Comparison of microblogging and similar services
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The tables below compare general and technical information for some notable active microblogging services, and also social network services that have status updates.
General information
[edit | edit source]| Service | Owner | Launched | Primary service | Software license | Content license | Multilingual | Ad-free | Federated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky | Open source | 2021-10-21 | social network | MIT | own TOS | 19 | Yes | Yes |
| Diaspora | Open source | 2010-11 | social network | AGPLv3-or-later[1] | AGPLv3 | 31[2] | Yes | Yes |
| Meta[3] | 2004-02-04 | social network | Proprietary | own TOS | 112 | No | No | |
| Friendica | Open source | 2010-07 | social network | AGPLv3-or-later | own TOS | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GNU social | Open source | 2010-03-03 | microblogging | AGPLv3-or-later[4] | CC BY 3.0 | 70[5] | Yes | Yes |
| identi.ca | Open source | 2008-07-02 [6] | microblogging | Apache v2 (pump.io) | CC BY 3.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mastodon | Open source | 2016-10[7] | microblogging | AGPLv3-or-later[8] | own TOS | 93[9] | Yes | Yes |
| Micro.blog | Riverfold Software | 2017-04-24 | microblogging | Mixed[10][11] | Mixed | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Movim | Open source | 2011-03 | social network | AGPLv3-or-later[12][13] | AGPLv3 | 59[14] | Yes | Yes |
| Pleroma | Open source | 2019-02-22 | microblogging | AGPLv3[15] | CC BY 4.0 | 37[16] | Yes | Yes |
| Steam community | Valve Corporation | 2003-09-12 | Proprietary | own TOS | 28[17] | Yes | No | |
| Threads | Meta | 2023-07-05 | microblogging | Proprietary | own TOS | 31 | Yes | Partly |
| Tout | Tout | 2010-04 [18] | microblogging | Proprietary | own TOS | Yes | Yes | No |
| Tumblr | Automattic | 2007 | microblogging | Proprietary | own TOS | Yes | No | No |
| Twister | Open source | 2013-12-30 | microblogging | MIT & BSD | own TOS | 2:en,ru | Yes | Partly |
| Sina Corporation | 2009-08 | microblogging | Proprietary | own TOS | Yes | No | No | |
| Viva Engage | Yammer, Inc. | 2008-09 [19] | microblogging | Proprietary | own TOS | Yes | Yes | No |
| X (Twitter) | X Corp.[20] | 2006-08 | microblogging | Proprietary | own TOS | Yes | No | No |
Features
[edit | edit source]An overview of integral features. Extras may be provided by third-party applications/services, but are not listed here.
| Service | Tagging[Note 1] | Groups | Conversation[Note 2] | Private[Note 3] | Private following list | RSS | Atom | Bookmarklet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No[21] | No | No | |
| Friendica | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[22] |
| GNU social | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[23] |
| Mastodon | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[24] |
| Micro.blog | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No |
| Movim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Steam community | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Tumblr | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[25][26] |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| X (Twitter) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[27] | No[27] | Yes[28] |
Posting and reading
[edit | edit source]Communication methods supported by the services. Extras may be provided by third-party applications/services, but are not listed here.
| Service | Post via | Read via | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web | XMPP | SMS | API | Micropub | Web | XMPP | SMS | API | Feed | ActivityPub | |||
| Yes | No | Yes[29] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes[30] | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Friendica | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GNU social | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mastodon | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Micro.blog | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[31] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Movim | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| X (Twitter) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Much of the client software is open source, but the code running the Micro.blog site is currently not released, as of 2023-01-02
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