Socialhome

Socialhome is a self-hosted platform for creating a personal online presence that mixes a traditional website with social networking features. You write posts, share media, and build pages, but your content can also reach and receive interactions from users on other federated services like Mastodon or Friendica through ActivityPub support. It gives you the control of your own domain with the reach of a distributed social network.

The software is built with Python and Django on the backend, using a PostgreSQL database. Pages and posts support Markdown, and you can embed content from various sites. Socialhome integrates with the Fediverse, making it possible to follow and be followed by people across the network. It runs on Linux servers and is designed to be deployed with Docker for easier setup.

Socialhome is free and open source under a proprietary license that permits self-hosting and modification but restricts distribution. It was originally created by Jason Robinson (jaywink). For anyone wanting a federated alternative to a hosted personal site or a souped-up social profile, this is a thoughtful option. It requires comfort with server administration.