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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

https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances

Why?

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

Some instances didn't allow you to create new communities
Some instances were setup with an allowlist so that you couldn't subscribe/participate with communities on (most) other instances
Some instances disabled important features like downvotes
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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[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be nice for those elsewhere on the fediverse to know when an instance is aligned with or run by the same people as an existing mastodon or other kind of instance.

Pretty sure nothing conventional is exposed for that sort of information, but it could be useful in the future. Maybe a general description field that can contain that sort of information.

[–] maltfield@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You mean like https://mastodon.world and https://lemmy.world? Do you have other examples?