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Comparison of Lemmy Instances (github.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by maltfield@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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I created a repo on GitHub that has a table comparing all the known lemmy instances

Why?

When I joined lemmy, I had to join a few different instances before I realized that:

  1. Some instances didn't allow you to create new communities
  2. Some instances were setup with an allowlist so that you couldn't subscribe/participate with communities on (most) other instances
  3. Some instances disabled important features like downvotes
  4. Some instances have profanity filters or don't allow NSFW content

I couldn't find an easy way to see how each instance was configured, so I used lemmy-stats-crawler and GitHub actions to discover all the Lemmy Instances, query their API, and dump the information into a data table for quick at-a-glance comparison.

I hope this helps others with a smooth migration to lemmy. Enjoy :)

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[-] smartwater0897@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Great work! Can you include the instance description in this list also?

Also i would love to see country but that's doesn't seem to be included in the Lemmy app. I guess you could do a ip lookup on some service to see country if you really wanted to.

[-] maltfield@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I think the description would be too long and clutter the table. I'd be down for descriptions on-hover, but I'd have to switch platforms (from GitHub markdown) for that afaik.

You can also get the country from this list. I don't know how they do it (maybe IP lookup)

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