Mastodon
FeaturedFreeDecentralized social networking you join by picking a server
Best for fediverse · social · open-source
Strengths
- Federated servers
- Chronological feed
Skip if
you need a team plan, audit logs, or a phone number to call
Mastodon is open-source, federated social media. Pick a server, follow people across the network, and keep a chronological feed — a log, not a clip dump.
Key features
- Federated servers
- Chronological feed
- Open source
- Server picker
Why it is on Toolora
We list Mastodon for people who need fediverse · social · open-source. Skip it if you need a team plan, audit logs, or a phone number to call.
Closest alternatives on Toolora: Mastodon, Pixelfed, Minds.
Try instead
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Decentralized social network you can host
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Pixelfed
Federated photo sharing you host or join — an Instagram-class feed without a central silo
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Minds
A social network for posts, groups, and video, with an open-source client you can run yourself
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Mastodon
Free / self-host