{"slug": "mu-social", "name": "mu.social", "category": "networking", "category_name": "Networking and VPN", "description": "", "recommenders": 1, "commenters": 2, "warners": 0, "score": 1.27, "rising": 1.0, "first": "2026-07-09", "latest": "2026-10-16", "why": "Scientists in Europe, please check out https://mu.social which is hosted by an european open foundation", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1], "listed": false, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Scientists in Europe, please check out https://mu.social which is hosted by an european open foundation", "icon": false, "domain": "mu.social", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://mu.social", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["mu.social", "Mu.social"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 801894176, "item_id": 50118386, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50118386", "by": "woile", "date": "2026-10-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Scientists in Europe, please check out https://mu.social which is hosted by an european open foundation", "excerpt": "Oh man, I wish everyone just moved somewhere else, specially if they are aiming to make something public. You can choose any server on bluesky nowadays. Scientists in Europe, please check out https://mu.social which is hosted by an european open foundation", "context": "", "use_case": "social network for scientists", "switched_from": "", "story": "Neural networks are clean"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["social network for scientists", "social accounts"], "compared": [{"slug": "bluesky", "name": "Bluesky", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50105647", "title": "Neural networks are clean", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808928", "title": "CoMaps \u2013 FOSS Offline Maps", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 801894176, "item_id": 50118386, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50118386", "by": "woile", "date": "2026-10-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Scientists in Europe, please check out https://mu.social which is hosted by an european open foundation", "excerpt": "Oh man, I wish everyone just moved somewhere else, specially if they are aiming to make something public. You can choose any server on bluesky nowadays. Scientists in Europe, please check out https://mu.social which is hosted by an european open foundation", "context": "", "use_case": "social network for scientists", "switched_from": "", "story": "Neural networks are clean"}, {"id": 781522402, "item_id": 48845150, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48845150", "by": "maelito", "date": "2026-07-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "we use Eurosky/Mu.social daily for our social accounts", "excerpt": "Thanks ! We're not using Bluesky, but Atproto ;) So place reviews is federated and open-source : we use Eurosky/Mu.social daily for our social accounts. Also, Bluesky itself is open-source. > but I think the international version is still work in progress, so I'll gladly return in the future. Yes sorry, we're working on it, daily !", "context": "", "use_case": "social accounts", "switched_from": "", "story": "CoMaps \u2013 FOSS Offline Maps"}]}