Top rated alternative FOSS apps to access social media with privacy in mind (05/2022)

• Shitter

  22 227 9.3 Java

  Lightweight Android app for Mastodon

Hows Shitter, Fritter has been giving me some issues, and im also looking for something simpler

• Tinfoil-Facebook

  1 248 0.0 Java

  For those users that require a Tinfoil Hat when logging in to Facebook. It creates a sandbox for facebook's mobile site.

Facebook - Tinfoil, Frost, SlimSocial* Facebook Messenger - Instagram - Barinsta*, Reddit - Infinity, Slide Twitter - Fritter, Twidere, Slim Social for Twitter* YouTube - NewPipe, SkyTube LinkedIn - Pintrest - Snapchat - TikTok - Twitch - Vimeo - Tumblr - Flickr -

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• SlimSocial-for-Facebook

  5 345 7.0 Java

  Light version of Facebook. Light both in the weight and in the use.

Facebook - Tinfoil, Frost, SlimSocial* Facebook Messenger - Instagram - Barinsta*, Reddit - Infinity, Slide Twitter - Fritter, Twidere, Slim Social for Twitter* YouTube - NewPipe, SkyTube LinkedIn - Pintrest - Snapchat - TikTok - Twitch - Vimeo - Tumblr - Flickr -

• Frost-for-Facebook

  56 1,073 0.0 Kotlin

  Discontinued An extensive and functional third party app for Facebook

Facebook - Tinfoil, Frost, SlimSocial* Facebook Messenger - Instagram - Barinsta*, Reddit - Infinity, Slide Twitter - Fritter, Twidere, Slim Social for Twitter* YouTube - NewPipe, SkyTube LinkedIn - Pintrest - Snapchat - TikTok - Twitch - Vimeo - Tumblr - Flickr -

• barinsta

  4 97 0.0

  Open-source alternative Instagram client on Android. More maintainers needed! (by Android-Builds)

  

Facebook - Tinfoil, Frost, SlimSocial* Facebook Messenger - Instagram - Barinsta*, Reddit - Infinity, Slide Twitter - Fritter, Twidere, Slim Social for Twitter* YouTube - NewPipe, SkyTube LinkedIn - Pintrest - Snapchat - TikTok - Twitch - Vimeo - Tumblr - Flickr -

• Slide

  76 1,778 0.0 Java

  Slide is an open-source, ad-free Reddit browser for Android.

  

Facebook - Tinfoil, Frost, SlimSocial* Facebook Messenger - Instagram - Barinsta*, Reddit - Infinity, Slide Twitter - Fritter, Twidere, Slim Social for Twitter* YouTube - NewPipe, SkyTube LinkedIn - Pintrest - Snapchat - TikTok - Twitch - Vimeo - Tumblr - Flickr -

• fritter

  92 1,377 6.0 Dart

  A privacy-friendly Twitter frontend for mobile devices

Facebook - Tinfoil, Frost, SlimSocial* Facebook Messenger - Instagram - Barinsta*, Reddit - Infinity, Slide Twitter - Fritter, Twidere, Slim Social for Twitter* YouTube - NewPipe, SkyTube LinkedIn - Pintrest - Snapchat - TikTok - Twitch - Vimeo - Tumblr - Flickr -

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• Twidere-Android

  18 2,755 0.0 Kotlin
  

Facebook - Tinfoil, Frost, SlimSocial* Facebook Messenger - Instagram - Barinsta*, Reddit - Infinity, Slide Twitter - Fritter, Twidere, Slim Social for Twitter* YouTube - NewPipe, SkyTube LinkedIn - Pintrest - Snapchat - TikTok - Twitch - Vimeo - Tumblr - Flickr -

• SlimSocial-for-Twitter

  2 39 0.0 Java

  Light version of Twitter. Light not only in weight but also in the use.

Facebook - Tinfoil, Frost, SlimSocial* Facebook Messenger - Instagram - Barinsta*, Reddit - Infinity, Slide Twitter - Fritter, Twidere, Slim Social for Twitter* YouTube - NewPipe, SkyTube LinkedIn - Pintrest - Snapchat - TikTok - Twitch - Vimeo - Tumblr - Flickr -

• NewPipe

  2,059 28,509 9.8 Java

  A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.

  

Facebook - Tinfoil, Frost, SlimSocial* Facebook Messenger - Instagram - Barinsta*, Reddit - Infinity, Slide Twitter - Fritter, Twidere, Slim Social for Twitter* YouTube - NewPipe, SkyTube LinkedIn - Pintrest - Snapchat - TikTok - Twitch - Vimeo - Tumblr - Flickr -

• SkyTube

  63 2,156 8.3 Java

  Copylefted libre / open source YouTube player for Android

  

Facebook - Tinfoil, Frost, SlimSocial* Facebook Messenger - Instagram - Barinsta*, Reddit - Infinity, Slide Twitter - Fritter, Twidere, Slim Social for Twitter* YouTube - NewPipe, SkyTube LinkedIn - Pintrest - Snapchat - TikTok - Twitch - Vimeo - Tumblr - Flickr -

• Xtra

  81 977 8.8 Kotlin

  Xtra is a Twitch player and browser for Android.

Twitch - Xtra, Twire

• Dawn

  17 443 0.0 Java

  Discontinued Here lies the fork of greatest open-source Reddit app (by Tunous)

Reddit - RedReader , Stealth, Dawn

• Nitter-Android

  6 - -

Twitter - shitter , Nitter ( gitlab )

• NewPipe

  429 3,330 8.8 Java

  Discontinued A fork of NewPipe with SponsorBlock functionality. (by polymorphicshade)

YouTube - NewPipe Sponsorblock , Libretube

• XVII

  2 75 0.0 Kotlin

  android messenger for vk social network

XVII for people using VK Messenger

• NativeAlphaForAndroid

  30 593 0.0 Java

Native Alpha lets you view any (social media)website as fullscreen(borderless) web apps and add them as shortcuts on your home screen.

• TelegramAndroid

  25 571 0.0 Java

  Fork client of Telegram app for Android.

  

My preferred one is Forkgram, if you like to list more options 🙂

• mollyim-android

  35 1,276 9.9 Java

  Enhanced and security-focused fork of Signal.

  

Signal - Molly , Foss-Signal

• Signal-Android

  43 138 0.0 Java

  Patches to Signal for Android removing dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries. In branches whose names include "-FOSS". Uses new "foss" or "gms" flavor dimension: build with "./gradlew assemblePlayFossProdRelease". (by tw-hx)

Signal - Molly , Foss-Signal

• Infinity-For-Reddit

  346 3,880 9.5 Java

  A Reddit client for Android

Infinity for reddit is also open source.

• SaaSHub

  www.saashub.com sponsored

  SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

  

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