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I came across something interesting while browsing /redditalternative—a protocol that claims to be a fully decentralized, self-hosted, peer-to-peer Reddit alternative called Seedit. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by LifeSeeker@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I made some research, and here’s what I found:

Seedit is an open-source, peer-to-peer,decentralized Reddit alternative abuilt on IPFS . • There are no central servers, no admins, and no way to shut down communities—meaning true censorship resistance. • Unlike federated platform, there are no instances or servers to rely on.

How it works:

• Plebbit is the backend protocol that powers everything. • There are different UIs for browsing: • Seedit (Reddit-style interface) • Plebchan (4chan-style interface) • Both UIs share the same communities and content—you just pick the experience you prefer.

Some things to note:

• Your profile picture can only be an NFT, which is kind of a red flag.

• There’s a token involved which is also a redflag but using the platform itself is free.

• No need for DNS or SSL—it runs purely on IPFS.

Links:

• Seedit official site: seedit.app (seems to load very slowly)

• Plebbit.works: plebbit.works (centralized but much faster version)

• GitHub repo: github.com/plebbit/seedit

What do you guys think? Anyone tried it yet?

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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NFT is a big red flag. Isn’t IPFS practically dead and only runs through one gateway so it very much can is and centralized

[–] davad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't know how dead it is, but it's pretty straightforward to set up your own gateway (public or private). Even if you don't have a tech background, there's the "IPFS Desktop" app that stands up the IPFS service locally.