Wafrn
Tumblr-style federated social network
This project is archived. Upstream development has stopped, so expect no new features or security fixes. Consider an actively maintained social networks alternative.
Wafrn is an open-source, federated social network with a Tumblr-inspired reblog-and-tag experience. It connects to the fediverse over ActivityPub so users can interact with Mastodon and other servers.
Key features
- Tumblr-style reblogs
- Tag-based discovery
- Fediverse federation
- Custom themes
Strengths
- Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Written in TypeScript
Wafrn replaces
Compare Wafrn
24 head-to-head comparisons.
- Wafrn vs Mastodon
- Wafrn vs diaspora*
- Wafrn vs Misskey
- Wafrn vs WriteFreely
- Wafrn vs pump.io
- Wafrn vs Pleroma
- Wafrn vs Friendica
- Wafrn vs Firefish
- Wafrn vs Bridgy Fed
- Wafrn vs Takahe
- Wafrn vs Fedify
- Wafrn vs snac
- Wafrn vs Hometown
- Wafrn vs Glitch-soc
- Wafrn vs Sharkey
- Wafrn vs ActivityPub for WordPress
- Wafrn vs Hollo
- Wafrn vs Ktistec
- Wafrn vs Akkoma
- Wafrn vs Honk
- Wafrn vs Socialhome
- Wafrn vs Epicyon
- Wafrn vs Iceshrimp
- Wafrn vs Forte
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