janandonlyFriendica – A Decentralized Social Network
I’m interested in self-hosting a small social network for my family and close friends. Something to get us off facebook/instagram. If anybody is more familiar with the options, is this what you’d recommend?
I tossed together a mattermost server. It’s effectively a slack cove and works pretty great.
It's been a decade, but I had a very similar experience with Mattermost. It would be, if perhaps not where I would end up today, then certainly where I would start looking.