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 "source": "https://opensourceeverything.org/g/forums/",
 "group": "Forums & link sharing",
 "job": "Communities, threads and voting",
 "category": "Communication & social",
 "replaces": [
  "Reddit"
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   "website": "https://join-lemmy.org",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/lemmy/"
  },
  {
   "name": "PieFed",
   "fit": "full",
   "note": null,
   "summary": "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.",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "self_hosted",
   "code": "codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi",
   "website": "https://join.piefed.social",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/piefed/"
  },
  {
   "name": "Mbin",
   "fit": "full",
   "note": null,
   "summary": "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.",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "self_hosted",
   "code": "github.com/MbinOrg/mbin",
   "website": "https://joinmbin.org",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/mbin/"
  },
  {
   "name": "Discourse",
   "fit": "partial",
   "note": "Forum for one community",
   "summary": "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.",
   "license": "GPL-2.0",
   "licenseClass": "open",
   "kind": "self_hosted",
   "code": "github.com/discourse/discourse",
   "website": "https://www.discourse.org",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/discourse/"
  }
 ]
}