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Lobsters

Computing-focused link aggregation and discussion site

Forums & Community ★ 4.8k stars Medium setup BSD-3-Clause

Lobsters is the open-source software behind the computing-focused link aggregation community of the same name. It offers tag-based stories, threaded comments, and an invitation-based membership model.

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Key features

  • Tag-based story feed
  • Threaded comments
  • Invitation tree
  • Hotness ranking

Strengths

  • Released under the BSD-3-Clause license
  • Active community (4.8k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Ruby
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM

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