What is Lemmy?
Lemmy is a forum and link aggregator for the fediverse. Open source, blazing fast, powerful mod tools, censorship resistant, and federated. ActivityPub federation allows instances to communicate. Privacy and FOSS enthusiast community. German developers maintain the project. Join existing instances or run your own. Reddit-like experience with decentralization.
Key Features
- ✓Federated
- ✓ActivityPub
- ✓Open source
- ✓Link aggregator
- ✓Comments
- ✓Voting
- ✓Communities
- ✓Mod tools
- ✓Censorship resistant
- ✓Self-hosted
- ✓Rust-based
- ✓German developers
🔒 Privacy & Data Protection
Lemmy is developed in Germany and fully open-source. Federation means no central control. Self-hosting available. For users wanting Reddit alternatives with decentralization, Lemmy delivers.
Best For
Federated socialLink aggregationDiscussion forumsCommunity buildingReddit alternativeDecentralized social
💰 Pricing
Lemmy is completely free and open-source under AGPLv3.
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