Bridgy Fed
Social NetworksBridge connecting IndieWeb sites to the fediverse
Replaces Twitter
Best Single-User Social Networks for self-hosting
The 8 best Single-User social networks you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
snac
Social NetworksMinimalist ActivityPub server in C
Replaces Twitter, Mastodon
ActivityPub for WordPress
Social NetworksTurn a WordPress blog into a fediverse actor
Replaces Twitter, Medium
Postmarks
Social NetworksSingle-user bookmarking site that federates
Replaces Pinboard, del.icio.us
Hollo
Social NetworksSingle-user federated microblogging server
Replaces Twitter, Mastodon
Ktistec
Social NetworksSingle-user ActivityPub server in Crystal
Replaces Twitter, Mastodon
Honk
Social NetworksOpinionated single-user ActivityPub server
Replaces Twitter, Mastodon
GoBlog
Social NetworksLightweight blogging engine with ActivityPub
Replaces Medium, WordPress
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgy Fed | Read-the-docs project | Hard | 512 MB | Unlicense | 1,242 |
| snac | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 64 MB | MIT | 900 |
| ActivityPub for WordPress | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 584 |
| Postmarks | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 544 |
| Hollo | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 493 |
| Ktistec | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 256 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 436 |
| Honk | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 128 MB | ISC | 400 |
| GoBlog | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 281 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Bridgy Fed (1,242 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: snac (from 64 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 4 of 8 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Single-User within the social networks category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.