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Discourse vs Lemmy
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Discourse | Lemmy |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Ruby | Rust |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 48k | 15k |
| Latest | v2026.9.0 | 0.19.20 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-01 |
| Release cadence | too few releases | too few releases |
| Active contributors | 38+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 8 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Reddit. Alternatives to Reddit →
PartialDiscourseOne community per site, with categories and topic voting, not a network of communities.
Full replacementLemmyCommunities, link and text posts, votes and threaded comments, federated across servers over ActivityPub.
Discourse
- _gh-attach-assets2026-07-15gh-attach attachmentspre-release
Lemmy
- 1.0.0-beta.22026-09-11pre-release
- 0.19.202026-07-21
- 1.0.0-beta.12026-07-03pre-release
- 0.19.192026-06-09
- 1.0.0-alpha.202026-05-30pre-release
Discourse
unsigned The latest release, v2026.9.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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Lemmy
unsigned The latest release, 0.19.20, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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