The tables below compare general and technical information for some notable active microblogging services, and also social network services that have status updates.
General information Service Owner Launched Primary service Software license Content license Multilingual Ad-free Federated Bluesky Open source 2021-10-21 social network Diaspora Open source 2010-11 social network Facebook Meta 2004-02-04 social network Friendica Open source 2010-07 social network GNU social Open source 2010-03-03 microblogging identi.ca Open source 2008-07-02 microblogging Mastodon Open source 2016-10 microblogging Micro.blog Riverfold Software 2017-04-24 microblogging MixedMuch of the client software is open source, but the code running the Micro.blog site is currently not released, as of 2023-01-02 Mixed Movim Open source 2011-03 social network Pleroma Open source 2019-02-22 microblogging Steam community Valve Corporation 2003-09-12 content delivery social network service ThreadsMeta2023-07-05microblogging Partly Tout Tout 2010-04 microblogging Tumblr Automattic 2007 microblogging Twister Open source 2013-12-30 microblogging Partly Weibo Sina Corporation 2009-08 microblogging Viva Engage Yammer, Inc. 2008-09 microblogging X (Twitter) X Corp. 2006-08 microblogging
Features An overview of integral features. Extras may be provided by third-party applications/services, but are not listed here. Service Tagging Groups Conversation Private Private following list RSS Atom BookmarkletBluesky Facebook Friendica GNU social Mastodon Micro.blog Movim Steam community Tumblr Weibo X (Twitter)
Posting and reading Communication methods supported by the services. Extras may be provided by third-party applications/services, but are not listed here. Service Post via Read via Web XMPP Email SMS API Micropub Web XMPP Email SMS API Feed ActivityPub Facebook Friendica GNU social Mastodon Optional Micro.blog Movim X (Twitter)
See also Microblogging OpenMicroBlogging Microblogging in China
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