Mastodon50.5k

mastodon/mastodon

Open sourceFreeCommunication & SocialSelf-hosted

What is Mastodon?

Self-hosted social network software that joins a federated, decentralized microblogging network. It has 50,492 stars on GitHub and ranks #1 in Communication & Social. You can host it on your own server and keep your data.

GitHub description: Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community

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