Ech0

Open-source, self-hosted lightweight publishing for personal ideas

About Ech0

Ech0 is a lightweight, self-hosted publishing platform for sharing personal thoughts, links, and media on a timeline you fully own. It supports Markdown publishing, RSS, comments, and ActivityPub federation with the wider fediverse, while storing everything in a single local database. Individuals who want a personal microblog without surrendering their content to a social network can deploy it in minutes with Docker.

Ech0 website preview

Live preview of ech0.app via the WordPress mShots service — it can take a few seconds to generate on a first visit.

Ech0: strengths & things to check

Strengths

Completely free to use — this directory lists no paid plan for it.
Covers microblog, self hosted, open source, activitypub — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.

Things to check

Free tools can change their model or shut down — avoid locking critical work into it without an export path.
Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
It is one of 565 tools in the Communication & Collaboration category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.

Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.

Ech0 pricing

Pricing model	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Free access	Yes — fully free
Current plan prices	Listed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale.
Official site	ech0.app

Ech0 key facts

Category: Communication & Collaboration
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: microblog, self hosted, open source, activitypub
Official site: ech0.app

Ech0 FAQ

How much does Ech0 cost?

Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (ech0.app).

What is Ech0 used for?

Open-source, self-hosted lightweight publishing for personal ideas Its focus areas in the Communication & Collaboration category: microblog, self hosted, open source, activitypub.

Where can I try Ech0?

On its official site, ech0.app — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.

Ech0 vs alternatives

	Ech0	Akkoma	Apache OpenMeetings	b1gMail
Pricing	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas	microblog, self hosted, open source, activitypub	fediverse, activitypub, microblogging, self hosted, open source	video conferencing, whiteboard, groupware, self hosted, open source	webmail, self hosted, php, open source
Official site	ech0.app	akkoma.social	openmeetings.apache.org	b1gmail.eu
Directory status	Listed	Listed	Listed	Listed

Side-by-side from each listing's own directory data. Full alternative cards are below.

About the Communication & Collaboration category

Chat, video meetings, and messaging apps that keep teams connected. The Communication & Collaboration category on Tools Hub currently lists 565 tools. Alongside Ech0, it includes Mumble, GNU Mailman, Hubzilla, Nonverbia.

FreeCommunication & Collaborationmicroblogself-hostedopen-sourceactivitypub

Alternatives to Ech0

Tools in the same Communication & Collaboration category that share focus areas with Ech0 — worth comparing before you commit:

Communication & Collaboration

Akkoma

Magically expressive federated social media server software

Freefediverseactivitypubmicrobloggingself-hosted

Communication & Collaboration

Apache OpenMeetings

Open-source video conferencing, whiteboard and groupware from Apache

Freevideo-conferencingwhiteboardgroupwareself-hosted

Communication & Collaboration

b1gMail

Self-hosted webmail solution that runs on ordinary PHP webspace

Freewebmailself-hostedphpopen-source

Communication & Collaboration

Conduit

Lightweight open-source Matrix chat server in a single binary

Freematrixchat-serverself-hostedopen-source

Communication & Collaboration

Cypht

All your email, from all your accounts, in one place

Freewebmailemail-clientself-hostedopen-source

Communication & Collaboration

Dovecot

The secure, high performance email server

Freemiumemailimapmail-serverself-hosted

More in Communication & Collaboration

Comparing tools in the Communication & Collaboration category? These related listings are worth a look: Mumble — Free, open source, low-latency, high-quality voice chat; GNU Mailman — The GNU mailing list manager for discussions and newsletters; Hubzilla — Open-source home base for collaboration and social interactions.