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Socialhome

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Federated and decentralized profile builder and social network engine

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Talkyard

OPEN SRC

Create a community, where your users can suggest ideas and get questions answered. And have friendly open-ended discussions and chat (Slack/StackOverflow/Discourse/Reddit/Disqus hybrid)

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yarn.social

OPEN SRC

Self-Hosted, Twitter™-like Decentralised micro-logging platform. No ads, no tracking, your content, your data

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BigBlueButton

OPEN SRC

Supports real-time sharing of audio, video, slides (with whiteboard controls), chat, and the screen. Instructors can engage remote students with polling, emojis, and breakout rooms

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Galene

OPEN SRC

Video conferencing server that is easy to deploy and that requires moderate server resources

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Janus

OPEN SRC

General-purpose, lightweight, minimalist WebRTC Server

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Jitsi Meet

OPEN SRC

WebRTC application that uses Jitsi Videobridge to provide high quality, scalable video conferences

APPROVED
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Artalk

OPEN SRC

Comment system built in Golang, providing a lightweight and highly customizable solution for adding comments to your website

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AsmBB

OPEN SRC

Lightning-fast forum engine handcrafted in assembly.

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BuddyPress

OPEN SRC

Powerful plugin that takes your WordPress.org powered site beyond the blog with social-network features like user profiles, activity streams, user groups, and more

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Chirpy

OPEN SRC

Privacy-friendly and customizable Disqus (comment system) alternate

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Coral

OPEN SRC

Comment smarter, not harder.

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diaspora*

OPEN SRC

Connect with friends across independent social networks

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Elgg

OPEN SRC

Build, connect, and engage with your own social network.

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Enigma 1/2 BBS

OPEN SRC

Enigma 1/2 is a modern, multi-platform BBS engine with unlimited callers and legacy DOS door game support

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Friendica

OPEN SRC

Decentralized social network connecting you across platforms

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GoToSocial

OPEN SRC

ActivityPub federated social network server implementing the Mastodon client API

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Hatsu

OPEN SRC

Bridge that interacts with Fediverse on behalf of your static site

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Hubzilla

OPEN SRC

Decentralized identity, privacy, publishing, sharing, cloud storage, and communications/social platform

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HumHub

OPEN SRC

Your own social network, your way.

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Iceshrimp.NET

OPEN SRC

Federated microblogging server that communicates over ActivityPub.

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Isso

OPEN SRC

Lightweight commenting server written in Python and Javascript. It aims to be a drop-in replacement for Disqus

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Loomio

OPEN SRC

Collaborative decision-making tool that makes it easy for anyone to participate in decisions which affect them

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ngircd

OPEN SRC

Portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small or private networks

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Every tool in the VentureGaps directory is evaluated through comprehensive research, verified user feedback, and data-driven analysis. We assess pricing transparency, feature depth, user satisfaction, and integration capabilities. Our ratings reflect real-world usage patterns and publicly available data — not paid placements. The directory is continuously updated to reflect the latest changes in pricing, features, and market positioning.

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