Is there a self-hosted alternative to Facebook groups?

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With similar features like moderation, anonymous posts, public/private groups, etc.

tra3 · Accepted Answer

There&rsquo;s the granddaddy, forum software, like https://www.phpbb.com/.

exz · Answer

You can try Buddypress for WordPress, it should be easy to make a small fb clone. https://buddypress.org/

sentientslug · Answer

Not one that anyone will use. The benefit of something like Facebook Groups comes from the network effect, in that people want to use it because other people are using it.

fbartels · Answer

How about https://www.humhub.com/?

kosasbest · Answer

Buy a XenForo[0] license and call it a day. It has all the staples of social media. 'Likes', 'Follow', 'Friend lists', 'Karma' etc[0] https://xenforo.com/

kaffeeringe · Answer

How about Lemmy? At least it's connected to the Fediverse: https://join-lemmy.org/

slater · Answer

Well, will ya look at that!https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32368443

antifa · Answer

I think if they made something like lemmy but for mastodon users would be cool.

troysk · Answer

Discourse.org?