Zap
Decentralized social network with nomadic identity
Zap is a decentralized communications platform from the Hubzilla and Streams lineage that supports nomadic identity, letting accounts move between servers. It federates over multiple protocols including ActivityPub.
Key features
- Nomadic identity
- Multi-protocol federation
- Account portability
- Fine-grained permissions
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- Written in PHP
- Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM
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