Lemmy

ActivityPub for link aggregation
Is freely licensed? ✅
Decentralization
  • federated
User interface
  • gui
Target audience
  • end users
  • system administrators
Platforms
  • gnu/linux
  • bsd
Community support
  • chat
Website https://join-lemmy.org
Source https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy
NLNet grant pages

Lemmy offers a decentralized alternative to proprietary link aggregators like Reddit. School walkthrough (class board, not a public subreddit): Lemmy school scenario. Communities can self-host (Lemmy docs, configuration; examples only—not a canonical list):

Communities set their own moderation policies, votes are transparent, and ranking is not driven by a corporate engagement engine tied to surveillance and lock-in.