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50 free Social apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

  1. Pinterest

    Launch

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

    Free

  2. Reddit

    Launch

    Dive into anything. Thousands of communities, endless conversations.

    Free

  3. Discord

    Launch

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

    Free

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    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.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

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    Flarum

    Launch

    Flarum is free, open-source forum software that is MIT licensed and built by its community. It is lightweight and fast, and it scales from small hobby communities to large forums. Groups and permissions control member access across categori

    FreeOpen source

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    Mastodon

    Launch

    Mastodon is a free, open-source social network that is decentralized, so it runs on many independent servers that can talk to each other. You pick a server, such as mastodon.social, or another one from the server directory, then follow peop

    FreeOpen source

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WhatsApp

Use WhatsApp Messenger to stay in touch with friends and family

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OpenVPN

OpenVPN is a virtual private network

Launch
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Portmaster

Portmaster is a free and open-source application firewall

Launch
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OpenTofu

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

Launch
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NetAlertX

Network intruder and presence detector

Launch
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The Lounge

Self-hosted web IRC client

Launch
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Nakama Dotnet

.NET client for Nakama server written in C#

Launch
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OpenSearch

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

Launch
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Mosquitto

Eclipse Mosquitto - An open source MQTT broker

Launch
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Movim

Modern, federated social network based on XMPP

Launch
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AIRI

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

Launch
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Orb Agent

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

Launch
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Stats

macOS system monitor in your menu bar

Launch
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Xray-core

Xray, Penetrates Everything

Launch
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Beeper

Visit the post for more

Launch
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SpaceHey

A space for friends

Launch
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Maigret

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

Launch
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WeeChat

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

Launch
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Flow Launcher

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

Launch
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Apprise

Apprise allows you to send a notification

Launch
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Bitchat

bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes

Launch
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Nicotine Plus

Graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network

Launch
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V2ray Core

A platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions

Launch
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Rabbitmq Server

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

Launch
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Brook

A cross-platform programmable network tool

Launch
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blocky

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

Launch
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OpenMediaVault

Network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux

Launch
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Paperless-ngx

Scan, index, and archive physical documents efficiently

Launch
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Tinode

Instant messaging platform

Launch
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Fedora Project

Project co-ordinating the development of Fedora Linux distribution

Launch
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Hyphanet

Peer-to-peer Internet platform for censorship-resistant communication

Launch
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Opengrep

Opengrep is a community-driven fork of SemgrepCE

Launch
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seven39

Social media that's only open from 7:39pm to 10:39pm EST

Launch
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YunoHost

Install and maintain your own server with minimal technical knowledge

Launch
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NSQ

A realtime distributed messaging platform

Launch
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Forem

Open source platform for building communities

Launch
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Lobsters

Computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion

Launch
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phpBB

Flat-forum bulletin board software solution

Launch
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Fluxer

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

Launch
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GoToSocial

ActivityPub federated social network server implementing the Mastodon client API

Launch
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Nats Server

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

Launch
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OpenZiti

Fully-featured, zero trust, full mesh overlay network

Launch
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SimpleX Chat

The most private and secure chat and applications platform

Launch
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Pulsar

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

Launch

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