Mastodon vs Facebook alternatives
Comparison between Mastodon, Friendica, Hubzilla and (streams)
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| Mobile apps | Mastodon | Friendica | Hubzilla | (streams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official iOS app | Yes | No | No | No |
| Official Android app | Yes | No | No | No |
| 3rd-party iOS apps | Yes | Closed beta | No | No |
| 3rd-party Android apps | Yes | Yes | Outdated, F-Droid only, uses the Web interface | No |
| Works with Mastodon apps | Yes | Very limited features | No | No |
| Can be installed as a Progressive Web App | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Web interface adapts to mobile | Yes | Yes | Yes + optional zoom | Yes + optional zoom |
| Interconnectivity | Mastodon | Friendica | Hubzilla | (streams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ActivityPub federation | Yes | Yes | Optional, off by default | Optional; on by default |
| diaspora* federation | No | Optional, off by default | Optional, off by default | No |
| Nomad federation | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Bluesky connection | Bridgy Fed | Native Optional, off by default | Bridgy Fed | Bridgy Fed |
| Feeds | RSS | Atom | Atom | Atom |
| Subscribe to RSS/Atom feeds | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Identity and profile | Mastodon | Friendica | Hubzilla | (streams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Account equals identity | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Multiple independent identities (channels) per account/login | No | Subaccounts | Independent channels | Independent channels |
| Switch between your identities on the same instance without logging out and back in | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Move your identity to another instance | Limited | Limited | Within Hubzilla, leaving no dead channel behind | Within (streams), leaving no dead channel behind |
| Nomadic identity (clone your identity between multiple instances) | No | No | Within Hubzilla | Within (streams) |
| OpenWebAuth magic single sign-on | No | Client only | Yes | Yes |
| Verify external identities | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Multiple profiles per account/channel which can be assigned to connections | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Variable-use text fields | 4 | No | No | No |
| Dedicated keyword/hashtag field | No | Keywords | Keywords | Keywords |
| Birthday field which generated birthday events | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Location and contact information fields | No | Optional, off by default | Optional, off by default | |
| Gender field | No | 14 pre-defined entries + blank | 13 pre-defined entries + blank | |
| Sexual preference/orientation field | No | 13 pre-defined entires + blank | 9 pre-defined entires + blank | |
| Other preference/interest fields | No | Optional, off by default | Optional, off by default | |
| Opt into your (public default) profile being published | Search | Directory | Directory | Directory |
| Opt into being suggested as a new contact | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Flag your account/channel not safe for work | No | Yes | Yes |
| Security and privacy | Mastodon | Friendica | Hubzilla | (streams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Account/channel types | None | Yes | Public Private Community forum Custom (with 17 individual permission settings) | Social - Public Social - Restricted Group - Normal Group - Limited Group - Moderated Group - Restricted + various individual channel-wide permissions setings |
| Permissions | Very limited | Basic | Advanced | Advanced |
| Limit access to your profile | No | Yes | Anybody on the internet; anybody in the Fediverse; anybody on Hubzilla or (streams); anybody on your hub; unapproved and approved connections; approved connections; only those you specifically allow by contact role; only yourself | Public; approved connections Depends on channel type |
| Limit access to your connections | Show or hide | Yes | Anybody on the internet; anybody in the Fediverse; anybody on Hubzilla or (streams); anybody on your hub; unapproved and approved connections; approved connections; only those you specifically allow by contact role; only yourself | Public; identified Fediverse users; approved connections; only yourself Override either with individual connection permissions and connection roles |
| Limit access to your timeline/stream | No | Yes | Anybody on the internet; anybody in the Fediverse; anybody on Hubzilla or (streams); anybody on your hub; unapproved and approved connections; approved connections; only those you specifically allow by contact role; only yourself | Public; approved connections; depends on channel type Override either with individual connection permissions and connection roles |
| Limit searching your timeline/stream | No per-account timeline search available | No | No | Public; identified Fediverse users; approved connections; only yourself Override either with individual connection permissions and connection roles |
| Individual permissions for contacts | No | Contact roles | Individual permission settings Permission roles | |
| Grant/deny individual permission to send you posts | No | Yes, depending on channel role | Yes, depending on channel settings | |
| Grant/deny individual permission to send you boosts | No | By filter syntax | Yes | |
| Grant/deny individual permission to send you private messages | No | Yes, depending on channel role | Yes, depending on channel settings | |
| Post audience | Public; unlisted; followers only; mentioned only Set either of the first three as your default audience | Public; only yourself; all members of a privacy group; whoever is assigned a certain non-default profile; a group/forum; custom selection of contacts Select either Public or a privacy group as your default audience | Public; connections only; all members of an access list; a group/forum; custom selection of contacts; only yourself Select either of these as your default audience | |
| Account-wide/channel-wide reply control | No | Anybody on the internet; anybody in the Fediverse; anybody on Hubzilla or (streams); anybody on your hub; unapproved and approved connections; approved connections; only those you specifically allow by contact role; only yourself Option to moderate unpermitted comments | Anybody in the Fediverse; approved connections; only yourself Override either with individual connection permissions and connection roles Option to moderate unpermitted comments | |
| Per-connection reply control | No | Grant or deny permission to comment on your posts with contact roles | Grant or deny permission to comment on your posts with individual settings per connection and connection roles | |
| Per-post reply control | No | Optional, off by default Allow/disallow comments on individual posts | Optional, off by default Allow/disallow comments on individual posts Limit comments on individual posts to your connections only Automatically disallow comments on individual posts after a certain date | |
| Account-wide/channel-wide quote-post control | No quote-posts available | Anybody in the Fediverse; anybody on Hubzilla or (streams); anybody on your hub; unapproved and approved connections; approved connections; only those you specifically allow by contact role; only yourself | Only certain approved connections, by means of individual connection permissions and connection roles | |
| Grant/deny individual permission to repost and quote-post your posts | No | Yes, depending on channel role | Yes | |
| Allow certain connections to control your account/channel | No | By delegation Only Friendica connections on the same node as your account | By contact role Only Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte connections | By permission settings for the connection Only Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte connections |
| Report to admin/moderation | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Block instances | Yes | Admin only? | Admin only | Yes |
| Block entire server applications (e.g. Threads or all of Mastodon) by user agent | No | No | No | Admin only |
| Filters | Mastodon | Friendica | Hubzilla | (streams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Account/channel-wide filters | Allowlist + blocklist | Allowlist + blocklist | Allowlist + blocklist | Allowlist + blocklist |
| Individual filters per connection | No | Optional, off by default Allowlist + blocklist | Optional, off by default Allowlist + blocklist | |
| Regular expressions on filter lists | No | Not with filter syntax | Not with filter syntax | |
| Filter by post, comment or PM | No | Limited | Limited | |
| Filter reposts (boosts) | No | Limited | Limited | |
| Individual reader-side content warnings generated from keywords | Special filter mode | Optional, off by default Extra feature with only one keyword list | Optional, off by default Extra feature with only one keyword list | Optional, off by default Extra feature with only one keyword list |
| Post features | Mastodon | Friendica | Hubzilla | (streams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long-form blogging | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max. characters (local) | 500; hard-coded | Virtually unlimited (200,000?) | Virtually unlimited | Virtually unlimited (>24,000,000) |
| Max. characters (remote) | 100,000? | Virtually unlimited | Virtually unlimited | Virtually unlimited (>24,000,000) |
| Summary | Repurposed for content warnings | BBcode tags | Dedicated field (posts only) | BBcode or HTML tags |
| Text formatting | Read-only Very limited | BBcode; optionally Markdown | BBcode | BBcode + Markdown + HTML |
| Max. images (local) | 4 | Virtually unlimited | Virtually unlimited | Virtually unlimited |
| Max. images (remote) | 4 | Virtually unlimited | Virtually unlimited | Virtually unlimited |
| Embedded in-line images | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max. poll options (local) | 4 | None | Virtually unlimited | Virtually unlimited |
| Quote | Read-only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Quote-post | Read-only | Quoted share Static copy of original | Share Static copy of original | Share Static copy of original |
| Repost | Boost | Share | Repeat | Repeat |
| Be notified when a stranger mentions you out of the blue | Yes | Optional, off by default | Optional, off by default |
| Conversations | Mastodon | Friendica | Hubzilla | (streams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threaded conversations (like Facebook, blogs, Reddit etc.) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Replies require mentions for notification | Yes | No | No | No |
| Follow/unfollow threads | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Receive comments by connections on unknown posts | Yes | No | No | Optional, off by default Receive entire conversation |
| Groups/forums | Mastodon | Friendica | Hubzilla | (streams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support for group actors | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in groups | No | As accounts | As channels | As channels |
| Restricted/private groups | No | Yes | By custom channel role configuration | Four group channel type presets + additional permission configuration |
| Public groups can be joined by | Not available | Anyone in the Fediverse | Anyone in the Fediverse | Anyone in the Fediverse |
| Restricted/private groups can be joined by | Not available | Friendica accounts Hubzilla channels (streams) channels | Hubzilla accounts (streams) channels | Hubzilla accounts (streams) channels |
| Appoint additional group administrators | No | By delegation Only Friendica connections on the same node as your account | By contact role Only Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte connections | By permission settings for the connection Only Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte connections |
| Directory | Mastodon | Friendica | Hubzilla | (streams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official central directory | No | Friendica Directory | No | No |
| Directory on instance | Yes | Yes | Hubzilla and (streams) only | ActivityPub + Nomad |
| Only show local accounts/channels | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hide accounts/channels flagged not safe for work | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Only show groups/forums | No | Only public groups/forums Hubzilla forums; (streams) forums | Only sufficiently public groups/forums Guppe groups; Friendica groups; Hubzilla forums; (streams) forums; Forte forums; Lemmy communities; /kbin magazines; Mbin magazines; PieFed communities | |
| Sorting algorithms | Newest; most recently active | Newest; oldest; alphabetic; reverse alphabetic | Newest; oldest; alphabetic; reverse alphabetic | |
| Search directory | No | Search for names and keywords | Search for names and keywords | Search for names and keywords |
| Keyword cloud | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Suggestion mode | No | Yes | Yes |
| Other features | Mastodon | Friendica | Hubzilla | (streams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File space with file manager | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Subdirectories in file space | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access permission control for files | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access permission control for directories | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OCAP permission override for media embedded into posts | No | No | Optional, off by default | No |
| Guest access tokens for the file space | No | Yes | Yes | |
| WebDAV | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Event calendar | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CalDAV calendar server | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Event calendar can be used as CalDAV frontend | No | No | Limited | No |
| CardDAV addressbook server | No | No | Optional, off by default | Yes |
| Articles (non-federating written pieces of unlimited length) | No | No | Optional, off by default | No |
| Cards (non-federating planning cards of unlimited length) | No | No | Optional, off by default | No |
| Wikis | No | No | Optional, off by default Multiple wikis possible with multiple pages each Limit read access to your wikis Appoint additional wiki editors Can use BBcode or Markdown | No |
| Webpages | No | No | Optional, off by default Can use BBcode, Markdown or HTML Limit read access to your webpages Appoint additional webpage editors | No |
@Jupiter Rowland
By the way, does this post just not allow reshares at all, or am I somehow missing how to get to the right screen for that?
By the way, does this post just not allow reshares at all, or am I somehow missing how to get to the right screen for that?
@dynamic_hubzilla No idea; I've got the UI elements for both sharing and repeating it.
Maybe it's because it's an article and not a post?
Maybe it's because it's an article and not a post?
Konversationsmerkmale
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Not that these tables need to get bigger, but one comparison point that I do think is pretty important is whether or not the platform enable bulk import / export of contacts lists. If I recall correctly, Friendica gives a pretty smooth import process. Hubzilla doesn't currently do import of contact lists at all (channel cloning is not the same thing).
I know you've previously expressed skepticism about the tractibility of importing Hubzilla contacts, but I think it can be done.