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 Self-Hosted alternative is Lemmy, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Reddit and 13 are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Reddit are Libreddit, Postmill, Thymble and ZeroTalk.

Reddit alternatives are mainly Social Networks but may also be Social Newss or Microblogs. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Reddit.

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Lemmy
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Social News
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News Reader
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58 Lemmy alternatives
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...
- - Lemmy is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & Self-Hosted alternative to Reddit.
- - Lemmy is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Reddit.
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Lemmy Features
1. DecentralizedLemmy is based on a decentralized infrastructure with no single entity controlling it.
2. LightweightLemmy consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Privacy focusedLemmy is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
4. Ad-freeLemmy doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
5. No TrackingLemmy will not track you or use your personal data.
6. Dark ModeLemmy supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
7. Support for ActivityPubLemmy support ActivityPub, a open and decentralized social network protocol.
8. Multiple Account supportLemmy support multiple accounts without the need to logout and login
9. Support for MarkDownLemmy supports MarkDown for document formatting.
Federation
Community-based
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Support for @mentions
No registration required
Support for Themes
Comments about Lemmy as a Alternative to Reddit
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Oscar Sanderson
It is similar to reddit but it is open source and has less spam and is much less commercial than reddit and Lemmy is private and modarated
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Snow Code
Should be higher in the list. One of the only REAL alternatives to Reddit. Others are just other social networks or forums. It is open-source and has very similar features.
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inson1
Its open source and federated
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Guest
Open-source federated alternative to Reddit. There are multiple apps for it already (getting traction).
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Decentralized, create an account for a single instance like lemmy.world and you can subscribe to communities from basically all other Lemmy instances.

Requested features actually get implemented because it's open source, unlike private websites that don't care about what their users want.
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Libreddit
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Free • Open Source
Online
Self-Hosted
Reddit
32 Libreddit alternatives
Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust.
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Libreddit Features
1. Privacy focusedLibreddit is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
2. Ad-freeLibreddit doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Libreddit without registration.
4. Dark ModeLibreddit supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
5. No TrackingLibreddit will not track you or use your personal data.
6. Support for ThemesYou can use themes and templates to change the look and feel of Libreddit.
Postmill
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Free • Open Source
Social News
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13 Postmill alternatives
Postmill is a link aggregator that you can install on your own server. Tired of letting companies mine your data and make profit from your posts? This is a ready-to-use solution to bootstrap your community, including all the features that you've come to expect.
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Postmill Features
1. Dark ModePostmill supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
Discontinued
Discontinued project from https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill/: "Archived project! Repository and other project resources are read-only"
Thymble
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Free • Open Source
Social News
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Ruby on Rails
17 Thymble alternatives
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.
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ZeroTalk
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Python
JSON
JavaScript
ZeroNet
23 ZeroTalk alternatives
Forum(s) built with JavaScript ( with CoffeeScript ) and alternativeto.net/software/json for the database distributed by the network .
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ZeroTalk Features
1. DecentralizedZeroTalk is based on a decentralized infrastructure with no single entity controlling it.
Distributed
Brutalinks
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Free • Open Source
Social News
News Reader
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19 Brutalinks alternatives
Link aggregator inspired by Reddit using ActivityPub federation.
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Brutalinks Features
1. Dark ModeBrutalinks supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
2. Support for ActivityPubBrutalinks support ActivityPub, a open and decentralized social network protocol.
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Kontxt
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Software as a Service (SaaS)
Wordpress
42 Kontxt alternatives
Kontxt is an inline communication and engagement tool that adds live collaboration and interactivity to digital content. Enterprise productivity. Remote education. Site owner revenue. Personal social news aggregation, rating, sharing, and discussion.
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Kontxt Features
1. Shared FoldersKontxt supports shared folders that can be used to store, search, and access files with multiple people.
2. Support for @mentionsKontxt supports the use of mentions through @ to a particular user, who will be notified personally.
3. Real time collaborationMultiple users can work together in Kontxt simultaneously.
4. PDF annotationKontxt support PDF Annotation for highlighting, notes etc
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Bookmarks
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Community management
Social feed