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Ask HN: Hosting your own Facebook-like service
Is anyone hosting their own server that largely provides the same basic functionality as Facebook (status updates, pictures, etc) but on your own server? I would like to build a service for my extended family that handles this basic everyday flow in a way that is familiar for Facebook users but otherwise completely private. Is there any open source software that is trying to achieve this?
- mtmail 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software) / https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinmastodon.org/ I haven't set it up so I can't comment on how easy it is to install or user-friendliness compared to Facebook.
- rootusrootus 6y agoI think of Mastodon more as a Twitter replacement than a FB replacement. But maybe that would be good enough.
- ZguideZ 6y agoTry using Slack. Not quite the same, but interesting.
- karmafish 6y agoTry Friendica. Same functionality as Facebook, but open, like Mastodon. Mastodon : Twitter. Friendica : Facebook.