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Open source: Fediverse

The fediverse is a network of independent servers that run open source software and exchange posts through a shared protocol, ActivityPub. Instead of one company owning every account, you choose a server, sign up there and can still follow people on other servers and even other services: a Mastodon account can follow a PeerTube channel or a Pixelfed profile. Here are the fediverse counterparts of X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Reddit, plus Android clients for them. The Open button leads to the official server list; an account on one server is not an account on all of them.

Microblogging

Instead of Facebook, Facebook Lite, X (Twitter), Threads

Mastodon

A decentralised microblogging network from Mastodon gGmbH: you choose a server, create an account there and follow people across the fediverse.

Web Open source

Mastodon

The official Android client for Mastodon: sign up on a server or log in to an existing account and read your home timeline on the phone.

Android Open source

Friendica

A decentralised social network with Facebook-style profiles, groups and long posts, connected to Mastodon and the rest of the fediverse.

Web Open source

Pachli

A third-party Android app for Mastodon accounts: several accounts, flexible timelines and filters, open source.

Android Open source

Short videos

Instead of TikTok, TikTok Web, TikTok Lite - Save Data

PeerTube

A federated video platform by Framasoft: independent servers host channels and videos, and viewers watch them in the browser.

Web Open source

Loops

A federated short-video platform, still in beta: vertical clips, follows and comments, as an open alternative to TikTok.

Web Open source

Photo sharing

Instead of Pinterest, Snapchat, Instagram, Snapchat

Pixelfed

Federated photo sharing: pick a Pixelfed server, post pictures and albums, follow people on Pixelfed and the wider fediverse.

Web Open source

Pixelfed

The official Pixelfed app for Android: sign in to a Pixelfed server, browse your feed and share photos.

Android Open source

Link aggregators & forums

Instead of Reddit

Lemmy

A federated alternative to Reddit from LemmyNet: communities live on independent instances, and you can join them from any server.

Web Open source

Jerboa

The Android client for Lemmy from LemmyNet: log in to your instance and read, vote and comment in communities across the fediverse.

Android Open source

PieFed

A federated Reddit alternative: communities, votes and threaded discussions on independent PieFed servers that connect with Lemmy.

Web Open source