diaspora* vs pump.io
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted social networks options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare diaspora* with
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Compare pump.io with
choose an app… Mastodon Discourse Invidious NodeBB Lemmy Nitter Element Misskey Piped Fizzy Pixelfed Flarum HumHub Elk WriteFreely LibReddit Campsite Campfire Redlib Mixpost Pro Vanilla Forums Misago Loomio Artalk Pleroma Friendica Firefish Bridgy Fed Takahe Microblog.pub Fedify snac Hometown Glitch-soc Sharkey ActivityPub for WordPress Hollo Ktistec Akkoma Honk Epicyon Iceshrimp
Feature diaspora* pump.io Category Social Networks Social Networks License AGPL-3.0 Apache-2.0 Language Ruby JavaScript Setup difficulty Hard Medium Min. RAM 1,024 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, source bare-metal, source GitHub stars ★ 13,656 ★ 2,239 First released 2010 2013 Replaces Facebook, Twitter Twitter
Why pick each one
Choose pump.io if… Released under the Apache-2.0 license Active community (2.2k GitHub stars) Written in JavaScript Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM pump.io details
Frequently asked questions Is diaspora* or pump.io better? Neither is universally better. diaspora* has the larger community, while pump.io is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are diaspora* and pump.io free and open-source? Yes. diaspora* is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and pump.io under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run diaspora* and pump.io with Docker? diaspora*: yes. pump.io: check the project docs for container support.