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We've compiled a list of 6 free and paid alternatives to Mastodon. The primary competitors include Twitter, Facebook. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Mastodon and Diaspora, GNU social, Kaverti. Also you can look at other similar options here: Security and Privacy Software.
We've compiled a list of 6 free and paid alternatives to Mastodon. The primary competitors include Twitter, Facebook. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Mastodon and Diaspora, GNU social, Kaverti. Also you can look at other similar options here: Security and Privacy Software.
Web-Based
Mastodon is a decentralized microblogging engine.
FEATURES
- Free and open-source.
- Decentralized, no worries about a single company controlling your communications.
- Supports the standardized ActivityPub protocol
- Fully interoperable with 
GNU social and many other ActivityPub or OStatus platforms
- Real-time timeline updates
- Media attachments
- OAuth2 and a straightforward REST API
- Background processing for long-running tasks
- Deployable via Docker
Trigger warning
Self-hosted
Privacy-friendly
Fediverse
Federated Cloud
Distributed
Delete and re-draft
Content warnings
Autopause gifs
Support for ActivityPub
Decentralisation
Open source software
Server Moderation
Federated
Decentralized
Two factor authentication
Open API
Free Speech
Security & Privacy
Privacy settings
Community based
Open Source apps
IFTTT integration
Ad-free
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