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Free

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

 Free

Free to download and run on your own server.

Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Works with existing Mastodon client apps
  • Active development with regular releases
  • Builds on the mature Misskey codebase
  • Extra features and interface changes over upstream
  • Smaller community than Mastodon
  • Requires running and maintaining your own server
  • Smaller project and community than Misskey itself
  • Documentation is mostly in the repository
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Closed source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Needs internet

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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