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HometownSharkey
Free

Free and open source; you pay only for your own hosting.

 Free

Free to self-host.

Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Local-only posts that stay on your own instance
  • Supports a wider range of content types than Mastodon
  • Tracks upstream Misskey while adding features
  • Federates with Mastodon, Akkoma, Pixelfed and more
  • Requires running and maintaining your own Mastodon-style server
  • Follows upstream Mastodon, so new features can arrive later
  • Hosting an instance requires server administration
  • Smaller project with a small maintainer team
Self-hosted 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

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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