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Lemmy

A link aggregator / Reddit clone for the fediverse.

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## About The Project Front Page|Post ---|--- ![main screen](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/main/docs/img/main_screen.png)|![chat screen](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/main/docs/img/chat_screen.png) [Lemmy](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy) is similar to sites like [Reddit](https://reddit.com), [Lobste.rs](https://lobste.rs), 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). 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. *Note: Federation is still in active development and the WebSocket, as well as, HTTP API are currently unstable* ### Why's it called Lemmy? - Lead singer from [Motörhead](https://invidio.us/watch?v=pWB5JZRGl0U). - The old school [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/). ### 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/) ## Features - Open source, [AGPL License](/LICENSE). - Self hostable, easy to deploy. - Comes with [Docker](https://lemmy.ml/docs/en/administration/install_docker.html) and [Ansible](https://lemmy.ml/docs/en/administration/install_ansible.html). - Clean, mobile-friendly interface. - Only a minimum of a username and password is required to sign up! - User avatar support. - 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 `!`. - 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. - Notifications, on comment replies and when you're tagged. - Notifications can be sent via email. - Private messaging support. - 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. - Can sticky posts to the top of communities. - 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. - OEmbed support via Iframely. - High performance. - Server is written in rust. - Front end is `~80kB` gzipped. - Supports arm64 / Raspberry Pi. ## Installation - [Docker](https://lemmy.ml/docs/en/administration/install_docker.html) - [Ansible](https://lemmy.ml/docs/en/administration/install_ansible.html) ## Lemmy Projects ### Apps - [lemmy-ui - The official web app for lemmy](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui) - [Lemmur - A mobile client for Lemmy (Android, Linux, Windows)](https://github.com/krawieck/lemmur) - [Lemmer - A native iOS app](https://github.com/uuttff8/Lemmy-iOS) ### Libraries - [lemmy-js-client](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client) - [Kotlin API ( under development )](https://github.com/eiknat/lemmy-client) - [Dart API client ( under development )](https://github.com/krawieck/lemmy_api_client) ## Support / Donate Lemmy is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. Your donations directly support full-time development of the project. - [Support on Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/Lemmy). - [Support on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/dessalines). - [Support on OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/lemmy). - [List of Sponsors](https://join.lemmy.ml/sponsors). ### Crypto - bitcoin: `1Hefs7miXS5ff5Ck5xvmjKjXf5242KzRtK` - ethereum: `0x400c96c96acbC6E7B3B43B1dc1BB446540a88A01` - monero: `41taVyY6e1xApqKyMVDRVxJ76sPkfZhALLTjRvVKpaAh2pBd4wv9RgYj1tSPrx8wc6iE1uWUfjtQdTmTy2FGMeChGVKPQuV` ## Contributing - [Contributing instructions](https://lemmy.ml/docs/en/contributing.html) - [Docker Development](https://lemmy.ml/docs/en/contributing/docker_development.html) - [Local Development](https://lemmy.ml/docs/en/contributing/local_development.html) ### Translations If you want to help with translating, take a look at [Weblate](https://weblate.yerbamate.ml/projects/lemmy/). ## Contact - [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@LemmyDev) - [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#lemmy:matrix.org) ## Code Mirrors - [GitHub](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy) - [Gitea](https://yerbamate.ml/LemmyNet/lemmy) - [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/LemmyNet/lemmy) ## Credits Logo made by Andy Cuccaro (@andycuccaro) under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license.