Truth Social is the network from Trump Media, aimed at a free-speech and right-leaning audience. It runs on a fork of Mastodon paired with the Soapbox front-end. It has phone and web apps and is free to use. Trump Media does publish the modified source under the same AGPL license Mastodon uses, which keeps the code inspectable, though it is an old fork that trails current Mastodon by years. The bigger limit is the model rather than the code. Truth Social is one public company traded as DJT, not a decentralized network you can self-host or federate. You are leaning on a single firm. Its parent has moved into Bitcoin and crypto at the corporate level, though in-app crypto is not a confirmed feature.
Truth Social
Trump Media's US network, built on a Mastodon fork.
truthsocial.com
FreeAndroidiOSWebUnited States
Pricing Free to use, with no paid tier for the core network.
Strengths
- Free, with phone and web apps and an active community
- Built around free speech for users pushed off mainstream platforms
Considerations
- An old Mastodon fork that trails current versions by years
- A single public company, not a decentralized network you can self-host
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