<s>
Lemmy	B-Application
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
for	O
running	O
self-hosted	O
social	O
news	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
and	O
discussion	B-Application
forums	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
has	O
similar	O
features	O
to	O
Reddit	B-Application
or	O
Hacker	B-Application
News	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmy	B-Application
instances	O
are	O
run	O
by	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
individuals	O
or	O
corporations	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
content	O
moderation	O
policies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmy	B-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Fediverse	B-Application
which	O
allows	O
users	O
from	O
other	O
platforms	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
posts	O
created	O
by	O
Lemmy	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActivityPub	B-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
protocol	O
used	O
to	O
allow	O
Lemmy	B-Application
instances	O
to	O
operate	O
as	O
a	O
federated	O
social	O
network	O
and	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
compatible	O
platforms	O
including	O
Mastodon	B-Application
and	O
PeerTube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmy	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
Dessalines	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
and	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
Affero	O
General	O
Public	O
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmy	B-Application
comprises	O
user-generated	O
content	O
and	O
discussions	O
about	O
the	O
content	O
in	O
an	O
internet	B-Application
forum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Lemmy	B-Application
,	O
all	O
61	O
instances	O
of	O
Lemmy	B-Application
have	O
a	O
collective	O
1.2	O
thousand	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
popular	O
instances	O
are	O
lemmy.ml	O
and	O
lemmygrad.ml,	O
each	O
with	O
approximately	O
320	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accounts	O
on	O
ActivityPub-compatible	O
software	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
Lemmy	B-Application
posts	O
but	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
post	O
to	O
communities	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
an	O
integral	O
part	O
of	O
Lemmy	B-Application
,	O
as	O
you	O
must	O
post	O
your	O
link	O
,	O
image	O
or	O
discussion	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Client	O
apps	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
include	O
Jerboa	O
and	O
Lemmur	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Remmel	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
