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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 :)

  • @maltfield@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    Instances aren’t added manually. They’re discovered using lemmy-stats-crawler.

    As long as your instance is federating, active, and the API is reachable then it will make it onto the list.

    Edit: It looks like your instance’s API isn’t reachable, which may be why it’s missing:

    Please fix the availability of your instance’s API.

    • CadendeeEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      hexbear is currently running an old version of lemmy that doesn’t support the v3 API or federation. migration to a more modern lemmy is in progress