Nutomic

Lemmy Lead Developer and father of two children.

I also develop [Ibis](https://ibis.wiki/ ), a federated wiki.

Last Notes

2026-05-19 08:47:26 UTC

## What is lemmy
Lemmy is a self-hosted social link aggregation and discussion platform. It is completely free and open, and not controlled by any company. This means that there is no advertising, tracking, or secret algorithms. Content is organized into communities, so it is easy to subscribe to topics that you are interested in, and ignore others. Voting is used to bring the most interesting items to the top.
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Two years have already passed since we started working on some major new features for Lemmy. Back then we still planned to release them as version 0.20, but over time the scope expanded and it turned into version 1.0 instead. Besides many new features, we also took the opportunity to do a lot of cleanup work, so that 1.0 can remain stable for a very long time.
Below you can see the list of major new features. This is far from complete because there are simply too many changes to list. In general, any Github issue which was fixed over the last two years and didn't get into version 0.19, will be part of version 1.0.
### For users:
- **Redesigned UI**: New card view, less clutter
- **Post Tags**: Categorize posts within a community.
- **Multi-communities**: Group different communities together into a custom feed.
- **Post scheduling**: Specify when your post should be published.
- **Keyword filter**: Automatically hide posts about certain topics.
- **Private communities**: Only approved followers can view the content (plus other community visibilities).
- **Notifications improvements** including notifications for mod actions, and subscribing to community/post notifications.
- **Combined Feeds**: view your liked posts and comments together in a single list.
- **User vote totals**: There is a setting to view the vote totals you've given to any user.
- **User notes**: You can make and view notes for any user.
- **GDPR style data exporting**: You can now export your historical data as a JSON file.
### Other changes:
- **Comment Locking**: Comments can now be locked, and it also locks any reply comments.
- **Plugins**: Can be written in JS, Python, Rust, and any other language that targets Webassembly. See the [documentation](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/08-plugins.html) for details.
- **Cursor pagination**: Don't lose your place in the feed when switching pages.
- **OAuth**: Login to Lemmy with existing account from another website.
- [**New API v4**](https://join-lemmy.org/api/main): Apps and frontends need to be updated to take advantage of new features. There is also a backwards compatible API v3 available.
The main work which still needs to be done before the official release is SQL optimizations. Some queries are still too slow, taking up to 300ms. And the database migrations from 0.19 to 1.0 take roughly 20 hours for lemmy.ml (smaller instances will be much faster). If you are an expert with PostgreSQL we need your help. Please have a look at the following issues which include all the relevant details:
- [Slow SQL queries](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/6460)
- [Reduce DB / table sizes](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/5876)
The other remaining task is testing and bug fixing. Now it is your turn as Lemmy users: on [voyager.lemmy.ml](https://voyager.lemmy.ml/) try the new version and create an account. Signups are open, feel free to make posts, create communities and do everything else that can be done. Spamming test posts is absolutely encouraged. See how the new features work, and open an issue if you encounter any problem ([backend](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues), [frontend](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues)).
If you run a test instance for Lemmy, we suggest that you upgrade it to `1.0.0-beta.0` by following the [instructions](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/administration/1.0_upgrade.html). You can also try to run the 1.0 database migrations against a local copy of your production database. This will show how long the upgrade process will take, and help to reveal bugs in the migrations.
**Be careful about upgrading production instances**. In principle you can already use 1.0 in production. Be sure that you have working backups and that you can restore them. Expect to tolerate major bugs, or to revert back to the stable version for now. If you have any problems, join the [admin chat on matrix](https://matrix.to/#/!OwmdVYiZSXrXbtCNLw:matrix.org) or ask in [/c/lemmy-support](https://lemmy.ml/c/lemmy_support).
For developers of Lemmy apps and clients, now is the time to start updating your projects to use the new API v4. This will give you enough time to use the new API once Lemmy 1.0 is finally released. See the [API v4 upgrade guide](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/09-api-v4.html) for instructions. If you develop any tools which integrate with Lemmy, have a look at the new [plugin system](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-plugins/).
Over the next months we will focus on testing and bug fixing. Afterwards, when when all major problems are fixed we will go to the release candidate phase. Then lemmy.ml will be upgraded to version 1.0.0-rc.0 to find remaining problems in production. When these are also resolved we will publish the final 1.0 release.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the new release so far!
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An open source project the size of Lemmy needs constant work to manage the project, implement new features and fix bugs. Dessalines and Nutomic work full-time on these tasks and more. As there is no advertising or tracking, all of our work is funded through donations. Even so there is barely enough time in the day, and no time for a second job. The only available option are user donations.
To keep it viable donations need to reach a minimum of 5000€ per month, resulting in a modest salary of 2500€ per developer. If that goal is reached we can stop worrying about money, and fully focus on improving the software for the benefit of all users and instances. We especially rely on recurring donations to secure the long-term development and make Lemmy the best it can be.
[Donate](https://join-lemmy.org/donate)

2026-03-16 10:55:01 UTC

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Good idea, adding this to Lemmy.
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/6409

2026-03-13 20:16:27 UTC

This release fixes federation with Lemmy.

2025-12-09 09:12:38 UTC

## What is Lemmy?
Lemmy is a self-hosted social link aggregation and discussion platform. It is completely free and open, and not controlled by any company. This means that there is no advertising, tracking, or secret algorithms. Content is organized into communities, so it is easy to subscribe to topics that you are interested in, and ignore others. Voting is used to bring the most interesting items to the top. Thanks to @flamingos-cant for contributing to resolve this.
## Changes
Recently some malicious users started to use an exploit where they would post rule violating content and then delete the account. This would prevent admins and mods from viewing the user profile to find other posts, and would also prevent federation of ban actions.
The new release fixes these problems. Thanks to @flamingos-cant for contributing to solve this.
## Upgrade instructions
There are no breaking changes with this release.
Follow the upgrade instructions for [ansible](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible/blob/main/UPGRADING.md) or [docker](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/install_docker.html#updating).
If you need help with the upgrade, you can ask in our [support forum](https://lemmy.ml/c/lemmy_support) or on the [Matrix Chat](https://matrix.to/#/!OwmdVYiZSXrXbtCNLw:matrix.org).
## Thanks to everyone
We'd like to thank our many contributors and users of Lemmy for coding, translating, testing, and helping find and fix bugs. We're glad many people find it useful and enjoyable enough to contribute.
## Support development
We (@dessalines and @nutomic) have been working full-time on Lemmy for over five years. This is largely thanks to support from [NLnet foundation](https://nlnet.nl/), as well as [donations from individual users](https://join-lemmy.org/donate).
If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider [donating to support its development](https://join-lemmy.org/donate). A recurring donation is the best way to ensure that open-source software like Lemmy can stay independent and alive, and helps us grow our little developer co-op to support more full-time developers.
- [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/Lemmy) (preferred option)
- [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/lemmy)
- [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/dessalines)
- [Cryptocurrency](https://join-lemmy.org/crypto)

2025-03-25 11:40:36 UTC

In the last weeks Lemmy has seen a lot of growth, with thousands of new users. To welcome them we are holding this AMA to answer questions from the community. You can ask about the beginnings of Lemmy, how we see the future of Lemmy, our long-term goals, what makes Lemmy different from Reddit, about internet and social media in general, as well as personal questions.
We'd also like to hear your overall feedback on Lemmy: What are its greatest strengths and weaknesses? How would you improve it? What's something you wish it had? What can our community do to ensure that we keep pulling users away from US tech companies, and into the fediverse?
Lemmy and Reddit may look similar at first glance, but there is a major difference. While Reddit is a corporation with thousands of employees and billionaire investors, Lemmy is nothing but an open source project run by volunteers. It was started in 2019 by @npub13m3…fl4p and @npub17g6…xrv5, turning into a fulltime job since 2020. For our income we are dependent on [your donations](https://join-lemmy.org/donate), so please contribute if you can. We'd like to be able to add more full-time contributors to our co-op.
We will start answering questions from tomorrow (Wednesday). Besides @dessalines and @nutomic, other Lemmy contributors may also chime in to answer questions:
- @npub1sr5…2t9c
- @npub1f05…9xz0
- @npub15p0…sspd
- @npub1sc7…63df
Here are our previous AMAs for those interested.
- [August 2023](https://lemmy.ml/post/2920188)
- [January 2024](https://lemmy.ml/post/11023519)

2025-02-26 11:52:48 UTC

We Distribute is a community-organized news site which covers the Fediverse. If you like to write about federated social media then you could help to expand their coverage.
See the link above for more details.

2025-01-14 10:40:46 UTC

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Funny, Mastodon just posted a similar thing about creating a foundation. But the problem is, the existence of a foundation does nothing to prevent billionaires from controlling social media. For billionaires its very easy to donate a few hundred thousand USD to the foundation and gain influence that way. I expect that Bluesky will be fine for the first years (maybe like early Twitter), but sooner or later the foundation will take decisions that the users dont like, and there is nothing they can do about it.
In my view, the only way to avoid influence from billionaires is to avoid any large centralized structures. In the Fediverse there are dozens of platforms and thousands of instances. Even if a billionaire were to take control over a couple of projects or large instances, people would create forks in a matter of days. Some admins would block these corrupted instances, and their users would barely notice that anything changed.
So Bluesky is just trying to repeat something that has already failed. The Fediverse is the future, but it will take a long time for most people to understand that.

2024-12-13 09:05:06 UTC

## What is Lemmy?
Lemmy is a self-hosted social link aggregation and discussion platform. It is completely free and open, and not controlled by any company. This means that there is no advertising, tracking, or secret algorithms. Content is organized into communities, so it is easy to subscribe to topics that you are interested in, and ignore others. Voting is used to bring the most interesting items to the top.
## Changes
This release includes a few minor fixes and improvements. Merry Christmas Everyone!
### Lemmy
- [Provide health endpoint for pictrs at `/pictrs/healthz`](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5224)
- [Allow bypassing image proxy for specific domains](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5223) (can be configured via config value `pictrs.proxy_bypass_domains`, and `i.imgur.net` is bypassed by default)
[API returns content of removed comments for admins](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5245)
### Lemmy-UI
- Updated translations
## Upgrade instructions
There are no breaking changes with this release.
Follow the upgrade instructions for [ansible](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible/blob/main/UPGRADING.md) or [docker](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/install_docker.html#updating).
If you need help with the upgrade, you can ask in our [support forum](https://lemmy.ml/c/lemmy_support) or on the [Matrix Chat](https://matrix.to/#/!OwmdVYiZSXrXbtCNLw:matrix.org).
## Thanks to everyone
We'd like to thank our many contributors and users of Lemmy for coding, translating, testing, and helping find and fix bugs. We're glad many people find it useful and enjoyable enough to contribute.
## Support development
We (@dessalines and @nutomic) have been working full-time on Lemmy for over five years. This is largely thanks to support from [NLnet foundation](https://nlnet.nl/), as well as [donations from individual users](https://join-lemmy.org/donate).
If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider [donating to support its development](https://join-lemmy.org/donate). A recurring donation is the best way to ensure that open-source software like Lemmy can stay independent and alive, and helps us grow our little developer co-op to support more full-time developers.
- [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/Lemmy) (preferred option)
- [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/lemmy)
- [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/dessalines)
- [Cryptocurrency](https://join-lemmy.org/crypto)