Lemmy
Free community platform for posting, discussing, sharing links and following themed communities in the Fediverse.
Overview
Lemmy lets you participate in themed communities, publish links, messages or images and discuss specific topics in a free and decentralized setting. It uses a familiar forum and link aggregator model while being part of the Fediverse.
The service is useful if you want community discussions that are not tied to a single large centralized platform, while still being able to interact with compatible ActivityPub services.
Quick facts
| Service URL | l.hostux.net |
|---|---|
| Service type | Federated communities / link sharing |
| Free software used | Lemmy |
| Federation | ActivityPub / Fediverse |
| Project website | join-lemmy.org |
| Source code | github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy |
| Account required | Yes to participate fully |
Why use Lemmy
- Participate in communities outside a large centralized platform.
- Share links, posts and images around specific topics.
- Use a forum-like and link-aggregator model in the Fediverse.
- Follow communities and interact with users from compatible instances.
- Keep discussions more open and portable than on closed platforms.
Main features
- Themed communities with posts and comments.
- Voting, moderation and community administration features.
- Federation with compatible ActivityPub services.
- Public reading and account-based participation depending on the action.
How the service works
- Lemmy works through instances, each with its own policy, moderation and communities.
- An instance can stand alone but can also federate with other compatible services.
- Through federation, an account on one instance can interact with communities hosted elsewhere.
- The service is part of the Fediverse, a set of compatible platforms communicating via ActivityPub.
Use cases
- Follow technical, cultural or general-interest communities.
- Share links and start discussions.
- Participate in a federated alternative to centralized forums.
- Discover discussions from other compatible instances.
Access the service
Service: l.hostux.net
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