Tools & keys · Communities
Lemmy setup
Reddit-style communities across the fediverse.
No key needed
Updated
Free tier
Public search, no key needed.checked September 2026
Larvabot's cap
Nothing to cap: rate limits just hand the job to the next provider.Fallback position
#6 of 8 for conversations. See the orderWhat it does
Lemmy is open-source, federated forum software. Searching one large instance finds posts from every community it federates with.
- Searching federated communities for people asking for what you built
Get set up
- Nothing required. Optionally set Lemmy instance in Settings → Conversations (default
lemmy.world)
Where it goes
In the dashboard, open Settings and find the Conversations (optional keys) section. Secret values are encrypted before they're saved and only their last four characters are ever shown again.
Settings → Conversations (optional keys)
Lemmy instance
LEMMY_INSTANCEDefault lemmy.world; it searches every federated community it knows.
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Staying free
Nothing to meter. Larvabot runs a handful of searches per check.
How the quota guard works →Fallback order
For conversations, Larvabot tries these in order and skips any that aren't set up, are out of free quota or are busy.
- 1Hacker News search (Algolia)
- 2Stack Exchange API
- 3YouTube comments (Data API)
- 4GitHub issues & discussions
- 5Bluesky search
- 6Lemmy (federated communities)
- 7Discourse forums
- 8Web discussions (your search keys)