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BonfireBuddyPress
Free

Self-hosting is free; cooperative hosting is also offered.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Web, Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Federated with the open social web
  • Modular building blocks for different community needs
  • Adds profiles, groups and activity streams to WordPress
  • Works with bbPress for forums
  • Self-hosting needs some sysadmin experience
  • Smaller ecosystem than Mastodon
  • Requires a self-hosted WordPress site
  • Customising beyond defaults may need WordPress development skills
Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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