Smithereen
Your social network — decentralized, ad-free, and always yours.
Smithereen is open-source server software that lets individuals and organizations host their own node in the fediverse, a decentralized social network. It enables users to connect with friends, classmates, and coworkers without algorithmic feeds, ads, or corporate control. Servers are independent and interoperable via ActivityPub, similar to how email works across different providers.
Smithereen runs as self-hosted server software implementing ActivityPub, allowing users on different independent servers to connect and communicate across the fediverse.
individuals and communities who want to self-host a decentralized social network
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
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