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Flarum vs Lemmy
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Flarum | Lemmy |
|---|---|---|
| Language | PHP | Rust |
| Licence | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 6.8k | 15k |
| Latest | v1.8.20 | 0.19.20 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-01 |
| Release cadence | too few releases | too few releases |
| Active contributors | 12 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 →
PartialFlarumOne community per site, not a network of communities.
Full replacementLemmyCommunities, link and text posts, votes and threaded comments, federated across servers over ActivityPub.
Flarum
- v1.8.202026-09-17[1.x] ci(core): pin external actions to immutable commit hashes
- v2.0.0-rc.82026-08-27See the changelog:pre-release
- v2.0.0-rc.72026-08-24See the changelog:pre-release
- v2.0.0-rc.62026-08-23See the changelog:pre-release
- v1.8.192026-08-13
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
Flarum
✓ signed The latest release, v1.8.20, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Lemmy
unsigned The latest release, 0.19.20, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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