throat vs RedReader

throat

Open Source link aggregator and discussion platform powering Phuks (by Phuks-co)

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phuks.co

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RedReader

A SaidIt fork of RedReader, an unofficial open source Reddit client for Android (by libertysoft3)

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saidit.net

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throat		RedReader
	Project
17	Mentions	48
71	Stars	7
-	Growth	-
3.4	Activity	0.0
8 months ago	Latest Commit	about 2 years ago
Python	Language	Java
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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throat

Posts with mentions or reviews of throat. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-04.

Reddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purge
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Sep 2023

Throat is a pretty decent open source project for running a Reddit-alike forum, without all the fediverse bloat: https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat
Daily General Discussion - June 16, 2023
5 projects | /r/ethfinance | 16 Jun 2023

For Reddit alternatives, it looks like https://saidit.net/ (https://github.com/libertysoft3/saidit) and https://phuks.co/ (https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat) could be viable alternatives. They're open source, have the UX features we desire (threaded, voting, sorting, collapsing).
Reddit Alternative Analysis
2 projects | /r/ethfinance | 16 Jun 2023

Nice find, it looks like https://saidit.net/ and https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat could be viable alternatives, I'll add them to the list later
The 3 classes of Reddit alternatives
3 projects | /r/RedditAlternatives | 10 Jun 2023

Phuks
Phuks!
1 project | /r/linkaggregators | 24 Nov 2022
The Great RSP Exodus - Building our Own 'Reddit'
1 project | /r/redscarepod | 17 Nov 2022

Why write your own software? https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat
Announcing UPVOTO - a Reddit alternative that respects your freedom of speech, opinion and expression
1 project | /r/RedditAlternatives | 23 Oct 2022

There's actually a few like-minded people involved. It is built off the top of a modified Phuks.co repo (GitHub).
Is there an Open Source version of Reddit?
6 projects | /r/opensource | 30 Jun 2022
Ask HN: Is there a truly solid low-code to build Twitter or Reddit clone?
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 May 2022
Subreddit with almost 2M subs tries to migrate to custom platform
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Apr 2022

> On another note, I do not understand why all these banned subreddits that try to migrate to their own site always try to create their own software.
Not all. The admins of Ovarit [1] decided to use Throat [2] rather than roll their own from scratch. By all accounts, it's working very well for them.
[1] https://ovarit.com
[2] https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat, forked to https://gitlab.com/feminist-conspiracy/throat

RedReader

Posts with mentions or reviews of RedReader. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-03.