Open Source Reddit Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Reddit is Lemmy. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Reddit and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Reddit are Steemit, Raddle, Phuks and PieFed.

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  1. Brutalinks icon
     3 likes

    Link aggregator inspired by Reddit using ActivityPub federation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Thymble icon
     4 likes

    Thimble is an open-source, community-based news platform built with Ruby on Rails. Much like Reddit or Hacker News, users are identified by pseudonyms and all content posted is generated by user.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby on Rails
     
  3.  6 likes

    Coordino allows you to create a question and answer system for you and your users to enjoy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Anancus icon
     1 like

    Anancus is an open-source, federated or self-hosted link aggregator built on Go, NodeJS and PostgreSQL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Verismile icon
     Like

    Microblogging social media where security is priority. All accounts are verified, thus the number of fake account is drastically reduced. This improve overall security of platform.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. FlowChat icon
     3 likes

    FlowChat is an open-source, self-hostable reddit alternative. It has communities, hashtags, live-updating threaded conversations, and voting.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Rosint icon
     Like

    Search ANY Reddit users post/comment history. Reddit open-source user intelligence tool.

    2 Rosint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8.  Like

    A federated forum / link aggregator using ActivityPub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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