farcaster.xyz

Farcaster

Who runs Farcaster, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest decentralized social network alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
joinmastodon.org

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Farcaster

Farcaster farcaster.xyz

A decentralized social network

Wikidata: decentralized social network protocol

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Farcaster tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 12 alternatives below has fewer; 3 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
2 tools
  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

  • Privacy-friendly analytics

    Counts visits without cookies or personal profiles.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Farcaster

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Farcaster, thumbs down if it isn’t.

No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to Farcaster match.

  1. 01
    joinmastodon.org English No trackers

    Mastodon - Decentralized social media

    Learn more about Mastodon, the radically different, free and open-source decentralized social media platform.

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  2. 02
    mastodon.online English No trackers

    Mastodon.online

    A newer server of Mastodon, operated by Mastodon GmbH for the common good.

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  3. 03
    Bluesky bsky.app Top 1K No trackers

    Bluesky

    Social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.

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  4. 04
    Tumblr tumblr.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Tumblr

    Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.

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  5. 05
    AT Protocol atproto.com English No trackers

    AT Protocol

    social networking protocol

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  6. 06
    Instagram instagram.com Top 100 English No trackers

    Instagram

    Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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  7. 07
    TikTok tiktok.com Top 100 English 1 tracker

    TikTok - Make Your Day

    video-focused social media platform

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  8. 08
    Hornet hornet.com English No trackers

    Hornet | Hornet, the Queer Social Network

    Meet, chat and connect with 100 million+ queer men worldwide

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  9. 09
    kwai.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Make Everyone Shine

    Kwai is a social network for short videos and trends. Discover funny short videos. Contribute to the virtual community with recordings, videos of your life, playing daily challenges or likes the best memes and videos. Download the app to share your life with short videos and choose from dozens of magical effects and filters for them.

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  10. 10
    Mixi mixi.jp Japanese 1 tracker

    ソーシャル・ネットワーキング サービス [mixi(ミクシィ)]

    mixi(ミクシィ)は、日記、写真共有、ゲームや便利ツール満載のアプリなど、さまざまなサービスで友人・知人とのコミュニケーションをさらに便利に楽しくする、日本最大規模のソーシャル・ネットワーキングサービスです。

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  11. 11
    LinkedIn linkedin.com Top 100 English No trackers

    LinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up

    1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.

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  12. 12
    Guilded guilded.gg English No trackers

    Guilded - Chat for Gaming Communities

    Guilded upgrades your group chat and equips your server with integrated event calendars, forums, and more – 100% free.

    Compare Guilded with Farcaster →
  13. 13
    Triller triller.co No trackers

    American video-sharing and social networking service

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  14. 14
    Odysee odysee.com 1 tracker

    Odysee

    Explore a whole universe of videos on Odysee from regular people just like you!

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  15. 15
    Pikabu pikabu.ru Top 1K Russian 1 tracker

    Горячее – самые интересные и обсуждаемые посты | Пикабу

    Пикабу – это уютное информационно-развлекательное сообщество, где любой желающий может опубликовать пост. Истории из жизни, свежие шутки и мемы, познавательные статьи, забавные фото и видео, интересные комментарии. Если другим пользователям понравится ваша история, ее увидят сотни тысяч людей.

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  16. 16
    GREE gree.jp Top 10K Japanese 1 tracker

    GREE(グリー)

    ソーシャルゲームプラットフォーム「GREE(グリー)」は、人気ゲームが盛りだくさん!スマホから無料ソーシャルゲームを楽しむならGREE。

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  17. 17
    Likee likee.video 1 tracker

    Page Not Available - Likee

    Likee is a Short Video Community that allows you to explore more content of your interests and make more like-minded friends.

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  18. 18
    Badoo badoo.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Best Free Online Dating Site & App - Friends, Chat, Flirt | Badoo

    Join Badoo’s community - the best free online dating app. Chat before you match, meet & date people in your area or make new friends from all over the world.

    Compare Badoo with Farcaster →
  19. 19
    Tango tango.me Top 10K No trackers

    Tango Live - Live Stream & Video Chat

    Tango is your free video chat and live streaming platform to meet new people, stream live, and connect in real time, anytime. Join now and start chatting.

    Compare Tango with Farcaster →
  20. 20
    YouTube youtube.com Top 100 English No trackers

    YouTube

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

    Compare YouTube with Farcaster →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Farcaster’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Farcaster uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Farcaster adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 6 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,212
Vector
384-d
Query
36 ms

Competitor map

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