Lemmy
Federated link aggregator and forum
Lemmy is a free, open-source, federated link aggregator and discussion platform. It is a fediverse alternative to Reddit, with communities that federate across instances via ActivityPub.
Key features
- Federated communities
- Threaded discussions and voting
- ActivityPub support
- Fast Rust backend
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Reddit-like experience
- Efficient resource use
Trade-offs
- Moderation tooling still maturing
- Fragmented across instances
Lemmy replaces
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