Free Web-based Reddit Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Reddit as a web app if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Online alternative is Lemmy, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Reddit and loads of them are free and available as a web app so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Online alternatives to Reddit are 4chan, Hacker News, Steemit and Raddle.

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  1. Lemmy icon
     198 likes

    Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, 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...

    78 Lemmy alternatives

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  2. 4chan icon
     62 likes

    4chan is a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images. There are boards dedicated to a variety of topics, from Japanese animation and culture to videogames, music, and photography.

    57 4chan alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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  3. Hacker News icon
     135 likes

    Hacker News is a social news website that caters to programmers and entrepreneurs, delivering content related to computer science and entrepreneurship.

    67 Hacker News alternatives

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    • Free
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  4. Steemit icon
     106 likes

    A non-censored social platform where users are incentivized to contribute and curate content. The users decide what is valuable by voting, and content regarded valuable is rewarded with money.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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  5. Raddle icon
     24 likes

    Unsatisfied with the few link sharing communities that were available and their proprietary, untransparent and non-secure nature, ziq made the original raddle.me (then known as raddit.me) with Wordpress, but it had a lot of limitations.

    93 Raddle alternatives

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    • Free
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  6. Phuks icon
     23 likes

    An alternative to Reddit and Voat. It has the original Voat culture of open expression. Most users on the site are interested in web development but mostly only chat about that in IRC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
     
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  7. PieFed icon
     16 likes

    PieFed is a link aggregator, a forum, a hub of social interaction and information, built for the fediverse. the focus is on individual control, safety, and decentralised power.

    16 PieFed alternatives

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  8. FlingUp icon
     27 likes

    Currently available in 41 countries, FlingUp is a new social media / link aggregation platform aimed to offer a minimalist daily dose of content without forcing dark design patterns like infinite scroll.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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  9. Mbin icon
     14 likes

    Mbin: a federated content aggregator, voting, discussion and microblogging platform (By the community, for the community).

    42 Mbin alternatives

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    • Online
     
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  10. Digg icon
     76 likes

    Platform for discovering, following, and engaging in topic-specific communities through content submission, voting, transparent moderation, anti-spam verification, web or mobile access, integrations, favorite pinning, and an optional AI-created podcast featuring trending stories.

    29 Digg alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Discontinued

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  11. Tildes icon
     18 likes

    A non-profit community site driven by its users' interests.

    91 Tildes alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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