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Lemmy vs laravel-love
Lemmy has 14,659 GitHub stars, 973 forks, 129 open issues and last shipped yesterday. laravel-love has 1,202 stars, 77 forks, 11 open issues and last shipped 7 months ago. Lemmy leads on adoption by 1,120% (14,659 vs 1,202 stars). Lemmy is written in Rust under AGPL-3.0; laravel-love is written in PHP under MIT. Lemmy has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, laravel-love 6%. Lemmy was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Lemmy | laravel-love | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 1.2K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-04-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 973 | ⑂ 77 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Lemmy if
- You weight community size — 15K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick laravel-love if
- You want the laravel-love feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and laravel-love fits your workflow better
About Lemmy
English Español Русский 汉语 漢語 日本語 Lemmy A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse. Join Lemmy · Documentation · Matrix Chat · Report Bug · Request Feature · Releases · Code of Conduct About The Project Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the Fediverse. For a link aggregator, this means a user registered on one…
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About laravel-love
Laravel Love Introduction Laravel Love is emotional part of the application. It let people express how they feel about the content. Make any model reactable in a minutes! There are many implementations in modern applications: GitHub Reactions Facebook Reactions YouTube Likes Slack Reactions Reddit Votes Medium Claps This package developed in mind that it should cover all the possible use cases and be viable in enterprise applications. Official Documentation Documentation can be found in [Laravel Love Guide]. Installation Pull in the package through Composer. Run database migrations. Upgrading Please see…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Lemmy or laravel-love more popular?
Lemmy has 14,659 GitHub stars and laravel-love has 1,202. Lemmy has the larger community by that measure.
Are Lemmy and laravel-love free?
Both are open source. Lemmy is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and laravel-love under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Lemmy and laravel-love?
Lemmy is written in Rust and laravel-love in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Lemmy or laravel-love?
Choose Lemmy if you want the larger community (14,659 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose laravel-love if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.