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diaspora* vs Streams: catalog facts
diaspora*	Streams
Free Free and open source under the AGPL. Hosting is separate.	Free Free to download and run on your own server.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Aspects give fine control over who sees each post One of the longest-running decentralised social networks	Nomadic identity not tied to one server Fine-grained permissions on content
Does not speak ActivityPub, so it does not federate with Mastodon Activity levels are low compared with newer networks	Requires running and maintaining a PHP web server Documentation lives mainly inside the repository
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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