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PieFed

Federated discussion and link aggregation platform

Forums & Community ★ 600 stars Medium setup AGPL-3.0

PieFed is a self-hosted, federated link aggregator and discussion platform built with Python. It connects to the fediverse via ActivityPub and emphasizes community moderation and safety.

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Key features

  • ActivityPub federation
  • Reddit-style communities
  • Strong moderation tools
  • Interoperates with Lemmy

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Python

Trade-offs

  • Young project
  • Smaller community

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