These apps and platforms are NOT decentralized but are all open source. Some are federated. This is a curated list of some interesting experiments to keep an eye on. See the more complete decentralized and awesome guide in this repo!
- Democracy.earth - Voting platform leveraging Ethereum. Not decentralized.
- Diaspora - Federated social network. AGPL licensed
- Elgg - Social networking engine
- Frendica - Federated Facebook alternative. AGPL licensed
- Lobsters - Reddit alternative
- Mastodon - Federated Twitter clone. AGPL licensed
- Minds - Facebook clone with custom cryptocurrency using elgg social networking engine. AGPL licensed
- PixelFed - Federated Instagram alternative. AGPL licensed
- Write Freely - Federated blogging platform. AGPL licensed
- Discourse - Discussion forum. GPL licensed
- Mattermost - Slack alternative
- NodeBB - Discussion forum using Nodejs
- Polis - Open Source AI for large scale open ended feedback
- Signal - Privacy oriented WhatsApp alternative. GPL licensed
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