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A link aggregator / reddit clone for the fediverse.
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## About The Project
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[Lemmy ](https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy ) is similar to sites like [Reddit ](https://reddit.com ), [Lobste.rs ](https://lobste.rs ), [Raddle ](https://raddle.me ), or [Hacker News ](https://news.ycombinator.com/ ): you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the [Fediverse ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse ).
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For a link aggregator, this means a user registered on one server can subscribe to forums on any other server, and can have discussions with users registered elsewhere.
The overall goal is to create an easily self-hostable, decentralized alternative to reddit and other link aggregators, outside of their corporate control and meddling.
Each lemmy server can set its own moderation policy; appointing site-wide admins, and community moderators to keep out the trolls, and foster a healthy, non-toxic environment where all can feel comfortable contributing.
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*Note: Federation is still in active development*
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### Why's it called Lemmy?
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- Lead singer from [Motörhead ](https://invidio.us/watch?v=pWB5JZRGl0U ).
- The old school [video game ](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_(video_game )>).
- The [Koopa from Super Mario ](https://www.mariowiki.com/Lemmy_Koopa ).
- The [furry rodents ](http://sunchild.fpwc.org/lemming-the-little-giant-of-the-north/ ).
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### Built With
- [Rust ](https://www.rust-lang.org )
- [Actix ](https://actix.rs/ )
- [Diesel ](http://diesel.rs/ )
- [Inferno ](https://infernojs.org )
- [Typescript ](https://www.typescriptlang.org/ )
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## Features
- Open source, [AGPL License ](/LICENSE ).
- Self hostable, easy to deploy.
- Comes with [Docker ](#docker ), [Ansible ](#ansible ), [Kubernetes ](#kubernetes ).
- Clean, mobile-friendly interface.
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- Only a minimum of a username and password is required to sign up!
- User avatar support.
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- Live-updating Comment threads.
- Full vote scores `(+/-)` like old reddit.
- Themes, including light, dark, and solarized.
- Emojis with autocomplete support. Start typing `:`
- User tagging using `@` , Community tagging using `#` .
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- Integrated image uploading in both posts and comments.
- A post can consist of a title and any combination of self text, a URL, or nothing else.
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- Notifications, on comment replies and when you're tagged.
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- Notifications can be sent via email.
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- Private messaging support.
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- i18n / internationalization support.
- RSS / Atom feeds for `All` , `Subscribed` , `Inbox` , `User` , and `Community` .
- Cross-posting support.
- A *similar post search* when creating new posts. Great for question / answer communities.
- Moderation abilities.
- Public Moderation Logs.
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- Can sticky posts to the top of communities.
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- Both site admins, and community moderators, who can appoint other moderators.
- Can lock, remove, and restore posts and comments.
- Can ban and unban users from communities and the site.
- Can transfer site and communities to others.
- Can fully erase your data, replacing all posts and comments.
- NSFW post / community support.
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- OEmbed support via Iframely.
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- High performance.
- Server is written in rust.
- Front end is `~80kB` gzipped.
- Supports arm64 / Raspberry Pi.
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## Installation
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- [Docker ](https://dev.lemmy.ml/docs/administration_install_docker.html )
- [Ansible ](https://dev.lemmy.ml/docs/administration_install_ansible.html )
- [Kubernetes ](https://dev.lemmy.ml/docs/administration_install_kubernetes.html )
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## Support / Donate
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Lemmy is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. Your donations directly support full-time development of the project.
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- [Support on Liberapay. ](https://liberapay.com/Lemmy )
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- [Support on Patreon ](https://www.patreon.com/dessalines ).
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- [List of Sponsors ](https://dev.lemmy.ml/sponsors ).
### Crypto
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- bitcoin: `1Hefs7miXS5ff5Ck5xvmjKjXf5242KzRtK`
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- ethereum: `0x400c96c96acbC6E7B3B43B1dc1BB446540a88A01`
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- monero: `41taVyY6e1xApqKyMVDRVxJ76sPkfZhALLTjRvVKpaAh2pBd4wv9RgYj1tSPrx8wc6iE1uWUfjtQdTmTy2FGMeChGVKPQuV`
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## Contributing
- [Contributing instructions ](https://dev.lemmy.ml/docs/contributing.html )
- [Docker Development ](https://dev.lemmy.ml/docs/contributing_docker_development.html )
- [Local Development ](https://dev.lemmy.ml/docs/contributing_local_development.html )
### Translations
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If you want to help with translating, take a look at [Weblate ](https://weblate.yerbamate.dev/projects/lemmy/ ).
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## Contact
- [Mastodon ](https://mastodon.social/@LemmyDev ) - [](https://mastodon.social/@LemmyDev)
- [Matrix ](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#rust-reddit-fediverse:matrix.org ) - [](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#rust-reddit-fediverse:matrix.org)
- [GitHub ](https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy )
- [Gitea ](https://yerbamate.dev/dessalines/lemmy )
- [GitLab ](https://gitlab.com/dessalines/lemmy )
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## Credits
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Logo made by Andy Cuccaro (@andycuccaro) under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license.