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glitch-soc vs Pleroma: catalog facts
glitch-soc	Pleroma
Free Free and open source; you pay only for your own server.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL. Hosting is separate.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Adds formatted posts, local-only posts and threaded mode to Mastodon Installs and updates the same way as Mastodon	Runs comfortably on hardware far smaller than Mastodon needs Mastodon-compatible API, so existing apps work
Experimental features may make it less stable than upstream Mastodon Requires running and maintaining your own server	Smaller contributor base and slower release cadence Moderation tooling is less developed than Mastodon's
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
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
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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