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Mbin vs Lemmy: catalog facts
Mbin	Lemmy
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL. Hosting is separate.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Combines link aggregation, voting and microblogging in one site Federates with the fediverse over ActivityPub	Communities federate, so a single server going down does not end the network Lightweight Rust server that runs on modest hardware
Requires running and maintaining your own server Smaller project than Lemmy with fewer instances	Content volume is far below the centralised platforms it resembles Moderation quality varies sharply between instances
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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