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Lemmy vs omnom
Lemmy has 14,659 GitHub stars, 973 forks, 129 open issues and last shipped yesterday. omnom has 666 stars, 42 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Lemmy leads on adoption by 2,101% (14,659 vs 666 stars). Lemmy is written in Rust under AGPL-3.0; omnom is written in Go under AGPL-3.0. Lemmy has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, omnom 6%. Lemmy was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (activitypub, fediverse), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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 | omnom | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 666 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Rust | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 973 | ⑂ 42 |
| 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 omnom if
- You want the omnom feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and omnom 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 omnom
Omnom A web content preservation service Bookmark with website snapshots Aggregate feeds Follow ActivityPub streams Check out our wiki for more information. Features Self hosted Bookmarking RSS reader Fediverse/ActivityPub support Websites are captured as your browser renders it saves the displayed content of dynamic pages as well Multiple snapshots of the same URL with resource summary and compare/diff views Web interface with multiuser support Locally saved multimedia content Flexible filtering by date, free text search in content, tags, users, domains, URLs, etc.. Documented API Browser addon Omnom browser…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Lemmy or omnom more popular?
Lemmy has 14,659 GitHub stars and omnom has 666. Lemmy has the larger community by that measure.
Are Lemmy and omnom free?
Both are open source. Lemmy is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and omnom under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Lemmy and omnom?
Lemmy is written in Rust and omnom in Go. 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 omnom?
Choose Lemmy if you want the larger community (14,659 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose omnom if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.