The best open source alternative to Digg is Lemmy. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Digg and 15 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Digg are PieFed, SaidIt.net, Mbin and Tildes.
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...
PieFed is a link aggregator, a forum, a hub of social interaction and information, built for the fediverse. the focus is on individual control, safety, and decentralised power.
Uncensored free speech alternative to the extreme Reddit and Voat forums, democratically civilized by Graham's Debate Pyramid, no illegal transactions nor porn. Truth-seeking anti-corruption news are among the popular themes. Android app, iOS soon.
Mbin: a federated content aggregator, voting, discussion and microblogging platform (By the community, for the community).
Open source, self-governing communities with auditable moderation and mod elections.
A non-censored social platform where users are incentivized to contribute and curate content. The users decide what is valuable by voting, and content regarded valuable is rewarded with money.
Interstellar is a Fediverse client, allowing you to access your Kbin, Mbin, and Lemmy accounts and interact with your favorite communities.
Lobsters is a technology-focused link-aggregation site. The site is driven by Ruby on Rails with the source code being freely available for those seeking to create a site similar to Reddit or Hackernews.
An alternative to Reddit and Voat. It has the original Voat culture of open expression. Most users on the site are interested in web development but mostly only chat about that in IRC.
Created by veterans of Digg, Reddit, Voat, etc.. Clean design and a great community that is a breath of fresh air from the melodrama and vitriol of sites like Reddit and Voat.
Unsatisfied with the few link sharing communities that were available and their proprietary, untransparent and non-secure nature, ziq made the original raddle.me (then known as raddit.me) with Wordpress, but it had a lot of limitations.
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higher quality of content. Better discussions.