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A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse.

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Lemmy is similar to sites likeReddit,Lobste.rs, orHacker 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 theFediverse.

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.

It is 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.

You can find more information in theBackend Repository.

You need to havepnpm installed. Then run the following:

git clone https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui.gitcd lemmy-uipnpm installLEMMY_UI_BACKEND=https://voyager.lemmy.ml pnpm dev

Finally openhttp://localhost:1234 in your browser. This uses the public test instancehttps://voyager.lemmy.ml/ as backend. For more details such as developing with a locally compiled Lemmy backend, read thedocumentation.

The following environment variables can be used to configure lemmy-ui:

These environment variables are for debugging purposes and are disabled by default for production builds, but can be enabled explicitly.

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