A quiet place for meaningful conversation.

Murmur is a self-hosted, open-source social platform designed for calm, intentional discourse. No algorithms. No engagement metrics. Just you and your community.

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Why Murmur?

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No Algorithms

Posts appear in chronological order. You see what you follow, nothing more.

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No Metrics

No public like counts, no follower leaderboards, no viral incentives.

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No Federation

Your instance, your rules. Simple to run, simple to moderate.

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Your Data

Self-hosted means you own everything. Export anytime.

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Topics & Follows

Organize conversations by category. Build your own feed by following people you care about.

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Customizable

Theming with CSS-only styling. Make it yours.

Quick Start

Get Murmur running in minutes.

# Install Murmur
composer create-project moonspot/murmur murmur
cd murmur

# Configure database
cp etc/config.ini.example etc/config.ini
# Edit etc/config.ini with your database settings

# Create database tables (SQLite example)
sqlite3 data/murmur.db < schema/sqlite/schema.sql

# Start the development server
php -S localhost:8000 -t public