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24 alternatives to Fupio

I was missing FriendFeed so much, and after seeing multiple times that I'm not alone, built one.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Fupio launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Bonfire▲299

   The new group video chat app from Facebook 🔥

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   A new decentralized microblogging platform▲364

   A GNU Social-compatible microblogging server. Contribute to Gargron/mastodon development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Flare▲143

   A sharing bar to encourage visitors to spread your content

   2014 · filament.io · its alternatives →

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   Flare▲346

   AI-native voice-first social app for GenZ

   May 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   October▲210

   Visual and pseudonymous social network.

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   Feed▲81

   A social networking & microblogger powered by blockchain

   2019 · its alternatives →

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   Mastodon▲272

   Open-source decentralized microblogging platform

   2016 · mastodon.social · its alternatives →

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   Fread▲150

   A microblog client that supports Mastodon and RSS

   2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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   Fuego▲82

   A better place to argue and show off cool things online

   2022 · its alternatives →

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    Fedica▲419

    Publish and grow your profile across social apps

    2023 · fedica.com · its alternatives →

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    Feeds Mage▲348

    Discover great blogs lost in your Twitter timeline

    2021 · mrplayas.com · its alternatives →

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    Tapglue▲251

    Build a Facebook-like news feed into your app in no time

    2015 · tapglue.com · its alternatives →

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    textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS▲210

    Hey all, I’ve made this bot, it fetches every story that enters the HN Top 10, summarizes it with AI to a tweet-sized textlog note and publishes it. textlog.cc offers these endpoints as RSS/Atom through textlog.cc/u/hn10.rss and textlog.cc/u/hn10.atom so you can subscribe easily. Enjoy!

    Aug 2026 · textlog.cc · its alternatives →

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    Babble – Communicate privately on state-sponsored social media▲100

    Thanks for checking out Babble! You might wonder why this app is even useful and why not just use Signal/PGP. This app's target audience is actually ordinary people in China or similar countries who are under severe government surveillance and censorship, where access to Signal and similar E2EE messaging software is blocked by nationwide firewalls, such as the Great Firewall of China (GFW). Chinese people have been deprived of freedom of speech even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Li Wenliang, who was among the first to notice the spread of the virus and warned his colleagues about it in…

    2022 · babble.landrop.app · its alternatives →

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    Fugu▲87

    Open source, on-premise, Slack alternative

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Openvibe▲165

    Combines Mastodon, Bluesky and Nostr into one social app

    2024 · openvibe.social · its alternatives →

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    Bonfire▲157

    Chat about your interests

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Mastodon, a federated microblogging network▲172

    Attached: 1 video Want a prank for a friend with an Android phone (with an opaque case) ? Set up a NFC tag to open the website of your choice then slip it between their phone and the case. Every time they will unlock their phone the website will open. No confirmation, no notification and too thin to

    2017 · mastodon.social · its alternatives →

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    Fadd▲96

    Ephemeral microblogging

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Cake Reader▲72

    Simple and fast RSS reader

    2021 · cakereader.com · its alternatives →

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    Flare▲7

    All your Mastodon, Bluesky, Misskey, RSS Feeds, in one App

    2025 · flareapp.moe · its alternatives →

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    Feediary – RSS reader with zero tracking and zero ads▲109

    2018 · feediary.com · its alternatives →

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    fugacious▲65

    Open source short term secure messaging

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Shadowticks▲122

    Anonymous messaging, chat in incognito mode, encryption

    2023 · its alternatives →

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