Self-hostable software: Social Networks (65)

An open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool for quick capture with a Markdown-native workflow.

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub that lets users publish posts, media, and interact across the federated Fediverse.

An open-source community platform for running discussion forums and real-time chat.

Lila is a free online chess game server focused on realtime gameplay and ease of use.

Flarum is a simple, fast, extensible discussion platform for building online communities and forums.

Apache Answer is a Q&A platform for teams, community forums, help centers, and knowledge management.

NodeBB is a Node.js-based forum software for real-time discussions, notifications, and community messaging.

PeerTube is a free, decentralized, federated video hosting platform and YouTube alternative for creating, sharing, and following videos across the Fediverse.

Lemmy is a self-hostable, federated link aggregator and forum for the fediverse.

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

Owncast is a self-hosted live video streaming and chat server for running independent live streams.

Misskey is an open-source federated social media platform.