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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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[-] Awoo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Only wish we knew what the definition of "active" being used was more clearly.

[-] Cadende@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the lemmy source code is public

[-] Awoo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I mean in this git. "Active" is at the entire discretion of the person that made this list and is not quite fully defined.

this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2023
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