Open Source Alternatives to X/Twitter
A social networking platform that lets individuals and organizations share short messages, follow accounts, and interact through likes, replies, and media, while offering tiered subscription options for added features.
Whether you want to cut software costs or escape vendor lock-in, these open source alternatives to X/Twitter give you an option you fully own. You can self-host them, so your data stays on infrastructure you control. This page lists 4 open source alternatives to X/Twitter. The most popular are Mastodon, Bluesky and diaspora*. Most use the AGPL-3.0 or MIT license, and 3 offer an official Docker image.
Mastodon
Host a federated social network where users share posts, media, and interact across ActivityPub servers.
Bluesky
A decentralized social network built on the AT Protocol to provide user control over data and experience.
diaspora*
A privacy-aware distributed social network that allows users to own their data across federated servers.
Movim
A federated blogging and chat platform that serves as a web frontend for the XMPP protocol.
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