Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Haven
Self-host a private blog as a Facebook alternative
Haven is a self-hosted private blogging platform designed as an alternative to Facebook. It allows users to control their own content and decide who can access their posts, eliminating reliance on large tech companies.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Haven launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Haven is a new way of sharing things on the internet. Post things privately so that only your chosen freinds and family have access.
2021 · havenweb.org · its alternatives →
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With social media and now AI, its important to keep the indie web alive. There are many people who write frequently. Blogosphere tries to highlight them by fetching the recent posts from personal blogs across many categories. There are two versions: Minimal (HN-inspired, fast, static): https://text.blogosphere.app/ Non-minimal: https://blogosphere.app/ If you don't find your blog (or your favorite ones), please add them. I will review and approve it.
Apr 2026 · text.blogosphere.app · its alternatives →
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Minimalist, federated, self-hosted blogging platform.
2018 · writefreely.org · its alternatives →
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2019 · able.bio · its alternatives →
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Inspired by the "Ask HN: Share your personal site" last week, I finally came around and built a thing I wanted for a long time: a simple website to randomly explore all the awesome personal blogs without having to subscribe to them all. So this is what I built over the weekend. You click a button and indieblog.page will redirect you to a random page from a personal page... I'm happy to answer any questions you might have.
2022 · indieblog.page · its alternatives →
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Create a blog with only Google Docs
2018 · youdontneedwp.com · its alternatives →
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Haven▲176Personal space security app, backed by Snowden
2017 · guardianproject.github.io · its alternatives →
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Haven▲99My team and I built Haven. It is a stripped down browser that only connects to verified financial institutions and blocks everything else. No extensions, no injected scripts, no overlays, no random third party code. It is not a general browser, it is just a controlled environment for banking and investing. Why? I have spent years building browser extensions and know exactly how much power they have. The extension model is useful, but the security model is too loose and a single malicious install can see everything, rewrite everything, and mislead a user without leaving a trace. My dad…
Dec 2025 · starthaven.com · its alternatives →
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I created this chrome extension for myself where I track my own behavior locally and recommend myself content from platforms I want content from (youtube/twitter/quora/etc) in a feed. I made it public just in case anyone else was interested. I would rather have control over my own algorithm and own the data. Also, it gives me flexibility. Turns out I do like these feeds just not when I don't own it haha. Let me know what you think of my implementation?
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dev community that lets you blog on your domain for free
2020 · hashnode.com · its alternatives →
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Blogbuster ▲313Launch a blog on your domain in minutes & free
2025 · blogbuster.so · its alternatives →
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Dec 2025 · tempblog-psi.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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2021 · anon.sharehub.live · its alternatives →
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Penify▲168Blog platform to create your own blog effortless.
2024 · penifyapp.com · its alternatives →
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I made what I believe is a joyful slow social media. Would love to know what you think!
2023 · bloom.tendtoyourgarden.xyz · its alternatives →
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Self-hostable TikTok feed for your media. Make a TikTok feed with your own images and videos - will-moss/erin
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · awesomeblog.club · its alternatives →
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Hello, I am a tech blogger and last year I wanted to have my own website for writing blogs and doing content marketing. Since I love programming, I could have built the site by myself but I wanted to test the no-code solutions, so after spending sometime researching I ended up going with Wordpress. However i found it tedious and for some reasons, hard and slow. Anyways, I tried other platforms like Wix too. Problem then came was I had to share my work on social media platforms to get more readers and also post it on hashnode and Medium. It was becoming time consuming and monotonous process.…
2022 · leansence.com · its alternatives →
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The Newscene▲81FB groups meet Mailchimp. Build your own social community.
2020 · newscene.io · its alternatives →
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Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →