Comparison of microblogging and similar services

The tables below compare general and technical information for some notable active microblogging services, and also social network services that have status updates.

General information

Service	Owner	Launched	Primary service	Software license	Content license	Multilingual	Ad-free	Federated
Bluesky	Open source	2021-10-21	social network	MIT	own TOS	19	Yes	Yes
Diaspora	Open source	2010-11	social network	AGPLv3-or-later [1]	AGPLv3	31 [2]	Yes	Yes
Facebook	Meta [3]	2004-02-04	social network	Proprietary	own TOS	112	No	No
Friendica	Open source	2010-07	social network	AGPLv3-or-later	own TOS	Yes	Yes	Yes
GNU social	Open source	2010-03-03	microblogging	AGPLv3-or-later [4]	CC BY 3.0	70 [5]	Yes	Yes
identi.ca	Open source	2008-07-02 [6]	microblogging	Apache v2 (pump.io)	CC BY 3.0	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mastodon	Open source	2016-10 [7]	microblogging	AGPLv3-or-later [8]	own TOS	93 [9]	Yes	Yes
Micro.blog	Riverfold Software	2017-04-24	microblogging	Mixed [10] [11]	Mixed	Yes	Yes	Yes
Movim	Open source	2011-03	social network	AGPLv3-or-later [12] [13]	AGPLv3	59 [14]	Yes	Yes
Pleroma	Open source	2019-02-22	microblogging	AGPLv3 [15]	CC BY 4.0	37 [16]	Yes	Yes
Steam community	Valve Corporation	2003-09-12	content delivery social network service	Proprietary	own TOS	28 [17]	Yes	No
Threads	Meta	2023-07-05	microblogging	Proprietary	own TOS	31	Yes	Partly
Tout	Tout	2010-04 [18]	microblogging	Proprietary	own TOS	Yes	Yes	No
Tumblr	Automattic	2007	microblogging	Proprietary	own TOS	Yes	No	No
Twister	Open source	2013-12-30	microblogging	MIT & BSD	own TOS	2:en,ru	Yes	Partly
Weibo	Sina Corporation	2009-08	microblogging	Proprietary	own TOS	Yes	No	No
Viva Engage	Yammer, Inc.	2008-09 [19]	microblogging	Proprietary	own TOS	Yes	Yes	No
X (Twitter)	X Corp. [20]	2006-08	microblogging	Proprietary	own TOS	Yes	No	No

Features

An overview of integral features. Extras may be provided by third-party applications/services, but are not listed here.

Service	Tagging [Note 1]	Groups	Conversation [Note 2]	Private [Note 3]	Private following list	RSS	Atom	Bookmarklet
Bluesky	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Facebook	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No [21]	No	No
Friendica	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [22]
GNU social	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [23]
Mastodon	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [24]
Micro.blog	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	No
Movim	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Steam community	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Tumblr	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes [25] [26]
Weibo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
X (Twitter)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No [27]	No [27]	Yes [28]

1. Tagging in micro-blogging services is often done with hashtags.
2. The ability to see whole conversation (multiple replies) on one flat page.
3. If this service has the ability to hide posts from the general public.

Posting and reading

Communication methods supported by the services. Extras may be provided by third-party applications/services, but are not listed here.

Service	Post via						Read via
	Web	XMPP	Email	SMS	API	Micropub	Web	XMPP	Email	SMS	API	Feed	ActivityPub
Facebook	Yes	No	Yes [29]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes [30]	Yes	Yes	No	No
Friendica	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
GNU social	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mastodon	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Micro.blog	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [31]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Movim	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
X (Twitter)	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

See also

• Microblogging
• OpenMicroBlogging
• Microblogging in China

References

1. "Diaspora AGPL-3.0-or-later". GitHub . 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
2. Afrikaans, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Interlingua, Italian, Macedonian, Malayalam, Norwegian, Nynorsk (New Norwegian), Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sardinian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Taiwanese Chinese, Tamil, Turkish
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5. "GNU social localization". Transifex. 2019. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022. English translated to 69 languages
6. "Control Yourself, Inc. launches Identi.ca, the Open Microblogging Service". Control Yourself, Inc. 2008-07-02. Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
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8. "mastodon/mastodon". Mastodon. 5 November 2022. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
9. English plus 92 translations listed in "Mastodon translations in Crowdin". Crowdin . Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
10. Much of the client software is open source, but the code running the Micro.blog site is currently not released, as of 2023-01-02
11. Various. "microddotblog on Github". Github. Micro.blog. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
12. "Movim AGPL-3.0-or-later". GitHub . 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
13. "Movim, License". GitHub . Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
14. "movim localization". Transifex. 12 November 2022. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022. English translated to 58 languages
15. "COPYING" . Retrieved 2025-10-30.
16. "Pleroma weblate". Weblate. 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2025. English translated to 36 languages
17. "Steam Translation Server – Welcome". Valve. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
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22. "Friendica/Mods/Bookmarklet-share2friendica at develop · friendica/Friendica". GitHub . Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
23. "Identi.ca bookmarklet". Archived from the original on July 20, 2009.
24. "Mastodon Follow/Interact Bookmarklet". Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
25. Tumblring Basics (tumblebasics) (Apr 9, 2016). "Tumblr Tip: Install The Bookmarklet For Easy Posting". Tumblr. Archived from the original on Feb 26, 2023.
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27. "Overview: Version 1.1 of the Twitter API". Twitter. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
28. "bookmarklets/networks /Twitter.json". GitHub.
29. "Share new posts on your Facebook page via Gmail email". Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
30. "How to Share Facebook Posts with Non-Facebook Friends". 18 April 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
31. "Email newsletter subscriptions". Micro.blog. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-02.