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Revision as of 13:23, 13 November 2024

Fediverse projects are the different software parts of the Fediverse. Many of them are replacements for better-known social media platforms.

Mastodon

Main article: Mastodon

Mastodon is a microblogging service like Twitter.
Microblogging means you have a blog with short (micro) posts which can include pictures and video. Usually there's a 500-character limit for posts on Mastodon.

What is Misskey?

Main article: Misskey

Misskey is another microblogging service like Twitter and Mastodon.
It has a different design and different limits than Mastodon and Pleroma.

What is Pleroma?

Main article: What is Pleroma?

Pleroma is another microblogging service like Twitter, Mastodon and Misskey.
Contrary to Mastodon though it usually has a character limit of 5000 as well as some other differences.

Pleroma also has forks. See e.g.: Akkoma

GoToSocial

Main article: GoToSocial

GoToSocial is another microblogging service like Twitter, Mastodon, Misskey and Pleroma.
It's very light weight.

Friendica

Main article: Friendica

Friendica is a social network like Facebook.
Post text, pictures and videos for the eyes of only your family or friends; or share them with the Fediverse.

What is Hubzilla ?

Main article: Hubzilla

Hubzilla is a modular webserver-based operating system which includes technologies for publishing, social media, file sharing, photo sharing, chat and more, including the ability to develop custom modules.

What is WriteFreely?

Main article: What is WriteFreely?

WriteFreely is a (macro-)blogging service like Wordpress or Blogger.
You can create beautiful blogs, diaries and books.

Lemmy

Main article: Lemmy

Lemmy is a link aggregator like Reddit.
You can post links, images and text posts that people can vote and comment on.

Pixelfed

Main article: Pixelfed

Pixelfed is a photoblogging service like Instagram.
Your posts must include at least one image, but of course you can add captions, tags, and location data.

PeerTube

Main article: PeerTube

PeerTube is a video sharing service like Youtube or Vimeo.
You can upload videos for others to watch on the website. People can subscribe from all over the Fediverse.

What is Owncast?

Main article: What is Owncast?

Owncast is a video streaming service similar to Twitch.
You can e.g. stream live video and chat with your viewers.

Funkwhale

Main article: Funkwhale

Funkwhale is an audio sharing service like e.g. Spotify or Bandcamp.
You can listen to artists, albums, playlists, podcasts and radio shows and upload your own audio.

Mobilizon

Main article: Mobilizon

Mobilizon is an event planner similar to Facebook events.
You can create events and add locations, dates, pictures and so on.

What is BookWyrm?

Main article: What is BookWyrm?

BookWyrm is a book cataloguing service like Goodreads.
You can track your reading habits, review and rate books and more.

Table of Fediverse replacements for traditional social media platforms

Traditional social media Fediverse replacement Upcoming Fediverse replacement
Microblogging Twitter

Mastodon, Pleroma, GNU Social,
Misskey, GoToSocial

Bonfire
Social network Facebook

Friendica, diaspora*, (streams), SocialHome

Multi purpose Hubzilla
Blogging Blogger WriteFreely, Plume, (Wordpress)
Link aggregation reddit, Pinterest Lemmy, Lotide Pinetta
Photoblogging Instagram Pixelfed
Videohosting- & Streaming Youtube, Twitch, TikTok PeerTube, Owncast Goldfish
Audiohosting Spotify, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, ... Funkwhale, Castopod, reel2bits
Events & groups Facebook

Mobilizon, Gancio

Book cataloguing Goodreads BookWyrm

Further Reading

External Links

Main article: Fediverse weblinks

Delightful Fediverse apps - an almost complete list of Fediverse software.

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