for communication and collaboration within organizations. Here’s the best open source alternatives.

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