Streams
Decentralized social server with nomadic identity
Streams is a free, decentralized social communication server that supports nomadic identity, letting accounts move and clone between instances. It federates with the fediverse and offers fine-grained permissions.
Key features
- Nomadic identity
- Account cloning across servers
- Fediverse federation
- Granular permissions
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Written in PHP
Streams replaces
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