Been trying to get away from DuckDuckGo because of their support of "AI" stuff, but come on, one of these isn't even in English, and that's what I have my language set to.
Searching "piefed" with Andisearch, it's for me the only acceptable AI (Andi GitHub)
Its Summary
PieFed is a Reddit-like link aggregator and community platform in the Fediverse that launched in 2025[^1]. Users can subscribe to communities, post links, vote, and comment, similar to Reddit but without corporate control[^3].
Key features include:
- Full Mastodon integration for cross-posting and interactions
- De-duplication that combines cross-posts and their comments in one place
- Better moderation tools compared to alternatives like Lemmy
- The ability to port communities between PieFed servers
- Clean, simple codebase written primarily in Python
According to users who have switched from Lemmy, PieFed offers improved user experience and solves many common complaints about other Reddit alternatives[^7]. The platform fully integrates with the broader Fediverse, allowing Mastodon users to participate in discussions by mentioning PieFed communities in their posts[^3].
The flagship instance is hosted at piefed.social, with the project's code maintained on Codeberg[^3][^5].
[^3]: PieFed - Join the Fediverse [^5]: pyfedi - Codeberg [^7]: Lemmy vs PieFed - Lemmy.ca