PieFed - Open Source Federated Forum
join.piefed.social
A link aggregator, a forum, a hub of social interaction and information, built for the fediverse.

Welcome to a new era of interconnected content discussion with PieFed – a link aggregator, a forum, a hub of social interaction and information, built for the fediverse. Our focus is on individual control, safety, and decentralised power.

Like other platforms in the fediverse, we are a self-governed space for social link aggregation and conversation. We operate without the influence of corporate entities – ensuring that your experience is free of advertisements, invasive tracking, or secret algorithms. On our platform, content is grouped into communities, allowing you to engage with topics of interest and disregard the irrelevant ones. We utilise a voting system to highlight the best content.

Video introduction the codebase

  • mesamune@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    I believe one of the killer features is the ability to aggregate different communities.

  • Nergon@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    Hello from Piefed! I was a regular on Lemmy and Mastodon for years, but I migrated to Piefed because it is much more lightweight.

    The features page shows some differences between Piefed and Lemmy - https://join.piefed.social/features/ Mostly, I appreciate that it is written in Python, so more developers in the community may easily understand and contribute to the code base, and that it is so lightweight. When I connect to the internet I always have to consider data caps, so it’s a relief when websites make a genuine effort to be efficient. I can reliably browse the fediverse through Piefed even when my access is throttled to 50Kbps download.

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
      0·
      1 month ago

      it’s inspired by lemmy but seeks to addres; community concerns stemming from that programming is a form of communication and the things the lemmy project owners value as messaging are vile

        • WanderingVentra@lemm.eeEnglish
          0·
          1 month ago

          Two of the developers are scary communist tankies. And no, I don’t think software can be right wing or left wing. Maybe if it’s centralized, like X, but the developers of Lemmy can’t interfere with Lemmy servers they don’t admin, and it’s open source (lots of other people contribute to the Lemmy source code at this point and so would be able to spot things added in).

          Personally, I think the right way to advertise other competitors on the fediverse isnt to fear monger about the developers, but to say what features the alternatives have that might be good. Also, it is nice to have competitors, so also just to advertise based on the availability of alternative options, since it is nice to have those just in case.

          • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubEnglish
            0·
            1 month ago

            The Lemmy devs? I’m aware of this. I’m a right winger and that doesn’t affect me nearly as much as the far left communities of Lemmy users.

            The features are all I care about. Eventually I’ll find the right people here and be able to build the communities I want.

            • oce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish
              0·
              30 days ago

              I’m a right winger and that doesn’t affect me nearly as much as the far left communities of Lemmy users.

              I am surprised that you have survived this long. I am rather moderate left, and even after blocking the main extreme left instances, I still question my presence when I see the amount of far left populism that gets acclaimed here.

              • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.mlEnglish
                01·
                30 days ago

                I am rather moderate left

                blocking the main extreme left instances

                Sounds like you’re plenty interested in hearing from conservatives. 🤔

                • oce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish
                  0·
                  30 days ago

                  Anyone who tries to express themselves politely and rationally is welcomed.

            • Andrew@piefed.socialEnglish
              0·
              1 month ago

              They must have been talking about the Lemmy devs (the main PieFed dev is a lefty but no-one has ever accused him of being a tankie). To give you an idea: piefed.social blocks lemmygrad and hexbear, but it also block hilariouschaos (set up by the old exploding-heads guys).

              • MBM@lemmings.worldEnglish
                01·
                1 month ago

                hilariouschaos (set up by the old exploding-heads guys)

                …really? I always got the impression that the admin is some teenage girl

    • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Tbf you’re on Lemmy 24/7 so you’ll hear about things much earlier than many others. I’ve also been on Piefed for a minute.

      But I’ve come to understand how slowly knowledge propagates through large numbers of people, at least via this medium. First with the APIcaplyse, when I realized that virtually nobody on reddit had even heard of the API changes, let alone moving to Lemmy. And then on Lemmy itself with various major events/dramas that people were totally unaware of until much later.

      Piefed is developing rapidly and seems like a worthy alternative to Lemmy and Mbin. The private voting feature is also really cool.

    • 0x01@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Speed is literally not even a concern, the only thing I want more of is people. Make it easier to sign up or something

    • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
      0·
      1 month ago

      In my experience it’s very snappy, and with minimal JavaScript (if at all). Hell, it’s even somewhat usable in Lynx, though I couldn’t sign in.