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Throat

Self-hosted Reddit-style community platform

Forums & Community ★ 78 stars Medium setup MIT

Throat is the open-source software that powers community link-aggregator sites with sub-communities, voting, and moderation. It provides a Reddit-like experience that organizations can fully self-host.

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Key features

  • Sub-community structure
  • Voting and ranking
  • Moderation tools
  • Self-hostable Reddit alternative

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Python
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM

Is Throat secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Throat's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Throat replaces

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