GNU social Alternatives

Mastodon is a free and open source decentralized social network that is used by over 4.4 million people. At mastodon you can follow friends, discover and rally around topics, and share links, pictures, text, video, much like Twitter. The main difference with Mastodon is the decentralized nature of the software. Anyone is free to start their own Mastodon server, that automatically interconnects with all the other Mastodon servers. Since the network is community-owned and not backed by any venture capital you can be sure that your data will not be monitized and that you will have an ad-free experience.

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

A free and open-source modern forum software written in PHP. With Flarum you can eaisly setup your own discussion froum and host it online.

Discourse is an open source internet forum and mailing list software. The application is written with Ember.js and Ruby on Rails, and can be self-hosted in the cloud or on local hardware for free. Discourse also provides managed hosting starting at $100/month, so that you can focus on building a community rather than installing software and managing servers.

Jodel is a social media network that focusing on creating hyperlocal connections through community that shows you what's happening in your area in real-time. With Jodel you can share news, events, experiences and discussions with other in your area. With the help of votes, interesting topics, events and discussions rise to the top for your community in your area. Jodel