Lemmy vs snac
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted social networks options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Lemmy with
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Compare snac with
choose an app… Mastodon Discourse Invidious NodeBB diaspora* Nitter Element Misskey Piped pump.io Pleroma Friendica Phanpy Firefish Bridgy Fed Takahe Microblog.pub Fedify Hometown Glitch-soc Sharkey ActivityPub for WordPress Hollo Ktistec Akkoma Honk Epicyon Iceshrimp Shuttlecraft Mitra Streams Khatru Pyramid
Feature Lemmy snac Category Social Networks Social Networks License AGPL-3.0 MIT Language Rust C Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 512 MB 64 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, source binary, source GitHub stars ★ 14,538 ★ 900 First released 2019 2022 Replaces Reddit Twitter, Mastodon
Why pick each one
Choose Lemmy if… Reddit-like experience Efficient resource use Lemmy details Choose snac if… Released under the MIT license Written in C Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM snac details
Frequently asked questions Is Lemmy or snac better? Neither is universally better. Lemmy has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Lemmy and snac free and open-source? Yes. Lemmy is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and snac under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Lemmy and snac with Docker? Lemmy: yes. snac: check the project docs for container support.