Throat
Self-hosted Reddit-style community platform
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.
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
Throat replaces
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