Communication - 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

★? ? Elixir Docker AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Anahita#

Open Source Social Networking Framework and Platform.

Website Source Code

★427 2023-10-25 PHP GPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


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

★9084 2023-11-30 Docker Go Apache-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


AsmBB#

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

Website Source Code

★? ? Assembly EUPL-1.2

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Bibliogram#

An alternative front-end for Instagram.

Website Source Code

★? ? Nodejs AGPL-3.0 ⚠ Anti-features

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Buddycloud#

Tools, libraries, services and a community to build user-to-user, group and social messaging into your app. Saves time. Scales up. Supports you.

Website Source Code

★? ? Java Apache-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


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

★217 2023-12-06 PHP GPL-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Cactus Comments#

Cactus Comments is a federated comment system for the open web built on Matrix.

Website Source Code Demo

★? ? Docker Python GPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Chirpy#

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

Website Source Code Demo

★504 2023-12-02 Docker Nodejs AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Coral#

A better commenting experience from Vox Media.

Website Source Code

★1852 2023-12-07 Docker Nodejs Apache-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


diaspora*#

Distributed social networking server.

Website Source Code

★13302 2023-11-13 Ruby AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Discourse#

Advanced forum / community solution based on Ruby and JS.

Website Source Code Demo

★39211 2023-12-08 Docker GPL-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Elgg#

Powerful open source social networking engine.

Website Source Code

★1609 2023-12-01 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 “callers” and legacy DOS door game support.

Website Source Code Demo

★499 2023-10-15 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

★14515 2023-05-20 PHP MIT

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


FlaskBB#

FlaskBB is forum software written in Python using the microframework Flask. You can easily create new topics, posts and send other users private messages. It also includes basic administration and moderation tools.

Website Source Code

★2474 2023-03-13 Python BSD-3-Clause

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Friendica#

Social Communication Server.

Website Source Code

★1278 2023-12-07 PHP AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


GoToSocial#

ActivityPub federated social network server implementing the Mastodon client API.

Website Source Code

★3166 2023-12-08 Docker Go AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Hubzilla#

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

Website Source Code

★? ? PHP MIT

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


HumHub#

Flexible kit for private social networks.

Website Source Code

★6165 2023-12-08 PHP AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Isso#

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

Website Source Code

★4897 2023-11-28 Python Docker MIT

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


kbin#

Federated content aggregator and microblogging platform.

Website Source Code

★725 2023-12-08 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

★12345 2023-12-06 Docker Rust AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Libreddit#

Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust.

Website Source Code

★4910 2023-11-29 Rust AGPL-3.0 ⚠ Anti-features

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Loomio#

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

Website Source Code

★2258 2023-12-08 Docker AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Mastodon#

Federated microblogging server.

Website Source Code Clients

★44755 2023-12-08 Ruby AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Misago#

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

Website Source Code

★2405 2023-12-06 Docker GPL-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Misskey#

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

Website Source Code

★8799 2023-12-08 Nodejs Docker AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Movim#

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

Website Source Code

★1666 2023-11-23 PHP Docker AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


MyBB#

Free, extensible forum software package.

Website Source Code

★990 2023-11-04 PHP LGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Nitter#

A alternative front end to twitter.

Website Source Code

★8786 2023-10-31 Nim Docker AGPL-3.0 ⚠ Anti-features

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


NodeBB#

Forum software built for the modern web.

Website Source Code

★13672 2023-12-08 Nodejs GPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Orange Forum#

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

Website Source Code

★438 2023-11-12 Go BSD-3-Clause

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


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

★1003 2023-11-28 PHP GPL-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


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

★1744 2023-11-26 PHP GPL-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


PixelFed#

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

Website Source Code

★5216 2023-12-08 PHP AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Pleroma#

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

Website Source Code

★? ? Elixir AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


qpixel#

Q&A-based community knowledge-sharing software.

Website Source Code

★335 2023-12-05 Ruby AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


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

★4546 2023-12-02 Docker Go MIT

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


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

★170 2023-12-08 Ruby Nodejs AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


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

★782 2023-12-06 Java Docker K8S Apache-2.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Simple Machines Forum#

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

Website Source Code

★546 2023-12-07 PHP BSD-3-Clause

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Socialhome#

Federated and decentralized profile builder and social network engine.

Website Source Code Demo

★348 2023-10-31 Docker Python AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Takahē#

Federated microblogging server. Mastodon, & ActivityPub compatible.

Website Source Code

★1022 2023-12-07 Docker BSD-3-Clause

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


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

★1643 2023-10-12 Docker Scala AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


Teddit#

Alternative Reddit front-end focused on privacy.

Website Source Code

★? ? Nodejs Docker AGPL-3.0 ⚠ Anti-features

Communication - Social Networks and Forums


yarn.social#

Self-Hosted, Twitter™-like Decentralised micro-logging platform. No ads, no tracking, your content, your data.

Website Source Code

★? ? 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

★158 2023-11-23 PHP AGPL-3.0

Communication - Social Networks and Forums