Mastodon
Mastodon is free, open-source server software for running a social network where people follow friends and share text, links, pictures and videos. It is for people or groups who want to host their own social network that can also talk to other Mastodon and ActivityPub servers.
Description written from the project's own page; checked by AI.
Screenshots2
From Mastodon's own page. Click one to see it full size.
Listed in1
The jobs it does, and the closed apps it replaces
Microblogging
Replaces fullyInstead of Twitter / X, Threads
What's missing
Things people miss in Mastodon. Upvote what matters to you; it helps its team decide.
Facts
LicenseAGPL-3.0
Runs onyour own server
KindRuns on your own server
Stars on GitHub50k
Hosted onGitHub
ActivityChanged within the last year
Something wrong?
Wrong devices, a wrong description, or it isn't really open source? A mod reviews every suggestion.
What we couldn't confirm2
- The README does not say whether Mastodon is meant to be a direct replacement for Threads.
- The official public mastodon servers' hosting terms are not stated in the material given.