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GNU social connects you to a free network of thousands of communities that discuss daily on a variety of topics, each being part of the whole. GNU social supports both single-user and community modes and can be used in an intranet environment or as part of the wider open network. The free and open source microblogging server is written in PHP and built on-top of the OStatus standard for inter-operation between installations.

Twetch is a blockchian-based social network. On Twetch, all interactions are micropayments in the form of Bitcoin BSV and the platform truley revolutionize social media interactions with its micropayments business model that does not include third-party actors taking shares off the payments. All of your content on Twetch is signed by you and stored on the blockchain, forever accessible to you.

A free and ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation protocol. Pixelfed is open-sourced software licensed under the AGPL license.

An ethical social network for a brighter tomorrow. Okuna launched on the scene in 2018 with a Kickstarter campaign under the name Openbook, where they succeeded to raise over $50,000. The goal of the project is to build a free and open source social media platform that respects user privacy. Okuna is still in closed beta and provides registration via invites only.

Locals is a new social network and content platform that rewards content creators. With Locals, you can get exclusive content directly from a creator that is never censored or filtered by an algorithm. Anyone can become a support and unlock an ad-free content library of your favorite creator. The open nature of the platform allows you to connect with members who have shared values and express your own views by creating your own posts and engage in healthy and productive discussions via comments. Locals is avalible as a web app and for Android and iOS.

Tumblr is a an easy to use microblogging site and social network first released in 2007. On Tumblr, people can share stories via blogs and other media such as photos, GIFs, links and third party platform embeds such as Spotify playlist and tracks. All users of Tumblr can follow each other to get up-to-date content from the creators you live. There is also private publishing features which allow you to share your stories only to a select group or community. Over 500 milion people use Tumblr to share contet on the web for free.