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Social Networks and Forums

Social Networking and Forum software.


Software​

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Akkoma​

Federated microblogging server with Mastodon, GNU social, and ActivityPub compatibility.

Website Source Code

β˜…? ? Elixir Docker AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Anahita​

Open Source Social Networking Framework and Platform.

Website Source Code

β˜…435 2023-10-25 PHP GPL-3.0

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Answer​

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.

Website Source Code

β˜…12441 2024-08-13 Docker Go Apache-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


AsmBB​

A fast, SQLite-powered forum engine written in ASM.

Website Source Code

β˜…? ? Assembly EUPL-1.2

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BuddyPress​

Powerful plugin that takes your WordPress.org powered site beyond the blog with social-network features like user profiles, activity streams, user groups, and more.

Website Source Code

β˜…227 2024-08-19 PHP GPL-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Chirpy​

Chirpy is an open-source, privacy-friendly and customizable Disqus (comment system) alternate.

Website Source Code Demo

β˜…552 2024-05-17 Docker Nodejs AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Coral​

A better commenting experience from Vox Media.

Website Source Code

β˜…1881 2024-08-06 Docker Nodejs Apache-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


diaspora*​

Distributed social networking server.

Website Source Code

β˜…13373 2024-06-16 Ruby AGPL-3.0

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Discourse​

Advanced forum / community solution based on Ruby and JS.

Website Source Code Demo

β˜…41573 2024-08-26 Docker GPL-2.0

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Elgg​

Powerful open source social networking engine.

Website Source Code

β˜…1632 2024-08-15 PHP GPL-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Enigma 1/2 BBS​

Enigma 1/2 is a modern, multi-platform BBS engine with unlimited β€œcallers” and legacy DOS door game support.

Website Source Code Demo

β˜…531 2024-08-24 Shell Docker Nodejs BSD-2-Clause

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Flarum​

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

Website Source Code

β˜…15212 2024-06-29 PHP MIT

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Friendica​

Social Communication Server.

Website Source Code

β˜…1408 2024-08-26 PHP AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


GoToSocial​

ActivityPub federated social network server implementing the Mastodon client API.

Website Source Code

β˜…3634 2024-08-26 Docker Go AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Hatsu​

Bridge that interacts with Fediverse on behalf of your static site.

Website Source Code

β˜…123 2024-07-23 Docker Rust AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Hubzilla​

Decentralized identity, privacy, publishing, sharing, cloud storage, and communications/social platform.

Website Source Code

β˜…? ? PHP MIT

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HumHub​

Flexible kit for private social networks.

Website Source Code

β˜…6274 2024-08-23 PHP AGPL-3.0

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Isso​

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

Website Source Code

β˜…5016 2024-05-17 Python Docker MIT

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


kbin​

Federated content aggregator and microblogging platform.

Website Source Code

β˜…769 2023-12-20 PHP Nodejs Docker AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Lemmy​

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

Website Source Code

β˜…13085 2024-08-22 Docker Rust AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Libreddit​

Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust.

Website Source Code

β˜…5015 2024-05-02 Rust AGPL-3.0 ⚠ Anti-features

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Loomio​

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

Website Source Code

β˜…2340 2024-08-21 Docker AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Mastodon​

Federated microblogging server.

Website Source Code Clients

β˜…46607 2024-08-26 Ruby AGPL-3.0

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Misago​

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

Website Source Code

β˜…2516 2024-08-24 Docker GPL-2.0

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Misskey​

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

Website Source Code

β˜…9775 2024-08-26 Nodejs Docker AGPL-3.0

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Movim​

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

Website Source Code

β˜…1720 2024-08-22 PHP Docker AGPL-3.0

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MyBB​

Free, extensible forum software package.

Website Source Code

β˜…1068 2024-08-07 PHP LGPL-3.0

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Nitter​

An alternative front end to twitter.

Website Source Code

β˜…9883 2023-10-31 Nim Docker AGPL-3.0 ⚠ Anti-features

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NodeBB​

Forum software built for the modern web.

Website Source Code

β˜…14081 2024-08-26 Nodejs GPL-3.0

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Orange Forum​

Orange Forum is an easy to deploy forum that has minimal dependencies and uses very little javascript.

Website Source Code

β˜…439 2023-11-12 Go BSD-3-Clause

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OSSN​

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.

Website Source Code

β˜…1061 2024-07-07 PHP GPL-2.0

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phpBB​

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.

Website Source Code

β˜…1820 2024-08-12 PHP GPL-2.0

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PixelFed​

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

Website Source Code

β˜…5579 2024-08-18 PHP AGPL-3.0

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Pleroma​

Federated microblogging server, Mastodon, GNU social, & ActivityPub compatible.

Website Source Code

β˜…? ? Elixir AGPL-3.0

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qpixel​

Q&A-based community knowledge-sharing software.

Website Source Code

β˜…383 2024-08-25 Ruby AGPL-3.0

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remark42​

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.

Website Source Code Demo

β˜…4816 2024-08-24 Docker Go MIT

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Retrospring​

A free, open-source social network following the Q/A (question and answer) principle of sites like Formspring, ask.fm or CuriousCat.

Website Source Code Demo

β˜…239 2024-08-23 Ruby Nodejs AGPL-3.0

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Scoold​

Stack Overflow in a JAR. An enterprise-ready Q&A platform with full-text search, SAML, LDAP integration and social login support.

Website Source Code Demo

β˜…856 2024-08-14 Java Docker K8S Apache-2.0

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Simple Machines Forum​

Free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.

Website Source Code

β˜…583 2024-08-08 PHP BSD-3-Clause

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Socialhome​

Federated and decentralized profile builder and social network engine.

Website Source Code Demo

β˜…353 2024-08-07 Docker Python AGPL-3.0

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Takahē​

Federated microblogging server. Mastodon, & ActivityPub compatible.

Website Source Code

β˜…1112 2024-05-21 Docker BSD-3-Clause

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Talkyard​

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).

Website Source Code Demo

β˜…1700 2024-06-22 Docker Scala AGPL-3.0

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yarn.social​

Self-Hosted, Twitterβ„’-like Decentralised micro-logging platform. No ads, no tracking, your content, your data.

Website Source Code

β˜…? ? Go MIT

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Zusam​

Free and open-source way to self-host private forums for groups of friends or family.

Website Source Code Demo

β˜…182 2023-11-23 PHP AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums