What’s the difference between Kbin and Lemmy? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by Joe091@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

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They’re both built on ActivityPub and look very similar, but Kbin is talked about like an alternative to Lemmy instead of an instance of it. Is it a fork? Why is it better or worse?

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[-] Joe091@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

But was Kbin built from the ground up as it’s own project or is it a fork of something else? And where does Squabbles fit into all of this?

[-] dukes00@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Kbin started as a fork of Lemmy AFAIK

[-] VerifiablyMrWonka@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe in the dim and distant but not now. It's written in a completely different language for a start 🤣

[-] denhil@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

This is not true. Lemmys backend is written in rust, kbin in php.

[-] dukes00@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Argue with the man himself

I'll just say that before starting from scratch, I tried to create kbin as a fork of Lemmy.

https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/10509/Thank-you-so-much-for-your-support#entry-comment-45119

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