Open Source Linux Social Networking Software
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View 17 business solutionsBrowse free open source Social Networking software and projects for Linux below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Social Networking software by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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MongoDB Atlas runs apps anywhereMongoDB Atlas gives you the freedom to build and run modern applications anywhere—across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. With global availability in over 115 regions, Atlas lets you deploy close to your users, meet compliance needs, and scale with confidence across any geography.
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Sherlock
Hunt down social media accounts by username across social networks
Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400+ social networks. -
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Social-Analyzer
API, CLI, and Web App for analyzing and finding a person's profile
Social Analyzer is an open source OSINT tool that helps investigators discover and analyze a person’s presence across a very large number of social media platforms. It provides a unified API, CLI, and web interface capable of scanning hundreds or thousands of sites for username matches and related metadata. The project includes modular detection and analysis components that users can enable depending on their investigative needs. It is commonly used in cybersecurity, digital forensics, and reconnaissance workflows where identity correlation is required. Social Analyzer emphasizes flexibility, allowing integration into automated pipelines or manual investigations. Overall, the project functions as a powerful reconnaissance engine for mapping online identities at scale. -
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Admidio
Manage your organization online
Admidio is a free open source user management system for websites of organizations and groups. The system has a flexible role model so that it’s possible to reflect the structure and permissions of your organization. You can create an individual profile for your members by adding or removing fields. Additional to these functions the system contains several modules like member lists, event manager, guestbook, photo album or download area. -
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JGraphT is a free Java class library that provides mathematical graph-theory objects and algorithms. JGraphT supports a rich gallery of graphs and is designed to be powerful, extensible, and easy to use.
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8 Monitoring Tools in One APM. Install in 5 Minutes.AppSignal works out of the box for Ruby, Elixir, Node.js, Python, and more. 30-day free trial, no credit card required.
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pH7 Social Dating CMS (pH7Builder)❤️
🚀 Professional Social Dating Web App Builder (formerly pH7CMS)
pH7Builder is a Professional, Free & Open Source PHP Social Dating Builder Software (primarily designed for developers ...). This Social Dating Web App is fully coded in object-oriented PHP (OOP) with the MVC pattern (Model-View-Controller). It is low resource-intensive, extremely powerful and highly secure. pH7Builder is included with over 42 native modules and is based on its homemade pH7 Framework which includes more than 52 packages To summarize, pH7Builder Social Dating Script gives you the perfect ingredients to create the best dating web app or social networking site on the World Wide Web! -- Get Involved! -- If you want to work on an Innovative Open Source Social/Dating Software Project with a Beautiful PHP Code using the latest PHP Features while collaborating with nice people and finally if you love the "Social" and "Dating" Services, ...you HAVE TO DO IT! - Fork the repo http://github.com/pH7Software/pH7-Social-Dating-CMS -
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DetectDee
Hunt down social media accounts by username, email or phone
DetectDee: Hunt down social media accounts by username, email or phone across social networks example. -
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Nitter
Alternative Twitter front-end
Nitter is an open-source alternative frontend for Twitter designed to provide a privacy-focused and lightweight way to browse content without interacting directly with the official platform. It acts as a proxy between the user and Twitter, ensuring that requests are handled by the backend server rather than exposing the user’s IP address or browser fingerprint. The interface is intentionally minimalistic and removes elements such as advertisements, tracking scripts, and algorithmic timelines, presenting content in a chronological and distraction-free format. Users can view profiles, tweets, media, and replies without needing to log in, making it useful for anonymous browsing and content consumption. The system also supports RSS feeds and advanced search features, enabling integration with external tools and workflows. Because it avoids JavaScript and heavy frontend dependencies, Nitter delivers faster performance and lower bandwidth usage compared to the official platform. -
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NodeBB
Node.js based forum software built for the modern web
A better community platform for the modern web. NodeBB is next generation forum software. It's powerful, mobile-ready and easy to use. NodeBB Forum Software is powered by Node.js and supports either Redis, MongoDB, or a PostgreSQL database. It utilizes web sockets for instant interactions and real-time notifications. NodeBB has many modern features out of the box such as social network integration and streaming discussions, while still making sure to be compatible with older browsers. From brand communities to product support boards, forums are a great way to engage and provide value to your audience. At NodeBB, our mission is to provide forum software with all the modern features and performance you’ve come to expect from the social and mobile web. For the tech savvy DIY pro, install and maintain NodeBB on your own server. Want to get your forum going right away without any set-up hassles? Our monthly hosting plans are for you. -
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eXo Platform - Digital Workplace
The open-source digital workplace for growing teams and enterprises.
eXo Platform is an open-source digital workplace solutions for growing teams and enterprises, featuring: ✅ Internal Communications ✅ Team Collaboration ✅ Knowledge Management ✅ Productivity and Employee Recognition use cases. eXo stands out by: 👍 its fluid and integrated employe experience, on desktop and mobile 👍 the platform’s ease of use 👍 innovative employee engagement features. eXo Platform is developed on open-source technology and supports open standards. The platform is extensible and interoperable, all services are exposed REST APIs. The platform also offers additional security capabilities, developed in collaboration with highly sensitive clients. With eXo Platform, companies can connect, engage and reward their employees, customers, and partners with its social, engagement and gamification capabilities. -
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HumHub
HumHub is an open source enterprise social network
HumHub is a free social network software and framework built to give you the tools to make communication and collaboration easy and successful. It's lightweight, powerful and comes with an user-friendly interface. With HumHub you can create your own customized social network, social intranet or huge social enterprise application that really fits your needs. Boost your business, support your customers, teach your students or organize your football club. It's on you. HumHub is completely open- source. Take advantage of the work already done and even improve it. Every suggestion or help is welcome. With a powerful module system you can extend HumHub by using third party tools, writing your own or connect existing software. Your server, your data, your rules. HumHub is a self- hosted solution and runs on almost every server. You are in the full control of your data. We don't leave you alone. We support you with your projects and provide professional services around HumHub. -
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Postiz
The ultimate social media scheduling tool, with a bunch of AI
Postiz offers everything you need to manage your social media posts, build an audience, capture leads, and grow your business. Streamlined content creation and scheduling for consistent personal brand growth. Expand brand reach and boost marketing impact with tailored post-scheduling. Easily manage multiple client accounts for increased productivity and better results. Schedule, analyze, and engage with your audience. Cross-post your social media posts into multiple channels. Improve your content creation process with an AI agent that performs all tasks for you. Use a Canva-like tool to create stunning visuals for your social media posts and generate pictures with AI. Manage your social media channels with ease. Collaborate with your team and delegate tasks. Expose your brand to a wider audience by connecting with influencers and brands. Learn from your data and improve your social media strategy. Track your performance and optimize your content. -
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Sengi
Mastodon & Pleroma Multi-account Desktop Client
Sengi is a Mastodon and Pleroma desktop-focused client. It takes inspiration from the old Tweetdeck client, the new Tweetdeck web app, and Mastodon UI. -
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Whalebird
Single-column Fediverse client for desktop
Whalebird is a Fediverse client app for desktops. -
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ActivityPub
ActivityPub for WordPress
Enter the fediverse with ActivityPub, broadcasting your blog to a wider audience! Attract followers, deliver updates, and receive comments from a diverse user base of ActivityPub-compliant platforms. With the ActivityPub plugin installed, your WordPress blog itself functions as a federated profile, along with profiles for each author. -
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Movim
Movim - Decentralized social platform
Chatrooms, blogs, video conferences; Movim centralizes all you need to communicate with your colleagues, friends or family in one simple interface. It also fully adapts to all your devices from your smartphone to your desktop computer. Movim relies on the XMPP standard and therefore allows you to exchange with many other clients on all devices such as Conversations (Android) or Dino (Desktop). You can easily access and explore the content of the whole network and connect with all other Movim users instantly. -
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Tuba
Browse the Fediverse
Explore the federated social web with Tuba for GNOME. Stay connected to your favorite communities, family and friends with support for popular Fediverse platforms like Mastodon, GoToSocial, Akkoma & more. The Fediverse is a decentralized social network that consists of multiple interconnected platforms and communities, allowing users to communicate and share content across different networks and servers. It promotes user privacy and data ownership and offers an alternative to centralized social media platforms. -
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diaspora*
A privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network
The online social world where you are in control. Instead of everyone’s data being held on huge central servers owned by a large organization, diaspora* exists on independently run servers (“pods”) all over the world. You choose which pod to register with, and you can then connect seamlessly with the diaspora* community worldwide. You can be whoever you want to be in diaspora*. Unlike some networks, you don’t have to use your real identity. You can interact with people in whatever way you choose. The only limit is your imagination. diaspora* is also Free Software, giving you liberty over how you use it. In diaspora* you own your data. You don’t sign over rights to a corporation or other interest who could use it. In addition, you choose who sees what you share, using Aspects. With diaspora*, your friends, your habits, and your content is your business, not ours! -
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DevConnector 2.0
Social network for developers, built on the MERN stack
devconnector_2.0 is a full-stack MERN example application that demonstrates how to build a social network for developers from scratch. The backend uses Node.js and Express with JWT-based authentication and MongoDB for persistence, modeling users, profiles, posts, and comments. The frontend is a React app that implements routing, protected pages, Redux-style state management, and UI flows such as registration, login, profile creation, and post feeds. It shows end-to-end patterns like form handling, API consumption, error handling, alerts, and deployment-ready configuration. The project is structured as teaching material, making trade-offs explicit and code approachable for newcomers to full-stack development. Learners can use it as a template for their own projects or as a reference for common MERN stack techniques. -
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GoToSocial
Fast, fun, small ActivityPub server
GoToSocial is an ActivityPub social network server, written in Golang. With GoToSocial, you can keep in touch with your friends, post, read, and share images and articles. All without being tracked or advertised to. It is already deployable and useable, and it federates cleanly with many other Fediverse servers (not yet all). However, many things are not yet implemented, and there are plenty of bugs! We left the alpha stage around September/October 2024, and we intend to exit beta sometime around 2026. GoToSocial provides a lightweight, customizable, and safety-focused entryway into the Fediverse, and is comparable to (but distinct from) existing projects such as Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, and PixelFed. If you've ever used something like Twitter or Tumblr (or even Myspace) GoToSocial will probably feel familiar to you: You can follow people and have followers, and you make posts that people can favorite and reply to, and share. -
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Manyverse
A social network off the grid
Manyverse is a peer-to-peer, offline-first social network built on the Scuttlebutt protocol. It allows users to post content, follow friends, and sync updates directly with peers without needing servers or constant internet access. Designed with digital sovereignty in mind, Manyverse works fully offline and syncs securely whenever users come online, even over Bluetooth or local Wi-Fi. Its mobile-first approach ensures accessibility and usability while prioritizing privacy and decentralization. -
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Mastodon social network
Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community
Your home feed should be filled with what matters to you most, not what a corporation thinks you should see. Radically different social media, back in the hands of the people. You know best what you want to see on your home feed. No algorithms or ads to waste your time. Follow anyone across any Mastodon server from a single account and receive their posts in chronological order, and make your corner of the internet a little more like you. Mastodon provides you with a unique possibility of managing your audience without middlemen. Mastodon deployed on your own infrastructure allows you to follow and be followed from any other Mastodon server online and is under no one's control but yours. Mastodon puts decision making back in your hands. Each server creates their own rules and regulations, which are enforced locally and not top-down like corporate social media, making it the most flexible in responding to the needs of different groups of people. -
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Mixpost
Self-hosted social media management software (Buffer alternative)
Mixpost it's the coolest Self-hosted social media management software. This package is the Lite version of Mixpost Pro. Mixpost is a robust and versatile social media management platform, designed to streamline social media operations and enhance content marketing strategies. Our platform empowers brands and businesses to effectively manage their online presence, leading them to success in the dynamic digital landscape. Mixpost's mission is to offer a comprehensive and powerful solution, enabling users to elevate their social media management and achieve tangible results. The platform allows users to craft, organize, and schedule their content for times when their audience is most engaged and active. Mixpost's user-friendly scheduling system ensures that content publishing is seamless and efficient. It also facilitates team collaboration by allowing users to assign tasks, manage permissions, and monitor team performance, optimizing team interactions and workflow. -
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ClipBucket
ClipBucket has been shifted: https://github.com/arslancb/clipbucket
ClipBucket is an Open Source and freely downloadable PHP script that will let you start your own Video Sharing website (YouTube Clone) in a matter of minutes. ClipBucket is the fastest growing video script with the most advanced video sharing and social. ClipBucket source code has been shifted to GitHub, Kindly follow our GitHub for latest releases and code: https://github.com/arslancb/clipbucket -
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Paranet Lite
Paranet Lite is a local short video and image sharing platform.
Paranet Lite is a short video and image sharing application that runs locally on the user's computer. It can be shared via LAN provides value if ever the internet were to shut off. It's open sourced and user can use it and modify it however they want. -
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XMB Forum - php forum
php forum, php forum script, forum software, bbs - by XMB Forum
XMB [eXtreme Message Board] is a PHP forum with all the features you need to support a growing online community. With outstanding community support and contribution, you will find XMB to be easy to setup, customize, enhance and use. Though XMB is lightweight out of the box, it offers the key features you need to get your message board forum up and running. php forum, php forum script, forum software, bbs - XMB Forum is all of the above. XMB forum software is free, open source and runs PHP scripts with a MySQL database or MariaDB backend. A great alternative to other forums like PHPBB, SMF, vBulletin, XenForo, Invision, MyBB, bbPress, Vanilla, Discuz.
