Lemmy

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A link aggregator / reddit clone for the fediverse.

Lemmy Dev instance for testing purposes only

This is a very early beta version, and a lot of features are currently broken or in active development, such as federation.

Front Page	Post

Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, Raddle, or Hacker News: 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.

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.

The overall goal is to create an easily self-hostable, decentralized alternative to reddit and other link aggregators, outside of their corporate control and meddling.

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.

Install

Docker

Make sure you have both docker and docker-compose(>=1.24.0) installed:

mkdir lemmy/
cd lemmy/
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dessalines/lemmy/master/docker/prod/docker-compose.yml
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dessalines/lemmy/master/docker/lemmy.hjson
# Edit lemmy.hjson to do more configuration
docker-compose up -d

and go to http://localhost:8536.

A sample nginx config, could be setup with:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dessalines/lemmy/master/ansible/templates/nginx.conf
# Replace the {{ vars }}
sudo mv nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/lemmy.conf

Updating

To update to the newest version, run:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dessalines/lemmy/master/docker/prod/docker-compose.yml
docker-compose up -d

Ansible

First, you need to install Ansible on your local computer (e.g. using sudo apt install ansible) or the equivalent for you platform.

Then run the following commands on your local computer:

git clone https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy.git
cd lemmy/ansible/
cp inventory.example inventory
nano inventory # enter your server, domain, contact email
ansible-playbook lemmy.yml --become

Support

Lemmy is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. Your donations directly support full-time development of the project.

• Support on Patreon.
• Sponsor List.
• bitcoin: 1Hefs7miXS5ff5Ck5xvmjKjXf5242KzRtK
• ethereum: 0x400c96c96acbC6E7B3B43B1dc1BB446540a88A01
• monero: 41taVyY6e1xApqKyMVDRVxJ76sPkfZhALLTjRvVKpaAh2pBd4wv9RgYj1tSPrx8wc6iE1uWUfjtQdTmTy2FGMeChGVKPQuV

Translations

If you'd like to add translations, take a look a look at the English translation file.

• Languages supported: English (en), Chinese (zh), Dutch (nl), Esperanto (eo), French (fr), Spanish (es), Swedish (sv), German (de), Russian (ru), Italian (it).

lang	done	missing
de	97%	avatar,downvotes_disabled,enable_downvotes,open_registration,registration_closed,enable_nsfw
eo	84%	number_of_communities,preview,upload_image,avatar,formatting_help,view_source,sticky,unsticky,archive_link,stickied,delete_account,delete_account_confirm,banned,creator,number_online,replies,mentions,forgot_password,reset_password_mail_sent,password_change,new_password,no_email_setup,language,browser_default,downvotes_disabled,enable_downvotes,open_registration,registration_closed,enable_nsfw,theme,are_you_sure,yes,no
es	92%	avatar,archive_link,replies,mentions,forgot_password,reset_password_mail_sent,password_change,new_password,no_email_setup,language,browser_default,downvotes_disabled,enable_downvotes,open_registration,registration_closed,enable_nsfw
fr	92%	avatar,archive_link,replies,mentions,forgot_password,reset_password_mail_sent,password_change,new_password,no_email_setup,language,browser_default,downvotes_disabled,enable_downvotes,open_registration,registration_closed,enable_nsfw
it	93%	avatar,archive_link,forgot_password,reset_password_mail_sent,password_change,new_password,no_email_setup,language,browser_default,downvotes_disabled,enable_downvotes,open_registration,registration_closed,enable_nsfw
nl	86%	preview,upload_image,avatar,formatting_help,view_source,sticky,unsticky,archive_link,stickied,delete_account,delete_account_confirm,banned,creator,number_online,replies,mentions,forgot_password,reset_password_mail_sent,password_change,new_password,no_email_setup,language,browser_default,downvotes_disabled,enable_downvotes,open_registration,registration_closed,enable_nsfw,theme
ru	80%	cross_posts,cross_post,number_of_communities,preview,upload_image,avatar,formatting_help,view_source,sticky,unsticky,archive_link,stickied,delete_account,delete_account_confirm,banned,creator,number_online,replies,mentions,forgot_password,reset_password_mail_sent,password_change,new_password,no_email_setup,language,browser_default,downvotes_disabled,enable_downvotes,open_registration,registration_closed,enable_nsfw,recent_comments,theme,monero,by,to,transfer_community,transfer_site,are_you_sure,yes,no
sv	92%	avatar,archive_link,replies,mentions,forgot_password,reset_password_mail_sent,password_change,new_password,no_email_setup,language,browser_default,downvotes_disabled,enable_downvotes,open_registration,registration_closed,enable_nsfw
zh	78%	cross_posts,cross_post,users,number_of_communities,preview,upload_image,avatar,formatting_help,view_source,sticky,unsticky,archive_link,settings,stickied,delete_account,delete_account_confirm,banned,creator,number_online,replies,mentions,forgot_password,reset_password_mail_sent,password_change,new_password,no_email_setup,language,browser_default,downvotes_disabled,enable_downvotes,open_registration,registration_closed,enable_nsfw,recent_comments,nsfw,show_nsfw,theme,monero,by,to,transfer_community,transfer_site,are_you_sure,yes,no

If you'd like to update this report, run:

cd ui
ts-node translation_report.ts > tmp # And replace the text above.

Credits

Logo made by Andy Cuccaro (@andycuccaro) under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license.