Open source social-media projects
Every project in the registry tagged social-media, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
best way to save what you love
Decentralized social networking for the Web3 era
AI agent skills for social media research. Outlier posts, comment mining, competitor teardowns, ad libraries & trends across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit,
A browser extension that helps users publish content to multiple social media platforms with one click.
Decentralized social network for book lovers and readers
Open-source, self-hostable social media management platform. Schedule, publish, and manage content across 10+ platforms from a single dashboard. Free alternativ
Scrape tweets, profiles, followers and following from Twitter/X, no API key needed. Python library with smart multi-account pooling, proxy support and async.
Federated short videos without corporate control
Community-driven platform built for transparency
Frequently asked questions
How many open source social-media projects are there?
This registry tracks 9 projects tagged social-media, with 92,189 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is cobalt at 45,722 stars.
Are these social-media projects free to use?
Yes — 8 of the 9 carry an explicit open-source licence across 4 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.
Which social-media project should I choose?
The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.
Are these social-media projects still maintained?
8 of the 9 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.