Buddycloud
Federated XMPP-based social networking server
Buddycloud is a federated communication platform built on XMPP that provides topic channels, presence, and social media features. It allows organizations to run their own decentralized social network.
Key features
- Federated XMPP social channels
- Decentralized topic feeds
- Self-hosted social networking
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- Written in Java
- Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM
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