lin-snow

    lin-snow/Ech0

    Ech0 – An open-source, self-hosted lightweight publishing platform for personal idea sharing.

    documentation
    self-hosted
    database
    frontend
    ech0
    go
    golang
    markdown
    memo
    Go
    AGPL-3.0
    2.1K stars
    161 forks
    2.1K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 1, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 2 days ago, with 22 contributors on GitHub.

    Gained 42% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a lightweight, open-source, self-hosted platform for personal idea sharing with ActivityPub federation support.
    • Ensures full data ownership with local SQLite storage and zero-configuration deployment for fast, secure, and private publishing.
    • Use for creating a personal microblog or memo system with markdown support and rich media embedding.
    • Use for building a decentralized social network node interoperable with Mastodon and Misskey via ActivityPub.
    • Use for managing and backing up personal content securely with CLI, TUI, and web interfaces on diverse platforms including ARM devices.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    AGPL 3.0

    Network copyleft: like the GPL, and also triggered by offering the software over a network.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

    • AGPL-style copyleft also applies when the software is offered over a network.

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    From the README

    面向个人的新一代开源、自托管、专注思想流动的轻量级联邦发布平台。

    Ech0 是一款专为个人用户设计的新一代开源自托管平台,低成本、超轻量,支持 ActivityPub 协议,让你轻松发布和分享想法、文字与链接。简洁直观的界面结合高效的命令行工具,让内容管理变得简单而自由。你的数据完全自主可控,随时随地与世界联通,构建属于你的思想网络。

    Excerpt from the lin-snow/Ech0 README on GitHub (AGPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    161+10

    Open issues

    3-3

    Compared with peers in Documentation

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