What are the best indie alternatives to Reddit?

5 curated indie and bootstrapped alternatives to Reddit: Lemmy, Discourse, Circle, Hacker News, Tildes. All are smaller, founder-led tools that compete with Reddit on price, openness or developer experience.

What category does Reddit fall under?

Reddit is listed in Communities & News. See all communities & news tools in our directory.

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Alternatives to Reddit

Reddit is the long-running community platform. Indie alternatives offer federation, OSS or different community vibes.

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Top indie alternatives

Smaller, founder-led tools that quietly compete with Reddit.

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Lemmy

Federated Reddit alternative.

OSS, fediverse-based community platform.

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Discourse

OSS forum platform.

Free OSS by Jeff Atwood — used by many communities.

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Circle

Modern community platform.

Indie-feeling creator community.

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Hacker News

YC's tech community board.

Tech-focused alternative.

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Tildes

Non-profit discussion site.

Indie Reddit alternative.

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