{"id":35712,"date":"2023-05-31T10:09:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T10:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=35712"},"modified":"2023-06-19T13:22:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T13:22:00","slug":"list-of-top-free-open-source-self-hosted-application-for-communication-social-networks-and-forums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/list-of-top-free-open-source-self-hosted-application-for-communication-social-networks-and-forums\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Top Free Open Source &amp; Self Hosted Application for Communication &#8211; Social Networks and Forums"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Social Networking and Forum software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akkoma &#8211; Federated microblogging server with Mastodon, GNU social, and ActivityPub compatibility. AGPL-3.0 Elixir<br>Anahita &#8211; Open Source Social Networking Framework and Platform. GPL-3.0 PHP<br>Answer &#8211; An open-source knowledge-based community software. You can use it to quickly build your Q&amp;A community for product technical support, customer support, user communication, and more. Apache-2.0 Docker\/Go<br>AsmBB &#8211; A fast, SQLite-powered forum engine written in ASM. EUPL-1.2 Assembly<br>Bibliogram \u26a0 &#8211; An alternative front-end for Instagram. AGPL-3.0 Nodejs<br>Buddycloud &#8211; Tools, libraries, services and a community to build user-to-user, group and social messaging into your app. Saves time. Scales up. Supports you. Apache-2.0 Java<br>BuddyPress &#8211; 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. GPL-2.0 PHP<br>Cactus Comments &#8211; Cactus Comments is a federated comment system for the open web built on Matrix. GPL-3.0 Python<br>Chirpy &#8211; Chirpy is an open-source, privacy-friendly and customizable Disqus (comment system) alternate. AGPL-3.0 Docker\/Nodejs<br>Commento &#8211; Commento is a discussion platform that you can embed on your blog, news articles, and any place where you want your readers to add comments. MIT Go<br>Coral &#8211; A better commenting experience from Vox Media. Apache-2.0 Nodejs<br>diaspora* &#8211; Distributed social networking server. AGPL-3.0 Ruby<br>Discourse &#8211; Advanced forum \/ community solution based on Ruby and JS. GPL-2.0 Ruby<br>Elgg &#8211; Powerful open source social networking engine. GPL-2.0 PHP<br>Enigma 1\/2 BBS &#8211; Enigma 1\/2 is a modern, multi-platform BBS engine with unlimited &#8220;callers&#8221; and legacy DOS door game support. BSD-2-Clause Shell\/Docker\/Nodejs<br>Flarum &#8211; Delightfully simple forums. Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun again. MIT PHP<br>FlaskBB &#8211; 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. BSD-3-Clause Python<br>Friendica &#8211; Social Communication Server. AGPL-3.0 PHP<br>GNU social &#8211; Social communication software for both public and private communications. AGPL-3.0 PHP<br>GoToSocial &#8211; ActivityPub federated social network server implementing the Mastodon client API. AGPL-3.0 Docker\/Go<br>Hubzilla &#8211; Decentralized identity, privacy, publishing, sharing, cloud storage, and communications\/social platform. MIT PHP<br>HumHub &#8211; Flexible kit for private social networks. AGPL-3.0 PHP<br>Isso &#8211; Lightweight commenting server written in Python and Javascript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus. MIT Python\/Docker<br>kbin &#8211; Federated content aggregator and microblogging platform. AGPL-3.0 PHP\/Nodejs\/Docker<br>Lemmy &#8211; A link aggregator \/ reddit clone for the fediverse. Reddit alternative built in Rust. AGPL-3.0 Rust<br>Libreddit \u26a0 &#8211; Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust. AGPL-3.0 Rust<br>Loomio &#8211; Loomio is a collaborative decision-making tool that makes it easy for anyone to participate in decisions which affect them. AGPL-3.0 Ruby<br>Mastodon &#8211; Federated microblogging server, an alternative to GNU social. AGPL-3.0 Ruby<br>Misago &#8211; Misago is fully featured modern forum application that is fast, scalable and responsive. GPL-2.0 Python<br>Misskey &#8211; Decentralized app-like microblogging server\/SNS for the Fediverse, using the ActivityPub protocol like GNU social and Mastodon. AGPL-3.0 Nodejs<br>Movim &#8211; Modern, federated social network based on XMPP, with a fully featured group-chat, subscriptions and microblogging. AGPL-3.0 PHP<br>MyBB &#8211; Free, extensible forum software package. LGPL-3.0 PHP<br>Nitter \u26a0 &#8211; A alternative front end to twitter. AGPL-3.0 Nimble<br>NodeBB &#8211; Forum software built for the modern web. GPL-3.0 Nodejs<br>Orange Forum &#8211; Orange Forum is an easy to deploy forum that has minimal dependencies and uses very little javascript. BSD-3-Clause Go<br>OSSN &#8211; 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. GPL-2.0 PHP<br>phpBB &#8211; 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. GPL-2.0 PHP<br>PixelFed &#8211; Pixelfed is an open-source, federated platform alternate to Instagram. AGPL-3.0 PHP<br>Pleroma &#8211; Federated microblogging server, Mastodon, GNU social, &amp; ActivityPub compatible. AGPL-3.0 Elixir<br>qpixel &#8211; Q&amp;A-based community knowledge-sharing software. AGPL-3.0 Ruby<br>remark42 &#8211; A lightweight and simple comment engine, which doesn&#8217;t spy on users. It can be embedded into blogs, articles or any other place where readers add comments. MIT Go<br>Retrospring &#8211; A free, open-source social network following the Q\/A (question and answer) principle of sites like Formspring, ask.fm or CuriousCat. AGPL-3.0 Ruby\/Nodejs<br>schnack &#8211; Schnack is simple self-hosted node app for Disqus-like drop-in commenting on static websites. LIL-1.0 Nodejs<br>Scoold &#8211; Stack Overflow in a JAR. An enterprise-ready Q&amp;A platform with full-text search, SAML, LDAP integration and social login support. Apache-2.0 Java<br>Simple Machines Forum &#8211; Free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes. BSD-3-Clause PHP<br>Socialhome &#8211; Federated and decentralized profile builder and social network engine. AGPL-3.0 Python<br>Takah\u0113 &#8211; Federated microblogging server. Mastodon, &amp; ActivityPub compatible. BSD-3-Clause Docker<br>Talkyard &#8211; 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). AGPL-3.0 Scala<br>Teddit \u26a0 &#8211; Alternative Reddit front-end focused on privacy. AGPL-3.0 Nodejs<br>Thredded &#8211; Forums, feature-rich and simple. MIT Ruby<br>Tokumei &#8211; Anonymous microblogging platform. ISC rc<br>twister &#8211; Fully decentralized P2P microblogging platform leveraging the free software implementations of Bitcoin and BitTorrent protocols. MIT C++<br>Vanilla Forums &#8211; Simple and flexible forum software. GPL-2.0 PHP<br>yarn.social &#8211; Self-Hosted, Twitter\u2122-like Decentralised micro-logging platform. No ads, no tracking, your content, your data. MIT Go<br>Zusam &#8211; Free and open-source way to self-host private forums for groups of friends or family. AGPL-3.0 PHP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Networking and Forum software. Akkoma &#8211; Federated microblogging server with Mastodon, GNU social, and ActivityPub compatibility. AGPL-3.0 ElixirAnahita &#8211; Open Source Social Networking Framework and Platform. 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