# Mu

14 Hacker News commenters recommended Mu and 8 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** An ad-free, tracker-free app platform and social network with a flat fee, hosted by a European foundation; critics say the website explains little.

## Why people recommend it

- No ads, algorithms or tracking (3 comments): "provides services without ads, algorithms, or tracking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46229778)) "an app platform without ads, algorithms or tracking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47126340)) "a personal app platform without ads" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46617421))
- Used daily by its users (3 comments): "I use this everyday as an alternative to other forms of media consumption" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46086458)) "we use Eurosky/Mu.social daily for our social accounts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48845150)) "Something I use everyday for myself." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48452649))
- Open, European-hosted alternative network (3 comments): "it's essentially the same thing, just built in the open by the Eurosky stack" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585792)) "Just switch to Bsky.app or mu.social (european version, same global network)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49464249)) "hosted by an european open foundation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50118386))

## What people warn about

- Website doesn't explain what it is (3 comments): "The website has no information at all and it's not possible to work out what the project is from it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46095091)) "It's missing a "What is mu.social?" link or something." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49464330)) "It's an interesting project and I would hate for it to not be as successful as it could be just because of the website and other minor things that can be easily fixed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46095575))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Bluesky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bluesky.md): 317 recommend
- [Facebook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/facebook.md): 289 recommend
- [Mastodon](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mastodon.md): 273 recommend
- [X (formerly Twitter)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/x.md): 264 recommend
- [Instagram](https://hackerapproved.com/p/instagram.md): 212 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mu", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mu/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).