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GNU social vs ShareDB

A side-by-side look at GNU social and ShareDB. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

GNU social

GNU social

Social & Communications

GNU social is a free and open source social networking platform. It is designed to be decentralized and enable users to control their own data instead of having it stored on corporate servers. It is compatible with Twitter to allow seamless communication across platforms.

decentralizedopen-sourceprivacytwittercompatible
ShareDB

ShareDB

Development

ShareDB is a realtime database backend for building collaborative applications. It allows clients to concurrently edit database documents while maintaining consistency. It synchronizes data between clients automatically and supports rich data types like JSON.

realtimecollaborativejsonconsistencysynchronization