Best Self-hosted Community & Social tools in 2026

Akkoma is an Elixir/Phoenix fork of Pleroma implementing ActivityPub, with Misskey-flavored markdown, custom emoji reactions, multiple frontends and performance improvements.

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Pleroma+5

AsmBB is a lightweight, assembly-language web forum engine that runs via FastCGI and stores data in SQLite, designed for Linux servers and high performance.

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Discourse+6

A single-binary, low-resource Matrix homeserver in Rust; simple setup, RocksDB (default) or SQLite backends, built with axum and Ruma.

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Element Matrix (Hosted)+19

Free/libre web service for creating date-based scheduling polls and classic option polls; no registration required. Operated by Framasoft and built on the Pollaris open-source project.

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Doodle+15

Self-hosted, federated audio platform to upload, organize, stream, and share music and podcasts across instances via ActivityPub.

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SoundCloud+17

Gancio is a self-hosted shared agenda for local communities, with anonymous event publishing, RSS/ICS exports, embeddable listings, and ActivityPub federation.

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Meetup+19

Lightweight ActivityPub social network server focused on privacy, safety, and customization, with Mastodon API compatibility for many existing clients.

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Mastodon (mastodon.social)+7

Hubzilla is a federated server platform for social networking, groups, publishing, and file sharing with strong privacy controls, nomadic identity, and SSO across hubs.

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Mastodon (mastodon.social)+11

Iceshrimp.NET is a performant, maintainable ActivityPub federated social network server with a Blazor WebAssembly frontend and a Mastodon-compatible API.

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Mastodon (mastodon.social)+6

Open-source tool for grassroots groups to schedule activities, share offers, and coordinate locally with maps, chats, and participatory governance.

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Meetup+13

Lightweight ActivityPub microblogging platform with Mastodon-compatible API, rich post interactions, and optional paid subscriptions via Monero.

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Mastodon (mastodon.social)+6

Mobilizon is a federated platform to create and discover events and groups, manage attendance, and publish event pages without relying on major social networks.

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Meetup+19

Noosfero is a web platform for building community portals and social networks, combining CMS features with profiles, groups, and collaborative publishing.

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WordPress.com+14

Open source ActivityPub-powered federated forum and link aggregator for running and joining community discussions across the Fediverse.

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Reddit+17

Pleroma is a lightweight ActivityPub server for the Fediverse, providing a self-hostable social network that federates with Mastodon and other compatible platforms.

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Threads+4

Open-source, minimal ActivityPub server in portable C — multiuser, Mastodon-API compatible, no database required, JavaScript-free web UI for small federated instances.

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Mastodon (mastodon.social)+6

Socialhome is a federated, self-hosted social network engine enabling decentralized user profiles and cross-network federation via ActivityPub.

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Mastodon (mastodon.social)+8

Yarn.social is a decentralized, self-hosted social network based on the Twtxt format, offering privacy-first microblogging with web and CLI clients and a pod-based model.

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Micro.blog+6

Self-hostable, ActivityPub-enabled classifieds app where users post small ads that can federate across flohmarkt instances and other Fediverse servers.