Lemmy is a link-sharing and forum site where people subscribe to communities, post links and discussions, and vote on them. It is for people who want a Reddit-style forum that anyone can host on their own server and that connects to other servers in the Fediverse.
429ActiveIn your browserAGPL-3.0Runs on your own server
Mbin is a decentralized platform for posting links, voting and discussing topics, and sharing short posts. It is built for people who want a Reddit-style community that connects to the fediverse.
PieFed is a federated discussion and link-sharing platform, similar to Reddit, that works with other Lemmy and Mbin sites. It is built for people who want to run or join communities without relying on a single company.
48kActiveGPL-2.0Replaces partlyRuns on your own server
Discourse is a forum software for running online communities where members create discussion topics, chat in real time, and reply to each other. It is for community owners who want to host their own site or use official hosting.
Runs on your own server · GitHub · Forum for one community
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Read the list of open-source alternatives at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/forums.json. Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
My project or idea:
Here is a list of open-source alternatives to Reddit, from Open Source Everything (CC BY-SA 4.0):
- Lemmy (AGPL-3.0, https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy; replaces fully): Lemmy is a link-sharing and forum site where people subscribe to communities, post links and discussions, and vote on them. It is for people who want a Reddit-style forum that anyone can host on their own server and that connects to other servers in the Fediverse.
- Mbin (AGPL-3.0, https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin; replaces fully): Mbin is a decentralized platform for posting links, voting and discussing topics, and sharing short posts. It is built for people who want a Reddit-style community that connects to the fediverse.
- PieFed (AGPL-3.0, https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi; replaces fully): PieFed is a federated discussion and link-sharing platform, similar to Reddit, that works with other Lemmy and Mbin sites. It is built for people who want to run or join communities without relying on a single company.
- Discourse (GPL-2.0, https://github.com/discourse/discourse; replaces partly): Discourse is a forum software for running online communities where members create discussion topics, chat in real time, and reply to each other. It is for community owners who want to host their own site or use official hosting.
Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
My project or idea:
