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Hometown vs Seqular: catalog facts
Hometown	Seqular
Free Free and open source; you pay only for your own hosting.	Free Free to join, open source under GPLv3.
Self-hosted	Android, Web
Local-only posts that stay on your own instance Supports a wider range of content types than Mastodon	Part of the Mastodon Fediverse No ads, bots or algorithmic feed
Requires running and maintaining your own Mastodon-style server Follows upstream Mastodon, so new features can arrive later	Requires an account One instance among many in the Fediverse
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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