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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 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

IPFS rant

I wanted IPFS to be successful 5 years ago. I wish it had been successful, but barely anything has changed. It's a resource hog with a terrible UX. There's nothing easy about it and the documentation is straight to "here's our HTTP API". Gee, thanks, what about the people who don't want to immediately write an application?

Uh... Where do you get that it uses IPFS? I checked the seedit repo and it doesn't seem to mention it in the dependencies nor readme.

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[–] take6056@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago

When I click the link in the seedit repo, on the webpage it says "fetching ipns from ipfsgateway.xyz"