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Open source alternatives to Backspace

50 open source Social apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

  1. D

    Discourse

    Launch

    Discourse is the customizable, scalable community platform powering more than 22,000 communities that create knowledge through conversation.

  2. B

    Bluesky

    Launch

    A decentralized social network focused on fostering meaningful interactions and giving users control over their data and experience.

  3. F

    Flarum

    Launch

    Lightweight, extensible forum platform with a sleek interface, powerful moderation tools, and seamless integration capabilities.

  4. M

    Mastodon

    Launch

    Learn more about Mastodon, the radically different, free and open-source decentralized social media platform.

  5. N

    Novu

    Launch

    Novu is the open-source notification and agent communication infrastructure. Connect AI agents and products to customers across in-app, email, SMS, push, WhatsApp, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Telegram with one API. Start with npx novu conne

  6. P

    Pi-Hole

    Launch

    Network-wide ad blocking via your own Linux hardware, using DNS filtering and re-direction Pi-Hole can block ads on a whole network, so Smartphones and Game Consoles can benefit from it in addition to computers.

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7
O

OpenVPN

OpenVPN is a virtual private network

Launch
8
P

Portmaster

Portmaster is a free and open-source application firewall

Launch
9
N

NodeBB

Forum software built for the modern web

Launch
10
H

Hey

A blockchain-powered social platform offering censorship-resistant content

Launch
11
O

OpenTofu

A community-driven, truly open-source fork of Terraform

Launch
12
N

NetAlertX

Network intruder and presence detector

Launch
13
T

The Lounge

Self-hosted web IRC client

Launch
14
N

Nakama Dotnet

.NET client for Nakama server written in C#

Launch
15
O

OpenSearch

Community-driven, Apache 2.0-licensed search and analytics suite

Launch
16
M

Mosquitto

Eclipse Mosquitto - An open source MQTT broker

Launch
17
M

Movim

Modern, federated social network based on XMPP

Launch
18
A

AIRI

Self hosted, you-owned Grok Companion, a container of souls of waifu

Launch
19
O

Orb Agent

Orb network observability agent, part of the NetBox ecosystem and developed…

Launch
20
S

Stats

macOS system monitor in your menu bar

Launch
21
X

Xray-core

Xray, Penetrates Everything

Launch
22
C

Campfire

Install your own group chat system with @mentions, DMs, and mobile support

Launch
23
C

Colanode

Local-first collaboration platform combining real-time chat, rich text pages

Launch
24
S

Scanopy

Discovers your network via SNMP, LLDP, and ARP

Launch
25
M

Maigret

Collect a dossier on a person by username from 6K websites

Launch
26
W

WeeChat

The extensible command-line chat client. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]

Launch
27
F

Flow Launcher

Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins

Launch
28
A

Apprise

Apprise allows you to send a notification

Launch
29
B

Bitchat

bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes

Launch
30
N

Nicotine Plus

Graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network

Launch
31
V

V2ray Core

A platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions

Launch
32
R

Rabbitmq Server

Open source RabbitMQ: core server and tier 1 (built-in) plugins

Launch
33
B

Brook

A cross-platform programmable network tool

Launch
34
B

blocky

Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network

Launch
35
O

OpenMediaVault

Network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux

Launch
36
P

Paperless-ngx

Scan, index, and archive physical documents efficiently

Launch
37
T

Tinode

Instant messaging platform

Launch
38
M

Mixpost

Create, schedule, and manage social media content from your own server

Launch
39
O

Opengrep

Opengrep is a community-driven fork of SemgrepCE

Launch
40
Y

YunoHost

Install and maintain your own server with minimal technical knowledge

Launch
41
N

NSQ

A realtime distributed messaging platform

Launch
42
F

Forem

Open source platform for building communities

Launch
43
L

Lobsters

Computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion

Launch
44
P

phpBB

Flat-forum bulletin board software solution

Launch
45
F

Fluxer

A free and open source instant messaging and VoIP chat app built for friends

Launch
46
G

GoToSocial

ActivityPub federated social network server implementing the Mastodon client API

Launch
47
N

Nats Server

High-Performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system

Launch
48
O

OpenZiti

Fully-featured, zero trust, full mesh overlay network

Launch
49
S

SimpleX Chat

The most private and secure chat and applications platform

Launch
50
P

Pulsar

A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, Forked from Atom, built on Electron

Launch

About Backspace

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Backspace

Self-hosted, open-source Discord alternative: voice, HD video

Backspace is a self-hosted, open-source Discord alternative with fine-grained voice and video controls, screen sharing up to 4K/120fps, and server-to-server federation. AGPL-3.0, deploys with Docker, runs on a Raspberry Pi.

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Price
Free
Made by
TheZwiss
Category
Social
Website
backspacechat.com