Self-hosted projects tagged “Federation

47 open source projects with this tag

47 services found

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Mastodon

Open-source federated microblogging social network server

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Mastodon is an open-source, ActivityPub-compatible social network server for microblogging, offering federated timelines, moderation tools, media support, and APIs.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Threads
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Rocket.Chat

Self-hosted secure team chat with voice, video, and omnichannel

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Rocket.Chat is an open-source communications platform for secure team messaging, channels, DMs, voice/video, integrations, and customer omnichannel support.

Actively maintained
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Rocket.Chat Cloud
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SimpleX Chat

Open-source encrypted messenger with no user identifiers

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Open-source, decentralized messaging network built on a Haskell core with Kotlin Multiplatform and native iOS clients; end-to-end encrypted messaging without user IDs.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Signal
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PeerTube

Federated video hosting and streaming with P2P delivery

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PeerTube is a decentralized, ActivityPub-federated video hosting platform with live streaming, P2P WebRTC delivery, and customizable community-run instances.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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YouTube
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Lemmy

Federated link aggregator and discussion forum platform

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Lemmy is a federated, self-hostable link aggregator and forum platform for creating Reddit-like communities with voting, comments, moderation tools, and ActivityPub federation.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Reddit
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diaspora*

Decentralized, privacy-focused federated social network

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Open-source federated social network built around independently run pods, privacy via Aspects, and standard social features; implemented in Ruby on Rails.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Mastodon (mastodon.social) logo
Mastodon (mastodon.social)
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Element

Matrix-based secure messaging and collaboration client

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Element is a Matrix client for secure team messaging and collaboration, offering end-to-end encrypted chats and calls with interoperability across the Matrix network.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Element Matrix (Hosted)
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Owncast

Self-hosted live video streaming server with built-in chat

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Owncast is a self-hosted live streaming server that supports RTMP ingest, HLS playback, and built-in web chat, with optional Fediverse (ActivityPub) integration.

MITActively maintained
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YouTube
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Misskey

Federated microblogging social platform for the ActivityPub fediverse

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Misskey is an open-source federated microblogging platform using ActivityPub, enabling communities to run their own social server and interact across the fediverse.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Misskey
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Pixelfed

Decentralized photo-sharing social network for the Fediverse

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Pixelfed is a free, open-source, ActivityPub-based photo sharing social network that federates with the Fediverse for decentralized social media.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Instagram
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WriteFreely

Minimalist federated blogging platform focused on writing

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WriteFreely is a clean, Markdown-based publishing platform for creating minimalist blogs and communities, with ActivityPub federation and low-resource Go deployment.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Micro.blog
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Synapse

Matrix homeserver for federated, secure real-time communication

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Synapse is a Matrix homeserver implementation for running federated, secure real-time chat and collaboration on your own infrastructure.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Element Matrix (Hosted)
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wanderer

Self-hosted trail database for planning and searching GPS tracks

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Self-hosted trail catalog to plan routes, upload GPX/GPS tracks, add metadata, and search, filter, and share trails with optional federation.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Ride with GPS
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BookWyrm

Federated social reading and book reviewing platform

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BookWyrm is a federated social network to track reading, write reviews, share quotes, and discover books with communities via ActivityPub federation.

Actively maintained
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Goodreads
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Manyfold

Self-hosted digital asset manager for 3D models and print files

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Manyfold is a self-hosted web app to organize, preview, and share 3D models for 3D printing, with tagging, metadata, and disk reorganization tools.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Thingiverse
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Ech0

Lightweight open-source self-hosted federated publishing platform

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Ech0 is a lightweight open-source, self-hosted federated publishing platform (ActivityPub) with a Vue-based UI, SQLite storage, Docker deployment and built-in Markdown editor.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Micro.blog
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Movim

Federated blogging and chat web client for XMPP

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Movim is a federated social platform and web-based XMPP client for blogging, chat, communities, and real-time messaging with a responsive cross‑platform interface.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Element Matrix (Hosted) logo
Element Matrix (Hosted)
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Friendica

Federated social networking and communication platform

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377
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Friendica is a decentralized, federated social network server that connects to the Fediverse, offering posts, profiles, events, photos, and strong privacy controls.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Mastodon (mastodon.social) logo
Mastodon (mastodon.social)
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Unblink

AI camera monitoring with federated vision workers

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Open-source AI camera monitoring that routes camera streams through a relay/node proxy and broadcasts frames to federated AI workers for detections, summaries, and alerts.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Blue Iris
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Databag

Lightweight federated messenger with end-to-end encryption

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Self-hosted, lightweight federated messenger with end-to-end encrypted threads and optional WebRTC audio/video calling across independently hosted nodes.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained
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Signal logo
Signal
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NeoDB

Federated media catalog and social tracker for books, movies, music, and more

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Self-hosted, federated catalog and social tracker for books, movies, TV, music, podcasts, games, and performances with ratings, reviews, lists, and ActivityPub.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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BookWyrm
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Jellyswarrm

Reverse proxy to unify multiple Jellyfin servers

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A Rust-based reverse proxy that aggregates multiple Jellyfin servers into a single unified interface with unified libraries, direct playback, and user mapping.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained
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Plex
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Postmarks

Single-user bookmarking site with ActivityPub federation

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Postmarks is a self-hosted, single-user bookmark manager that publishes and federates bookmarks over ActivityPub with Mastodon-compatible platforms.

MITActively maintained
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Pinboard
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Snikket

Open-source XMPP messaging server with encrypted chat and WebRTC

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Self-hosted, open-source XMPP-based messaging server providing end-to-end encryption, multi-device sync, federation, secure backups, and integrated WebRTC audio/video calling.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained
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WhatsApp
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Touitomamout

Sync tweets from Twitter/X to Mastodon and Bluesky

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A TypeScript Node.js crossposter that synchronizes Twitter tweets to Mastodon and Bluesky; distributed as a Docker image. Project is archived.

AGPL-3.0Likely dormant
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FoodCoopShop

Web shop and management system for food cooperatives

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Open-source web shop for food coops and local shops; supports delivery rhythms, manufacturer admin areas, cashless bank-transfer payments, inventory and sync

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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Local Line
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LibreServer

Debian-based personal server to run email, chat, VoIP, wikis and social services

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A small Debian-based server system for self-hosting email, chat, VoIP, wikis, blogs, social networks and other community services on modest hardware.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained
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YunoHost
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Akkoma

ActivityPub fork of Pleroma focused on expressive fediverse features

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
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Conduit

Lightweight Matrix homeserver written in Rust

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) logo
Element Matrix (Hosted)
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Continuwuity

Community-maintained Matrix homeserver in Rust

Continuwuity is a fast, lightweight Matrix homeserver written in Rust, focused on stability, performance, and improved Matrix specification compliance for federation.

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Element Matrix (Hosted)
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