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
  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
    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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  4. 04
    AT Protocol atproto.com English No trackers

    AT Protocol

    social networking protocol

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  5. 05
    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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  6. 06
    TikTok tiktok.com Top 100 English 1 tracker

    TikTok - Make Your Day

    video-focused social media platform

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  7. 07
    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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  8. 08
    IMVU imvu.com English 2 trackers

    IMVU - #1 3D Avatar Social App, Virtual Worlds, Virtual Reality, VR, Avatars, Free 3D Chat

    IMVU's Official Website. IMVU is a 3D Avatar Social App that allows users to explore thousands of Virtual Worlds or Metaverse, create 3D Avatars, enjoy 3D Chats, meet people from all over the world in virtual settings, and spread the power of friendship.

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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
    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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  11. 11
    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.

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  12. 12
    Letterboxd letterboxd.com Top 10K English

    social network service for films

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  13. 13
    Product Hunt producthunt.com Top 10K English

    product discovery website

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  14. 14
    Flipboard flipboard.com Top 10K English 5 trackers

    Flipboard: Your Social Magazine

    One place for all the stories you care about. Join the Flipboard community to discover and share what inspires you.

    Compare Flipboard with Farcaster →
  15. 15
    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 →
  16. 16
    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 →
  17. 17
    Imgur imgur.com Top 1K English 3 trackers

    Imgur: The magic of the Internet

    Find, rate and share the best memes and images. Discover the magic of the Internet at Imgur.

    Compare Imgur with Farcaster →
  18. 18
    BeReal bereal.com English 1 tracker

    BeReal

    Your daily dose of real life.

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  19. 19
    Mysterium mysterium.network Top 10K English No trackers

    Open Web Protocol - Mysterium Network

    An open-source ecosystem of protocols, tools and infrastructure to liberate the web. Our node network empowers both builders and users to access free information.

    Compare Mysterium with Farcaster →
  20. 20
    AniList anilist.co English No trackers

    AniList: Track, Discover, Share Anime & Manga

    Track, discover, and share anime and manga with AniList. Discover top-rated and popular shows through reviews and recommendations. Sign up for free!

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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 = 20
Sites searched
9,199
Vector
384-d
Query
30 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Farcaster’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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