Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Minds

The Community Owned Social Network

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Minds launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   squabbles▲247

   A new kind of social media, a community powered platform

   2023 · squabbles.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Mastodon 2.0▲127

   Social networking, back in your hands

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Socially▲212

   The community builder platform for creators

   2024 · socially.so · its alternatives →

4. 4
   A decentralized social network with end-to-end encryption▲167

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   HumHub▲109

   Open source social network kit

   2014 · humhub.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Bluesky▲350

   Social media as it should be, now open to all

   2024 · bsky.social · its alternatives →

7. 7
   HubYard 2▲92

   Open Source Social Media Management

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Teamstory 1.8▲97

   A social network for startups & entrepreneurs

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   CNDO▲121

   The social social network

   2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Art of Community▲70

    Awesome open source book to manage communities in general

    2016 · artofcommunityonline.org · its alternatives →

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    OpenDolphin – A Community Built Open Source Social Network▲7

    Hey HN! I'm trying to create a community of people that are willing to contribute to the OpenDolphin project. The goal of the project is to build an Open Source _centralized_ social network that would ideally compete with Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The main difference between the well established social and this one would be that it is going to be built and managed in the public, in the most transparent way possible. Features will be implemented and requested by the community - and generally speaking everything would be community-centric. If the project takes off, this might become one…

    2022 · about.opendolphin.social · its alternatives →

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    Robin, by Reddit▲118

    Humans make connections. Sometimes they grow, stay, collapse

    2016 · reddit.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Monocle▲71

    HN-like Community for Tech and Startups (now open source)

    2013 · monocle.io · its alternatives →

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    Led by Community 2.0▲33

    The network for community leaders

    2023 · ledby.community · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Social Safe▲86

    Back up all your social networks in one place

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Mixely▲69

    An offline social network

    2014 · mixely.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Sublevel▲59

    Interesting new social network that 'puts people first'

    2014 · sublevel.net · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Minds▲7

    Speak freely. Earn crypto. Own your presence.

    2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Open Source Social Network (OSSN)▲1

    Create your own social network platform (website & app)

    Jun 2026 · opensource-socialnetwork.org · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Synereo▲8

    Yet another Distributed & Decentralized Social Network

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Blogmesh, Interconnect Blogs to Create a Decentralized Social Network▲15

    2018 · blogmesh.org · its alternatives →

22. 22AN
    A New Decentralized Social Network▲6

    2014 · getmelange.com · its alternatives →

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    DecentSocial ▲12

    It's Decentralised Social Media in Web3

    2025 · ohara.ai · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Global Minds Forge▲14

    scientific and info social network, solve business problems

    2024 · pavelsamuta.com · its alternatives →

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