Self-hosted projects tagged “Moderation”

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

Alternative to:

Threads+7

Discourse is open-source forum software for community discussion, support, and knowledge sharing, with moderation tools, customization, and built-in chat.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Flarum Cloud+11

Lightweight, extensible forum platform built in PHP with a Mithril.js frontend, supporting MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/SQLite and an active extensions ecosystem.

MITActively maintained

Alternative to:

Flarum Cloud+8

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

Alternative to:

Reddit+3

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

Alternative to:

YouTube+12

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

Alternative to:

Misskey+6

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

Alternative to:

Instagram+7

Remark42 is a lightweight, privacy-focused self-hosted comment system with social/email login, moderation tools, notifications, and easy embedding for blogs and sites.

MITActively maintained

Alternative to:

Disqus+8

Isso is a lightweight, self-hosted Disqus alternative that adds a Markdown-based comment system to your website with a configurable JavaScript embed and SQLite storage.

MITActively maintained

Alternative to:

Disqus+8

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

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Element Matrix (Hosted)+19

Converse.js is an open-source, client-side web XMPP/Jabber chat app that can run standalone or be embedded into sites, with group chat and OMEMO encryption.

MPL-2.0Actively maintained

Alternative to:

IRCCloud+19

Stoat is an open-source, self-hostable chat platform for communities and teams, offering text channels, permissions, moderation tools, and a web app.

Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Discord+13

Misago is a modern, fast forum application built with Python, Django, and React, featuring moderation tools, permissions, private threads, polls, and API integrations.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Discourse+12

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

Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Goodreads+5

Stoat (formerly Revolt) is an open-source chat platform for communities and teams with channels, direct messages, roles/permissions, moderation tools, and bot support.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Discord+11

Indico is a web-based event management platform for meetings, lectures, workshops, and conferences, with workflows for registration, reviewing, and room booking.

MITActively maintained

Alternative to:

Cvent+14

phpBB is an open-source forum (bulletin board) platform in PHP for building and managing community discussion boards with extensible theming and add-ons.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Discourse+8

Coral (Talk) is an open-source commenting and moderation platform for publishers, offering real-time conversations, GraphQL APIs, moderation workflows, and extensible plugins.

Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Disqus+8

Web app for synchronized group watching: per-channel playlists, real-time chat, moderation, and multi-source media playback.

Slowing down

Alternative to:

Watch2Gether

Self-hosted WebRTC videoconferencing server designed for lectures, meetings, and conferences, featuring chat, recording, screen sharing, moderation, and a built-in TURN server.

MITActively maintained

Alternative to:

Zoom+17

MyBB is a PHP-based, open-source forum platform with plugins, themes, moderation tools, private messaging and multi-database support.

LGPL-3.0Actively maintained

Alternative to:

XenForo Cloud+13

Open-source publishing platform enabling multi-user blogs, status updates, and media on your own site.

Actively maintained

Alternative to:

WordPress.com+9

WeddingShare is a self-hosted web app for creating shareable wedding photo galleries where guests can view and upload pictures, including QR-code sharing and admin review.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Tinybeans+12

Open-source PHP forum software supporting MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite with a modular package system and rich moderation features.

Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Discourse+8

Open-source, privacy-friendly Disqus alternative with a customizable widget, real-time comments, moderation tools, and notifications for blogs and communities.

AGPL-3.0Slowing down

Alternative to:

Disqus+8

QPixel is a Ruby on Rails Q&A platform powering Codidact, supporting multiple communities, categories, Markdown content, voting and activity-based privileges.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Stack Overflow+5

Mbin is a federated content aggregator offering voting, discussion and microblogging via ActivityPub. A community-focused fork of kbin, built with PHP and Symfony.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Reddit+19

Web-based global administration and ban management system for Valve Source engine games, with a PHP web panel, SourceMod plugins, and MySQL/MariaDB backend.

A modern forum, wiki, and community hub for discussions, curated lists, and knowledgebases. Extensible, secure platform built with TypeScript and Go.

MPL-2.0Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Discourse+14

Open-source mailing list manager for automating subscriptions, moderation, archives and message distribution with web, CLI and SOAP interfaces for large lists.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

Alternative to:

Groups.io