Pleroma, which is a newer and more advanced platform for the Fediverse. It can do the same as Mastodon and more.
It is also built from scratch to be more streamlined - requires less computing resources, runs on less powerful machines.
And it has Extra features too.
Many people might not know it, or heard a little. But it is a really interesting alternative.
I do have accounts in a couple of Pleroma instances, and plan to investigate the software more closely, and write a Blog on my findings.
Quite pleased now that I figured out a way to get a comfortable User Interface for me while using it -- Pleroma has a different look, by design, but you can also use it with a Mastodon Front End.
And then, it's just like what you and I are used to. Easier.
Screenshot to show what I mean.
Pleroma at https://expired.mentality.rip/
screen 1 - with the Mastodon FE
screen 2 - with the Pleroma FE
Same posts showing in both, for comparison.
The Pleroma FE (front end, or user interface -- Intro Guide here -- https://docs-develop.pleroma.social/backend/introduction/ )
...is a bit unusual for a mastodon user - but it HAS a second choice of Client;
Many Pleroma instances have the Glitch-Social Web client as an option, sometimes as a link in their Front pages even. That one is nearly identical to the one here in our instance.
(except, it has added features if you are interested in using them. Like MarkDown text formatting support, which MastoDonT )
For those of us who like to Read The Friendly Manual, there's a detailed Pleroma FE Guide here -- https://docs-develop.pleroma.social/frontend/USER_GUIDE/
