Self-hosted Communication - Social Networks and Forums

Innovative social networking platforms that facilitate seamless interactions, information exchange, and community building through intuitive interfaces and robust infrastructure.

• Mastodon

  ⭐️ 46.1k

  Federated microblogging server.

• Discourse

  ⭐️ 40.7k

  Advanced forum / community solution based on Ruby and JS.

• Flarum

  ⭐️ 15.0k

  Delightfully simple forums. Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun again.

• NodeBB

  ⭐️ 13.9k

  Forum software built for the modern web.

• diaspora*

  ⭐️ 13.4k

  Distributed social networking server.

• Lemmy

  ⭐️ 12.9k

  A link aggregator / reddit clone for the fediverse (alternative to Reddit).

• Answer

  ⭐️ 11.6k

  An open-source 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.

• Nitter

  ⭐️ 9.7k

  An alternative front end to twitter.

• Misskey

  ⭐️ 9.6k

  Decentralized app-like microblogging server/SNS for the Fediverse, using the ActivityPub protocol like GNU social and Mastodon.

• HumHub

  ⭐️ 6.2k

  Flexible kit for private social networks.

• PixelFed

  ⭐️ 5.5k

  Pixelfed is an open-source, federated platform alternate to Instagram.

• Libreddit

  ⭐️ 5.0k

  Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust.

• Isso

  ⭐️ 5.0k

  Lightweight commenting server written in Python and Javascript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus.

• remark42

  ⭐️ 4.7k

  A 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.

• GoToSocial

  ⭐️ 3.5k

  ActivityPub federated social network server implementing the Mastodon client API.

• Misago

  ⭐️ 2.5k

  Misago is fully featured modern forum application that is fast, scalable and responsive.

• Loomio

  ⭐️ 2.3k

  Loomio is a collaborative decision-making tool that makes it easy for anyone to participate in decisions which affect them.

• Coral

  ⭐️ 1.9k

  A better commenting experience from Vox Media.

• phpBB

  ⭐️ 1.8k

  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.

• Movim

  ⭐️ 1.7k

  Modern, federated social network based on XMPP, with a fully featured group-chat, subscriptions and microblogging.

• Talkyard

  ⭐️ 1.7k

  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).

• Elgg

  ⭐️ 1.6k

  Powerful open source social networking engine.

• Friendica

  ⭐️ 1.4k

  Social Communication Server.

• Takahē

  ⭐️ 1.1k

  Federated microblogging server. Mastodon, & ActivityPub compatible.

• OSSN

  ⭐️ 1.0k

  Open Source Social Network (OSSN) is a social networking software written in PHP. It allows you to make a social networking website and helps your members build social relationships, with people who share similar professional or personal interests.