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Ditching Meta? Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp fundraise on Kickstarter

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Daniel Supernault has turned to Kickstarter to raise funds for his open social apps.

The Canadian -based developer wants to raise $1 million or more so he can hire a small team.

The Pixelfed app, Loops , Sup , and PubKit are part of the fediverse, which is powered by ActivityPub .

PubKit is a toolset to support developers building in the social web.

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