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BonfireHumHub
Free

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

 Freemium

The open-source edition is free to self-host; hosted plans are offered by the developer.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Federated with the open social web
  • Modular building blocks for different community needs
  • Spaces with separate members, content and permissions
  • Large module library covering wikis, events, tasks and more
  • Self-hosting needs some sysadmin experience
  • Smaller ecosystem than Mastodon
  • Aimed at organisations rather than public social networking
  • Some functionality depends on picking and configuring modules
Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Open source
License not stated License: AGPL-3.0
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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