Decentralized Social Networking

What is Diaspora?

Diaspora* is a different kind of social network. Unlike social networks like Facebook or Twitter, Diaspora can be installed anywhere, and the best part is that users on different Diaspora servers can talk to one another. Learn More ->

Features our users love


Hashtags Hashtags allow you to label and follow your interests. They're also a great way to meet fun and interesting new people on Diaspora*.
Reshare Why not reshare a post you love with others? Diaspora* makes it easy to spread ideas via reshare.
Mention Want to get the attention of an amazing community member? just @-mention them!
Love Show your appreciation for something you love by ♥-ing it.

Hashtags

Hashtags allow you to label and follow your interests. They're also a great way to meet fun and interesting new people on Diaspora*.

Reshare

Why not reshare a post you love with others? Diaspora* makes it easy to spread ideas via reshare.

Mention

Want to get the attention of an amazing community member? just @-mention them!

Love

Show your appreciation for something you love by ♥-ing it.

Community

Documented
Diaspora's robust documentation tells you everything you need to know about getting a pod up and running.
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Decentralized
You can set up a Diaspora pod of your own anywhere on the web, and add friends from other pods.
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Open Architecture
This project is Free Software, licensed under the GNU AGPL v 3.0. Software freedom allows users and developers to study and modify the code at their leisure.
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Community-Driven
Diaspora has a thriving community of developers, designers, sysadmins, and enthusiasts. These people not only contribute to the project; they help run it, too.
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What is Diaspora?

Features our users love

Hashtags

Reshare

Mention

Love

Community

Documented

Decentralized

Open Architecture

Community-Driven