lemmyBB
Forum-style web front-end for the Lemmy backend
lemmyBB is an alternative front-end for Lemmy that presents the federated link aggregator with a traditional phpBB-style forum interface. It connects to any Lemmy instance through the public API.
Key features
- Classic forum-style Lemmy UI
- Works with any Lemmy instance
- Lightweight Rust front-end
- ActivityPub Threadiverse
Strengths
- Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Written in JavaScript
- Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM
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