Can I use Mastodon or Pleroma or something else for a private (private network) Twitter like product?

• Mastodon

  1,224 45,874 10.0 Ruby

  Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community

  

Mastodon and Pleroma are very similar to Twitter. Both are based on the activitypub protocol, so if one group sets up a pleroma instance and another sets up a Mastodon server, they can still communicate together. Ultimately between the two, I think it's up to personal preference, but Mastodon is very popular.

• Lemmy

  1,603 12,784 9.8 Rust

  🐀 A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse

  

Aether looks closer to Reddit, but it describes itself as a "distributed," not "federated" network. At first glance that means there is one global Aether network that is supported by the many nodes. If you're looking to build a private network, this might not be a solution for you. But if you like the Reddit feel of threads and subs, you could look up Lemmy which is powered by activitypub just like Mastodon.

• 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.

  

• aether

  171 1,207 0.0 JavaScript

  Aether client app with bundled front-end and P2P back-end

  

Aether looks closer to Reddit, but it describes itself as a "distributed," not "federated" network. At first glance that means there is one global Aether network that is supported by the many nodes. If you're looking to build a private network, this might not be a solution for you. But if you like the Reddit feel of threads and subs, you could look up Lemmy which is powered by activitypub just like Mastodon.

• jami-cli

  136 15 0.0 Rust

  Jami client for terminal

You could try to use Jami. It's peer-to-peer, encrypted end-to-end and users on the same network can communicate even if there's no internet access.

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