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Socialhome is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Social & Forums category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Python. It ships a Docker image. It has 381 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/jaywink/socialhome

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
381
Forks
48
Open issues
0
Commits, last 12 months
254
Last commit
Oct 25, 2026
Latest release
v0.9.3Aug 29, 2018
Created
Apr 9, 2016
License
AGPL-3.0Open source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 254 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 25, 2026
Commits, last 12 months254
Latest releasev0.9.3 (Aug 29, 2018)
Releases, last 12 months0
Releases, all time14
Open issues0
Open pull requests0
Good first issues0
Contributing guideYes
Security policyNo
CreatedApr 9, 2016

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About Socialhome

Federated and decentralized profile builder and social network engine.

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/jaywink/socialhome.

Topics

  • django
  • django-channels
  • federation
  • diaspora
  • social
  • social-network
  • social-media
  • activitypub
  • federated-social

Repository preview

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FAQ

Socialhome FAQ

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Is Socialhome free and open source?

Yes. Socialhome is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run Socialhome with Docker?

Yes. Socialhome provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.

What are the best alternatives to Socialhome?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to Socialhome include Mastodon, Discourse and Flarum.

Is Socialhome actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Socialhome was on Oct 25, 2026 with 254 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.9.3, published Aug 29, 2018. It had 0 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.