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Alternatives to Forem

50 Social apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

  1. X

    Launch

    X, formerly Twitter, is where news breaks and conversations happen in real time: posts, replies, Spaces and video from everyone you follow.

  2. Pinterest

    Launch

    Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try.

  3. Discord

    Launch

    Voice, video, and text chat for communities of every size.

  4. D

    Discourse

    Launch

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

  5. T

    Telegram

    Launch

    Fast. Secure. Powerful.

  6. Reddit

    Launch

    Dive into anything. Thousands of communities, endless conversations.

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Bluesky

Social media as it should be

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Facebook

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Flarum

The extensible community framework

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Mastodon

Decentralized social media

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Novu

Connect your AI agents and products to customers

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TikTok

Video-focused social media platform

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WhatsApp

Use WhatsApp Messenger to stay in touch with friends and family

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Pi-Hole

Network-wide ad blocking via your own Linux hardware

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OpenVPN

OpenVPN is a virtual private network

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Portmaster

Portmaster is a free and open-source application firewall

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NodeBB

Forum software built for the modern web

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Blogger

Publish your passions your way

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Hey

A blockchain-powered social platform offering censorship-resistant content

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last.fm

The world's largest online music service

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Myspace

Featured Content on Myspace

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OpenTofu

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

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Threads

Social networking site operated by Meta Platforms

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Tumblr

Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet

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VK

Social networking service from Russia

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NetAlertX

Network intruder and presence detector

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The Lounge

Self-hosted web IRC client

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Nakama Dotnet

.NET client for Nakama server written in C#

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CouchSurfing

Connect with locals worldwide

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Goodreads

Meet your next favorite book

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Messenger

Hang out wherever, whenever!

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Odnoklassniki

OK is a social network where you can find your old friends

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OpenSearch

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

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Quora

Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge

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Truth Social

Social networking service created by Trump Media & Technology Group

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Mosquitto

Eclipse Mosquitto - An open source MQTT broker

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Movim

Modern, federated social network based on XMPP

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AIRI

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

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Orb Agent

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

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Stats

macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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X

Xray-core

Xray, Penetrates Everything

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9GAG

Your daily dose of funny memes, GIFs, videos and weird news stories

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Beeper

Visit the post for more

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Campfire

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

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Colanode

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

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freenode

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network

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Grindr

The World’s Largest Social Networking App for LGBTQ People

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Matrix (Protocol)

An open network for secure, decentralized communication

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ResearchGate

Commercial scientific social network

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Scanopy

Discovers your network via SNMP, LLDP, and ARP

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About Forem

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Forem

Open source platform for building communities

Forem is an open source platform designed for building modern, independent, and safe communities. It powers DEV and various other online communities, providing a space for deep and nuanced discussions. Forems can be customized to be public or private, catering to both large and small communities.

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Price
Free
Made by
forem
Category
Social
Website
forem.com