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Streams vs Socialhome: catalog facts
Streams	Socialhome
Free Free to download and run on your own server.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Nomadic identity not tied to one server Fine-grained permissions on content	Federates over both ActivityPub and Diaspora Profile pages built from pinned rich content
Requires running and maintaining a PHP web server Documentation lives mainly inside the repository	Small project with few public instances Running an instance requires Django and server administration
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	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 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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