The Great Fanfiction Archive & Resource List (2026 Edition)

With the recent turbulence on some of the major archives, having a robust list of alternatives is more valuable than ever. This is a community-compiled mega-list of fanfiction platforms, archives, and tools.

This list is far from complete, so please add your own recommendations in the comments!

🔮 New & Federated Tools (Polarisocial)

Here are some exciting new, community-driven projects near the top of the list. All are hosted on the Polarisocial network.

• Darkhold — https://darkhold.polarisocial.xyz/
  • A federated fanfiction archive. You can read without an account, write without a publishing queue, import your existing library, and export your work anytime. Everything you post stays yours.
• Kindred — https://kindred.polarisocial.xyz/
  • An AO3 recommendation engine. It acts as a general entity recommender over a local mirror of over 116,000 works. Give it a tag, work, or author you like, and it will find similar stories.
• Ascend — https://ascend.polarisocial.xyz/
  • A progression fantasy deck builder and free build generator. Instead of picking perks from a list, you draw them from a curated deck, simulating a character’s power progression under pressure.

📚 Main General Archives

These are the biggest and most commonly used multifandom archives.

• Squidgeworld — squidgeworld.org
  • Runs on AO3’s open-source code, so the tagging, kudos, and layout feel very familiar. Run by a fan-run nonprofit and is easy to cross-post to.
• fanfiction.lol — fanfiction.lol
  • Built on AO3’s code but with no invite queue. It offers a broader range of content warnings and makes every tag searchable by default.
• FanFiction.net — fanfiction.net
  • The classic archive. Its official Android app allows ad-free reading and downloads, though uploading via the website can be inconsistent.
• Ad Astra — adastrafanfic.com
  • A dedicated Star Trek fanfiction archive running since 2009, now using AO3’s software. It features challenges and an “Expanded Universe” section.

🌐 Other General & Multifandom Sites

• Wattpad — wattpad.com
• Quotev — quotev.com
• Inkitt — inkitt.com
• Tapas — tapas.io
• Royal Road — royalroad.com (A major hub for progression fantasy and LitRPG).
• Scribble Hub — scribblehub.com
• Webnovel — webnovel.com
• Honeyfeed — honeyfeed.fm
• Fic.Fan — fic.fan (English-language site based on Ficbook).
• asianfanfics.com — asianfanfics.com (Heavy focus on K-pop fanfiction).
• fiction.live — fiction.live
• Questionable Questing — forum.questionablequesting.com
• SpaceBattles — forums.spacebattles.com (Huge Worm/Parahumans and crossposting community).
• Sufficient Velocity — forums.sufficientvelocity.com
• FicWad — ficwad.com (Offers RSS feeds for tags).
• MediaMiner — mediaminer.org (Primarily anime fanfiction).
• Lorehaven — lorehaven.polarisocial.xyz (A self-hosted, federated platform with a positivity-first feedback culture and community self-governance).

🎯 Fandom-Specific Archives

• Buffy & Angel
  • Twisting the Hellmouth — tthfanfic.org (Buffy/Angel crossovers)
  • Chosen Two — chosentwofanfic.com (Buffy/Faith)
  • Dark Solace — dark-solace.org
  • Spike/Spuffy — spikeluver.com
• Harry Potter
  • SIYE — siye.co.uk
  • Phoenix Song — phoenixsong.net
  • Sycophant Hex — sycophanthex.com
  • FictionAlley Archive — fictionalley-archive.org
• Tolkien
  • Stories of Arda — storiesofarda.com
  • Silmarillion Writers’ Guild — silmarillionwritersguild.org
• Star Trek
  • Trek Fanfiction — trekfanfiction.net
• Stargate
  • Gateworld — gateworld.net
  • Sam/Jack — samandjack.net
• Comics
  • Comic Fanfiction Authors Archive (CFA) — cfaarchive.org (DC, non-MCU Marvel, animated adaptations)
• Anime & Manga
  • Naruto — narutofic.org
  • Type-Moon/Nasuverse — forums.nrvnqsr.com (Beast’s Lair)
• Other Fandoms
  • Doctor Who — whofic.com (A Teaspoon and an Open Mind)
  • My Little Pony — fimfiction.net
  • Pokémon — thousandroads.net
  • The Walking Dead (Caryl) — ninelivesarchive.com
  • NCIS — ncisfiction.com
  • Multiple Fandoms — quantumbang.org (Multifandom fix-it big bang)
  • Starsky and Hutch — starskyandhutcharchive.net
  • The Pretender — pretendercentre.com/missingpieces
  • Glee — scarvesandcoffee.net/library

🎧 Podfic & Audio Archives

• Audiofic Archive — audioficarchive.org (A major hub for podfic across many fandoms)
• Audiofic (Jinjurly) — audiofic.jinjurly.com

🔞 Kink & Adult Fanfiction

• ReadOnlyMind — readonlymind.com
• Adult FanFiction — adult-fanfiction.org
• Stories Online — storiesonline.net
• Literotica — literotica.com

💜 Femslash & Queer Archives

• Sunset — sunset.femslash.club (Femslash-only, runs on AO3 code)
• Superlove — superlove.sayitditto.net (Multifandom, signups currently closed)

✍️ Non-Fanfic Platforms Usable for Fic

• WriteFreely — writefreely.org (Open-source, federated blogging).
• Ghost — ghost.org (Substack alternative, federated).
• WordPress — wordpress.com (With the ActivityPub plugin for federation).

🛠️ Resources & Tools

• Fanlore — fanlore.org (A massive fan-run wiki with a directory of archives, though not all may be active).
• FanFicFare Supported Sites — GitHub Wiki (A comprehensive list of sites supported by this popular fanfiction downloader tool).
• Wayback Machine — web.archive.org (Invaluable for finding lost fic from defunct archives).
• Archive.today — archive.today (Another web archive tool).
• Queer Liberation Library — queerliberationlibrary.org (Free, online access to queer books, primarily for USA users).