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DarkNet Social is a Tor-based social networking site built on the open source package HumHub. It was founded mid-2015.

joindiaspora.org is a "pod" on the federated diaspora* network. diaspora* was founded in 2010 by four students at New York University who were…

Duuit is an Elgg-based social networking site first conceptualized in 2009. It is based on many open source software packages and promises to keep…

Ello is an alternative social network famous for declaring that users are not products. Ello refuses to host advertisements. It gained a lot of…

Evergreen was a social networking system built to run on Freenet, a peer-to-peer anonymous networking system. From the Freenet page: "Evergreen is a…

Galaxy was a dark web social networking site available as a Tor hidden service. It ran mid 2013 to late 2014. At its height, it had over 30000…

Galaxy2 is an elgg-based social networking site hosted on a Tor hidden service. Galaxy2 was created by Lameth after the original Galaxy shut down in…

GNUsocial.no is an installation of GNU social software, the free alternative to Twitter. GNU social is a federated system, meaning members of…

Hatebook is an "anti-social utility" organized around "hating": members hate each other as well as most popular things. Clearly, this is a commentary…

Id3nt is a microblog based on i2p (called an "eepsite"), available via the i2prouter at id3nt.i2p.

Founded by ex-Reddit employee Dan Comas in 2016, Imzy is a social networking site dedicated to fostering civil communication among members. It is…

Independent Microblogging Service is an installation of StatusNet administered by Aktivix (https://aktivix.org/). It is part of the GNU social…

Jisko was a microblog that was mirrored as both a Tor hidden service (that is, a .onion site) as well as on i2p. It ceased operation late 2014. Along…

Lorea was an Elgg-based social networking site conceptualized in 2010. It was used by the Indignados in Spain during the 15-M/Anti-Austerity movement…

Mastodon came online in October 2016. It's a microblog, replicating many features of Twitter, with short posts and follower/followed relationships.…

Multiverse was a Tor-based social networking site built on top of BuddyPress, a social networking system for WordPress. It lasted for a large part of…

My Muslim Friends Book is a Facebook alternative. It is designed as a place to meet Over 1.6 billion Muslims and peaceful people from other religions.…

Propaganda was an Elgg-based social networking site first appearing online 2015. It was announced on Galaxy2 (a Tor-based social networking site) and…

Quitter.se is an installation of GNU social (and styled with Qvitter) administered by En Kompis Kompis, a Swedish non-profit. It is a federated…

rstat.us is a microblog -- a Twitter alternative -- built to be installed in nodes. It is in the public domain (licensed Creative Commons 0).

Founded in 2014, Seen.is is an Iceland-based social networking site dedicated to user privacy. Users can create and join groups, post blogs, upload…

Sone is the main microblogging service for Freenet, an anonymous, peer-to-peer networking system. Sone is important for Freenet; new Freesites are…

Steem is a blockchain database that supports community building and social interaction with cryptocurrency rewards. Steem combines the concepts used…

TalkOpen was a microblog built on Elgg, meant to be a Twitter alternative. It was online at talkopen.info between 31 March 2012 to early June 2012. It…

The Dark Lair began as an image hosting service only accessible with Tor. Over time, it evolved into a social networking site. On September 18, 2016,…