| Website | status.net |
| Blog | status.net/blog |
| Category | Consumer Web |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Description | Open source micro blogging platform |
| Total | $1.03M |
| Seed, 1/09 Montreal Start Up | $150k |
| Seed, 10/09 Montreal Start Up iNovia Capital Oleg Tscheltzoff | $875k |
StatusNet, Inc is a Quebec corporation headquartered in Montreal with staff around the world. Formerly named Control Yourself, the company launched an open-source Twitter alternative called Identi.ca.
Anyone can download Status.net and run their own microblogging service, much like they can with traditional blogging platforms such as Wordpress or TypePad. The company is pursuing a WordPress-like strategy by offering a hosted version of Status.net, which currently in private beta.
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | July 2, 2008 |
Identi.ca is a micro-blogging service based on the Free Software StatusNet tool.
| Website | status.net |
| Blog | status.net/blog |
| Stage | Live |
Open Source microblogging server that sends status updates into your social network.
