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Hometown vs Misskey: catalog facts
Hometown	Misskey
Free Free and open source; you pay only for your own hosting.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL. Hosting is separate.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Local-only posts that stay on your own instance Supports a wider range of content types than Mastodon	Custom reactions, quotes and a built-in file drive that Mastodon lacks Deep per-instance theming and customisation
Requires running and maintaining your own Mastodon-style server Follows upstream Mastodon, so new features can arrive later	Heavier to run than other fediverse servers Most documentation and community support is in Japanese
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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