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

1. Shitter

   1 22 235 6.3 Java

   Discontinued Lightweight Android app for Mastodon

   

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

2. SaaSHub

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3. Tinfoil-Facebook

   2 1 250 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 -

4. SlimSocial-for-Facebook

   3 5 498 7.1 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 -

5. Frost-for-Facebook

   4 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 -

6. barinsta

   5 4 143 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 -

7. Slide

   6 76 1,781 0.0 Java

   Discontinued 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 -

8. fritter

   7 92 1,447 0.0 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 -

9. Twidere-Android

   8 18 2,724 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 -

10. SlimSocial-for-Twitter

    9 2 44 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 -

11. NewPipe

    10 2,082 38,654 9.9 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 -

12. SkyTube

    11 63 2,745 9.6 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 -

13. Xtra

    12 81 2,120 9.2 Kotlin

    Third-party Twitch client for Android

    

    Twitch - Xtra, Twire

14. Dawn

    13 17 443 0.0 Java

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

    Reddit - RedReader , Stealth, Dawn

15. Nitter-Android

    14 6 - -

    Twitter - shitter , Nitter ( gitlab )

16. NewPipe

    15 429 3,330 8.8 Java

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

    YouTube - NewPipe Sponsorblock , Libretube

17. XVII

    16 2 85 2.4 Kotlin

    android messenger for vk social network

    

    XVII for people using VK Messenger

18. NativeAlphaForAndroid

    17 30 877 9.0 Java

    

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

19. TelegramAndroid

    18 25 1,313 7.8 Java

    Fork client of Telegram app for Android.

    

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

20. mollyim-android

    19 38 3,439 9.9 Kotlin

    Enhanced and security-focused fork of Signal.

    

    Signal - Molly , Foss-Signal

21. Signal-Android

    20 43 171 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 assembleWebsiteFossProdRelease" (change "Website" to "Play" pre v7.15.4). (by tw-hx)

    

    Signal - Molly , Foss-Signal

22. Infinity-For-Reddit

    21 347 5,367 9.5 Java

    A Reddit client for Android

    

    Infinity for reddit is also open source.

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