instances
Mastodon instances list (by TheKinrar)
Signal-Desktop
A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux. (by signalapp)
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| instances | Signal-Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| 183 | 322 | |
| 230 | 13,985 | |
| - | 0.6% | |
| 4.1 | 9.9 | |
| 6 months ago | 15 days ago | |
| JavaScript | TypeScript | |
| GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
instances
Posts with mentions or reviews of instances.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-28.
- How do I find more niche, smaller mastodon servers?
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Achan has a threads account now
Mastodon
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What's mastodon?
A good way to find an instance that works for you is the site: Mastodon instances https://instances.social/
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Suggesting Mastodon for the academic community.
Firstly, you can start by searching for instances of interest here.
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Mastodon has reached 13M accounts
The latter. Source is at https://github.com/gallizoltan/usercount which states:
> A bot which counts users from all instances listed at https://instances.social then posts statistics to Mastodon.
> User Count Bot for all known Mastodon instances
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For members of "science twitter" who are opposed to Twitter's recently deployed content-wall - what are some alternative platforms that help academics openly share and discuss scientific research?
For those on the fence, but know more about how instances work, this resource may help you pick a relevant one. There is also this Github resource that enlists all academia-based instances.
- Newbie problem
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Any Indigenous Mastodon Servers To Join?
I used this site for finding specialized Mastodon servers. I used a variety of search string and did not find any Mastodon servers specialized to Indigenous People's concerns.
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Why Reddit is no longer my home on the internet
Go to this place to find a place to sign up: https://instances.social/
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Migration Guide / Plan
Find and join communities in Reddit alternatives. Here's a list of Mastodon communities, and here's an online tool to find and parse through the different Mastodon communities. This is a list of popular Lemmy servers. However, do keep an eye out as some existing subreddit's moderators may create new communities on these sites.
Signal-Desktop
Posts with mentions or reviews of Signal-Desktop.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-16.
- Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive
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Interview on Signal app?
For more Information on how to proceed kindly connect with the HR on Signal app. Download (Signal ) on your mobile device https://signal.org/download/ and connect now with the HR ON +13093936282
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CVE-2023-4863: Heap buffer overflow in WebP (Chrome)
It does, see [0]. Fun fact: Signal desktop, which uses Electron under the hood, is running without sandbox on Linux [1][2].
[0] https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/39824
- No longer showing link previews?
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super choppy video streams
There was a issue opened on GitHub a while back apparently but that was closed due to inactivity. What you might want to do is either open a new issue directly in GitHub (provide as much information as possible and include debug logs) or just send them a support ticket via the support form (and include debug logs).
- Signal Desktop for Windows takes 30+ min to send messages. Phone app still works.
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Signal Android BETA has text formatting now
Desktop will have it https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/commit/9bfbee464bc307a9133ccf43042987343722afe9
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Signal Desktop messaging app having trouble with IPv6
Issues have been ongoing for the past couple weeks. It's not clear if this is the client or backend. Dual stack works again with v6.20.2, but IPv6-only with NAT64 still doesn't. Actively being worked on, and hopefully some good learnings. Issue link thread: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/6439
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IPv6 connectivity again with 6.20.1 Update
Alive again with 6.20.2 on Windows dual stack. Directly downloaded from https://signal.org/download/
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Desktop Client takes minutes to send messages
Fix1, Fix2, Fix3, Fix4
What are some alternatives?
When comparing instances and Signal-Desktop you can also consider the following projects:
Lemmy - 🐀 A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse
signal-cli - signal-cli provides an unofficial commandline, JSON-RPC and dbus interface for the Signal messenger.
PixelFed - Photo Sharing. For Everyone.
axolotl - A Signal compatible cross plattform client written in Go, Rust and Vuejs
Mastodon - Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community
session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger
gotosocial - Fast, fun, small ActivityPub server.
AppImageLauncher - Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages
nitter - Alternative Twitter front-end
webclient - Angular webclient (with Linux, macOS and Windows desktop clients) for CTemplar's encrypted email service.
Socialhome - A federated social home
telegram-bot-api - Telegram Bot API server
instances vs Lemmy
Signal-Desktop vs signal-cli
instances vs PixelFed
Signal-Desktop vs axolotl
instances vs Mastodon
Signal-Desktop vs session-desktop
instances vs gotosocial
Signal-Desktop vs AppImageLauncher
instances vs nitter
Signal-Desktop vs webclient
instances vs Socialhome
Signal-Desktop vs telegram-bot-api