Alternatives / Digg
Looking for an open source Digg alternative? Only one project we verified fits: Lemmy, a self-hosted, federated link aggregation platform. It is software for running communities, not a single site with Digg's audience.
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| Alternative | Best for | License |
|---|---|---|
| Lemmy | Federated link aggregator | AGPL-3.0 |
We looked for open-source link aggregation software. We verified Lemmy's license, recent activity, stars, and deployment in its repository. See our methodology for the full criteria.
Lemmy provides link posts and discussion with upvotes and downvotes, moderation tools, RSS and Atom feeds, themes, data erasure options, and federation with other Lemmy servers. It has no ads, tracking, or hidden algorithms, and deploys with Docker or Ansible.
Lemmy is AGPL-3.0.
Lemmy had commits within days of this update and has over 14,000 stars.
Digg is a single proprietary site whose audience and algorithms you cannot copy. Lemmy lets anyone run a community, but you start with no audience.
Lemmy is an AGPL-3.0, self-hosted, ad-free forum and link aggregator that connects communities across the fediverse using ActivityPub, with upvote and downvote scoring, moderation tools, and federation. It can be deployed with Docker or Ansible, and you can join an existing server or run your own.
Pricing: Free and open source; run your own server or join an existing instance.
| Alternative | Type | License | Self-hosted | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemmy | Link aggregator | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Self-hosted communities |
Want to run your own link aggregator
Lemmy offers voting, moderation, and federation with other servers.