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Open Source Social Network vs Smithereen: catalog facts
Open Source Social Network	Smithereen
Freemium The core is free to download and self-host; some marketplace add-ons and managed setup are…	Free Free and released into the public domain under the Unlicense.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Profiles, groups, photo albums and messaging included out of the box Preconfigured VM image available alongside the zip installer	Friends, walls and groups instead of a microblog feed Federates with other ActivityPub servers
Some business add-ons are paid Uses its own license alongside CAL-1.0, so check the terms before redistributing	You need to run and maintain your own server Smaller community than Mastodon or other major fediverse servers
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: CAL-1.0	License: Unlicense
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 October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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