====== Social media software ======

This page is a list of resources to help you build your own [[3d_worlds|forum]]! Priority goes to obscure older/abandonware and open source software :^)

====== Free/Abandonware/Open Source ======

===== Forums =====

  * **[[http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/IBM/DOS/FIDO/|Fido net BBS]]     
  * TBA   
  * **[[https://github.com/acmlmboard/acmlmboard-2|Acmlmboard II]]
    * TBA

===== Social media/The fediverse =====

  * **[[https://joinmastodon.org/|Mastodon]]     
  * An open decentralized social media running on the activitypub protocol.   
  * **[[https://join.misskey.page/en-US/|Misskey]]
    * Another open decentralized social media running on the activitypub protocol.

===== Other social apps =====

  * **[[https://coppermine-gallery.com/|Coppermine]] ([[https://chezgreg.net/|Alternative link]])     
  * A web gallery that looks a lot like classic deviantart or even sheezy art.  


====== Costs Money :$ ======  

===== Forums =====    
  * **[[https://xenforo.com/|Xenforo]]** [$60 per month]
    * The vast majority of forums on the web use Xenforo. It has many plugins and is highly customizable.