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Dev tools · May 7, 2014

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my open source "reddit"-like community

my open source "reddit"-like community launched on May 7, 2014 with 12 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

In plain words

My Open Source "Reddit"-like Community is a self-hosted platform for building community discussion sites. Launched in 2014, it provides the core functionality of Reddit—threaded discussions, voting, and user-generated content—in an open-source format that developers can deploy and customize for their own use. It's designed for those wanting to create independent communities without relying on centralized platforms.

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