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A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse.
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## About The Project
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| Desktop | Mobile |
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[Lemmy ](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy ) is similar to sites like [Reddit ](https://reddit.com ), [Lobste.rs ](https://lobste.rs ), or [Hacker News ](https://news.ycombinator.com/ ): you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the [Fediverse ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse ).
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For a link aggregator, this means a user registered on one server can subscribe to forums on any other server, and can have discussions with users registered elsewhere.
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It is an easily self-hostable, decentralized alternative to Reddit and other link aggregators, outside of their corporate control and meddling.
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Each Lemmy server can set its own moderation policy; appointing site-wide admins, and community moderators to keep out the trolls, and foster a healthy, non-toxic environment where all can feel comfortable contributing.
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### Why's it called Lemmy?
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- Lead singer from [Motörhead ](https://invidio.us/watch?v=3mbvWn1EY6g ).
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- The old school [video game ](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_(video_game )>).
- The [Koopa from Super Mario ](https://www.mariowiki.com/Lemmy_Koopa ).
- The [furry rodents ](http://sunchild.fpwc.org/lemming-the-little-giant-of-the-north/ ).
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### Built With
- [Rust ](https://www.rust-lang.org )
- [Actix ](https://actix.rs/ )
- [Diesel ](http://diesel.rs/ )
- [Inferno ](https://infernojs.org )
- [Typescript ](https://www.typescriptlang.org/ )
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## Features
- Open source, [AGPL License ](/LICENSE ).
- Self hostable, easy to deploy.
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- Comes with [Docker ](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/administration/install_docker.html ) and [Ansible ](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/administration/install_ansible.html ).
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- Clean, mobile-friendly interface.
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- Only a minimum of a username and password is required to sign up!
- User avatar support.
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- Live-updating Comment threads.
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- Full vote scores `(+/-)` like old Reddit.
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- Themes, including light, dark, and solarized.
- Emojis with autocomplete support. Start typing `:`
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- User tagging using `@` , Community tagging using `!` .
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- Integrated image uploading in both posts and comments.
- A post can consist of a title and any combination of self text, a URL, or nothing else.
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- Notifications, on comment replies and when you're tagged.
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- Notifications can be sent via email.
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- Private messaging support.
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- i18n / internationalization support.
- RSS / Atom feeds for `All` , `Subscribed` , `Inbox` , `User` , and `Community` .
- Cross-posting support.
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- A _similar post search_ when creating new posts. Great for question / answer communities.
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- Moderation abilities.
- Public Moderation Logs.
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- Can sticky posts to the top of communities.
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- Both site admins, and community moderators, who can appoint other moderators.
- Can lock, remove, and restore posts and comments.
- Can ban and unban users from communities and the site.
- Can transfer site and communities to others.
- Can fully erase your data, replacing all posts and comments.
- NSFW post / community support.
- High performance.
- Server is written in rust.
- Supports arm64 / Raspberry Pi.
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## Installation
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- [Lemmy Administration Docs ](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/administration/administration.html )
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## Lemmy Projects
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- [awesome-lemmy - A community driven list of apps and tools for lemmy ](https://github.com/dbeley/awesome-lemmy )
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## Support / Donate
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Lemmy is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. Your donations directly support full-time development of the project.
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Lemmy is made possible by a generous grant from the [NLnet foundation ](https://nlnet.nl/ ).
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- [Support on Liberapay ](https://liberapay.com/Lemmy ).
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- [Support on Patreon ](https://www.patreon.com/dessalines ).
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- [Support on OpenCollective ](https://opencollective.com/lemmy ).
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- [List of Sponsors ](https://join-lemmy.org/donate ).
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### Crypto
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- bitcoin: `1Hefs7miXS5ff5Ck5xvmjKjXf5242KzRtK`
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- ethereum: `0x400c96c96acbC6E7B3B43B1dc1BB446540a88A01`
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- monero: `41taVyY6e1xApqKyMVDRVxJ76sPkfZhALLTjRvVKpaAh2pBd4wv9RgYj1tSPrx8wc6iE1uWUfjtQdTmTy2FGMeChGVKPQuV`
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## Contributing
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Read the following documentation to setup the development environment and start coding:
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- [Contributing instructions ](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/01-overview.html )
- [Docker Development ](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/03-docker-development.html )
- [Local Development ](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/02-local-development.html )
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When working on an issue or pull request, you can comment with any questions you may have so that maintainers can answer them. You can also join the [Matrix Development Chat ](https://matrix.to/#/#lemmydev:matrix.org ) for general assistance.
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### Translations
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- If you want to help with translating, take a look at [Weblate ](https://weblate.join-lemmy.org/projects/lemmy/ ). You can also help by [translating the documentation ](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-docs#adding-a-new-language ).
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## Community
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- [Matrix Space ](https://matrix.to/#/#lemmy-space:matrix.org )
- [Lemmy Forum ](https://lemmy.ml/c/lemmy )
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- [Lemmy Support Forum ](https://lemmy.ml/c/lemmy_support )
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## Code Mirrors
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- [GitHub ](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy )
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- [Gitea ](https://git.join-lemmy.org/LemmyNet/lemmy )
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- [Codeberg ](https://codeberg.org/LemmyNet/lemmy )
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## Credits
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Logo made by Andy Cuccaro (@andycuccaro) under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license.
