Open Source Self-Hosted Reddit Alternatives

Reddit is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best open source Self-Hosted alternative is Lemmy. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Reddit and 14 are open source and available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Self-Hosted alternatives to Reddit are Redlib, Hive Blog, Postmill and eddrit.

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  1. Lemmy icon
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    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. Hive Blog icon
     4 likes

    Communities without borders. A social network owned and operated by its users, powered by Hive.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Postmill icon
     3 likes

    Postmill is a free, web-based, social link aggregator with voting and threaded comments. It is built on the Symfony framework. Used to host raddle.me.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. eddrit icon
     3 likes

    A lightweight alternative frontend for Reddit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. ZeroTalk icon
     13 likes

    Forum(s) built with JavaScript ( with CoffeeScript ) and alternativeto.net/software/json for the database distributed by the network .

    24 ZeroTalk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • JSON
    • JavaScript
    • ZeroNet
     
  6. Repostea icon
     1 like

    Content aggregation platform similar to Reddit/Hacker News. Self-hosted with real-time chat, karma system, ActivityPub federation, and 15+ languages. Built with Laravel and Nuxt.js.

    Cost / License

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
    • PHP
    • Nuxt.js
    • Laravel
    • Vue.js
     
  7. Guora icon
     3 likes

    A self-hosted Quora like web application written in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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  8. Brutalinks icon
     3 likes

    Link aggregator inspired by Reddit using ActivityPub federation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. 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

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby on Rails
     
  10.  6 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. 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

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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