Social media

Touched-grass alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

badgen/badgen.net1,556ISCA fast HTTP badge generation service producing SVG/PNG badges from URL parameters.Open on GitHub qeeqbox/social-analyzer23,768AGPL-3.0API, CLI, and web app that finds and analyzes people’s profiles across many social networks.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Hosted ad/monetization placements and sales UI
Any proprietary backlink / do-follow sponsorship marketplace
Built-in analytics and community features (unless implemented)
Brand, SEO history, and existing user directory

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Touched-grass, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.