diaspora*
Distributed social networking server.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Jul 2026.
Also an alternative to Twitter.
At a glance
diaspora* quick facts
- Health score
- 50/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 13,654
- Last commit
- 3 months ago (Jul 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.9.1.0, Apr 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to diaspora*
Full rankings: Twitter alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Project site | Wiki | Bugtracker | Discussions and Support | License | Authors."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
diaspora* scores 50/100, #38 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.9.1.0, 7 months ago) earns 23.8 of 25, 13,654 stars add 16.5 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 23.8 / 25
v0.9.1.0 released 7 months ago
- Stars 16.5 / 20
14k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 119
- Last 12 months
- 3 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #38 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between BuddyPress (#37) and yarn.social (#39) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Ruby |
| Latest release | v0.9.1.0 · 7 months ago |
| Stars | 13,654 |
| Open issues | 408 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | diaspora/diaspora ↗ |
diaspora* vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with diaspora* (Communication - Social Networks and Forums), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misskey | 96 | 11k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| GoToSocial | 91 | 692 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Akkoma | 83 | 71 | AGPL-3.0 | 25 days ago |
| Friendica | 83 | 1.7k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Pleroma | 68 | 6 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| diaspora* (this tool) | 50 | 14k | AGPL-3.0 | 3 months ago |
diaspora*: common questions
What does diaspora* replace?
Repoly lists diaspora* as an open-source alternative to Twitter. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where diaspora* stands against the others.
Is diaspora* still maintained?
diaspora* had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 months ago; the latest tagged release, v0.9.1.0, is from 7 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.